DAK 'Encanto' and 'Indiana Jones'-themed experiences at Animal Kingdom

[JackCH]

Why does Disney announce "shovels in the ground" when there won't be any movement for at least a year and a half after they say so.

I feel Disney announces all their projects way too early.

I think they are starting the rest of the land, and have already started some work on it, but just leaving Dino till the end.

 

[HauntedPirate]

Why does Disney announce "shovels in the ground" when there won't be any movement for at least a year and a half after they say so.

I feel Disney announces all their projects way too early.

To generate buzz and get people to book vacations based on rough ideas, blue-sky concepts, and talk of "dirt moving". Gotta make that FOMO money.

 

[CaptinEO]

Because there will be movement. Just on the Encanto side of the area.

I wonder when this area will be done 2027? Again seems like just too soon to announce this stuff even if working on it incrementally.

 

[Disstevefan1]

Why does Disney announce "shovels in the ground"

Because Disney is shoveling the BS

 

[ToTBellHop]

Dino was always closing later. Rethemes take like 18 months. New builds add another year, at least.

 

[The Leader of the Club]

I wonder when this area will be done 2027? Again seems like just too soon to announce this stuff even if working on it incrementally.

I think they’ll try to at least get Encanto open by late May.

 

[James Alucobond]

I wonder when this area will be done 2027? Again seems like just too soon to announce this stuff even if working on it incrementally.

Probably late 2027 or early 2028. And they’re not working on it incrementally. They’re working on Encanto until it reaches the point in development at which the remainder of the work will take the same amount of time it will to redo Dinosaur and reskin the rest of the area, at which point the construction will subsume that portion as well.

 

[Disstevefan1]

I think they’ll try to at least get Encanto open by late May.

Late May 2027 ?

 

[The Leader of the Club]

Late May 2027 ?

Yes.

They really like late May opening dates. I believe that 7DMT, Guardians, and Pandora all opened the last week of May.

 

[Disstevefan1]

Yes.

They really like late May opening dates. I believe that 7DMT, Guardians, and Pandora all opened the last week of May.

I will be impressed and surprised if its open by May 2027

 

[Gusey]

Considering Tiana's took 1.5 years, I was expecting the same for Indy but if they're still saying 2027 opening, that's going to be a speedy turnaround

 

[Purduevian]

That area is all currently all backstage. They'll likely keep it as backstage so they don't have to theme the show buildings on either side

I think the DINO exit path runs through there currently(blue). Regardless though it may be "backstage" but doesn't seem to serve any purpose at the moment (there aren't any cast buildings there). I would call that an expansion plot.

 

[Gusey]

I think the DINO exit path runs through there currently(blue). Regardless though it may be "backstage" but doesn't seem to serve any purpose at the moment (there aren't any cast buildings there). I would call that an expansion plot.
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This is the part you circled on the site map, it's all south of the path to Dino Treasures. Either way, they'd have to hide the Dinosaur/Indy showbuilding from this land if they did decide to build here

 

[Purduevian]

This is the part you circled on the site map, it's all south of the path to Dino Treasures. Either way, they'd have to hide the Dinosaur/Indy showbuilding from this land if they did decide to build here
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Thanks, I definitely misaligned Len's drawing with Google Maps. Anyone smarter than me able to do one of those things where you fad Len's picture in and out over the current land?

 

[MisterPenguin]

Guessing that they want the Zootopia retheme of ITtbaB to be finished before closing DINO.

 

[djlaosc]

Dino was always closing later. Rethemes take like 18 months. New builds add another year, at least.

Didn't Maelstrom->Frozen / TOT DCA->GOTG:MB take something like 15-16 months?

I was always hopeful that Dinosaur would at least be able to make it to the same time period as Fossil Fun Games, but in 2026 (mid-January 2026) - and that would give them enough time to retheme to Indiana Jones ready for Memorial Day 2027.

 

[EagleScout610]

Didn't Maelstrom->Frozen / TOT DCA->GOTG:MB take something like 15-16 months?

I was always hopeful that Dinosaur would at least be able to make it to the same time period as Fossil Fun Games, but in 2026 (mid-January 2026) - and that would give them enough time to retheme to Indiana Jones ready for Memorial Day 2027.

Frozen - 10/4/14 - 6/21/16 (625 days)
Mission Breakout - 01/03/17 - 05/27/17 (144 Days)

 

[ToTBellHop]

Frozen - 10/4/14 - 6/21/16 (625 days)
Mission Breakout - 01/03/17 - 05/27/17 (144 Days)

Indy has more extensive modifications to the building so I’d expect somewhere in the 18-24 month range.

 

[Mr. Sullivan]

Why does Disney announce "shovels in the ground" when there won't be any movement for at least a year and a half after they say so.

I feel Disney announces all their projects way too early.

To generate buzz and get people to book vacations based on rough ideas, blue-sky concepts, and talk of "dirt moving". Gotta make that FOMO money.

Because Disney is shoveling the BS

There is dirt moving there. We’ve already seen it. We’ve known this whole time they were gonna do the other half of the area first so they could leave Dinosaur running as long as possible. Why are we pretending they’re not doing anything as if an entire half of the area won’t be under active construction

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

Indy has more extensive modifications to the building so I’d expect somewhere in the 18-24 month range.

This is what I want to hear if it's even going to come close to matching Dinosaur in quality. A quick turnaround would have meant an inferior attraction.