Tropical Americas Pueblo Esperanza Will Replace DinoLand at Disney's Animal Kingdom

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Tropical Americas Pueblo Esperanza Concept Art

Posted: Sunday August 11, 2024 12:36am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Replacing DinoLand, Disney has announced that work on the new Tropical Americas Pueblo Esperanza 11-acre section of the park will begin later this year at Disney's Animal Kingdom.

Entry into Tropical Americas Pueblo Esperanza

Disney says that just like Harambe, the land feels lived in, with a long, rich history — plus there's a large hacienda which will be one of the largest quick-service restaurants at Walt Disney World Resort.

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The space will be lush and sprawling, featuring a large fountain in the center where the villagers like to gather and tell stories. Additionally, a woodcarver has created a giant working carousel featuring his favorite animals from Disney stories.

Tropical Americas Pueblo Esperanza carousel

Pueblo Esperanza will include two attractions: the new Indiana Jones makeover of Dinosaur and the all-new trackless Encanto ride.

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gerarar14 hours ago

Just to follow up on this, and looks like I was just beat by BlogMickey...but the alioramus AA is back as of today 12/20 and is looking better than ever! AK was my first stop of the day during this short weekend trip, especially to get a couple rides on Dinosaur, but this was a pleasant surprise. As previously stated, it now bobs up and down again, as if it's eating the smaller dino, restoring near to its original intended motion. Besides that, I can visually confirm the 2nd carnotaurus is chasing again as previously reported, and man it looks good. Actually the entire ride is looking well now...the best in years (maybe dating back to 2019 or earlier). The meteor shower has a few new red lights which adds to the ambiance. So glad (one of) my favorite ride isn't going down without a fight before its final extinction. Kudos to the maintenance & other teams involved with restoring these aged AAs and other effects throughout the ride. And now here's a blurry capture from my ride earlier. #SaveDinosaur....plz

mickEblu15 hours ago

Ah yes Henry Mystic, the insideriest insider to ever inside.

EagleScout61015 hours ago

https://blogmickey.com/2024/12/alioramus-fixed-dinosaur-ride/ On a positive note...

dennis-in-ct16 hours ago

Hopper seemed ok

cjkeating18 hours ago

Was Hopper working?

dennis-in-ct1 day ago

I would like to mention “tough to be a bug” as this attraction is part of the upcoming planned Animal Kingdom changes (along with Encanto, and Indiana Jones). We visited last week so we could enjoy the Christmas holidays and say goodbye to attractions that are to be revamped. Tough to be a bug was in bad shape. The effects were not working - no air jets, stinger, bugs exiting the theater under your butt, spiders only partially worked. Extra fog used to cover up the broken effects. As a fan of the show, I now wish I did not have this as my last experience. Same feeling I had when we rode Splash before it closed. Splash was a shell of its former self. Riding the new Tiana’s was better than I expected. There is a real lack of show scenes but the new figures are impressive. I hope the new Zootopia overlay comes out a winner.

Brer Panther1 day ago

From my understanding, they swapped out the game in 2010 because Bo Peep wasn't in Toy Story 3.

ToTBellHop1 day ago

I recall Disney talking about the option for overlays when the ride opened. I guess they got lazy?

dennis-in-ct1 day ago

What happened to seasonal overlays for Toy Story? There was talk (probably just on the boards-not official) that switching out the graphics for Halloween, Christmas, etc could easily add to the experience. We rode it last week at Hollywood Studios and the film seemed dim. It felt like it could use a little love.

lentesta2 days ago

My guess is Encanto is much farther along in planning than Indy. We might know more by end of March-ish?

Blobbles2 days ago

before the closure was announced, I always thought a Muppet*Vision Christmas special could've been really fun, especially with the rise of jollywood nights.