Construction update from Tiana's Bayou Adventure at Magic Kingdom

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Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction - May 10 2023

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Posted: Thursday May 11, 2023 9:30am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Construction continues at full pace in Magic Kingdom's Frontierland on Tiana's Bayou Adventure.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction - May 10 2023

The mountain is covered in more scaffolding, with work taking place on new rock work throughout the structure's exterior.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction - May 10 2023

Work on the splash-down area appears to be wrapping up, with the areas that were previously removed now back in place and painted.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction - May 10 2023

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Tha Realest2 minutes ago

This looks like one of those magazine covers you could get at Pleasure Island in the early 90’s.

Disney Glimpses53 minutes ago

Anecdotally, people I visit with avoided Splash late because they didn't want to get wet when there was no sun to dry them off. Edited by mod - So people might not want to get wet on TBA after sundown. I don't want your post to be reported as OT. ;)

Disney Glimpses54 minutes ago

My hope is that it goes standby every night after 9pm or so.

ToTBellHop54 minutes ago

You don’t think that’s just because all lines shorten at 9 pm?

Brer Oswald58 minutes ago

You say this, but if history is to be believed for any and all water rides in central Florida, they still drop in demand after the sun goes down. It has less to do with the temperature, and more with the fact that the sun dries out your clothes. People don’t want to ride home (or watch the fireworks) soggy.

The Mom1 hour ago

Just FYI, boarding procedures, opening dates, etc all fall under the latest details and construction progress part of the thread title. So discussing how guests can access this ride is OK.

Gillyanne1 hour ago

Doesn't the ride shut down for weather/lightning? VQ is the "chance" to ride if/when your boarding is called. With weather they could 'by chance' not get to all the boarding groups; and that's the chance you take when you book it and may be more expected/outlined. If you booked a timeslot and weather shuts it down it would be treated different, possibly with one of those "anytime" fast passes, but possibly not even for TBA. I'm sure it would have some kind of stipulation just like VQ would; but I think people treat the "but I booked a specific time" a lil differently than waiting for their number to be called (Hopefully that makes sense, I couldn't think how to word it well)

brettf221 hour ago

Fair enough. And looks as if, with the lack of ILL, everybody is going to be playing the G+ and/or VQ 7am button dance each morning, at least until things settle down.

ToTBellHop2 hours ago

Yeah that’s likely part of it. No sense in giving it ILL only to remove it a couple months later.

JohnD2 hours ago

Probably with BTMRR being down just after Tiana opens to increase throughput of guests. If it weren't closing, Tiana would probably have added ILL like Tron and GOTG.

DCBaker2 hours ago

D23 preview details:

ToTBellHop2 hours ago

No one would recommend booking a flight for this opportunity. Just wait two weeks until it’s open daily to all. As with DVC, the rationale behind this move is to select guests who actually plan to be in the park and aren’t haphazardly grabbing a preview pass “just in case.”

brettf222 hours ago

I’d love to hear the internal rationale for going to VQ during AP previews, vs. the previous previews during which one could select specific dates and times. This really handicaps out of town APs. So, even though I have an AP and was lucky enough to snag a park reservation during the system meltdown, I could spend $ to fly down and stay, and still not get on? While locals could secure multiple park reservations, and ride multiple times during the previews. I guess the previous system had its own problems, with a lot of APs not being able to secure preview times. Just seems odd to not limit previews to one ride (apparently).

gerarar2 hours ago

Looks like Tron will be staying on VQ, unless something changes within the next month (which I doubt). They are adding TBA to the regular Genie+ lineup, so adding Tron to that also wouldn't make much sense (to Disney) and it will keep being ILL along with SDMT. And having 2 VQs in the same park isn't that uncommon. The app and VQ backend API can handle it.