Tropical Americas in Animal Kingdom continues to take shape as more structures and buildings see progress, including the Casita and an area by the future carousel.

Overview

Thanks to aerial photographer bioreconstruct, we are given an updated look at the land in progress at Animal Kingdom.

Tropical Americas will represent one of the most culturally rich regions in the world, representing parts of Mexico, Central America, and South America.

This area will pay homage to both ancient and modern cultures. It will consist of the fictional village of Pueblo Esperanza, featuring a new carousel, an Encanto ride, and an Indiana Jones ride (reimagined from DINOSAUR). There will also be a new playground added to the land.

Restaurantosaurus is being reimagined into a new dining establishment, but we don’t have any details yet beyond the concept art.

These overall aerial views provide a broad look at the construction site, with dirt paths, utility work, orange construction barriers, heavy equipment, and staging materials spread across the future land.

Indiana Jones Attraction

As we start to get more detailed photos of the various parts of the land, we see there hasn’t been any major updates to the Indiana Jones attraction—specifically the Maya Temple that will be the facade of the ride.

Steel structures were erected in late May to form the shape. There haven’t been any new additions to this that we can see, nor any new additions in the space surrounding it. The framework is several stories above the surrounding construction area and is being directly affixed to the pre-existing show building for the former DINOSAUR attraction.

Encanto Attraction

The Encanto attraction and surrounding area have been a heavy focus for us as it is not a reimagining of a ride but rather a completely new creation built from scratch.

Now that the exterior of the building is largely complete, we likely will not get to see the construction work taking place inside the ride. This will be something we have to wait for Disney to show us on their own terms.

The most significant addition to this part of the land is the large number of soft white boxes/cubes on the roof of the attraction building. Bioreconstruct suggests these are what appear to be foam blocks that may be the basis of the background hills for the exterior.

Fresh dirt has been added inside the base of the Casita as the forms have been completely filled with concrete. Various pipes and other materials are staged inside.

Additionally, there are new forms in front of the Casita. One is U-shaped and one is mostly straight with a slight bend on one end.

Slopes of dirt surround these, which is in line with the concept art showing the Casita on a small hill.

Carousel Attraction

Near the carousel, there is a new structure that has popped up since our last update at the end of May. It is closest to the construction walls that separate the land from the rest of the park (top left in the above photo). It’s surrounding by orange fencing.

And here it is from a different angle, though the view is more obstructed (bottom right).

It also appears that another small structure or building has continued to develop, as there is a new pad and concrete blocks where footers and steel beams previously were.

On the other side of the carousel, there are some new archways on each side of the path leading from the construction walls. One side has two formed archways, but the center one does not appear complete at the time the photo was taken.

On the other side of the path, there are two smaller ones that have been filled. A large concrete form structure is next to it, while more form structure materials are staged on the other side.

Restaurantosaurus and Chester & Hester’s

At this time, both the buildings of the former Restaurantosaurus and Chester & Hester’s still remain the same from our last update. A small wood structure has been erected to the right of the main buildings, however.

Crews have paved a dirt path from the front of the buildings toward the Indiana Jones attraction—likely so construction vehicles can access the area more easily. Many of the staged materials are still there as well, giving us clues that work hasn’t progressed much in comparison to other areas of the land.

The photos above show the row of buildings and the path leading to the Indiana Jones attraction from different angles.

Check out our dedicated page for Tropical Americas construction updates.

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