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

Aug 11, 2024 in "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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Disgruntled Walt21 minutes ago

I would be fine with this. I must help Seeker one last time!

Gusey4 hours ago

I'm expecting an announcement soon, because construction is set to begin this Fall. It will probably have a set closing date for Triceratop and Boneyard, and a closing month for Dinosaur, like they did with Bug's Land Closure

ToTBellHop4 hours ago

If Dino indeed stays open longer, I’m not sure they need to give us much of a heads-up yet. Not many want one more ride on TriceraTop Spin. They could announce in November that much of the land closes 1/1/25 with Dinosaur closing after Summer 2025, for example.

WorldExplorer5 hours ago

So... we're expecting a "closing on this day in the future" announcement, right? Not a "yesterday was it" announcement? They haven't just shut down half a land before without saying an end date, right? I'm a little surprised it hasn't happened yet and I'm glad it hasn't but also worried I'm waiting for something that isn't coming and it's just going to sneak up on me.

DisneyHead1231 day ago

I don’t know that AK is underrated so much as it’s harder to get to. It’s the least accessible park by a long shot, in terms of onsite transportation.

Quietmouse1 day ago

I know animal kingdom ranks last in Disney overall lineup of parks…but to me and my family we love animal kingdom because it’s essentially a zoo with Disney rides. We love zoos and my kids love the safari and the trek. I think animal kingdom strikes a delicate balance because it’s the one place where we can more leisure and don’t feel like we need to run to the next big attraction. A lot of it is due to its theming and animal based attractions and I personally would prefer for animal kingdom to continue to lean on that aspect more than becoming a magic kingdom with animals in it. Because right now it’s definitely a place with animals that has rides and I think it’s unique and an under rated favorite by a lot of people because of that.

Haymarket1 day ago

Any word on whether there'll be any animals in the new Tropical Americas land?

JD804 days ago

I think the point is if DHS or AK had an attraction lineup half of what MK's is could you see more people going to those parks? Yes. The increased population comes from a few different sources: People choosing not to go to MK a second/third time. People choosing to buy an extra park ticket instead of skipping a park entirely. People staying on property and not going to another Orlando theme park. People choosing to buy hoppers instead of single park tickets and visiting as part of their day.

UNCgolf4 days ago

I was talking from a guest perspective, not a Disney corporate perspective. That said, yes, it would be better for Disney too if it meant people were going to stay longer and/or choose more days at Disney over other parks. It would also be a draw to get more people to stay on site, which is becoming a problem for Disney.

JMcMahonEsq4 days ago

Draw people away from what? If its drawing people away from MK, its not all that big a deal, and in fact i would lean towards Mattpeto's statement it doesn't matter. If people are spending money for tickets at MK, and instead are "drawn away" to AK, there no net gain for WDW. Its the same money spent, just at a different park. If the argument is that you can get current WDW guests to spend MORE days in Orlando but expanding DHS or AK and making them a bigger draw, then you have something. Or if you think that by expanding them you are drawing people away from other non WDW parks, then again you have something. But theres no value to just spreading out the internal WDW guests and better/more equally distributing them across the 4 parks.

Quietmouse4 days ago

To be fair Epcot didn’t have 2 other theme parks to compete with (animal kingdom and dhs) and 2 other new Disney water parks. Currently there is roughly a 5 million difference compared to magic kingdom and epcot which I think is fantastic.

UNCgolf5 days ago

Of course it does -- if DHS had 15 or 20 attractions people wanted to see like the MK, it would be a bigger draw. The MK will probably always be the biggest park because of the castle etc., but other parks can absolutely draw people away if they had more people wanted to do, especially if they were potentially a two day park the way MK is. EPCOT used to draw equally with MK (and I think may have even outdrawn it a year or two) back in the late 80s/early 90s when it was full of great attractions and interesting content.

Sneaky5 days ago

That’s an interesting prospect. Interesting to see how DHS evolves over the coming years, and what direction they go with ip’s and such. By “west towards”, you mean directly behind sunset connecting to RNRC plaza?