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01-05-2013, 07:41 PM
5/20/15
Disney's Animal Kingdom has internally announced that the Harambe Market area will open on May 23, 2015.
5/3/15
The Walt Disney World resort has announced further details for the second expansion of the Africa section at Disney's Animal Kingdom:
Fun New Tastes at Harambe Market at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
by Pam Brandon, Disney Parks Food Writer
The Official Disney Parks Blog
April 30th, 2015
The much-anticipated Harambe Market opens late May at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, where food plays a starring role with African-inspired street food at four walk-up windows and plenty of shaded seating – 200+ seats.
Built around a Colonial-era train depot design complete with a 1960s water tower, the marketplace re-creates a bustling center of commerce where guests are welcomed from around the world who have come to visit the little seaside town and venture out to the reserve to observe Africa’s animals.
Chef Lenny DeGeorge led the Food and Beverage concept development team, and tells us it’s the sort of food you’d find in a street market in Africa. “The menus reflect the unique personalities of the establishments’ owners,” says Chef Lenny.
“Kitamu Grill” offers skewered chicken and a kabob flatbread sandwich. “Famous Sausages” features a corn dog, inspired by a South African sausage called a boerewors, dipped in curry-infused corn batter. “Chef Mwanga’s” serves a spice-rubbed karubi rib with green papaya-carrot slaw.
“With three meaty ribs, the karubi rib is our version of the giant turkey legs served in the Disney theme parks,” says DeGeorge. We give two thumbs up to the curry corn dog, made with a special spiced sausage inspired by the traditional boerewors.
A fourth window, called Wanjohi Refreshments (“wanjohi” means “brewer” in Swahili) offers beverages including six South African wines by the glass; Safari Amber Lager and Orlando Brewing I-4 IPA on draft; red sangria with Van der Hum tangerine liqueur from South Africa; The Starr of Harambe, a frozen drink with Starr African rum with mango puree in a souvenir mug; non-alcoholic tangerine lemonade, and fountain beverages including Sparberry from Zimbabwe and Bibo from South Africa.
With shaded tables and merchandise shops, the new market, together with the recently opened Harambe Theatre (home to “Festival of the Lion King”) doubles the size of the original Harambe Village. Sparberry and Bibo are currently available in sample size at Club Cool in Epcot.
11/20/14
It has been internally announced that a second expansion to the Africa section in Disney's Animal Kingdom will open in Spring 2015. The reclaimed backstage area will reportedly feature retail locations and a new counter service restaurant.
The below diagram has been updated to show the approximate location of the second expansion area.
10/19/13
It has been internally announced that Festival of the Lion King will close in its current Camp Minnie-Mickey location on January 5th, 2014. It was previosuly announced that Camp Minnie-Mickey would close "January 2014".
It was also announced that the Festival of the Lion King location in the newly expanded Africa section will open in "Summer 2014".
7/29/13
With construction visibly underway, the Animal Kingdom Park has officially announced that the Africa section of the park is being expanded and will become the new home to the Festival of the Lion King show.
4/10/13
Construction walls are now up around the proposed site in the Africa section of the park.
1/5/13
Cast Members have confirmed that leaked blueprints of an expansion to the Africa section of Disney's Animal Kingdom are the same plans that were internally announced in Late 2012. Construction dates have not been reportedly set, so these plans should only be considered "proposed" until further developments.
The proposal calls for a hardscape expansion to the Africa section of the park and reclaiming backstage areas located near the Discovery Village section. The expansion would be used to relocate the Festival of the Lion King show to a more permanent facility and allow for future expansion in the former location (presumably the Pandora project).
According to the plans and reports from Cast, Guests would find a new covered Standby and Fastpass Queues near Creature Comforts in Discovery Village. The new theater for Festival of the Lion King will be the same size, but the exterior will be similar to the theater at Hong Kong Disneyland (much more ornate and themed than the current exterior). Guests will reportedly exit near the Dawa bar.
Below is an approximate depiction of the the proposed expansion's effect for Guests:
Disney's Animal Kingdom has internally announced that the Harambe Market area will open on May 23, 2015.
5/3/15
The Walt Disney World resort has announced further details for the second expansion of the Africa section at Disney's Animal Kingdom:
Fun New Tastes at Harambe Market at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
by Pam Brandon, Disney Parks Food Writer
The Official Disney Parks Blog
April 30th, 2015
The much-anticipated Harambe Market opens late May at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, where food plays a starring role with African-inspired street food at four walk-up windows and plenty of shaded seating – 200+ seats.
Built around a Colonial-era train depot design complete with a 1960s water tower, the marketplace re-creates a bustling center of commerce where guests are welcomed from around the world who have come to visit the little seaside town and venture out to the reserve to observe Africa’s animals.
Chef Lenny DeGeorge led the Food and Beverage concept development team, and tells us it’s the sort of food you’d find in a street market in Africa. “The menus reflect the unique personalities of the establishments’ owners,” says Chef Lenny.
“Kitamu Grill” offers skewered chicken and a kabob flatbread sandwich. “Famous Sausages” features a corn dog, inspired by a South African sausage called a boerewors, dipped in curry-infused corn batter. “Chef Mwanga’s” serves a spice-rubbed karubi rib with green papaya-carrot slaw.
“With three meaty ribs, the karubi rib is our version of the giant turkey legs served in the Disney theme parks,” says DeGeorge. We give two thumbs up to the curry corn dog, made with a special spiced sausage inspired by the traditional boerewors.
A fourth window, called Wanjohi Refreshments (“wanjohi” means “brewer” in Swahili) offers beverages including six South African wines by the glass; Safari Amber Lager and Orlando Brewing I-4 IPA on draft; red sangria with Van der Hum tangerine liqueur from South Africa; The Starr of Harambe, a frozen drink with Starr African rum with mango puree in a souvenir mug; non-alcoholic tangerine lemonade, and fountain beverages including Sparberry from Zimbabwe and Bibo from South Africa.
With shaded tables and merchandise shops, the new market, together with the recently opened Harambe Theatre (home to “Festival of the Lion King”) doubles the size of the original Harambe Village. Sparberry and Bibo are currently available in sample size at Club Cool in Epcot.
11/20/14
It has been internally announced that a second expansion to the Africa section in Disney's Animal Kingdom will open in Spring 2015. The reclaimed backstage area will reportedly feature retail locations and a new counter service restaurant.
The below diagram has been updated to show the approximate location of the second expansion area.
10/19/13
It has been internally announced that Festival of the Lion King will close in its current Camp Minnie-Mickey location on January 5th, 2014. It was previosuly announced that Camp Minnie-Mickey would close "January 2014".
It was also announced that the Festival of the Lion King location in the newly expanded Africa section will open in "Summer 2014".
7/29/13
With construction visibly underway, the Animal Kingdom Park has officially announced that the Africa section of the park is being expanded and will become the new home to the Festival of the Lion King show.
4/10/13
Construction walls are now up around the proposed site in the Africa section of the park.
1/5/13
Cast Members have confirmed that leaked blueprints of an expansion to the Africa section of Disney's Animal Kingdom are the same plans that were internally announced in Late 2012. Construction dates have not been reportedly set, so these plans should only be considered "proposed" until further developments.
The proposal calls for a hardscape expansion to the Africa section of the park and reclaiming backstage areas located near the Discovery Village section. The expansion would be used to relocate the Festival of the Lion King show to a more permanent facility and allow for future expansion in the former location (presumably the Pandora project).
According to the plans and reports from Cast, Guests would find a new covered Standby and Fastpass Queues near Creature Comforts in Discovery Village. The new theater for Festival of the Lion King will be the same size, but the exterior will be similar to the theater at Hong Kong Disneyland (much more ornate and themed than the current exterior). Guests will reportedly exit near the Dawa bar.
Below is an approximate depiction of the the proposed expansion's effect for Guests: