Last Chance to Visit Dino-Rama at Disney's Animal Kingdom Before It Permanently Closes in January 2025

Jan 10, 2025 in "DinoLand U.S.A."

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Posted: Friday January 10, 2025 1:00pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Time is running out for fans of Chester & Hester's Dino-Rama at Disney's Animal Kingdom. This whimsical, carnival-style area in Dinoland U.S.A. will close permanently at the end of operations on January 12, 2025, as part of the park's transformation into the highly anticipated Tropical Americas expansion.

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Photos of Dino-Rama in its final week of operation.

Attractions Closing Permanently

The closure will include all three of Dino-Rama's experiences:

TriceraTop Spin: The family-friendly ride that allows guests to soar in colorful dinosaur-themed vehicles.

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Fossil Fun Games: A midway of carnival-style games where guests can win dinosaur-themed prizes.

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Chester & Hester's Dinosaur Treasures: A merchandise shop packed with dinosaur-themed souvenirs and quirky decor.

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After January 12, these attractions will be permanently closed, with demolition work set to begin shortly after. Construction walls will be installed on January 13, 2025, marking the start of the area's transformation.

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The Future of Dino-Rama

The closure of Dino-Rama paves the way for the upcoming Tropical Americas expansion, a reimagining of Dinoland U.S.A. that will feature attractions inspired by South America's diverse landscapes, cultures, and wildlife.

At the heart of the new land will be Disney's first-ever Encanto-themed attraction, where guests will step into the magical casita of the Madrigal family and join Antonio as he celebrates his unique gift of communicating with animals. Additionally, an Indiana Jones attraction is planned to replace the DINOSAUR ride after 2025, taking guests on an adventure through a newly discovered Maya temple.

Tropical Americas Concept Art

What's Staying (For Now)

While much of Dinoland U.S.A. will close in early 2025, some areas will remain open during the initial phases of construction, including:

DINOSAUR: The original thrill ride will continue operating through 2025.
The Boneyard: A play area for kids to dig for "fossils" and explore dino-themed activities.
Restaurantosaurus and Dino-Bite Snacks: These dining locations will also remain open during the early stages of redevelopment.

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Plan Your Visit

For fans of Dino-Rama's nostalgic charm and family-friendly attractions, this is the final opportunity to experience it before it "goes extinct."

Disney's Animal Kingdom is open from 8 am to 7 pm on Saturday, January 11, and 8 am to 6 pm on Sunday, January 12, 2025. Photos of Dino-Rama in its final week of operation.

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JD801 day ago

That carousel is going to look gorgeous at night (assuming the park is open past sunset).

James Alucobond1 day ago

They removed it a while ago when they released the new wave of art. The outlining bushes remaining in the art are fun to take note of, though. https://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/animal-kingdom/gallery/11aug2024-tropical-americas-pueblo-esperanza-concept-art.htm#&gid=1&pid=1

Gremlin Gus1 day ago

They removed it when they showed off the concept art at last year's D23, and funnily enough, you can kind of see where the river used to be with the plants around the river still there in the concept art. Kind of sucks that they removed as it does look cool, but eh, I can live without it.

Timothy_Q1 day ago

Worth pointing out they removed the pink river in front of Casita in the concept art

EagleScout6101 day ago

https://mickeyblog.com/2025/03/28/photos-new-tropical-americas-signage-makes-its-way-to-disneys-animal-kingdom/

Disney Analyst2 days ago

I was mostly curious if anyone knows whether it's the ride system, or other errors causing downtime (i.e. peoples items falling onto track, etc.). We may have had times where we had lightning lanes switched to Multiple Experience passes due to downtime, but I honestly didn't keep track well enough to remember which ride gave us that pass, how long it was down, etc. All I know is ride downtime never impacted us in any real way. Apart from Rise going down a lot our first day.

Timothy_Q2 days ago

Also retheming Dinosaur to Indy doesn't mean the ride will suddenly get the same downtime DL Indy usually has There's no correlation between the 2 things

UNCgolf2 days ago

They may update some of the computer systems/controls, but they aren't going to replace the ride system with something else.

MisterPenguin2 days ago

The vehicles are on a track. They'll build the new 'story' around where those tracks go. They won't change the current placement of the tracks. The movement of the vehicles then get programmed as to stop and go and sideways spine breakers.

rle4lunch2 days ago

You got very lucky with your visit. When we were living in San Diego, we'd visit every few months and the ride is regularly down at least once daily (for hours at a time). I'd say in the last 10 years of riding it, we've had it break while riding at least 3 times and were given complementary fast passes for a different ride at least 10 times for it.

Disney Analyst2 days ago

How much of the downtime at Disneyland is due to the ride system, and not other circumstances? I can say on our trip last year, we never had an issue riding Indy.

Giss Neric2 days ago

I would expect they would at least upgrade the ride system knowing how much downtime the Indy ride at Disneyland has on a regular basis. Indy for sure will have more complex show scenes than Dinosaur.