Tiana's Bayou Adventure reaches new milestone as Disney Imagineers begin test rides

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Posted: Friday March 22, 2024 4:50pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Tiana's Bayou Adventure took a big step towards its summer opening today as Walt Disney Imagineers took the first rides on the new Magic Kingdom attraction.

DisneyDrewDude captured one of the first logs taking the 50ft plunge.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure will open in the summer of 2024, but Disney has yet to announce a precise date.

The earliest and most optimistic estimates place a soft opening around Memorial Day (late May), which may put an official opening sometime in July. The upcoming D23 Down in New Orleans event on March 23 provides Disney with one of two opportunities to announce an opening date; the other is the Annual Shareholders meeting on April 3.

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ToTBellHop54 minutes ago

I actually saw a whopper from one called “Disney Dining“ yesterday that was something along the lines of “Major New Disney Ride Deemed Unsafe for Children!” I won’t the bury the lede—the story was that TBA has a 40” height requirement. Like Splash.

JoeCamel57 minutes ago

Annoys no derails yes, you are obsessing and asking the same question in multiple threads. It is your vacation but you need to relax, what happens happens and you can't change it

Zummi Gummi58 minutes ago

Couldn't imagine what page you might be referring to there.

ToTBellHop1 hour ago

Incoming Facebook “blog” post headline “MAJOR CONSTRUCTION MISHAP CAUSES INDEFINITE DELAY IN OPENING OF TROUBLED DISNEY PARKS FAVORITE”

Figments Friend1 hour ago

Here is a better angle, showing those lights that are awaiting installation. Oh and look….! Mr. Ladder is taking his lunchtime siesta! Bonus…! 😁

Zummi Gummi1 hour ago

You'll want to follow this thread for information about the RnRC refurb and a potential re-opening date: https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/rock-%E2%80%98n%E2%80%99-roller-coaster-closing-for-refurbishment-in-january-2024.982709/ :)

nestface841 hour ago

Apologies i know this is off topic. but this is such an informative group i was wandering if someone could advise on the timescale for rock n roller coaster? apologies if this annoys anyone who is only here for bayou

Tha Realest3 hours ago

I wonder how the attraction’s variable demand - Especially at night or when it’s colder - is a factor in making this standby and G+.

mattpeto9 hours ago

My gut feeling is the ride will be on VQ the first few days only but will move to standby very quickly. I’d be surprised if it’s still on VQ headed into the first eligible EEH night (Wednesday). They could also move to standby for EEH, but I think it just makes it more complicated.

Figments Friend10 hours ago

🙂 Agree….things were running very smooth. I watched for about half an hour, it was interesting. Good to see the logs moving again, as it really does add additional kinetic energy to the area. Nice group of people hanging out with me at the time as well. All obvious fans of the prior Attraction. -

MisterPenguin10 hours ago

Keep in mind that VQ is the substitute for Standby. It's free. No one-time purchase. No need to buy Genie+. Just like Standby. Only, it is a *scheduled* Standby. This keeps it from become a 2-4 hour ordeal (or allows them to quickly clear out the queue if the ride goes down). It seems, as far as I can gleam, that initially, there will be VQ in place of Standby, along with Genie+ 'fastpasses.' (Genie+ costs extra). Then, after "a few days" (a week?, a month?) the VQ will be replaced by standard Standby, along with Genie+. Kinda surprised that they'll use Genie+ and not ILL.

Drew the Disney Dude11 hours ago

You are correct. The logs are dispatching at 100% efficiency right now with no guests delaying the boarding process, so they are stopping at the top until the previous log passes the sensor at the splashdown area. It's neat to see the process without guests and delays.

Figments Friend11 hours ago

Sign of the times…..? Things are a bit different now with Disney when it comes to things like this. Not too long ago I remember Imagineers were ‘annoymous’. -