Following the removal of signage from atop the former Hester & Chester’s Dinosaur Treasures gift shop, Disney has installed a time-lapse camera to document the construction of an all-new Encanto-themed ride. We made it out to Disney’s Animal Kingdom recently to take a look!
Time-lapse Camera Installed for Tropical Americas Construction
As you can see in our photos below, an EarthCam time-lapse camera has been installed at the peak of one of the rooflines of the former Dinosaur Treasures gift shop. Disney likes to take time-lapse photography of construction projects to utilize later for either promotional material or documentation. Here’s a look!
This is an ideal spot for a time-lapse camera because this particular building will not be demolished. In fact, it will be utilized in Tropical Americas, although it remains to be seen if it’ll still be a gift shop when the new land opens in 2027 or if it will have a new use.
In the annotated concept art below, you can see that the Dinosaur Treasures buildings will remain, nearly exactly as they sit today. We can also see that a camera on the side of the building pointed toward the Encanto construction site will provide a wonderful view.
In our photo of the scale model below, we can see that the time-lapse camera will provide not only a wonderful view of Casita but also some of the massive show building that will house the ride behind it – similar to how The Haunted Mansion is presented at Magic Kingdom.
For everything you need to know about the Tropical Americas retheme project for DinoLand USA, check out our article below!
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