Disney Parks boss Josh D'Amaro spotted at Tiana's Bayou Adventure in Walt Disney World

Feb 29, 2024 in "Tiana's Bayou Adventure"

Posted: Thursday February 29, 2024 5:35pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney Park's Chairman, Josh D'Amaro, was at Tiana's Bayou Adventure in Walt Disney World earlier today recording content.

It isn't clear if D'Amaro was recording an opening date announcement or a general update on the construction progress.

The earliest and most optimistic estimates place a soft opening around Memorial Day (late May) at Magic Kingdom, but Disney has yet to make any announcement beyond "Summer 2024." Disney's Annual Meeting of Shareholders will take place on April 3, at which we may get a precise opening date.

Ride system testing began in mid-February at Tiana's Bayou Adventure in Magic Kingdom, and logs are once again taking the 40mph, 52.5ft plunge from the top of the former Splash Mountain.

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    Agent H2 days ago

    Okay I do like the ride but this was pretty funny

    WorldExplorer3 days ago

    On the plus side, those people who never got their groups called didn't miss much.

    EagleScout6103 days ago

    Hopefully it was just a bad day and this isn't the norm as they take it off VQ

    gerarar3 days ago

    Small thread bump, but the ride just had its worst operational performing day ever. The ride was closed for pretty much the entire day until 9:17pm due to technical issues. Note park hours today for the MK was 9am - 10pm. Only 40 BGs were called today, all at 9:17pm. This is the lowest maximum BG called in a single day. The ride may as well just stayed closed today because doubt guests who obtained a BG from the morning 7am drop sticked out for the ride for its (extremely) delayed opening. Plus night and cold weather conditions. The VQ for TBA ends in less than 5 days, so this doesn't bode well for a standby queue once the VQ is gone. VQ stats for today and more:

    Figments Friend16 days ago

    Bob showers…? 🤔 -

    Disstevefan116 days ago

    Iger wouldn’t swoop in with a hose….. With his personal traveling shower head maybe😉

    Brer Panther16 days ago

    So how long until Iger swoops in with a hose and washes it off?

    Disstevefan116 days ago

    Broken animatronics yes (this is normal and expected in todays Disney), but they keep running guests through it. I will thinking of breakdowns that stop the attraction from running guests through it.

    Figments Friend16 days ago

    Meanwhile , over at the Epcot Festival of the Arts this week…. ‘Splash Mountain’ chalk art.

    Figments Friend16 days ago

    This, right here….is comedy gold. 🤣 -

    bmr159116 days ago

    Most reliability issues are animatronic issues, not the ride itself.

    Brer Oswald16 days ago

    The Disneyland version has been broken for 2 months and they haven’t even tried to fix it.

    Disstevefan119 days ago

    I just threw a number out there. I think you are right Tiana being not as popular as the previous attraction, I think the stand by would probably be (a total guess) max of 60 minutes.

    Tha Realest19 days ago

    There’s no evidence this line would reach a 90 minute standby.