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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EagleScout6108 hours ago

Quick, bring it to the Katiebug thread! And the one about the yeti for good measure!

Gremlin Gus10 hours ago

I don't mean this in a rude way and please don't take this with any personal offence to everybody here, but I think there kind of is a problem with both TBA and us

TheMaxRebo10 hours ago

I recall a statement a bit ago about how some IP they view as "franchises" and those are the ones they are investing in. So isn't just about the box office of a single movie but where they think there are more stories and they extend beyond the films (becomes internet trends, etc) So Moana, Zootopia, Encanto, Frozen, Lion King are ones they see as that (some examples)

Disgruntled Walt11 hours ago

We are now talking about TBA in both the Cars-Themed Attractions thread AND the Encanto thread. That's a sign there is a problem with TBA. And possibly a problem with us.

Brer Panther12 hours ago

I agree, but that doesn't seem to be the way Disney sees it. Otherwise we would have gotten that Atlantis retheme of Disneyland's Submarine Voyage. We'd probably also have gotten something based on The Good Dinosaur in Dinoland USA, for that matter. Well, there's a pretty big reason for that, but I won't say it here because I know it's going to result in a lot of people arguing over why they gave it said E-Ticket and whether or not that was a good thing. Funny thing is, The Princess and the Frog wasn't even a flop. It just didn't do as well as Disney was hoping.

Disstevefan115 hours ago

You cant spell synergy without ip...... er.... well, you know what I mean ;) besides, Disney doesn't care as long as they are using IPs ;)

Bocabear15 hours ago

What we consider Disney's old classic rides, most were not based on ip at all... Haunted Mansion, Jungle Cruise, Small World, Pirates Of The Caribbean, Space Mountain, Big Thunder......All E tickets.... Snow White's Scary Adventures, Peter Pan, Mr Toad...C and D tickets... The IP Mandate is making sure that WDW willl never again have any original ride ideas...

Gremlin Gus15 hours ago

To add on what you said, I think Disney does really forgive Encanto in terms of success as while it only made about $250 million in the box office (iirc), its popularity especially with the soundtrack and Disney+ makes it honestly a big success in Disney's eyes seeing as it got a few things in the parks and the rumors of a sequel happening in the future, I don't think Disney consider it a failure at all and I can see why they're putting in the parks a lot.

Gusey16 hours ago

Encanto will always be a weird one when it comes to Box Office due to it only being in movie theatres for a month. It's the mech, the soundtrack streaming numbers and Disney+ views that have indicated its popularity

Charlie The Chatbox Ghost17 hours ago

Fair enough! My point was that a rides IP shouldn’t be based on its box office success. Princess and the Frog “flopped” but was given an E-Ticket to inhabit.

Disgruntled Walt19 hours ago

It's not because of the film; it was already one of the most popular rides at the Disney parks. Let's not revise history here.

solidyne20 hours ago

Absolutely! Like these for example...

MJL9221 hours ago

100% untrue. My niece wouldn't ride anything with any drops / thrills. Tiana is her favorite princess. She braved the drops for the new ride when she wouldn't before, and it's her new favorite. Now she's excited to go back to ride all of the other rides she was previously afraid of.