Last Chance to See 'It's Tough to be a Bug!' Before It Permanently Closes at Disney's Animal Kingdom

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Posted: Friday March 14, 2025 8:36am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

This weekend marks your final opportunity to experience It's Tough to be a Bug! at Disney's Animal Kingdom. The long-running 3D attraction inside the Tree of Life Theater will close permanently after its final performances on Sunday, March 16, 2025.

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It's Tough to be a Bug! has been part of Animal Kingdom since the park opened in 1998. The attraction blends 3D effects, animatronics, and in-theater sensory effects to immerse guests in the world of Pixar's A Bug's Life. The show is best known for its memorable finale, where black widow spiders, hornets, and other insects create an intense — and often surprising — experience for guests.

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

The closure will make way for Zootopia: Better Zoogether!, a new show debuting in winter 2025. The upcoming attraction will transport guests to the biomes of Zootopia, featuring familiar characters from the 2016 film.

Zootopia: Better Zoogether Poster

If you want to experience It's Tough to be a Bug! one last time, this weekend is your final chance before the curtains close for good.

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

Operating hours are 8:00 am to 6:00 pm on the final day, March 16, 2025. Early entry is available for resort hotel guests from 7:30 am.

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

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Cmdr_Crimson24 days ago

With the Zootopia 2 opening Nov 26th this would fit that timeline so after it gets released the new attraction opens just around afterwards...

FrontierSpirit25 days ago

Think I like Meteorological and Astronomical Winters better. I’ll assume it’s not open by Dec. and if it is my girls will love it! If not, I won’t mention it.

MisterPenguin25 days ago

Take the earliest time that anyone would say it is "Winter" and the latest time anyone would say it's still "Winter." That.

FrontierSpirit25 days ago

What does opening Winter 2025 mean? Meteorological Winter: December, January, and February. Astronomical Winter: Approximately late December to late March. What’s a Disney winter type timeline?

FigmentFan8226 days ago

2 Posters, one of which was a foreign market poster, and being 3rd in line in a huge cast picture list is NOT at all making a "big deal" out of it. You're stretching this farther than silly putty.

Brer Panther27 days ago

I recall she was the first cast member to be announced after Ginnifer Goodwin and Jason Bateman. There were articles online about her being in the film. The character got at least two posters. When the full "main" cast of the film was announced at the 2015 D23 Expo, she was right next to Ginnifer and Jason, the third listed in the cast list - BEFORE characters who actually had a role in the film's plot like Chief Bogo, Mayor Lionheart, and Dawn Bellwether and instead of Mr. Big, who ALSO had a role in the film's plot unlike Gazelle but wasn't listed because he wasn't voiced by a celebrity. There was definitely a big deal made about Shakira being in the movie.

peter1143527 days ago

Explain when and how they “made a huge deal about the fact that Shakira was in the movie”?

FettFan27 days ago

"Smithers....release the sea lions."

FigmentFan8227 days ago

Um, I'm not recalling at all any type of marketing or promotion of the Gizelle character to make people aware there was a character voiced by Shakira. No trailers focused on her at all. They never attempted to misdirect you that Gizelle was a major character.

Brer Panther27 days ago

Y'know what I love about Zootopia? They created a character for the sole purpose of putting Shakira in their movie and then made such a huge deal about the fact that Shakira was in their movie, and the character only had, what, five lines outside of the song?

Disgruntled Walt27 days ago

So proud that we've got the OG one here, and it still holds up. I love the crashed police car in the queue. Best queue at Great America (though Viper is pretty good too).

FettFan28 days ago

Strong disagree; just look at Busch Gardens. It can be done, and can be done well….but not by the current leadership. I still greatly miss Warden Wilson. Even though we all knew he was a prerecorded sound effect and voice actor, I always got a kick out of seeing how many children (and quite a fair number of adults!) were craning their necks out of the trucks to try to spot him flying overhead.