Latest look at Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom

Mar 09, 2023 in "Tiana's Bayou Adventure"

Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction - March 8 2023
Posted: Thursday March 9, 2023 9:41am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Here is the latest look at the progress on the former Splash Mountain at Magic Kingdom as it is transformed into Tiana's Bayou Adventure.


Scaffolding is in position throughout the mountain for crews to access different areas of the structure.




As we have seen at the bottom of the main drop, sections of the mountain's rockwork are marked off, likely to be cut into.

The signage and characters have been removed at the former main entrance to Splash Mountain.


In the splash-down run-off, work continues on the guide track.



Tiana's Bayou Adventure will open at Magic Kingdom in late 2024.

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V_L_Raptor2 hours ago

Thing is, if you line up your shot just the right way, the boat does look like it has a butt crack...

mickEblu3 hours ago

Best of luck man. I’ll be praying for ya.

MerlinTheGoat3 hours ago

No, I have a method of dealing with that. I duck down and shield them when I reach the very bottom, which is only a split second (I do this more to minimize getting wet, but it helps avoid the glasses problem too). Liquid water actually isn't nearly as much of a problem as fog. The glass fogging up is much more of an obstruction than a splash of water, it also lingers for much longer and sometimes even requires me to remove and wipe them. Water rolls off pretty much immediately, or it'll only leave small droplets and doesn't affect my ability to see all that much.

Mikomike123 hours ago

You don't think coming up out of the mist revealing the view won't be cool?

Buried20KLeague4 hours ago

And now we know the front runner for the first thing that stops working and is never repaired.

ToTBellHop4 hours ago

Don’t your glasses get wet 3 seconds later?

MerlinTheGoat4 hours ago

I wear glasses, so I hope they don't fog up too badly from the mist effects. I have to shield my glasses on Universal's ET ride in its misty segments due to it being blasted at full force at guests. Same could happen with the mist projection that was used in Pirates if I let the vapor hit them. The calm layers of mist used in the fort bombardment scene doesn't cause any issues however. Seems to happen worse when it's more turbulent and thick right around the head. Makes me a bit concerned with these new fog effects since they look like they might be both thick and turbulent.

JoeCamel4 hours ago

Mama Odie's deep dark lair

Brer Oswald4 hours ago

I hope it is. That view of the park from the top is great. Not sure why they would want to obscure that.

splah4 hours ago

At some level they’re trying to obscure the view to outside, how successful that’ll be remains to be seen

𝕴𝖒𝖆𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖊𝖗974 hours ago

I don't know how surprised people will be if they have just finished a long, steep lift-hill.

splah4 hours ago

Interesting, so the drop is somewhat shrouded until the last moment. The crest is more of a surprise element than a focal point

plutofan154 hours ago

Rode BTM five consecutive times years ago for our commercial shoot. By the third time, enthusiasm was a bit of a chore.

𝕴𝖒𝖆𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖊𝖗975 hours ago

Don't hate yourself for something that Disney has caused you to think by their track record.