September 21: D23’s Magical Screening Series: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Walt Disney World Resort

September 28: D23’s Magical Screening Series: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Burbank, Calif.

During this year’s Destination D23 event, Disney announced that DinoLand U.S.A. will be CLOSING to make way for new lands in that area. Specifically, the area will be updated to become The Tropical Americas, which will feature attractions and details from Encanto and Indiana Jones!

Work is already being done on the Casitas from Encanto to bring them to life inside the land, and bringing both of these popular stories into the parks is “building on what makes Animal Kingdom so, so special,” according to Josh D’Amaro.

This also means that it’s very likely Indiana Jones will be replacing Dinosaur, as the ride system is similar to the Indiana Jones ride that already exists in Disneyland. Disney said that there’s still a long way to go with these ideas, but that the Imagineering team in Florida is up for the challenge.

Disney explained that Imagineers are taking inspiration from some of the most biodiverse areas on the planet in the regions just north and south of the equator here in the Western Hemisphere, including the northern part of South America, stretching up into Central America.