This Store is Getting a Makeover at Disney’s Animal Kingdom!
Looks like there’s a touch of remodeling going on at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, with one of the park’s most iconic stores currently receiving a bit of a facelift.
Keep reading to see what’s going on, and learn how it will affect your in-park shopping adventures!
This morning, our MickeyBloggers are over here on Discovery Island, where Island Mercantile is looking bright and ready for a bit of a shuffle-around.
This colorful store is known for stocking all kinds of wild accessories, apparel, and merchandise – most recently including this exciting Nightmare Before Christmas collection – so it’s always a must-visit for MickeyBlog whenever we’re exploring Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
However, upon approaching the store this morning, our reporters were faced with an unusual sign, steering us away from our usual entrance!
And it wasn’t the only door that was sporting this sign, with two separate entrances out-of-bounds to shoppers.
Once we finally made it inside, it was clear why the doors had been marked as unavailable. A whole portion of the store had been cordoned off to guests, temporarily cutting the store’s size quite dramatically!
As you can see from these photos, it’s a large black curtain that is currently blocking off the store, meaning we can’t see what’s happening on the other side.
While we can’t say for sure, it looks like some kind of remodel is happening, and we’ll be keeping a close eye on this over the coming days to see what has changed!
In the meantime, a portion of the store remains open for guests to peruse through as normal, with items such as mouse ears and this epic Hocus Pocus collection still available for purchase. In other words, it’s still very much worth a visit in our eyes!
As always, be sure to stay tuned to MickeyBlog.com for all the latest construction, refitting, and remodeling updates across Walt Disney World.
We’re excited to see what’s happening here at Island Mercantile, and will be sure to keep you up to date with all the latest updates as we hear them!