Dino-Rama in Disney’s Animal Kingdom Closing Permanently on January 13th 2025 – TriceraTop Spin, Fossil Fun Games, and Chester & Hester’s Dinosaur Treasures. If you have any sort of attachment to Chester & Hester, now would be a great time to spend with those two dinosaur friends because on January 13th, 2025, those two and their whole area will go away. Check out our other article about Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is also closing for over a year starting in early 2025.
Walt Disney World’s Animal Kingdom Dinoland USA is set for a major refurbishment to Tropical Americas featuring Encanto and Indiana Jones. We have been trying to figure out when the area would start closing off rides that will no longer fit the new land coming, well now we know. January 13th, 2025, TriceraTop Spin, Fossil Fun Games, and Chester & Hester’s Dinosaur Treasures will close permanently.
The Official Statement: TriceraTop Spin will close permanently on January 13, 2025, to make way for the Tropical Americas coming to Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park in 2027. Read the Disney Parks Blog to learn more.
Chester & Hester’s Dinosaur Treasures will close permanently on January 13, 2025, to make way for the Tropical Americas coming to Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park in 2027. Learn more on the Disney Parks Blog.
Fossil Fun Games will close permanently on January 13, 2025, to make way for the Tropical Americas coming to Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park in 2027. Read the Disney Parks Blog to learn more.
Disney Imagineering has said that the Dinoland USA land will be closed in phases. This is going to be phase one. We have already seen Disney file permits for a section of land behind the scenes to be used for trailer and construction storage, and Wally the American Crocodile was recently removed from in front of Restaurantasaurus.
DINOSAUR, The Boneyard, Restaurantosaurus, Dino-Bite Snacks, and Trilo-Bites are going to remain open with no timeline given for their eventual closures or refurbishments.
TriceraTop Spin – Fly high on a dinosaur around a twirling tin-toy top at this delightful carnival-inspired attraction.
A Dino Ride in the Sky
Climb into a 4-person triceratops gondola and prepare for liftoff! Bob up and down, forward and back, as you sail through the air to festive music. Don’t be surprised if something prehistoric appears from the giant crown in the center of the top.
Designed for little ones and the young-at-heart, TriceraTop Spin is a blast from the prehistoric past.
How High Will You Fly?
If you’re seated in the back row, you can direct how high or low you fly by moving an onboard lever up or down. If you’re sitting in the front row, maneuvering a joystick will tip your dinosaur forward or backward.
Chester & Hester’s Dinosaur Treasures – Pull off the highway, pose with dinosaurs and shop for prehistoric toys and trinkets at this retro roadside gift shop.
The World’s Largest Pin Truck
Trek on over to Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park to view a nostalgic new exhibit featuring the Disney “Pins of Extinction.” While there, catch a glimpse of some hidden treasures and learn a little about the history of Disney pin trading.
The World’s Largest Pin Truck is parked outside Chester & Hester’s Dinosaur Treasures in DinoLand, U.S.A.
Please note, this is not a Disney pin shopping location. Pins displayed here are for Guests enjoyment and not for trading. Learn more about Disney Pin Trading by asking a Cast Member for details.
Fossil Fun Games – Play wacky carnival-style, dinosaur-themed games and have a mammoth good time!
Prehistoric Fun for Everyone
Test your skills and compete to win prizes at these dino-ized versions of classic boardwalk games. Whack mischievous dinosaurs, squirt targets, toss “comets,” roll balls down holes and shoot hoops so well you could make a T-Rex wish it had longer arms.
In keeping with the carnival theme, the Fossil Fun Games area also includes a curved carnival mirror, painted photo backdrop, concession stand and a picture booth.
Know Before You Go
Fossil Fun Games requires vouchers to play. Vouchers can be purchased for an additional fee at the souvenir stand located in the games area or at Chester and Hester’s Dinosaur Treasures.
Special thank you to Sam’s Disney Diary for sharing some images. You would figure by now I would have these images ready for an announcement like this, but I didn’t. So he came to the rescue!
