What's New in Magic Kingdom: Astronaut Food and Splash Mountain Progress!

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Magic Kingdom might be the smallest park at Disney World, but it has a LOT going on inside!

What a beauty

Fireworks, corn dog nuggets, pirates, princesses, and elephants, oh my! There’s something exciting around every corner, and Disney likes to keep us on our toes by adding new stuff all the time. So, come with us to check out what’s new in Magic Kingdom!

Magic Kingdom Construction Updates

Splash Mountain

Construction walls are down now in front of Splash Mountain! We were able to see the freshly painted briar patch.

Fresh paint!

Then, a couple days later, we saw there was water added back to the ride!

We have water, people!

Splash Mountain is scheduled to reopen on February 11th, so it looks like the routine maintenance is finishing up.

Country Bear Jamboree

The stage in front of Country Bear Jamboree has had a bunch of greenery and props added to it.

What’s going on here?!

We’ll be on the lookout to see what the stage is used for!

Magic Kingdom Merchandise Updates

The Emporium

Inside The Emporium we found a new Elsa Ice Magic Toy for $29.99. It includes lights, fog, and projections!

Let It Gooo, Let It GO

We also found the Princess Tea Set that we had previously seen over at the Grand Floridian for $34.99.

Tea party, anyone?

The princesses featured are Belle, Tiana, Cinderella, Aurora, and Snow White.

Little tiny tea cups

The new Tye Dye Minnie Ears are also available in the Emporium! We took them out for a little photoshoot in front of Cinderella Castle, because ears this pretty deserve a photoshoot.

So pretty!

You can get these ears for $29.99.

Click here to see more of our photoshoot with these fun ears!

We saw a new Seven Dwarfs mug for $14.99. On one side it says “Working Hard…”

The workers in the group

…while the other side says “Hardly Working.”

Sleeping on the job!

New 50th Anniversary mini statues also popped up in The Emporium! You can get these for $9.99.

Which one do you want the most?

And, the 50th Anniversary Castle Funko Pop with Mickey is available in here as well. You can get it for $39.99.

Look at that castle detail!

The Belle ears we had seen on shopDisney are also now in stock.

What’s going on here?

We have our thoughts about these guys, but if you want them for yourself, they’re $29.99.

Click here to see more of the Belle Ears!

Finally, we found this pretty new Minnie Mouse kids pink velvet shirt.

So soft!

You can grab it for $24.99!

Uptown Jewlers

The new Disney Steeds Dooney & Bourke Collection was released in Uptown Jewelers! It features all the famous Disney horses. You can get the Tote for $298…

Disney Steeds Tote

…the Purse for $298…

Dooney & Bourke Disney Steeds Purse

…the Satchel for $228…

Satchel

…or the MagicBand for $48!

Dooney & Bourke Disney Steeds Magic Band

Can you name ALL of these horses?! If so, we’re pretty impressed with your Disney knowledge.

Click here to see more about this collection!

Main Street Cinema

The Disney Vault Collection store recently released some fun vintage map merchandise, and now the bucket hat is available over here in Magic Kingdom!

SO FUN!

You can get this hat for $44.99.

Click here to see more items like this bucket hat!

Star Traders

At Star Traders, we noticed that freeze dried strawberries have been added with the other astronaut food!

Would you eat these?

We also found this new EARidescent pin bag that can display all of your pins on the front!

Okay, we’re loving this

It can also be used two different ways — as a fanny pack or as a purse. Get it for $39.99.

Versatile!

Finally, we saw this new gold Mickey and Minnie tote!

The two love birds

Grab it for $39.99.

Tomorrowland Light and Power

This Tomorrowland hoodie we have only seen over in Disneyland finally made its way to the East Coast!

For all the Tomorrowland fans

This one is $59.99.

Frontier Trading Post

There’s a new Tiana MagicBand in town over at Frontier Trading Post.

This is SO pretty!

You can get it for $39.99.

Click here to see more of this MagicBand!

Umbrella Stand — Liberty Square

At the Umbrella Stand over near Sleepy Hollow Refreshments, we spotted this new hand-painted Encanto Umbrella!

LOVE!

Isn’t is gorgeous?!

We’ll take it, please

You can see various things from the movie painted around the umbrella.

Sir Mickey’s

In Sir Mickey’s, there’s a new Minnie Mouse Valentine’s Day bag charm! It’s a pink heart with Minnie’s signature bow and glitter, of course.

What’s Valentine’s Day without glitter?!

We also found this new Believe bag charm that spells out the word under a Mickey ring.

Now we have the Cher song stuck in our head

These are great to add a little more fun to your bags!

Magic Kingdom Additional Updates

Crystal Arts

We saw this awesome Cast Member working on making some glass castle spires in Crystal Arts recently! How cool?! We could watch this incredible artistry for hours.

We wish we were as cool as this guy

That’s everything new at Magic Kingdom! Stay tuned to DFB for more Disney news and updates.

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