Overview
- Walt Disney Imagineering submitted a Notice of Commencement on March 3 for set element installation inside the Encanto attraction in the Tropical Americas area at Disney's Animal Kingdom.
- The permit names Scenario as the contractor to install show sets within the attraction building.
- Construction has progressed beyond the exterior shell, with the steel framework and roof completed and crews working on the front-of-building queue area.
- The Encanto experience is designed to take guests into the Madrigal family’s Casita on the day Antonio receives his animal-communication gift.
- Tropical Americas is a planned 11-acre expansion featuring an Indiana Jones adventure, an animal-themed carousel, and the Pueblo Esperanza hub, with the land targeted to open in 2027.