Well, went to AK to say my goodbye to Dinosaur. Rode a few times, even said goodbye to each of the AAs last time around. Hope my fellow riders didn't hear me, haha. Sad to hear the croc is leaving too, he's apparently an old boy, hope he lives a comfy rest of his years. Also explored the Boneyard for the first time since I was a little kid, and you know, it's a really cool playground.
I will say while I was there I noticed there was a photo op out front of AK with Antonio and some animals from Encanto as part of the 'picture frame' that's there. So, soft confirmation the ride is gonna be about his room's realm? Definitely fits AK more than being about Casita as a whole.
And yeah, no way we're getting jaguars, as awesome it'd be. For jaguars in particular, you'd want to make sure they have plenty of ground AND arboreal/elevated space to move around. Capybaras and snakes are an easy enough upgrade from no-exhibit to an-exhibit, and the parrots aren't stationary at AK anyway, but jaguars and other big cats you need to actively plan the land around, to an extent.
One thing I'm curious about is what's going to happen to the cast of Dino-Sue on display. Disney invested a lot into getting that, IIRC, and unlike the animatronics, just destroying it or letting it rot in storage would look really, really bad. Is there anywhere she could possibly get moved, or is donation to a museum more likely?