Disney Files Permit for Tree of Life Infrastructure Modifications with Cryogenic Contractor

Posted: Tuesday March 11, 2025 10:20am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Walt Disney Imagineering has filed a new Notice of Commencement for work at the Tree of Life Theater in Disney’s Animal Kingdom. The permit lists Incryo Systems as the contractor, with the work described as “modify infrastructure.”

The Tree of Life Theater

Incryo Systems specializes in cryogenic equipment and systems, with experience serving industries ranging from aerospace to theme parks. The company handles repairs, upgrades, and installations for cryogenic tanks, pumping equipment, and vacuum piping.

The permit likely relates to the cryogenic fog system used in It’s Tough to be a Bug!, which creates dense fog effects during the finale scenes featuring black widow spiders and hornets. With It’s Tough to be a Bug! set to close permanently on March 17, 2025, this work may involve either decommissioning the fog system or modifying it for the upcoming Zootopia: Better Zoogether! attraction.

'It's Tough to be a Bug' Queue and Show

Zootopia: Better Zoogether! is scheduled to debut in winter 2025 and will showcase the biomes of Zootopia inside the Tree of Life Theater. While Disney has not provided specific details on how effects like fog may be integrated, this permit suggests that changes to the theater’s environmental effects are part of the transformation.

Zootopia: Better Zoogether Poster

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Cmdr_Crimson1 hour ago

Unless their gutting the seating area for new seating and patching holes up where spiders jumped I have no clue..Just, wild guessing...

mickEblu6 hours ago

That would be nice but didn’t the permits imply some pretty heavy duty demo/ construction in there?

TheDisneyParksfanC87 hours ago

I've always wondered what happened to that tunnel when they built the patio area on top of it. Hopefully they can return to that level of immersion when they branch out into Simba.

Cmdr_Crimson7 hours ago

They probably will be keeping the caverns and such especially with the Jane Goodall tribute and Plaque by the entry way into the theater queue...This may not take long if they are looking for a summer opening.. The concept art shows it looks like a hollow tree including where Clawhouser / Hopper was..

Streetway Again7 hours ago

ITTBAB was 27 years old when it closed. Time is something isn’t it?

mickEblu7 hours ago

RIP ITTBAB. It’s really missed at DCA. The lobby alone and walking down that path below grade and into the “caves” is better than anything at Avengers Campus. It was the best indoor themed space at DCA and it was transportive. You don’t have a lot of that at DCA.

ᗩLᘿᑕ ֊ᗩζᗩᗰ10 hours ago

I'm bringing sparklers! 🎇

ᗩLᘿᑕ ֊ᗩζᗩᗰ10 hours ago

I zoo what you did there.

Fox&Hound11 hours ago

With you- 100%. That ride scares the heck out of me.

EagleScout61011 hours ago

Now that I think about it, you don't suppose Mr. Tarzan is sitting in the theater waiting for the show to begin as they start to disassemble it, do you?

donaldtoo11 hours ago

Zoogather all your zoostuff, and don’t let the zoodoor hit you in the zoohind on your way out…!

MisterPenguin11 hours ago

Noted. You're fired.

Advisable Joseph12 hours ago

Well, there's always the chance there is a skunkworks show that Disney decided is better than Better Zoogether. Oh, @MisterPenguin, see what I did here?