New Aerial Photos Reveal Tropical Americas Construction Progress at Disney's Animal Kingdom

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Tropical Americas Construction - Aerial Views - June 13, 2025

Posted: Friday June 13, 2025 3:35pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

New aerial photos from @bioreconstruct on X reveal the latest progress on the Tropical Americas expansion at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, as work moves beyond the former Dino-Rama footprint and into a previously backstage area.

Photo from @bioreconstruct on X

Demolition and grading have advanced into a former backstage operations zone, which aligns with Disney’s earlier announcement that Tropical Americas will span 11 acres.

Along with the continued ground clearing and leveling across the site, a large crane is on site, assisting with utility and infrastructure preparation.

Photo from @bioreconstruct on X

The original Dino-Rama structures, including TriceraTop Spin, Fossil Fun Games, and the Cementosaurus, have all been demolished over the past several months. Disney has also removed the smaller themed items like the Dino-Institute billboards.

What’s Coming to Tropical Americas

Tropical Americas Concept Art

The new land, opening in 2027, will feature:

A first Encanto ride-through attraction, set inside the magical casita of the Madrigal family
A brand-new Indiana Jones attraction, replacing DINOSAUR in 2026, set inside a Maya temple
A large quick-service restaurant designed like a traditional hacienda
A wood-carved carousel featuring Disney-inspired animals
Themed to a fictional village named Pueblo Esperanza, drawing from Central and South American influences

Indiana Jones Attraction Concept Art

Encanto-themed ride concept art

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HMF9 days ago

Tiana's is a disaster for a very specific reason concerning the environment it is in. HBG and the new Pirates addition are impressive in isolation hampered by poor placement and context concerning their appearance.

Jedi149 days ago

He’s there the entire time.

Br0ckford9 days ago

Don't get me started on the hat box ghost 😤

WeNamedTheDogIndiana9 days ago

I mean, we can all agree Tiana's is a disaster. Are any animatronic-heavy attractions that bad? Or are people still that salty about the skeleton pirate and Hatbox Ghost?

HMF9 days ago

Indeed, especially since their track record with maintaining AA populated attractions is not that great right now on either coast.

Disney Analyst9 days ago

This is why we don't talk about Bruno....

James Alucobond9 days ago

Yes, which has been said directly to him many times, but he doesn’t really care to listen.

TrainsOfDisney9 days ago

Disney needs to stop caring about this. Create the best ride possible that guests who are a fan of the story will love. I don’t walk up to Alice and say “but the mad tea party is behind me so clearly this takes place after the tea party so why are following the rabbit?” This is how we get Tianas, and Frozen After, etc.

DCLcruiser9 days ago

Isn't he behind the walls the entire time?

Brer Panther10 days ago

If the ride is supposed to take place before/during the first act of the movie, why would Bruno be there?

DCBaker10 days ago

See here:

Gremlin Gus10 days ago

Please do correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Lentesta say there was going to at least be one Bruno animatronic at some point in the ride either in the queue or the ride itself? I'm assuming we're getting a mixture of both screens and animatronics for this ride, but I'm guessing screens will be for some more "complicated" aspects of the ride I suppose?