Demolition continues on Restaurantosaurus, part of the former DinoLand U.S.A. at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. The area is becoming a new Tropical Americas land.

Tropical Americas Construction

Chester & Hester’s Dinosaur Treasures and the building near it do not seem to have made much progress after having previously been stripped of exterior paneling. Dinosaur Treasures will be re-themed to become a new gift shop. The shed may also be re-themed. The nearby Donald Duck meet and greet structure has been torn down.

Restaurantosaurus

In front of Restaurantosaurus is the concrete foundation for a brand-new carousel. Last week, we noticed the Restaurantosaurus trailer was marked for demolition. It remains for now, but the big sign for both Restaurantosaurus and Dino-Bite Snacks has been removed. One of the signs for Restaurantosaurus remains above the trailer.

The two dinosaurs on top of the Dino-Bite Snacks marquee have also been removed, though their platform is still visible. The building will remain standing to be re-themed into a hacienda-style quick-service restaurant.

Encanto Ride Building

A new Encanto ride is under construction on the old Dino-Rama site. Crews continue to add steel to the building.

The installation of vertical steel beams now covers the taller section of the building near the tower crane. More vertical steel is visible on the back of the building.

Crew members in a lift continue working on the side wall.

On the roof, there are still several piles of Kingspan sheathing. These panels are mostly still wrapped in plastic, but we’ll likely start seeing them installed soon.

We know from aerial photos that the Aladar statue, Dino-Sue, and DINOSAUR marquee were removed. The attraction building will get a new Maya temple facade as it becomes an Indiana Jones ride.

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