What’s New at Disney World’s Hotels: New Dole Whip Swirl, Colorful Easter Treats, and Missing Animals!

We’re back to explore everything new at the Disney resorts!

Contemporary Resort Mickey!

We have a TON of new food and merchandise finds to share with you! Are you ready??

Polynesian Village Resort Food Updates

Pineapple Lanai

We can’t miss an opportunity to visit Pineapple Lanai for a Dole Whip, and found some fun flavors on the menu!

Pineapple Lanai Flavors

We previously reported on this Orange and Raspberry Dole Whip combo, and we loved the flavors and colors!

Orange and Raspberry Swirl!

Is it an Orangeberry? Is it a Rasprange? Either way, it’s delicious!

It looks like a sunset!

Be sure to ask which flavors you can get swirled on your visit!

The Dole Whip Combo We Never Knew We Needed in Disney World

Captain Cook’s

We snagged the Pulled Pork Nachos from Captain Cook’s to pair with our swirled Dole Whip. These have pulled pork, cheese, spicy mayonnaise, pico de gallo, and a fresh pineapple salsa. It was loaded with toppings!

Pulled Pork Nachos

For the price of $9.49, it’s a pretty big portion! A win!

Big plate of nachos!

These are one of our favorite Polynesian snacks (or meals).

Check out other interesting Dole Whip combos we’ve found here!

Polynesian Village Resort Merchandise Updates

Boutiki

At the Boutiki merch shop, we found two new Polynesian Village tees! One features the resorts tiki mascot…

Polynesian Resort Tee

…and the other features our favorite blue troublemaker, Stitch! We love his whole vibe with the coconut drink and lei.

Polynesian Resort Tee

Kids can also show off their Stitch love too in this new tee!

Kids Stitch Tee

Boutiki is currently doing a 30% sale on select name-brand merchandise.

A Sale!

And they are getting into the Easter spirit with these customized Easter baskets!

Easter Baskets

Each basket can be filled with the goodies of your choice!

Easter Baskets

You can also purchase a pre-made basket as well.

Here’s where else to find custom Easter baskets!

Moana Mercantile

Easter baskets were also for sale at Moana Mercantile!

More Baskets!

You can purchase a ready-made basket through April 4th.

Easter Baskets

We also found two new tees, featuring characters from Moana!

New tees!

And that’s everything from Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort!

Take a look at the new Polynesian theme here!

Grand Floridian Merchandise Updates

Basin

Next door at the Grand Floridian, we popped into Basin…

Basin

…where we found some new spring soaps!

Spring Soap

If you’re feeling sweet you can choose between the Florida Orange and Fresh Pineapple, or if you’re wanting something more natural you can choose between Daisy and Butterfly (what exactly does a butterfly smell like? Apparently it’s flowers!)

Spring Soaps

M. Mouse Mercantile and Sandy Cove

The Grand Floridian is in the Easter Basket game too!

Easter Baskets

You can find basket options at both the M. Mouse Mercantile and the Sandy Cove shop. These would be perfect for a family game night!

Easter Baskets

And that’s everything from Disney’s Grand Floridian!

We have all the details on the Easter Egg display at the Grand Floridian here!

Contemporary Resort Food Updates

Bayview Gifts

Across the lake at the Contemporary, we found a ton of Easter treats in the bakery case at Bayview Gifts!

Bayview Gifts Bakery Case

They had two springtime caramel apples, decorated like the Easter bunny and Easter eggs!

Easter Caramel Apples

Plus, they had bunny butts!! Our love of the cute bunny booties keeps getting stronger. These are rice krispie treats with bunny feet and tails.

Bunny Butt Spotting!

We just think the fluffy tail is too cute!

Check out all of the other Easter treats here!

Contemporary Resort Merchandise Updates

Bayview Gifts

Bayview Gifts also had Easter baskets to go along with their treats!

Easter Baskets

We also spotted a comfy Contemporary robe, embroidered with the resort’s logo!

Contemporary Robe

We’ve been seeing lots of resort robes recently!

Check out another Disney World resort robe

Fantasia

In the Fantasia shop, we found two seasonal MagicBands! The first has Minnie showing off her Mother’s Day love…

Mother’s Day MagicBand

…and the sidekicks are the stars on this Dooney & Burke MagicBand!

Dooney and Burke Magic Band

And that’s everything at Disney’s  Contemporary resort!

Check out these limited edition magic bands we found online here!

Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge Updates

The Resort

The weather was a little dreary during our visit to Animal Kingdom Lodge, and because of that the pool was completely empty!

Animal Kingdom Lodge Pool

The Savanna at both Kidani Village and Jambo House were pretty empty as well.

Animals!

The animals must have not been digging the weather either!

Read about our mobile order experience at Sanaa in Kidani here!

Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge Merchandise Updates

Johari Treasures

You can also purchase an Easter basket at Johari Treasures in Kidani Village! At this location, you can choose between a basket or a tote!

Select a pre-made basket or make your own!

And that’s everything from Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge!

Read about the rides and hotels that are closed and reopened here!

Saratoga Springs Food Updates

Artist’s Palette

At Artist’s Palette, we let you all know that we found the cutest Easter Spring Cake!

Easter Cake

The evenness on the layers is amazing! It’s almost too pretty to eat (but only almost!).

Layers inside and out!

We also tried the new plant-based Asian Noodle Soup, made with rice noodles, napa cabbage, onions, mushrooms, carrots, and jalapenos swimming in a miso pho broth.

Asian Noodle Soup at Artist Palette

The plant-based offerings are getting more and more interesting, and this is a super flavorful vegetarian option!

Asian Noodle Soup

That’s all from Disney’s Saratoga Springs!

Check out more Easter goodies in Disney Springs here!

Old Key West Food Updates

Good’s Food To Go

We previously reported on this adorable lemon and strawberry spring cupcake from Good’s Food to Go at Old Key West!

Easter Cupcake

The inside of this cupcake is AMAZING. It’s filled with strawberry compote, and the colors are so vibrant!

An EXPLOSION of color!

Don’t miss the opportunity to get this Instagram-worthy cupcake, so go before April 5th!

Read about Easter brunch options at Disney Springs here!

Old Key West Merchandise Updates

Conch Flats General Store

We found another cozy robe, this time from Old Key West!

Old Key West Robe

Similar to the Contemporary one, it’s embroidered with the resort logo.

Old Key West Robe

Whew, that’s everything! We’ll continue to keep up with the latest updates at the Disney World resorts, and we’ll bring you a summary like this at the end of each week! Keep checking back for more updates from the Disney Resorts.

Find all of the our reviews for Disney Easter treats here!

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Which Disney resort Easter treat are you wanting to try? Let us know in the comments!

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