Disney updates fans on the timeline for Tiana's Bayou Adventure in Magic Kingdom

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Tiana's Bayou Adventure - Concept art of first drop into the bayou

Posted: Wednesday March 15, 2023 9:56am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney provided a brief update on Tiana's Bayou Adventure in a press briefing earlier today.

A tiara-topped water tower emblazoned with the Tiana's Foods logo will make its way to Magic Kingdom

With construction on the Splash Mountain replacement moving at full pace, we will soon see the tiara-topped water tower added to the mountain.

Disney says that we should expect to see the new water tower installed later this summer.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure remains on target to open in late 2024 at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction - March 8 2023

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JohnD2 minutes ago

So let's cut to the chase: at this point, unless you scored a park reservation, the only option is to hop to MK before 1pm and join the 1pm lottery, er VQ. Correct?

LittleBuford5 minutes ago

We'll have to agree to disagree. They seem quite consistent with the animals featured in the film:

Casper Gutman15 minutes ago

A few have been fine or even good, but on the whole they’re stiflingly generic, seemingly designed to move merch rather than fit the ride. They don’t FEEL bayou-y - although I’m sure the Inagineers have detailed reports from New Orleans-based biologists to justify each one. The bears, foxes, rabbits, etc feel like they could fit into any vague Disney wilderness setting. I’m no fan of Louis, but he offers a strong contrast - he’s a gator, perhaps the first animal people think of when they conjure up an image of the bayou. He’s also somewhat visually distinct, with his massive bulk a comical contrast to more standard images of cartoon gators. Tiana’s swamp needed beasts that FEEL “bayou-y.” Add more gators, snakes, and turtles - an all-snake zydeco band would be a lot of fun. There’s a nutria in the film but none, it seems, in the ride. How about some herons or other wading birds? Make the setting distinct, don’t pack it with rejects from Brother Bear.

Zummi Gummi20 minutes ago

I assume the influencer types will want to ride each day of the preview.

Unbanshee1 hour ago

Annual Passholders can still participate in the soft opening preview for the 1pm drops if they book any other theme park. It's still wide open

Sirwalterraleigh1 hour ago

Somebody explain to me what the hell for? …please use small words

NickMaio1 hour ago

Rrrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiggggghhhhhhhttttttttt....

sixbagelboy1 hour ago

There are several people on FB who claim they were able to book reservations for all 5 days. Reservations closed fast so it’s amazing people can do that. And typical Disney, they couldn’t think of a way to get all AP’s a chance to participate in the soft opening.

nickys2 hours ago

You won’t like this answer. ☹️ The info says you have to have a reservation for a Disney Resort made on your membership - so a points stay, cash booking through Member Services, or using points to stay at a non DVC resort. But you can only book for the number of guests on your reservation as of May 12th. So it’s too late to book in order to register for the previews. You have to have been booked by the end of Sunday night.

ToTBellHop2 hours ago

They may have been TOO aggressive with the animation on this one. Leave SOME of the actual salt dome!

Tha Realest3 hours ago

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

Disney Glimpses4 hours 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. ;)