Disney's Animal Kingdom's Digital and Paper Maps Updated After Dino-Rama Closure

Jan 13, 2025 in "Walt Disney World Park and Resort Maps"

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Disney's Animal Kingdom Guide Map - January 2025

Posted: Monday January 13, 2025 8:35am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Following the closure of Chester & Hester's Dino-Rama at Disney's Animal Kingdom, both the digital map in the My Disney Experience app and the in-park paper map have been updated to reflect the changes in Dinoland U.S.A.

The updated maps no longer show the former Dino-Rama attractions, including TriceraTop Spin, Fossil Fun Games, and Dinosaur Treasures, which closed permanently at the end of operation on January 12, 2025.

Disney's Animal Kingdom Guide Map - January 2025

Changes to the Map

The revised map highlights the new guest walkways through Dinoland U.S.A., rerouting traffic alongside Restaurantosaurus toward the DINOSAUR attraction. Construction walls now block the former Dino-Rama area as work begins for the upcoming Tropical Americas expansion.

Dino-Rama Walled Off - January 13, 2025

No Mention of Tropical Americas Yet

The updated maps do not yet reference Tropical Americas, the new land that will replace Dinoland U.S.A. Disney has not added any preview text or placeholder labels for the new area, which will include an Encanto-themed attraction and a new Indiana Jones adventure.

What Remains Open in Dinoland U.S.A.

Despite the changes, several attractions in Dinoland U.S.A. remain open:

DINOSAUR: The time-traveling thrill ride remains operational through 2025.
The Boneyard: The interactive playground is still open for younger guests.
Restaurantosaurus and Dino-Bite Snacks: Both dining locations continue to serve guests.

Dino-Rama Walled Off - January 13, 2025

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Brer Panther12 hours ago

All of this. I'm fed up with trackless dark rides that move slowly through giant, empty rooms and park the riders in front of a screen. I'd love it if they added another "classic style" dark ride to Fantasyland - they could take out the Tomorrowland Speedway and put an Alice in Wonderland dark ride, for example. Wasn't it basically sabotaged by Disney because they saw it as an embarrassment? Y'know, because it wasn't the big epic dramedy that took itself seriously it was originally going to be? I still find the lyric "When it comes to the universe, we're all shareholders!" cringe-worthy. It's so pandering. What does a coaster through Yzma’s lab have to do with the theme of DAK? Don’t get me wrong, I love ENG. I would love to see Yzma’s lab coaster end up in Villains land. Animal Kingdom just doesn’t feel like the park for that particular concept. A dark ride following Kuzco & Pacha through the jungle could work, but I think people would be disappointed it’s not the lab coaster. I agree with this too. Come to think of it, some sort of Junior Woodchucks show hosted by Kronk with live animals could work in Animal Kingdom, couldn't it?

The Leader of the Club1 day ago

Don’t get me wrong, I love ENG. I would love to see Yzma’s lab coaster end up in Villains land. Animal Kingdom just doesn’t feel like the park for that particular concept. A dark ride following Kuzco & Pacha through the jungle could work, but I think people would be disappointed it’s not the lab coaster.

HauntedPirate1 day ago

bmr15911 day ago

I personally haven't complained about Encanto, but TENG is set in Peru, which is Tropical Americas and has a main character who is turned into a llama.

The Leader of the Club1 day ago

I’m gonna push back on Emperor’s New Groove a bit. What does a coaster through Yzma’s lab have to do with the theme of DAK? Because she can turn people into animals? We sit here and complain that Indy and Encanto are just cramming IP in without regards to the theme, then do it anyway when it’s an IP that we have nostalgia for.

bmr15911 day ago

Watch out, world, here he are.

TheMaxRebo1 day ago

Wish has "You're a Star" which is a pretty fun song and fits "Star"light Thinking only of these two properties I do think Wish makes more sense to be a float in the nighttime parade and TENG would make for a better attraction

lazyboy97o1 day ago

The success of the “roller coaster themed like India or whatever” came after Disney’s California Adventure and was still ignored.

celluloid1 day ago

The character is thee primary reason for the IP. Adventure Is Indiana Jones, and what is Indiana Jones' relationship to animals? What images does that evoke? are the kinds of questions asked if a property was tied in. Primarily, Indiana Jones' connection with animals is his fearing of snakes while raiding temples and covering them with gasoline and setting them on fire. Your description and idea is great as far as what can be done, and we know he can be made to fit, but it also makes the character ironically enough inconsequential. It is not that your idea (and likely, they are coming up with one like it) are bad. But exploring and raiding are not the same. The same framework you wrote is Expedition Everest with the mythical creature as the diety protector, and there was more care to that then plopping Indiana Jones on that adventure, because its not quite a fit. (It was argued against getting Indy in AK for a long time)

KatiebugFan1 day ago

Because the TENG is better than Wish and TENG is set in Peru which is in the Tropical America zone (I believe). Plus TENG has "Pull the lever Kronk" what does Wish have?

KDM310911 day ago

People love to hate DCA 1.0 and to some extent I get it, it didn't have much of the Disney "magic" to it. However, it was completely devoid of IP. Just original ideas. Could have been executed better, but at least there was an attempt. I wonder if the initial flop of it is what scared them and sealed the fate of virtually everything being IP only moving forward.

Ghost931 day ago

The Emperor's New Groove flopped in theaters, but was a major success on home video. Disney wouldn't have given the movie a direct-to-video spinoff or Disney Channel TV series if it saw no value in the franchise. I don't hate Wish like most people on here, but the two films aren't really comparable. I don't see any kind of devoted cult following for Wish.

Sir_Cliff1 day ago

Animal Kingdom was at least originally about the relationship between humans and animals, if I remember correctly. In that case, Indiana Jones can fit if it is being used as a framework for exploring temples dedicated to animal deities by, for example, a Mayan civilisation. I don't think you really need to compromise either the theme of the character or the land in that regard: Indiana Jones is excavating this temple to X deity/ies and you are invited to visit it, you have interactions with the animal deity/ies, he gets annoyed with your misadventures and perhaps plays a role in saving you, and off you go. I don't think that kind of framework either compromises Indiana Jones' character or the theme of the park. It's more or less what happens in the other Indy rides, so I can't imagine it will be much different.