Disney unveils two new gift shops coming to Tiana's Bayou Adventure at Walt Disney World

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Co-Op and Tiana's Bayou General merchandise store

Posted: Friday April 12, 2024 8:50am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has just shared a first look at two new retail locations coming to Tiana's Bayou Adventure at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom.

Co-Op and Tiana's Bayou General merchandise store

Critter Co-Op takes over the former Briar Patch, and Tiana's Bayou General is located at the exit from the ride.

Co-Op and Tiana's Bayou General merchandise store

Both new stores will open alongside Tiana's Bayou Adventure this summer, although an exact date is not yet available.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure attraction poster

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co100645 hours ago

Here's another nuanced opinion: I loved Splash, and I still maintain that this retheme was unnecessary. BUT, the animatronics for this attraction look like they will be the very best of anything WDI has done globally. From my incomplete perspective, this attraction looks to be better than Frozen Journey at Tokyo DisneySea. My main concern is the storyline (it maybe a bit too simplistic), and if the ride path/experience will feel organic to said story, or if it will feel like an obvious retrofit.

TheCoasterNerd7 hours ago

Thanks for sharing.

Drew the Disney Dude7 hours ago

BrerFoxesBayouAdventure7 hours ago

The thing that legitimately bothers me more than anything is that it feels like such a downgrade from the cinematic and (quite frankly) intimidating briar patch. Like you go from that to a patch of grass?

MaximumEd8 hours ago

A nuanced opinion…….is that allowed here?

MerlinTheGoat8 hours ago

While I'm glad they did cover the railing (again this was always a given that they would never leave that thing exposed), it still needs a lot of work. I don't want to jump to conclusions and assume it's done, because it's highly likely it isn't. But in its current state, it looks awkward. There's something....off about it right now. I struggle to describe why, but it differs noticeably from either the model or render. There needs to be more than just tufts of straight grass, it also needs the different kinds of shrubbery and ferns that were present too. Again, it's very plausible this just isn't done yet. Would not surprise me. The foliage covering the rest of the mountain went through a lot of continuous and drawn out work and tweaking after it was first attached. Pruning and adding detail where needed.

cr33468 hours ago

Thing looks hideous

BrerFoxesBayouAdventure8 hours ago

MerlinTheGoat8 hours ago

Possibly (probably), though I hope the general lighting package on the mountain as a whole is tweaked further as well (like I said, a bit less blue would be appreciated around the top). I think quite a few of the lilies probably still need their pads attached as well.

Mikomike129 hours ago

I mean, they just turned on the bottles for the first time ever yesterday, and Charita Carter mentioned them in a interview just a month ago... patience is key

Disney Analyst11 hours ago

I actually think they have, once. I think @Drew the Disney Dude may have caught it? Or someone did...

rtmachine11 hours ago

I liked Splash and didn't know a single thing about it for years .. but the "music" was very annoying to me so TBA seems to be real music that I will enjoy

Ayla11 hours ago

It's so...purple. 😔

MerlinTheGoat12 hours ago

They still haven't switched on the pink glowing lights on the water lilies yet, assuming they didn't cut that detail from the render. Which hopefully they haven't...