Tiana's Bayou Adventure Passholder Preview: Virtual Queue Open For Longer Than Expected on Opening Day

Jun 13, 2024 in "Tiana's Bayou Adventure"

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Posted: Thursday June 13, 2024 8:20am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Today is the first day of Annual Passholder previews for Tiana's Bayou Adventure, and the virtual queue has remained open for much longer than expected.

The Annual Passholder-only virtual queue for Tiana's Bayou Adventure opened at 7 am, and as of 8:20 am, there is still availability.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure Virtual Queue in My Disney Experience

When open to all guests, the 7 am distribution of virtual queue boarding groups at TRON or Cosmic Rewind is typically at capacity in less than 10 seconds.

Should the 7 am queue eventually reach capacity, Passholders will have a second opportunity later in the day at 1 pm.

Annual Passholder previews are planned for June 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, and 20, 2024. To participate, Passholders must make a park reservation and join a virtual queue on the day of the preview via the My Disney Experience app, with opportunities to join at 7:00 am and 1:00 pm each day.

How to Join the Virtual Queue

First, make a park reservation to Magic Kingdom on a preview date to have the opportunity to join the 7:00 am virtual queue for that day. Or, you can make a park reservation to any theme park on a preview date to have the opportunity to join the 1:00 pm virtual queue.

On the date of your reservation, request to join the virtual queue by using the My Disney Experience app. There will be 2 opportunities to join each day of previews.

The 7:00 am virtual queue will be available to Passholders with a park reservation to Magic Kingdom for that day.

The 1:00 pm virtual queue will be available to Passholders with a park reservation to any theme park for that day. As a reminder, Passholders must enter the theme park where they have a reservation prior to visiting Magic Kingdom park. Or, on June 13, 14, 17, 18 or 20, they can enter Magic Kingdom park without a reservation after 2:00 pm.

Passholders do not need to have entered a theme park when they request to join the virtual queue.

Important Information

Passholders must have a Walt Disney World Resort Annual Pass with valid admission on the preview date. Applicable pass blockout dates apply. Park reservations are limited and subject to availability.

Each Passholder can request to join a virtual queue no more than once per day.

Passholders may hold boarding groups for the preview virtual queue and an attraction virtual queue at the same time, when available.
Joining the virtual queue does not guarantee the ability to participate in the preview. Boarding groups for a virtual queue are limited, subject to availability and are not guaranteed. Not all boarding groups may be called to return, based on availability of the attraction. Learn more about virtual queues.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure officially opens to all guests at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom on June 28, 2024.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure attraction poster

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wdwmagic23 days ago

Tiana's Bayou Adventure Standby Queue: When to Ride for the Shortest Wait https://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/tianas-bayou-adventure/news/07mar2025-tianas-bayou-adventure-standby-queue-when-to-ride-for-the-shortest-wait.htm

monothingie27 days ago

@wdwmagic how does @wdwstats measure downtime? Looking at TBA the rapid deltas in wait times seem indicative of downtime rather than organic wait times. For a ride that does have a lot of capacity, you would think it would be flatter.

Epcot82GuyFeb 25, 2025

I agree that's a fair statement. Now, to say it is as popular as Splash (or especially a Splash with a pretty significant update budget) is a different story. A lateral move with that amount of spend is problematic. But, to say it doesn't have a level of popularity somewhat near Splash at it's end (maybe up, maybe down) would be very suspicious - absent compelling data. I still think it was money poorly spent on a very poorly designed story. But, that's a separate topic to your point. :)

Disgruntled WaltFeb 25, 2025

You know, people like blood sausage, too. People are morons.

DranthFeb 25, 2025

We always go fall or winter and on our winter trips, Splash would regularly drop below 30 minutes and was even walk on much of the time outside of the busiest days. I just don't buy that TBA is unpopular with most visitors. I don't like it, but according to people who have actual guest numbers, it is just as popular as Splash.

Disstevefan1Feb 25, 2025

I welcome the standby. On a recent visit, I “won” the 1PM Guardians VQ lottery but the boarding group’s estimated return time was over 6 hours away. If I were alone maybe I would have hung around for the 6 plus hours to ride it but I was with family and I was the only one who wanted to ride it and no one understandably wanted to stick around waiting for me to ride one attraction. Now with standby, I can jump In standby and meet up with family when I get off (like the old days).

Tha RealestFeb 25, 2025

For the park’s newest attraction the first day the VQ wall disappears? I’m not sure Splash consistently posted Barnstormer numbers, yet here we are on its first fully public day of operation.

DranthFeb 25, 2025

I am not a fan of TBA either but this is kind of an odd argument. Sure, the change over will keep some away but you can't possible think cooler weather doesn't have an impact on wait times for water rides.

MickeyLuv'rFeb 25, 2025

Even Splash was quiet on cold days. The last time I rode it, shortly before it closed, it was walk-on. It was also a chilly winter night. None of us had gotten all that wet on it in some time, so we thought we'd be okay. I came out okay, but the rest of my group got soaked which wasn't much fun in the cold.

wdwmagicFeb 25, 2025

Here is a look at 10 am through 1 pm wait times

TraumaFeb 25, 2025

Yeah that’s the problem now that the ride sucks. It went from something you went on to enjoy the world class experience, to something you ride because it’s hot and you want to get wet.