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After 27 Years, Disney Confirms Change to Restaurantosaurus at Animal Kingdom

Posted by: Thomas Hitchen July 1, 2025 0

Daisy Duck at Pete's Silly Side Show
Credit: Disney

Daisy Duck, a beloved part of the extended Fab Five, has gotten her own dedicated attraction at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.

People walking towards the entrance of Disney World Animal Kingdom.

Credit: Michael Lehet, Flickr

Amid big changes at the Walt Disney World Resort theme park, Disney has brought a fan-favorite character front and center. The construction at Animal Kingdom is significant as the House of Mouse eradicates the DinoLand U.S.A. area in favor of a Tropical Americas-themed land featuring the Encanto and Indiana Jones franchises.

Permanent closures commenced in January 2025, when sites like TriceraTop Spin and Fossil Fun Games shut down forever. Since then, more of the land has become unavailable to guests, with the DINOSAUR attraction keeping it alive for now. Disney Experiences confirmed the Tropical Americas addition–known as the Pueblo Esperanza–during its recent D23 Expo events, stating that it would be home to two signature attractions.

While work gets underway at Animal Kingdom…and Magic Kingdom…and Disney’s Hollywood Studios, the resort is keeping its guests engaged with a series of summer offerings.

Aladar statue in front of the DINOSAUR attraction at Disney World Resort's Animal Kingdom

Credit: Inside the Magic

Known as Cool Kid Summer, the event features limited-time experiences, such as the GoofyCore party over at CommuniCore Hall in EPCOT theme park. At Animal Kingdom, a new attraction has quietly debuted, and this one is all about Daisy Duck. Taking place inside the popular Restaurantosaurus location–which opened 27 years ago in 1998–guests can meet the beloved duck at “Daisy’s Dig.”

Alongside opportunities to interact with the character, guests can also partake in arts and crafts and sing-alongs.

With more and more large-scale changes happening, Disney World is seemingly offering these pop-up events to keep guests entertained through the summer months and into next year. The current construction, which spans the majority of the resort, may be enough to put some people off visiting the parks in the coming months, but as acknowledged by many fans, Disney is only just getting started when it comes to disrupting its popular Central Florida resort.

How do you feel about Disney’s choice to offer more pop-up and limited-time experiences in 2025? Let us know in the comments down below!

About Thomas Hitchen

When he’s not thinking about the Magic Kingdom, Thomas is usually reading a book, becoming desperately obsessed with fictional characters, or baking something delicious (his favorite is chocolate cake -- to bake and to eat). He's a dreamer and grew up on Mulan saving the world, Jim Hawkins soaring through the stars, and Padmé Amidala fighting a Nexu. At the Parks, he loves to ride Everest, stroll down Main Street with an overstuffed pin lanyard around his neck, and eat as many Mickey-shaped ice creams as possible. His favorite character is Han Solo (yes, he did shoot first), and his favorite TV show is Buffy the Vampire Slayer except when it's One Tree Hill. He loves sandy beach walks, forest hikes, and foodie days out in the Big City. Thomas lives in England, UK, with his fiancée, baby, and their dog, a Border Collie called Luna.

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