What's New at Animal Kingdom: Dino Diner Reopening and Carnival Games are Back!

Hello again from Disney’s Animal Kingdom!

Tree of Life

Let’s go over all the new food news, merchandise, and construction updates!

Animal Kingdom Food Updates

Dino Diner

The Dino Diner reopened! Located in Dinoland, U.S.A., the Dino Diner has classic theme park foods like hot dogs and churros. We tried the corn chip pie, chili-cheese dog, and churro with chocolate sauce.

Dino Diner!

It’s great to have another snack spot reopen in this land, and we did a full review!

Read our review of Dino Diner here!

Zuri’s Sweets Shop

Zuri’s Sweets Shop had a Fourth of July themed Goofy Glacier, including Blue Raspberry, Lemonade, and Strawberry for $4.99.

A festive treat!

Goofy’s Glaciers have all kinds of flavors, and this was a pretty fun and patriotic mix!

Check out another Disney World Fourth of July treat here!

Restaurantosaurus

At Restaurantosaurus, we noticed the self-serve condiments are back!

Self-serve condiments

For people who do not prefer packets of condiments, this is great news.

Grab-and-Go is Back at a Popular Disney World Resort!

Various Locations

We discovered not one, but TWO reopened snack carts! One was located near Expedition Everest…

A reopened snack cart!

…while you can find the other snack cart across from Trilo-Bites.

Yay for more snack carts!

Two reopened snack carts means more snacks, so we’re on board!

Check out the latest Dole Whip from Trilo-Bites!

Animal Kingdom Construction Updates

Dinoland, U.S.A.

Over in Dinoland, all the carnival games were open again!

We can play again!

The open carnival games include fan favorites like Whack-A-Packycephalosaur and Wammoth Marathon.

Wammath Marathon is open!

If you’re a Dinoland games fan, maybe you should plan a visit soon!

Animal Kingdom Merchandise Updates

Riverside Depot

At Riverside Depot, we found a new Captain American MagicBand! “The First Avenger” MagicBand costs $29.99.

NEW Captain America MagicBand!

We also found D-Tech Apple Watch Bands available for purchase!

Apple Watch Bands!

We previously found Apple Watch Bands in Tomorrowland Light & Power Co. in Magic Kingdom. A few of our favorites included a flowery Mickey print…

Flowery Mickey

…a Pixar Up band with balloons and a Carl + Ellie heart (don’t make us cry)…

Pixar’s Up themed!

…a Nightmare Before Christmas band for all the spooky Disney fans…

Nightmare Before Christmas

…and a classic Minnie bow pattern band!

Classic Minnie Bows

All of these Disney Apple Watch Bands are compatible with 42mm or 44mm size watches and cost $34.99 each.

There’s a new Trader Sam’s Pin to celebrate its anniversary!

Discovery Trading Company

At Discovery Trading Company, we found the newest pattern in the line of men’s underwear for $19.99.

New men’s underwear

We also found a new nuiMO outfit for $12.99.

New nuiMO outfit!

Look at that purse detail, SO CUTE.

Little purse detail!

Island Mercantile

And at Island Mercantile, we saw a lot of new things! The Festival of the Lion King soundtrack was back in stock for $12.98.

Lion King soundtrack is back!

The new Slinky Dog ears were there!

Slinky Dog ears!

These new ears cost $29.99.

Read more about the new Slinky Dog ears here!

There were lots of new Disney t-shirts for $24.99 each or 2 for $22 each.

Lots of new tees

There was a rather mischievous looking Mickey…

Laughing Mickey

…a classic Mickey Mouse artwork t-shirt…

Mickey Mouse T-shirt

…and a super cute Daisy Disney World t-shirt!

Disney World Daisy T-shirt

For all the D23 members out there, we also saw a new D23 display.

D23 Display

The display included a classic Disney World metal lunchbox…

Disney World Lunchbox

…and a D23 pin set! D23 members have access to exclusive merchandise.

D23 Pin Set

And lastly, we spotted a new Marvel pin collection! Take a look.

New Marvel Pins!

There was a pin for every Marvel fan, including Thor…

Thor pin

…a green Hulk pin…

The Hulk pin

…a Black Panther pin…

Black Panther pin

…Groot and Rocket from Guardians of the Galaxy…

Groot and Rocket Racoon pin

…and Iron Man, among MANY more new Marvel pins!

Iron Man pin

They were $9.99 each at Island Mercantile.

That’s all for Animal Kingdom updates today! We enjoyed checking out a newly reopened restaurant, catching some new Marvel merchandise, and more. Stay tuned to DFB for all your Disney World news!

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