Overview
- Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro posted the behind-the-scenes photos on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, giving the public a rare, ground-level look at three large projects across Walt Disney World.
- At Disney’s Animal Kingdom the multi-colored Mayan temple facade for Indiana Jones and the Myth of the Jade Serpent is visibly painted and detailed, showing carved columns, scaffolding and other finishing work.
- Disney says the Indiana Jones attraction will include new Audio-Animatronics figures, an Indy figure modeled after Harrison Ford, and that Imagineering consulted archaeologists, anthropologists and Maya experts on cultural and architectural details.
- At Hollywood Studios D’Amaro’s images include Monstropolis concept art and construction signs that the land will open in phases starting in 2027 and will later add a first-of-its-kind suspended door coaster with a vertical lift.
- The photos also show interior and exterior progress at Disney’s Lakeshore Lodge on Bay Lake, which Disney lists as opening July 1, 2027, and the post serves as an executive update signaling that Disney is prioritizing these near-term investments and guest planning for 2027.