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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Sorcerer Mickey37 minutes ago

Good, because Encanto is the one that will actually happen.

meggo8192 hours ago

Except for “and” instead of “an” (an easy typo or autocorrect), it was fine. I followed 🤷‍♀️

Agent H5 hours ago

Thank you for clarifying I think there may have been a bit of a word jumble in your original post no offense of course I wasn’t trying to say Indiana Jones will be bad merely that I’m looking forward to the encanto ride more

TheCoasterNerd5 hours ago

I will give Indy credit in that it's a new story. Sure, it's based on the exsting DLR ride, but it's an original story not seen in any other rides/movies/tv shows/games

TheMaxRebo5 hours ago

I can try :) The ride system for Dinosaur will be reused for Indy and is the same as the Indy ride at Disneyland - which I found superior to Dinosaur and I am optimistic the Indy ride version at AK will be at least as good as the Disneyland version - meaning this will be an upgrade and a very good attraction ... but something that has been done before and similar to another existing ride Encanto will/should/could be something very unique and cool and of a very large scale and really stand out ... plus just the "unknown" of what it will actually be brings some more excitement to it. Guess the unknown is more exciting to me than a known quantity but both will be positive additions to the park

Agent H5 hours ago

I’m a little confused about what you’re saying mind clarifying?

TheMaxRebo5 hours ago

I am too - though I do think the existing Indy is a better version that what Dinosaur was so do view that as (potentially) and upgrade as well. But the Encanto ride could be really unique and "special" vs just a very good attraction

EagleScout6106 hours ago

New photos. More of the queue for Triceratop Spin has been demolished -

JackCH7 hours ago

I am too mainly because we really already know what the basic experience of Indy will be, Encanto will be completely new and therefore has a lot more "potential."

Agent H11 hours ago

I’m more excited for the encanto ride than the Indiana jones one

Stripes11 hours ago

Based on the plans, I estimated that the Encanto show building will be about 74,000 square feet. For context, the Haunted Mansion show building, another omnimover ride, is about 45,000 square feet. I’m sure Encanto will have a larger indoor queue than Haunted Mansion, but even with that in mind, this will be a fantastic addition to DAK.