What’s New in Magic Kingdom: More Lightning Lanes and Some Festive Fall Merch!

Hello from Magic Kingdom!

How pretty does Cinderella Castle look?!

We’re in the parks alllll the time because we like to keep you updated with new things we see! And, as things are gearing up for the big 50th anniversary celebration on October 1st, there has been a lot of changes around Disney World’s original park. So, let’s go see what’s new in Magic Kingdom!

Magic Kingdom Food Updates

Sunshine Seasons

The Back Side of Water treat has returned!! It was missing for a little while, but now it’s back! This treat went on the menu originally to celebrate the new updates to Jungle Cruise the ride and the premiere of Jungle Cruise the movie.

Welcome back!

It’s Cotton Candy and Vanilla Soft-serve, Sprite, and a Sour Belt for $6.29. Go over and grab it before it disappears again!

Magic Kingdom Construction Updates

Entrance & Transportation and Ticket Center

The Transportation and Ticket Center got a new paint job on its ticket booth entrances!

New paint!

There is also a new Annual Passholder sign for the entrance into Magic Kingdom!

New sign!

The yellow matches the new design of the updated Annual Passholder program.

Annual Passholder Entrance

You can’t miss the sign with that bright color!

Click here to read more about the new Annual Passholder Program

Main Street, U.S.A.

Many of the golden character statues for Disney World’s 50th anniversary have been installed in Magic Kingdom! We found many of them around the Hub, like Mickey…

Mickey Statue

…Minnie…

Minnie Statue

…Pooh and Piglet…

Pooh and Piglet

…Goofy and Pluto…

Goofy and Pluto

…Donald and Daisy…

Donald and Daisy

…Tinkerbell…

Tinker Bell

…Dumbo…

Dumbo

…Chip and Dale…

Chip and Dale

…and Lady and the Tramp!

Lady and Tramp

We also got a glimpse at what some of them might look like at night once the celebration begins!

So pretty!

We can’t wait to see all of the statues when they’re installed!

Click here to see where you can find all of the character statues so far

Also added for the 50th anniversary are these new Cinderella pumpkin wreaths around the Hub!

Cinderella Pumpkins

They’re perfect for celebrating both the anniversary AND Halloween!

Cinderella Pumpkins

These new wreaths are so fun and creative, but don’t worry, the Mickey wreaths are still lining Main Street, U.S.A.!

Click here to see more of the new Cinderella wreaths!

Back up at the Train Station, the bushes have been removed! However, the stairs are still blocked off. Guests will just have to admire the pretty train station from below for now!

No more bushes!

At Main Street Confectionery, the construction walls are gone!

Main Street Confectionery

Hopefully this means we will see the Magic Kingdom favorite open back up soon!

Tomorrowland

Another fun character statue popped up in Tomorrowland — Stitch!

Experiment 626

He is on the side of the famous Purple Wall!

Stitch on the Purple Wall

What a crazy little creature!

Fantasyland

We found more new character statues in Fantasyland! Check out Jaq and Gus on the side of the castle.

Jaq and Gus Gus

We also saw Pinocchio around Cinderella Castle!

50th Anniversary decorations are already popping up!

And we were so excited to find Cogsworth and Lumiere as well!

Cogsworth and Lumiere

We also spotted the Cheshire Cat lurking around!

Cheshire Cat

Back at Big Top Souvenirs, the banners have been removed and the entrance sign is back up!

Big Top Souvenirs

It’s looking pretty good, if we do say so ourselves.

The sign is back!

We saw even more painting being done inside “it’s a small world.”

More colors!

But, it still doesn’t look like they’re completely finished!

Still a little bit to go!

As Disney gets ready to launch its new Genie+ system that will be replacing FastPass+, Lightning Lane signs have been going up around the parks! We have already seen a few in Magic Kingdom, but now, there are even more! We saw a new sign at Peter Pan’s Flight…

New sign!

…Mad Tea Party…

Mad Tea Party

…Dumbo…

Dumbo Lightning Lane

…and Mickey’s PhilharMagic!

New Sign took over former FastPass+ Lane

It looks like we’re getting closer to the new Genie+ system launching!

Click here to read more about Disney Genie

Frontierland

In Frontierland, the construction walls have come down at Country Bear Jamboree!

No detour required!

No need to go around anymore!

Adventureland

And in Adventureland, we found the super cute Orange Bird statue near Skipper Canteen!

Orange Bird!

He’s chillin’ on this EARidescent pole.

We love this little guy!

This one is definitely a fun one to look out for!

Magic Kingdom Merchandise Updates

Emporium

We found some fun new merch in the Emporium, like this Mickey and Minnie Halloween Countdown Calendar! You can get this for $49.99.

Countdown to Halloween!

We also saw the Apple Cider cans we previously saw in Animal Kingdom over here now!

Cider!

There are 3 different flavors: Red Apple, Caramel Apple, and Spiced Apple. You can get all of them for $14.99!

We want to try them all!

We’ve seen a cool Maleficent Spirit Jersey in Disneyland, but we finally found it over here on the East Coast!

How awesome are these colors!

It’s SO colorful and has some great graphics on it.

Back of Spirit Jersey

We love the little details!

Watch out for that dragon (spoiler alert: it’s Maleficent!)

We think we’ll definitely be adding this one to our collection!

Star Traders

Over in Star Traders, the new Stitch Crashes Snow White Collection was released!

Stitch Crashes Snow White MagicBand

You can get the floral plush for $29.99…

So cute!

…the MagicBands for $39.99…

A closer look

…and the pin for $24.99!

Stitch Crashes Snow White pin

This might be one of our favorite Stitch collections yet! Remember, items are limited to 2 per customer.

Click here to see more pictures of the Stitch Snow White Collection!

Uptown Jewelers

The Jerrod Maruyama Disney Parks Dooney and Bourke collection was released in Uptown Jewelers! You can get the tote bag for $318…