Inside Disney’s Animal Kingdom as you walk towards the park icon The Tree of Life there is a large gift shop to the right called the Discovery Trading Company.

This has always been home to a few pressed penny machines, but their locations over the years have moved around a bit. They also had quite a selection of designs available including most recently a few from the Disney Company’s 100th Anniversary Set and a smaller Animal Kingdom 25th Anniversary set.

With both of those celebrations completed it was only a matter of time before the coin designs were replaced. Thankfully for us collectors that time has finally come, and even better, we didn’t get old designs returned instead brand new designs.

Previously these machines could be found inside the store, but in the last couple years they have been moved outside and kind of tucked away in a corner. It’s across from the Doug & Russell from Up! meet and greet area if that helps narrow down the location.

I always enjoy seeing this wall of penny machines, and just look at those cabinet designs they are incredible. Over on our Youtube channel I created a video about my Top 5 favorite Disney Pressed Penny Machine cabinets which you can check out here, and these were among them. But you’ll have to check out the video to see where they placed.

Each machine didn’t get a full set of new designs, instead just one or two designs. First up let’s check out the machine all the way on the left. The center design with the Animal Kingdom park logo has remained unchanged. The other two designs are brand new and include a fun image of Timon holding some bugs titled Jungle Grub. The third design is of Asha, Valentino and Star from the new movie Wish.

The middle machine has also left the center design alone which displays the Harambe Elephant. The other two designs are new including Doug from Up! with a squirrel on his head, and a coin with Explorer Mickey on it.

The final machine all the way to the right has kept two if its designs. The first has Randall monster from Pixar’s Monsters, Inc and has been available here for a long time. The center design is part of the current 2024 dated set with an image of The Tree of Life. The last design is the newly released one and has Donald’s three nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louis.

There you have the new pressed penny designs over at the Discovery Trading Company gift ship. I’m always happy to see new designs released and I think these latest ones are a great addition. Plus you can get up close to these amazingly detailed cabinets and I always say high to the large crabs sitting on top holding their own pennies to press. Keep on Pressing!

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