Disney Ends Virtual Queue for Tiana's Bayou Adventure at Magic Kingdom

Posted: Tuesday February 18, 2025 10:08am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has announced that Tiana’s Bayou Adventure will transition from a virtual queue to a traditional standby queue beginning February 25, 2025. The change means guests will no longer need to join a virtual queue through the My Disney Experience app to ride the attraction.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure Exterior and Queue

With this update, Lightning Lane access will continue to be available for guests purchasing Lightning Lane Multi pass.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure has operated a Virtual Queue for more than 240 days, which was originally put in place to handle the busy opening day period. With TRON Lightcycle Run dropping its virtual queue in September 2024, Magic Kingdom will soon be free of Virtual Queues. Disney has also announced that a standby line will also come to EPCOT's Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure Exterior and Queue

Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, which opened in summer 2024, reimagines the former Splash Mountain with a new story set after the events of The Princess and the Frog. The ride takes guests on a journey with Tiana and her friends as they prepare for a festive New Orleans celebration.

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wdwmagic19 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

monothingie23 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.

Epcot82Guy29 days ago

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 Walt29 days ago

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

Dranth29 days ago

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.

Disstevefan129 days ago

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 Realest29 days ago

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.

Dranth29 days ago

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'r29 days ago

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.

wdwmagic29 days ago

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

Trauma29 days ago

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.