The temple for Indiana Jones and the Myth of the Jade Serpent is starting to look like the real thing. Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro shared a new set of construction photos from around Walt Disney World on October 20, and the standout is a close look at the painted Maya temple rising in Tropical Americas at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
Our own Matt Desmond reshared four of the photos on X.
Josh D’Amaro posted photos of construction progress around the Walt Disney World resort and the progress on the Mayan Temple for the new Indiana Jones attraction coming to Tropical Americas in Disney’s Animal Kingdom looks incredible!
— Matt Desmond (@DisneyScoopGuy) October 20, 2026
What The Photos Show
The top of the temple is covered in carved detail: stacked faces, scrollwork and a tall crest at the peak, painted in turquoise, deep red and gold. Scaffolding still wraps the whole structure, with work platforms stacked up both sides, so while the facade looks finished, it is still an active job site.
A second photo pulls back to the base, where Imagineers in hard hats and Walt Disney Imagineering vests stand looking up at the temple while one points toward the top. Construction equipment and orange cones fill the ground around them.
The other two photos were taken elsewhere. One has two crew members kneeling over a concrete floor covered in signatures inside a building with a high wood-slat ceiling and tall windows. The last is a close-up of a tablet displaying a colorful show scene. D’Amaro’s full post also covered construction at Disney’s Lakeshore Lodge and a tablet showing concept art for Monstropolis at Hollywood Studios.
What We Know About The Ride
Imagineers Michael Hundgen and Chris Beatty announced the name at D23 in August. On the Disney Parks Blog, Disney described a ride that takes guests alongside Indy beneath an ancient temple ruin, built around Maya culture and its connection to nature, with an original storyline. Harrison Ford also confirmed he is the model for the attraction’s new Indiana Jones Audio-Animatronics figure, the first time his face will appear on a Disney attraction anywhere in the world.
Disney says the team is working with archaeologists, anthropologists and Maya experts to keep the details accurate to the region, and that riders will see highly detailed, original Maya artwork throughout the attraction.
At D23, Imagineers showed a behind-the-scenes look at the temple entrance under construction. Two months later, the upper section is carved and painted.
Elsewhere in the land, Tropical Americas’ side entrances were the first themed pieces to lose their scaffolding in September. The temple’s scaffolding has not come down yet.
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