Creature Comforts at Disney's Animal Kingdom to become Starbucks

[The Empress Lilly]

PHOTO - Concept art of the new Starbucks being built at Disney's Animal Kingdom

Where are the animals?

Creature Comfort's successor needs animals. And not just any. CC has one particular type of animals: speckled. Striped and spotted. This ties the paint, colour and decoration scheme in with each other, and as animal motifs tie these in turn in with rest of the park.They tie the interior space in with the outdoor space - there are speckled and striped animals on the roof, on the lampposts outside. And, not least, ties it in with the rest of Discovery Island, where all the individual dwellings have in common that they are designed around groups of animals, whether prey and hunter, or sea creatures, or speckled.

This un-traditional grouping of animals is one of Discovery Island's charms. It is naive, jubilant, loving. It liberates it from the need to be geographical, such as Asia or Africa, or from any scientific natural world classification, such as extant, extinct or cryptozoological. It would be a shame if DAK would decline by this sort of silent, barely noticeable degrees. We'll see.

 

[halltd]

Since basically all of the buildings on Discovery Island are being renovated, I have a feeling the original character of the bright animal carvings and buildings is changing. Just a guess on my part, but that's what I thought as I walked around last week.

Starbucks got animals back on the outside, but not as many and definitely not as vibrant.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Since basically all of the buildings on Discovery Island are being renovated, I have a feeling the original character of the bright animal carvings and buildings is changing.

You may be on to something! Hey, if they change it all they change it all and then we'll judge the new look on its new merits.

Wow, DAK is getting an extreme make-over. Am curious to see what the place will be like in two or three years. I like more than love the architecture on Discovery Island (and very nineties haute couleur!) so I'll let myself be pleasantry surprised if they've got something better for us in stock!

 

[lnsemsf]

The closure dates were updated. The previous April 22nd day was a duplicate of Flame Tree. The closure is now listed as closed through June 14, so Starbucks should open on or around June 15.

 

[ToTBellHop]

The closure dates were updated. The previous April 22nd day was a duplicate of Flame Tree. The closure is now listed as closed through June 14, so Starbucks should open on or around June 15.

You are a commonwealth of information today. Cheers.

 

[lnsemsf]

The refurbishment schedule was updated a bit ago and now lists the reopening date as June 18th.

 

[wdwmagic]

Opening date set for Starbucks at Disney's Animal Kingdom

 

[flyerjab]

The fan-made site jamboeveryone.com has some inside photos of the new Starbucks location. It looks really nice and has a very African look to it.

http://www.jamboeveryone.com/2015/06/a-sneak-look-at-starbucks.html

 

[ToTBellHop]

The fan-made site jamboeveryone.com has some inside photos of the new Starbucks location. It looks really nice and has a very African look to it.

http://www.jamboeveryone.com/2015/06/a-sneak-look-at-starbucks.html

If only it were in Africa.

 

[Jon81uk]

If only it were in Africa.

Compared to the actual Africa (Harambe) area in Animal Kingdom it is very different though. The Starbucks is sorta like Rainforest cafe in that it looks a bit like what an American interpreted African art should be, whereas Harambe look like a real village.

 

[MarkTwain]

If only it were in Africa.

It looks like it would fit right in at DAK Lodge/Kidani Village, if not the hyper-themed Harambe. It certainly doesn't fit with the rest of Discovery Island. It's a shame because Discovery Island really seems to be themed to a colorful celebration of life and animals in general, free of geographical context.

Isn't Creature Comforts right next to the bridge to Harambe though? Maybe they were trying to establish a connection there, or create a transition Crystal Palace-style.

 

[Kman101]

They also seem to have been getting away from the cartoony/bright colors in Discovery Island. I'm guessing they want to better blend the areas but that's just a thought.

 

[psherman42]

I think it looks really well done. I think this one and the one at Studios appear to be better themed than MK and Epcot's Starbucks locations.

 

[note2001]

I think it looks really well done. I think this one and the one at Studios appear to be better themed than MK and Epcot's Starbucks locations.

Agreed. Although I'm not sure what could they do with Fountain view. MSB was just an overall shame. It needed an overhaul, but they outright killed what charm the place had.

 

[jpittore1]

We were testers there today. We received a free coupon for either a hot/cold drink or a pastry. The size was determined on the coupon so they could practice making different sizes. They have green cardboard paper straws. I had a carmel ribbon Frap and the paper straw was stronger than normal. There are no drink stoppers for the hot drinks for animal safety.

It is beautiful inside. We were not allowed to take pictures. It also appears Starbucks will have a limited Animal Kingdom mug for sale tomorrow for their Grand opening

 

[Jon81uk]

We were testers there today. We received a free coupon for either a hot/cold drink or a pastry. The size was determined on the coupon so they could practicing make different sizes. They have green cardboard paper straws. I had a carmel ribbon Frap and the paper straw was stronger than normal. There are no drink stoppers for the hot drinks for animal safety.

It is beautiful inside. We were not allowed to take pictures. It also appears Starbucks well have a limited Animal Kingdom mug for sale tomorrow.

Paper straws are cool!

 

[halltd]

I love paper straws. I wish the rest of WDW used them. These new green ones are even cooler!

 

[wdwmagic]

PHOTOS - Creature Comforts Starbucks opens at Disney's Animal Kingdom

 

[odmichael]

PHOTOS - Creature Comforts Starbucks opens at Disney's Animal Kingdom

I don't even drink coffee. But those tree of life mugs look sick!

 

[flyerjab]

I love the Creature Comforts sign with the monkeys drinking cups of coffee. We will be there in about 4 weeks, hopefully the Starbucks DAK mug is still on stock. That is a must have on my list.