Two people chose the top level of benefit and paid $10,000 to become executive producers of the film, with David P. Pragg getting top billing in the movie's credits under Indiegogo contributors, followed by Jack Stiefel, Jean Labadie, Matthew J. Durfee, and Gregory Thies. As many of the actors worked for little pay or as free extras, the lion's share of the film's modest budget went toward catering. The movie was filmed at Old Town, Kissimmee, Florida, as well as Gatorland and Celebration, Florida. The park locations were both open for business throughout. The film is completely live action, with animation overlay in some scenes provided by Jeffrey James and Huhu Studios in New Zealand and Shanghai. Director Jon Binkowski said “We wanted the animation to that would make the kid’s talent show through, but a little amateurish because he [the character Tucker] didn’t have the tools yet. We wanted him to be a young Lasseter. He has animation chops and wants to get into the theme park industry. He wants to go to CalArts." The company MaskUS, Inc. provided most of the costumes, with the exceptions of Doby Mick the Whale, which was designed by Jeffery James, the Punk Bulldog, which was a custom character, and the costumes worn by Gino "the Husky" and "Dante the Mutt", whose costumes were personal fursuits. The movie was co-created by Lisa Enos Smith and Jon Binkowski, who are business partners for Renaissance Entertainment, LLC. Smith said "One of my first jobs was as an ‘Animal Educator’ at Busch Gardens (Tampa); Jon’s first job was as a costumed character at SeaWorld in San Diego.” Jon Binkowski “was Wally the Walrus—this was the mid-70s—and believe me, all of the scenes (in the film) showing what it’s like inside a costume, all of that is 100% real. I had kids swinging on my tusks, you name it. Then I got a promotion to Pete the Penguin and continued to work my way up the food chain…Really! It was a couple of wild summers back when I was growing up. So, yeah, Lisa and I tapped into a lot of that with the script.” In the film, Tucker is a big fan of the band The Moody Blues.