The big quick-service restaurant in Tropical Americas is starting to look like a restaurant. A fresh set of aerial photos from bioreconstruct shows roofs going on, a glass greenhouse section standing next to the main building, and theming under way, at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
Aerial overview of construction at the quick service restaurant in Tropical Americas.
— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) November 7, 2026
Disney has said this land will include a large hacienda that will be one of the largest quick-service restaurants at Walt Disney World. The photos show how much of it is built.
The Restaurant And Its Greenhouse
From above, the main building has gray shingles on parts of its roof and white underlayment still covering other sections, with a few workers up on the slopes. A curved white roof sits in the middle of the cluster, and a yellow-painted gable stands out at one end. In front of it, an arched wall in a sandy stone color marks what looks like an entry or courtyard edge, with heavy equipment and dirt still filling the space around it.
The greenhouse is the part that stands apart. A pair of glass-paneled structures sits along the side of the restaurant, wrapped in white at the base while the glass is in place above. bioreconstruct says theming is in progress there.
3 aerial photos of theming in progress at the greenhouse section of the quick service restaurant in Tropical Americas.
— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) November 7, 2026
Shops And The Play Area
The shops are coming together too. Several of the buildings in the photos are painted teal-green with blue trim along their roof edges, and one is still wrapped in white while lifts work around them.
2 aerial photos of construction at the shops in Tropical Americas.
— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) November 7, 2026
At the play area, bioreconstruct says concrete is curing in a set of forms. We also covered the fountain and the yellow walls of Pueblo Esperanza this week.
3 aerials photos of construction at the play area in Tropical Americas. Concrete is curing in a set of forms.
— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) November 7, 2026
The Indiana Jones Pyramid
The set also includes a shot of scaffolding on the Mayan pyramid at the entrance of Indiana Jones and the Myth of the Jade Serpent. bioreconstruct points out that low winter sun will backlight the pyramid until about March, which will make aerials of it harder to shoot well until then. We saw the carved and painted temple up close last month.
Aerial photo of scaffolding at the Mayan pyramid at the entrance of Indiana Jones and the Myth of the Jade Serpent. (The pyramid will be backlit by low angle Winter Sun until about March.)
— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) November 7, 2026
When It Opens
Tropical Americas replaces DinoLand USA, and all of it is still behind construction walls. Disney is targeting 2027 but has not announced an exact opening date, so for now the restaurant, shops and play area are something to follow from the air rather than somewhere to plan a meal.
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