Tiana's Bayou Adventure Removed from 2025 Disney After Hours Lineup at Magic Kingdom

Jan 07, 2025 in "Tiana's Bayou Adventure"

Posted: Tuesday January 7, 2025 6:50am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Tiana's Bayou Adventure is no longer included in the list of available attractions for Disney After Hours at Magic Kingdom. Originally slated to operate with a standby line during the separately ticketed event, the ride has been removed from Disney's official After Hours webpage and was unavailable during the first event of the season last night on January 6, 2025.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom,

Reliability Issues Behind the Removal?

Since its opening, Tiana's Bayou Adventure has faced ongoing operational challenges, with frequent downtime continuing to impact daily operations. While Disney has not provided an official reason for the ride's removal from the After Hours lineup, the decision may be related to these reliability concerns.

Frontierland Options Are Now Limited

With Tiana's Bayou Adventure out of the After Hours rotation and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad closed for a lengthy refurbishment, guests looking for experiences in Frontierland during Disney After Hours have only Country Bear Musical Jamboree available. This significantly limits options in the area during the exclusive late-night events.

What's Still Available at Disney After Hours?

Despite these changes, guests attending Disney After Hours at Magic Kingdom can still access other popular attractions with minimal wait times, including:

TRON Lightcycle / Run
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
Space Mountain
Haunted Mansion
Pirates of the Caribbean

In addition to attractions, the event also offers character meet-and-greets and complimentary snacks, including ice cream, popcorn, and select beverages.

What's Next for Tiana's Bayou Adventure at After Hours?

There is currently no timeline for when or if Tiana's Bayou Adventure may return to the After Hours lineup. It was included as part of the attraction lineup for the 2024 Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party and Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party, so it would seem likely that Disney would want the park's newest ride to be available during this year's ticketed events as soon as possible.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure is no longer included with Disney After Hours

Upcoming Disney After Hours at Magic Kingdom Event Dates

January: 13, 20, 27
February: 3, 10, 17, 24
March: 3, 17, 24, 31

Tickets for Disney After Hours events range from $175 to $185 (plus tax) per person for Magic Kingdom. Discounts are available for Annual Passholders and Disney Vacation Club Members.

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DCBaker2 days ago

The Magic Kingdom After Hours event on April 7 has sold out.

MisterPenguin7 days ago

It's an old conspiracy theory that a studio would throw an extra $50M at a movie so it "looks good" while, at the same time, bearing extra tens of millions of dollars in that movie's deficit. If this is what TWDC does, then please explain all of their theatrical releases which financially bombed if Disney plays such game with the Box Office. You're saying Disney would spend tens of millions to keep that from happening. And yet, it happens. So... what you say happens, doesn't.

Cliff7 days ago

These days, it seems that it's VERY important for Burbank to display the "sold out" sign on everything. Since Disney keeps it's ticket sales secret, too many people are now using wait times and "sold out" flags to judge park attendence. It certainly does seem that how crowded a "sold out" event actually is CAN vary widely from day to day. Disney has years of gathering sophisticated guest attendance habbits and trends. They already know which nights will have higher AND lower "sell out" numbers based in selling speed and other factors. But yes, I think that no matter how many tickets are actually sold, it's CRITICAL that these events be seen as a "success" with that "sold out" label on top of it. It reminds me of when Disney was accused of buying it's own movie tickets in empty theaters just as a marketing trick to "buy" good box office numbers press for a bad movie. Remember, if a studio buys 50 million in movie tickets one week, the theaters keep half and the other 50 million goes right back to studio!!. In a case like this, Burbank's marketing group can buy a ticket from parks and experiences and that money never leaves the company at all. But Parks can still report it as a "sold" ticket for their financial books and they can make all the internet "watchers" (like us) feel very impressed. This is nothing new. It an old trick...

co100647 days ago

I can’t speak to Halloween parties, but when I went to a sold out EPCOT After Hours, everything was a walk-on throughout the night except Guardians, which held steady at a posted 30 minute wait (but actual 15 minute wait in the queue leading up to the pre-show). The draw for After Hours is undoubtedly low waits, whereas the parties are more about the entertainment IMO. Does Disney actually advertise less wait times for the Halloween/Christmas parties?

DCBaker7 days ago

The Hollywood Studios After Hours event on March 26 has sold out.

Cliff17 days ago

Nah,...the dozens of live streamers I watch.

Chi8417 days ago

Is this based on your personal observations?

Mr. Sullivan17 days ago

I would have to imagine that their max capacity for any given event fluctuates relative to how many CMs are scheduled to be present for it, what that event will entail, when it takes place (for example, an event taking place on a at a time that isn’t considered a prime vacation period may have a lower set capacity than the same event but taking place at a time that is considered a prime vacation period), the amount of day tickets that have been sold for the time period of the event, and their hotel occupancy for that time frame (the latter two metrics giving them a sort of margin to guess how many people may be on property at that time that may be interested in going to the event).

Cliff17 days ago

Many after-hours events "reach capacity," but we never know what that "capacity" is for each night. Sometimes Halloween events that reach "capacity" are SUPER crowded but then other nights that reach "capacity" are WAY more sparse with MUCH smaller crowds. I'm not sure why this seems to be the case but it makes sense that every night needs to reach "capacity" for the optics of ticket sales to the financial people that watch these numbers. I'm guessing that "max capacity" is the number of people that Disney has near the time that the event starts? In other words, if you sell 10 tickets one night, "that" is your "max capacity". If you sell 7 tickets another night, "that" is your "max capacity" for that night. This math formula means that you are guaranteed to always reach "capacity"?? I dunno. Just wondering how it works when no actual sales numbers are ever stated and crowd sizes vary widely.

DisneyRoy18 days ago

I wouldn't expect huge crowds for deluxe hours, but since it's a non-ticketed event there will definitely be more people at these than at after hours ticketed events.

DCBaker19 days ago

The Magic Kingdom After Hours event on March 24 has sold out.

JohnD26 days ago

Deluxe Extended Hours are built in to your stay. As long as you have a ticket for the day, stay at a deluxe hotel, and extended hours are offered for a specific park, you have access to Deluxe Extended Hours. After Hours events are separately ticketed.