Last of the Splash Mountain signage removed as work continues at Tiana's Bayou Adventure in Magic Kingdom

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Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction - March 16 2023

Posted: Thursday March 16, 2023 12:19pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

The final pieces of Splash Mountain signage have been removed from the former attraction's main entrance area, including the standby sign marking the queue entry.

View from the Railroad station at the former Splash Mountain entrance

Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction - March 16 2023

Elsewhere on the mountain, work continues on the splash-down area, and a crane is onsite moving equipment at the back of the attraction.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction - March 16 2023

Tiana's Bayou Adventure remains on track to open in late 2024, with significant changes to the mountain coming this summer as the new water tower is installed.

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V_L_Raptor8 hours ago

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

mickEblu9 hours ago

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

MerlinTheGoat10 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.

Mikomike1210 hours ago

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

Buried20KLeague10 hours ago

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

ToTBellHop10 hours ago

Don’t your glasses get wet 3 seconds later?

MerlinTheGoat10 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.

JoeCamel10 hours ago

Mama Odie's deep dark lair

Brer Oswald10 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.

splah11 hours ago

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

𝕴𝖒𝖆𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖊𝖗9711 hours ago

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

splah11 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

𝕴𝖒𝖆𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖊𝖗9711 hours ago

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

brettf2211 hours ago

I love that mist effect. And at the same time, I hate myself for being so jaded that my first thought was “Oh, well, that will be the first effect to be broken and/or turned off.”