Disney Cancels 1pm Virtual Queue Distribution For Today's Tiana's Bayou Adventure Preview Amid Continued Technical Difficulties

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Tiana's Bayou Adventure delayed opening

Posted: Tuesday June 18, 2024 12:47pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has notified guests via My Disney Experience that today's 1 pm virtual queue for Tiana's Bayou Adventure Passholder previews will not be available (Tuesday, June 18, 2024).

Main Entrance to Tiana's Bayou Adventure

Tiana's Bayou Adventure has been experiencing frequent shutdowns throughout the previews, resulting in several hours of downtime each day. Delayed starts have been common, with yesterday's preview delayed by 3 hours.

Today's shutdown has halted the virtual queue at boarding group 26, and drained all of the water in the ride path. It isn't clear if or when previews will resume for today.

One more day of Annual Passholder previews is planned for June 20, 2024, with the ride set to officially open to all guests on June 28, 2024. To participate in the preview, 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.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure Ride Through

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wdwmagicMar 07, 2025

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

monothingieMar 03, 2025

@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.