What’s New in the Magic Kingdom: Some Plexiglass Barriers Come Down and Holiday Merchandise Arrives

The holiday season in Disney World has officially shifted from Halloween to Christmas.

The holidays are here!

That’s meant a BIG change in decorations, treats, and merchandise throughout the parks (although we’re still seeing some leftovers from the spooky season!). We’re heading into the Magic Kingdom to check out all the new things that have arrived at this park in the last week. Let’s go see what’s new!

We’ll start out with our favorite update: food!

Magic Kingdom Food Update

When Starbucks starts selling holiday drinks, that means it’s really the Christmas season. You can now get a variety of festive drinks, like the Caramel Brûlée Latte, Peppermint Mocha, Irish Cream Cold Brew, and more.

Holiday drinks menu

We decided to try the Iced Sugar Cookie Latte, which is a new drink this season! It’s an iced latte with hints of sugar cookie flavor, topped with sugar cookie sprinkles.

Iced Sugar Cookie Latte

This drink had the perfect amount of holiday cheer, with a subtle but delicious cookie flavor. You can get one at the Main Street Bakery in Magic Kingdom (or the Starbucks location in any of the parks) for $5.69.

Click Here to Check Out our Full Review of the Iced Sugar Cookie Latte

Or you can head down to the Main Street Confectionery to find more options for coffee and hot cocoa! The hot cocoa tins were $13.99 for a set of 3.

Hot Cocoa!

This spot has packages of coffee available as well, and we spotted some new packaging when we visited!

Lots of coffee flavors

There were new designs on the Mickey’s “Really Swell” Coffee bags for several different flavors, including the Signature Blend

Signature Blend Coffee

French Vanilla

French Vanilla Coffee

Pumpkin Spice

Pumpkin Spice Coffee

Morning Roast

Morning Roast Coffee

…and Organic.

Organic Coffee

You can also get the coffee in single-service cups (for Keurig machines) in Morning Roast

More Morning Roast

Hazelnut

Hazelnut Coffee

Signature Blend

Signature

…and Organic. The K-Cups come with 12 single servings and cost $16.99 per package.

Organic

The best part about these treats? You can take them home with you and have Disney-themed coffee all season long.

Magic Kingdom Merchandise Update

If you’re looking for new Disney World merchandise, you’ll find plenty of it in the Magic Kingdom! The Emporium (that big gift shop on Main Street, U.S.A.) just got a ton of holiday merchandise.

Lots of new items!

We saw new Minnie Ears

The holiday ears are HERE!

…new spirit jerseys with Mickey and the gang playing winter sports…

Walt’s Lodge Spirit Jersey

home decor like blankets, pillows, and candles…

New candle

pajama sets

Cute pajamas

ornaments

Snow Globe Ornament

…and so much more! We have a full list with EVERYTHING we saw in this shop (including links to buy the souvenirs online, if available!).

Click Here to See Photos, Videos, and Prices for ALL the Holiday Merchandise in the Magic Kingdom

Also at the Emporium (but not holiday merchandise), we found two 50th Anniversary dolls available for $34.99 each. There’s one for Mickey Mouse

Mickey Figurine

…and another for Minnie Mouse.

Minnie Figurine

In other merchandise news, you can head to Tomorrowland where we spotted a new Apple Watch band in the Light and Power gift shop for $34.99.

New apple watch band

Just across the way at Star Traders, there was a new Donald Duck T-shirt for $36.99

Donald Duck Tee

…and tropical Stitch sweatpants for $44.99.

Very cozy…er…tropical!

And there was a new Coco Loungefly backpack available at the gift shop for the Pirates of the Caribbean ride!

‘Coco’ Backpack

This bag had embroidered images from the movie all over it, and adjustable red straps.

Here’s the back

You can get it for $75.

And the side!

While you’re over in Adventureland, you can still check out the 50th Anniversary sunglasses over at the Sunglass Hut.

50th Anniversary Sunglasses

The set comes with the glasses, a case, and accessories, and it’ll cost you $330. Apparently they’re very popular — despite the high price tag — because a Cast Member told us they only had a few left in the store.

Pretty Pricey

Hop over to Frontierland to the Frontier Trading Post to check out their limited edition pins! These are all themed after a Disney World attraction, and they’re $17.99 each. There was one for Dumbo the Flying Elephant

Dumbo Pin

Peter Pan’s Flight

Peter Pan’s Flight Pin

the Enchanted Tiki Room

Peter Pan’s Flight Pin

Mad Teacups

Mad Teacups Pin

the Haunted Mansion

Haunted Mansion Pin

Space Mountain

Space Mountain Pin

Pirates of the Caribbean

Pirates of the Caribbean Pin

…and the Walt Disney World Railroad.

Walt Disney World Railroad PIn

Maybe we can get the railroad pin to help cure our sadness that this attraction has been closed in the Magic Kingdom for so long. There was also a pin set for the upcoming Book of Boba Fett series, which is debuting on Disney+ on December 29th this year.

Boba Fett Pins

You can get all four pins for $29.99. Or you can check out the Lilo and Stitch Countdown to Christmas pin, which was $34.99.

Countdown to Christmas Stitch Pin

Whew! That’s a lot of new merchandise. So if you’re heading into the Magic Kingdom soon, make sure to check out some of the new souvenirs.

Magic Kingdom Construction Update

Earlier in the week, we noticed that the Jungle Cruise had gotten its holiday makeover and is now the Jingle Cruise!

Presents at the campsite

This attraction got another update more recently: some of the plexiglass barriers on the boat between the guests and the skipper have been removed, and you can now see and hear the skipper better.

Plexiglass barriers have been removed

There are still barriers on the benches to the side of the skipper, but the big barrier in the middle is no longer there.

Just on the sides now

Mickey’s PhilharMagic is still under construction right now as imagineers add a new Coco-inspired scene to the show.

Mickey’s PhilharMagic Construction

It’s reopening on November 12th (that’s next Friday!), so you can head in then to see the updates. Right now, though, it looks like the main sign is getting a new paint job and switching from gold to blue.

Make it Blue!

That’s it for our updates in the Magic Kingdom today! Make sure to keep following DFB, because we’ll let you know about all the latest news in Disney World.

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