What are you waiting for? Let’s take a trip to Disney’s Animal Kingdom!

We’re in Disney World pretty much every day and we tend to notice tons of tiny (or big!) changes all the time, so today we’re here with all the news from Animal Kingdom!

Animal Kingdom Food Updates

Dawa Bar had a new Mango Punch Cocktail for $14 in honor of Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May. This new drink is made with Parrot Bay Coconut Rum, Stoli Vanil Vodka, mango purée, and rice milk, and we found it very refreshing!

It wasn’t overly sweet and the booze flavor wasn’t very strong, which could be good or bad (aka dangerous) depending on what you prefer! If you like the taste of mango, you may want to give this a try.

Read our review of the Mango Punch Cocktail!

Thirsty River Bar had a new Boba Tea for $5.99 on its own or $14 with alcohol. It’s made with chilled honey-infused black tea paired with tangy sour apple boba balls — but does sour apple go with black tea?

Turns out, it does! The drink was cold and flavorful and we loved how the sweet honey balanced the bitter black tea, and the popping boba was kind of like apple Jolly Ranchers. If you enjoy tea, this would be a good drink to try!

Click here for our review of the new Boba Tea! 

Animal Kingdom Construction Updates

Now when it comes to construction, we saw tram drivers training. Trams are currently scheduled to return to Animal Kingdom’s parking lot on May 27th.

Let’s just say we’re VERY excited to avoid that long parking lot walk at the end of the day!

Learn more about the return of trams to Animal Kingdom here.

We noticed mesh fencing in the elephant preserve area on a ride on Kilimanjaro Safaris.

The dinosaur drinking fountain was working once again in DinoLand U.S.A.!

And not far from there, the Mammoth Marathon game was closed.

Adventurer’s Outpost received some changes over the last few days. We noticed that the Cast Member standing area was uncovered and the Lightning Lane sign was missing. Could this mean we’ll be seeing characters here again soon?

And in the bazaar near Expedition Everest, a sign celebrating Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month was on display.

There are also a number of special treats you can get throughout Disney World in May in honor of this celebration!

Check out the complete list of AANHPI treats you can get in May!

Animal Kingdom Merchandise Updates

Discovery Trading Co.

It’s time to go shopping! At both Discovery Trading Co. and Riverside Depot, Mobile Checkout signs were present.

And we also noticed a Women’s nuiMOs Outfit.

You can add it to your nuiMOs collection for $12.99.

Check out this NEW Disney Princess nuiMO!

Windtraders

Windtraders had several new items like this Explore Pandora Pin for $9.99.

There was also a Pandora Mystery Pin Pack for $15.99.

This Light-Up Bubble Wand was available for $30.

We also found a Glow-in-the-Dark Woodsprite T-Shirt for $24.99…

…a Glow-in-the-Dark Banshee T-Shirt for $24.99…

…a Glow-in-the-Dark Pandora Sweatshirt for $79.99…

…and a Connected-as-One Raglan T-Shirt for $26.99.

And the spray fan bottles were sold out park-wide, with the exception of the Pandora Spray Fan!

We’ll be watching the spray fan shortage closely so stay tuned for updates!

Read more about the spray fan shortage in Disney World here!

Dino Institute

Your dream of wearing dinosaur wings has come true! We found green Dinosaur Wings in the Dino Institute for $24.99.

We suppose these would officially be called pterodactyl wings!

Check out the most random dinosaur souvenir we’ve found in the past.

Riverside Depot

And finally, at Riverside Depot, there was a Kitten Marie Patch for $9.99.

And that’s all the news from Animal Kingdom! Keep reading DFB for more Disney news and updates.

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