What’s New in Magic Kingdom: Castle Pathway Work, Cosmic Ray’s Gets a Paint Job, and More!

Welcome to another What’s New coming at you from Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom! Lately we’ve seen lots of construction progress in various locations, and there’s no shortage of new merchandise, either! So put on your sunscreen, and let’s explore!

Castle Pathway Construction

What’s New in Magic Kingdom Construction

Construction continues on the pathway that meanders behind Cinderella Castle. The moat has been drained for several weeks, and there’s quite a bit of action — particularly on the walls of the pathway that can be seen as you cross over.

Castle Pathway Construction

In addition to scaffolding and other construction equipment and supplies, steel reinforcements are visible in the concrete wall.

Castle Pathway Construction

It’s… not so pretty, we’ll be honest. We can’t wait for that moat to be refilled so we can get our Castle shots back!

Castle Pathway Construction

Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Cafe has been undergoing a facelift, and hello, refreshed paint! We’ll be watching to see if another color is added to the overall scheme and for other details to pop out. But for now, we think this brighter exterior is already an improvement!

Cosmic Ray’s Exterior Paint Job

The Tron Coaster in Tomorrowland is showing some signs of progress! See our post here about how it’s taking shape!

Tron Coaster Construction

The views from Goofy’s Barnstormer are even better! Lots of steel supports that will be hoisting up a coaster in the next couple of years!

Tron Coaster Construction

And on Saturday, the Tomorrowland Speedway reopened, with cars zippin’ around the rerouted track and lots of teal paint bringing a refreshed look to the attraction.

Tomorrowland Speedway reopen

What’s New in Magic Kingdom Food

There’s not much change to report on the food scene this time, but we love the soft colors of this Spring Mickey Krispy! We found pre-packaged Spring treats in various Park locations, but none are available fresh in the confectionery cases.

Spring Mickey Krispy Treat

And this new-to-us treat comes direct from Minnie’s Sweets! The Cocoa Spoon might not be seasonally appropriate… but we still want one!

Minnie’s Sweets Cocoa Spoon

This is a wooden spoon stuck in a solid Mickey chocolate piece that’s covered in mini marshmallows.

Minnie’s Sweets Cocoa Spoon

What’s New in Magic Kingdom Merchandise

We found a few fun merchandise pieces — starting with this hilarious “Oh, Hei Hei!” shirt!

Oh, Hei Hei!

And for the queens and kings in us all: “I Rule the Magic Kingdom” tanks are one of our favorite pieces from the Disney Forever collection!

I rule the Magic Kingdom!

We also dig these colorful Mickey Balloon Sunglasses! We need them in our lives (and they’ll last longer than an actual Mickey Balloon, so they’re an investment!)!

Mickey Balloons Sunglasses

We’ve spotted this fluffy Rainbow Unicorn Keychain at Hollywood Studios and at Disneyland Resort, and now they’ve arrived in Magic Kingdom with a couple of friends.