Walt Disney Imagineering unveils progress on Tiana's Bayou Adventure Animatronics

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Louis Audio-Animatronic figure at Walt Disney Imagineering

Posted: Monday September 11, 2023 10:53am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

During this past weekend's Destination D23 event, Walt Disney Imagineering gave us a rare look inside the Audio-Animatronics Workshop as work continues on Tiana's Bayou Adventure.

Louis Audio-Animatronic figure at Walt Disney Imagineering

In the video below, a large audio-animatronic version of Louis is being assembled before being installed inside the attraction.

Speaking at the event, Disney Parks Chairman Josh D'Amaro said, "These folks are doing amazing work. They're hard at work on all the figures that we're just packing into this attraction. It's going to be such a great experience experience, bringing you a new story from Tiana's world that picks off right where that classic film left off."

Tiana's Bayou Adventure will open in late 2024 at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom and Disneyland.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure logo

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Agent H13 hours ago

“There are going to be 999 pages of this thread but there’s room for a thousand!” “Evil laughter”

lentesta19 hours ago

This is hilarious. Thank you.

Jrb19791 day ago

My beef isn't due to Splash being replaced, I've come to terms with that. My beef is to all to do with the amount of downtime and the issues the AAs have. It's been open less than a year and it's already plagued with issues.

Chi841 day ago

There must be some satisfaction in it.

Jedi141 day ago

I wouldn’t get your hopes up. This is a Disney Parks fan forum, certain emotions tend to fester.

DarkMetroid5671 day ago

but eventually. Like. You gotta let go? Right? Even if you’re 100% right about how sad it is — how does it help to dwell? Everytime I open one of these conversations on here or Twitter I just feel real bad.

Chi841 day ago

I’m guessing the thread would have died a long time ago if the ride didn’t break down so often. Just adds fuel to the . . . whatever you call what’s going on.

DarkMetroid5671 day ago

922 pages of the stages of grief, surely there will not be 922 more to go…

Disgruntled Walt1 day ago

Whoo you're on fire tonight!

Agent H1 day ago

Okay you can never avoid dating something cause it’s always of the time it was made in. Frontierland was chasing a fad just as much as any minions based land today does. And most of the ips that have been chosen are actually pretty timeless. Harry Potter. Mario. Star wars. Frozen. Toy Story. Marvel. Jurassic Park.

Sir_Cliff1 day ago

I hope that's true as it would give me a lot of hope for the future.

Brer Oswald1 day ago

No. There couldn’t be.

Sir_Cliff1 day ago

Indeed. I think the best thing you could show her so as not to hate the ride would be the movie Wish. I mean, what else is there in this world that could suggest there could be anything lower for a human being to experience than having to ride Tiana's Bayou Adventure?