On August 10, 2024, it was announced at the D23 Expo that Dinoland U.S.A. will be replaced with a new land called Tropical Americas, which will feature a small town called Pueblo Esperanza (Spanish: Village of Hope), expected to open in Fall 2027, with an Indiana Jones attraction replacing Dinosaur at Disney's Animal Kingdom.

The second section of the indoor queue is an eight-sided room, with the upper parts of the walls displaying some artist renderings of what the age of the dinosaurs might have looked like and some fossils.

In the second room, at regular time intervals, the lights dim, and Bill Nye the Science Guy shares some facts and theories about the age of dinosaurs, using the globe, the paintings, and the fossil to help out with his small lectures.

The first part of the movie is a small presentation by the fictional director of the Dino Institute, Dr. Helen Marsh (played by Phylicia Rashad).

She says that the rover is intended to take guests to a "breathtaking world where you will witness the most fantastic creatures to ever walk the earth."

Riders are greeted in the second section of the movie by the controller Dr. Grant Seeker (played by actor Wallace Langham).

He intends to use the time rover and the guests that were supposed to take a tour to go on a mission to save an Iguanodon from extinction and bring it back to the Dino Institute.

Dr. Marsh leaves the room during that small section of the video, and Seeker unlocks the time coordinates behind her back.

Suddenly, alarms and warning lights go off, indicating that Seeker's modified coordinates have been detected, and the vehicle is unauthorized to continue.

Lurching forward, Seeker ignores the alarms and moves the vehicle into the "Time Tunnel", where flashing lights temporarily blind the riders.

The scanner finds the Iguanodon, but Seeker decides to abort the mission and bring the rover back, as the asteroid is about to strike.

On the right, guests can view a large mirror, which was added for a Pepper's ghost effect showing that the Iguanodon traveled with them.

As guests leave, they can see Dr. Marsh and the Dino Institute employees attempting to chase down the Iguanodon and Dr. Seeker on overhead TV monitors.