How To Ride Tiana's Bayou Adventure During Opening Weeks at Walt Disney World

Jun 27, 2024 in "Tiana's Bayou Adventure"

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Tiana's Bayou Adventure Virtual Queue

Posted: Thursday June 27, 2024 11:23am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney will skip the standby line during the opening period of the highly anticipated Tiana's Bayou Adventure at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom and will use the My Disney Experience-driven virtual queue system and Lighting Lane access as part of Genie+.

Log on the main drop viewed from the start of the ride path

While we won't get to see the excitement of long lines wrapping around the park, the process should be better for those who can join the queue via one of the two entry methods.

Disney expects to open a standby queue soon after the attraction opens, but we do not yet have a date.

Here's a guide to help you experience Tiana's Bayou Adventure beginning on its opening day, June 28, 2024.

1. Use the Virtual Queue

To manage crowds and ensure a smooth experience, Disney is implementing a virtual queue system for Tiana's Bayou Adventure. Here's how to join:

Download My Disney Experience App: Ensure you have the app installed on your mobile device and that it's updated to the latest version.

Request a Spot: Guests can request to join the virtual queue at two specific times:

7:00 am: You can make this reservation from anywhere, even outside the park. Important: You must have a park reservation for Magic Kingdom to join the 7:00 am queue.
1:00 pm: This reservation can only be made if you are inside Magic Kingdom. You can hop from another park if you have a reservation elsewhere.

Tips for Joining the Virtual Queue

Prepare in Advance: Make sure your My Disney Experience app is installed, updated, and you are logged in before the queue opening times.

Check Your Park Reservation: Ensure you have a valid park reservation for Magic Kingdom if you plan to join the 7:00 am queue.

Set Alarms: Set alarms for a few minutes before 7:00 am and 1:00 pm to ensure you are ready to join the queue as soon as it opens.

Stable Internet Connection: Ensure you have a reliable internet connection at the time of joining the queue. If possible, use Wi-Fi for better stability.

Practice with the App: Familiarize yourself with the My Disney Experience app ahead of time. Know where the virtual queue option is located so you can quickly navigate to it.

Be Quick: The virtual queue spots can fill up fast, likely within seconds. As soon as the clock hits 7:00:00 am or 1:00:00 pm (measured with an atomic clock), refresh the app and join the queue immediately.

Have Multiple Devices: If you are visiting with others, have multiple people try to join the queue on different devices to increase your chances.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure Virtual Queue

2. Disney Genie+ Service

Tiana's Bayou Adventure is also available through the Disney Genie+ service, offering a Lightning Lane entrance to bypass the regular queue. Note that Tiana's Bayou Adventure is not available as an Individual Attraction Purchase and is only included as part of the Multi-Park and Magic Kingdom Genie+ options.

Here's what you need to know:

Purchase Genie+: Prices range from $23 to $39, depending on the day.

Book Lightning Lane: Once you've purchased Genie+, you can select Tiana's Bayou Adventure as one of your attractions.

Other Included Attractions: Genie+ also includes access to:

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin
Dumbo the Flying Elephant
Haunted Mansion
"it's a small world"
Jungle Cruise
Mad Tea Party
Mickey's PhilharMagic
Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor
Peter Pan's Flight
Pirates of the Caribbean
The Barnstormer
The Magic Carpets of Aladdin
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Tomorrowland Speedway
Under the Sea ~ Journey of The Little Mermaid

3. Opening Day Tips

Early Start: Log into the My Disney Experience app early to be ready for the 7:00 am virtual queue opening.

Be Flexible: If you don't secure a spot in the 7:00 am virtual queue, make sure you are inside Magic Kingdom by 1:00 pm for another chance.

No Standy Line: There will be no traditional standby line available. You must use either the virtual queue or Lightning Lane.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure Exterior and Queue

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SuddenStorm2 days ago

It was a fun piece of clickbait for cheap online articles. "The ride based on Disney's BANNED film". No one actually cared since they could ride the ride and see it was completely fine.

solidyne3 days ago

He is not saying the same thing. You deleted his next sentence. He said guests "are a fulcrum." He said it was absurd to think guest "have nothing to do" with decisions. Then he goes on to explain how guests do, in fact, factor in. You edited his post to make it look like you were saying the same thing. You: Disney does XYZ. They shouldn't do that. Poster: But ALL businesses necessarily do XYZ" You: So you agree with me! Me: Well, no, he doesn't really. By the way, I know you started using winky emojis as some defensive measure when you thought people weren't getting your jokes. But that never was the problem. It wasn't that they didn't know you were joking; it was that they disagreed with the point your jokes were making. So, you can ease up now with the winkies. People can understand jokes even if they don't like them.

Disgruntled Walt5 days ago

I like your new picture. "Quizzical Walt"

Disstevefan15 days ago

It was a necessary downgrade ;)

mickEblu5 days ago

They reskinned a jet to celebrate the reskin of an attraction where a Fox threatened to skin a rabbit.

Tha Realest5 days ago

They reskinned a jet to celebrate the reskin of an attraction.

Disstevefan15 days ago

Exactly. Exactly We agree completely. When I said this, it was absurd. I wont say that ;)

EagleScout6105 days ago

Only took them a year to get it working. Progress, I guess

DarrenD5 days ago

Rode 2x times yesterday and it was working well! The most amount of stuff I've seen working since opening :)

JMcMahonEsq5 days ago

Again, I don't get what your point is. Disney is a for profit publicly traded company. Everything decision is done for the benefit of the company/Disney. The officers of any company have fiduciary duty to make all decision in the best interest of the company. The sole purpose of any decision of a company is to benefit the company. They aren't non-profits or charities where the intended goal/purpose is to benefit a certain subset of the population. Guest/fan feelings are never a goal or why companies make decisions. They are a fulcrum to support goals. Businesses offer guest what the they want in order to make money. They don't make money in order to give customers what they want.

Brer Panther5 days ago

I know that just by posting this I'm stepping into a minefield, but I genuinely do not remember seeing any complaints, or hearing of any complaints, about Splash Mountain being problematic before 2020. At most, I saw people say "Hey, isn't it kind of funny that they built an attraction based on this movie they banned?" but I don't think any of those were meant as complaints.

Jayspency5 days ago

Most of what Disney does nowadays is mostly done based on what looks good on paper.

Disstevefan15 days ago

Can you please talk to Disney's movie business ;) OK, ok, "nothing" is an absurd term. Extreme terms like "nothing" is low hanging fruit for folks who want to argue. In my opinion, Disney makes decisions mostly for Disney and lesser for guest/fans.

JMcMahonEsq5 days ago

From a strictly authorization standpoint, of course Disney does what it wants to do. Every business does what it wants to do at the end of the day, guest/fans have no say in an operation of any business. However to say guest/fans have nothing to do with decisions is just absurd. Disney is looking for Profit. That means decisions are made to increase profits. This can come in the form of direct increase in sales, direct decrease in costs, or increasing attendance/mitigating loss through customer good will. Out of those 3 methods to achieve the goal, 2 of them are directly related to customers. You need your customers to keep coming and buying tickets to the parks and need them to continue buying things. The only way of increasing profit that isn't directly related to customers is decreasing costs, but even that has to be weighed with the idea of will decreasing cost result in a loss of 1 or 3. And the millions spent on a re-skin of Splash Mountain certainly wasn't a direct cost saving.