Overview
- Disney will replace the DINOSAUR attraction with a new Indiana Jones–themed ride following its Feb. 1, 2026 closure.
- The change effectively ends a four-decade run of dinosaur-focused rides at Walt Disney World.
- DinoLand U.S.A. is being reimagined into a Tropical Americas area expected to feature Encanto elements.
- After DINOSAUR closes, the only dinosaur presence left on property will be Gertie at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
- The Animal Kingdom ride opened in 1998 as Countdown to Extinction, following EPCOT’s Universe of Energy, which closed in 2017.