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We’re gearing up for a BIG addition to Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park next year!
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Earlier in 2026, DinoLand, U.S.A. closed completely to make way for the Tropical Americas land coming to the park. This new land will feature attractions inspired by Indiana Jones and Encanto, along with new shopping and dining. We can’t wait to check it out when it opens in 2027, but for now, we’ve got a big construction update!
There are a LOT of exciting things in the works at Disney World right now!
Overview of Pueblo Esperanza coming to Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Construction is underway on MAJOR land rethemes or expansions in almost every Disney World park right now! In Magic Kingdom, both Villains Land and the Cars-themed Piston Peak are in development. Disney’s Hollywood Studios is plugging away on construction for Monstropolis. And over in Disney’s Animal Kingdom, crews are hard at work on Pueblo Esperanza, a land themed to the Tropical Americas. So far, Pueblo Esperanza is the only new land that Disney World has given an official opening timeline for. But will it be ready to welcome guests by the 2027 opening announced by Disney? Let’s take a look!
Every single week, we look up all the latest and greatest Disney news, so we ensure you’re kept in the loop about everything going on. It may not seem like a lot can change in a week, but with Disney, that’s FAR from the truth.
©Shanghai Disney
Disney has parks all over the world, and while we’re seeing tons of construction and additions at our home park of Disney World, there are also lots of projects happening in Disneyland, as well as Disneyland Paris, and recently, we just learned about an attraction expansion coming to Shanghai Disney! In case you’ve been bogged down with work and life in general, here are some of the biggest updates you may have missed from the Disney parks this week.
UPDATED December 4, 2024
Well, you know what they say about the DINOSAUR ride in Disney’s Animal Kingdom…
DINOSAUR
“It’s fast. It’s a blast. It’s IN THE PAST.” The thing is, this DinoLand U.S.A. attraction is soon going to be really and truly… well, “in the past.” DinoLand, including its signature attraction DINOSAUR, is closing to be transformed into a new land themed to The Tropical Americas: Pueblo Esperanza. Let’s chat about that timeline, shall we? [Read more…]
Disney announced that the Tropical Americas will be coming to Disney’s Animal Kingdom and we couldn’t be more hyped about it!
The Tree of Life in Disney’s Animal Kingdom
With the DinoLand, U.S.A. re-theme, we’ll be getting experiences inspired by both Encanto and Indiana Jones coming to the new land! Specifically focusing in on Encanto, there will be an attraction inside the Casita and we’ve got to talk about it!
Are you still getting “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” stuck in your head on the daily? Well, there are now A LOT of ways to interact with the Disney hit, Encanto in the parks!
We Can’t Stop Talking about Encanto!
But, soon Disney might take fans another step further into the world of Encanto in the Disney Parks!
While Disneyland Park shuttered Toontown and announced its transformation into a “vibrant symphony of sights, sounds, and sensations,” there was another Disneyland attraction off in the distance, covered in construction tarps — seemingly forgotten.
Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland
What originally opened as Swiss Family Treehouse in 1962, Tarzan’s Treehouse was completed in 1999 and debuted alongside the Disney animated film. The attraction has been closed since September 2021, and Disneyland remained quiet about new plans for the tree — until April 2022, that is! Disney announced that Tarzan’s Treehouse will be reimagined with a NEW theme!
We go to Disney World so much that Mickey Mouse is practically burned into our eyes at this point. We manage to find hidden Mickeys all over the parks and resorts — seeking them out is kind of an addiction. From highly intentional Imagineering details to one-in-a-million occurrences, we’re always on the lookout for hidden Mickeys in Disney World.
You can find Mickey in the most unexpected places!
During our recent visit to the EPCOT World Showcase during the Flower & Garden Festival, we strolled through Vibrante & Verde: An Encanto Garden. What we saw totally BLEW our minds, and we need to share this discovery with you.
We are refraining from starting this article with yet another “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” joke and we’d like a little credit for that. 😂
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Disney’s Encanto has taken the world by storm. “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” charted at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, it has 100 million streams on Spotify, and the film is returning to theaters to celebrate its global success. If you’re like us, one of the first things you thought after watching Encanto was, “This could make a great ride in Disney World!” And while the Encanto booth has been a hit at the Festival of the Arts, the movie has the potential to be a much bigger presence in the parks — at least one person seems to think so!
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