First Look at Tropical Americas Model Featuring Encanto and Indiana Jones Attractions at Disney's Animal Kingdom

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Tropical Americas Pueblo Esperanza Concept Art

Posted: Sunday August 11, 2024 12:18pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

The model for the new Tropical Americas addition to Disney's Animal Kingdom is now on display at the Walt Disney Imagineering exhibit at D23.

Tropical Americas Concept Model

Here is a first look at the model, which includes the Indiana Jones and Encanto attractions.

Tropical Americas Concept Model

Photo by @Vikescaper

Encanto Casita Concept Model. Photo by @Vikescaper

Encanto Casita Concept Model

Opening in 2027, this area will include attractions inspired by Indiana Jones and Encanto, allowing guests to explore the magical world of the Madrigal family and the adventures of the iconic archeologist.

Tropical Americas Pueblo Esperanza Concept Art

Encanto-themed ride concept art

Indiana Jones Attraction Concept Art

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MisterPenguin18 hours ago

What made it precious?

Bocabear18 hours ago

Oh! only 5 years? This must be turbo-charge-Fast-Tracked !

DisneyDean9723 hours ago

Wow Disney is already clearing land you know what that means... only 5 more years until the attraction opens 😂

gerarar1 day ago

Visible land clearing of the previous tree berms now underway.

ChewbaccaYourMum2 days ago

Yeah, that was my mistake! I always exit Dinosaur and take the path that ends at C&H and, for some reason, in my head, I associate it as the Dinosaur exit gift shop, even though it is not at all that haha! It is a large gift shop, and has some of the best merch as well!

Gusey2 days ago

Got to assume the Mirable meet and greet will move from MK to AK when Tropical Americas opens. Could they add a gift shop to the Encanto show building for Encanto merch, Indiana Jones merch in the Dino Institute store and Chester and Hester's be converted into a meet and greet space?

Purduevian2 days ago

Gottcha, when you said "at the end of Dinosaur" I assumed you meant the exit gift shop. My assumption would be Indy exit giftshop will still exist with like 90% Indy merch. C&H gas station will be like 50% encanto, 25% other tropical Americas, 25% generic Disney. That giftshop is pretty large if I remember right so I doubt they would build an attraction exit shop.

ChewbaccaYourMum2 days ago

I apologize, I was confused in my last post. What I meant to ask was, do we think the old C&H gift shop will be solely Indy or like a general TA gift shop that has a bunch of Encanto and some Indy? I just realized I completely forgot the, rather small, gift shop you exit Dinosaur into. I'm sure that small gift shop will be solely Indy, and C&H will turn into a bigger TA gift shop (or maybe something else entirely?)

Purduevian2 days ago

I think this is the old C&H gas station gift shop. I assume they will re-use the building and keep it as a gift shop

ChewbaccaYourMum2 days ago

I've been wondering about this. Do we think that big gift shop (at the end of Dinosaur currently, that is still in the artwork for Tropical Americas) is going to be the main gift shop of TA and have like 75% Encanto Merch and like 25% Indy merch? Or does it show in the permits that Encanto is going to have a gift shop attached to the new build for that ride, and the other gift shop will be solely Indy?

WaltsTreasureChest2 days ago

I want a good gift shop for Indiana jones

ToTBellHop2 days ago

There are similar waterways (just not pink) in Disney Springs and Pandora. Definitely could’ve worked.

etc982 days ago

The river in real life is pink from plants growing underwater. I’d imagine that they would have done the same thing in Animal Kingdom. The water itself wouldn’t have been dyed

radiorae2 days ago

I can’t help but think there is some imagineer out there trying VERY hard to make a pink walkway/river/feature happen and keeps getting shot down. First it was that twisty pink road to the Epcot Tabletop, then the pink river around Casita… they’re the same exact color. I half expect it to show up again in the next round of Villainsland concept art. 😅