Disneyland's Splash Mountain to close in late May to begin the transformation into Tiana's Bayou Adventure

Apr 12, 2023 in "Disneyland Resort"

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Posted: Wednesday April 12, 2023 1:08pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Splash Mountain at Disneyland in California will have its final day of operation May 30, 2023, before it closes to begin the transformation into Tiana's Bayou Adventure.

Disneyland's Splash Mountain

Tiana's Bayou Adventure will open in late 2024 at Disneyland Resort in California and Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.

Magic Kingdom's Splash Mountain in Walt Disney World closed in January, with extensive work on the iconic attraction already underway.

Although the Walt Disney World version appears to have a head start on its Disneyland counterpart, both are planned to open in late 2024.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure is based on the Disney animated movie, 'Princess and the Frog.'

Tiana's Bayou Adventure concept model - D23 Expo exhibit

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wityblack8 hours ago

I wonder if Disney will change the on-screen Tiana and Louis to 2d like they ended up doing for Mermaid.

So much potential for a new build if they had done one. A better story with the aesthetic of the HDYD scene’s dark bayou for the whole ride would have been awesome. I wish they did something better with the Laughing Place, it just feels like they had to add the shrinking section to fit the existing rockwork (in side-by-sides it’s obvious they didn’t even alter any of the roots).

mickEblu14 hours ago

Lol. The crap story/ dialogue part would be disappointing no matter what but still think I’d be pleased with the other features I mentioned. It’s certainly more fun than Webslingers and MMRR. The infrastructure, scope/ scale and ride time is very much not 2020’s Disney and that would be appreciated.

Animaniac93-9814 hours ago

Yes, but presumably a new build also wouldn't be constrained by the pace and size of Splash's infrastructure and not have a 50ft drop just because it's already there.

Rich T14 hours ago

If it was a brand new build but still had the same pre-school level story, bland repetitiveness and still shoved most of the cast of PatF aside in favor of a bunch of sappy-looking generic animals, I would be just as disappointed as I am now. In fact, I’d be more disappointed because that would mean they started with a blank slate and STILL couldn’t do better than “Can you spot the animal musicians? WHEEEEE, you’re all special!!!”

mickEblu14 hours ago

Why not Pooh? There’s still a lot of classic Disney charm in that NOS train station/ MP Park area even though it’s not what it was. Agree that it would have worked better as a smaller dark ride.

mickEblu14 hours ago

True. Pretty much everything not named ROTR at DLR.

britain14 hours ago

If it were a new build, would we be saying, “Hey if you ignore some awkward parts, this really is the kind of attraction Disney hasn’t made since the late 80’s, early 90’s!”

SuddenStorm15 hours ago

It'd be perfectly fine as a much smaller dark ride built where the current New Orleans Station is.

Animaniac93-9815 hours ago

I said this months ago. If this were a new build, it would have been better than most of their recent attractions.

mickEblu15 hours ago

As a replacement for Splash it falls way short but I wonder if we’d feel differently about it if it was a new build. I think people would have a much warmer reception for sure. Its not a heavy screen based ride and it has…. Water Thrills Indoor/outdoor Lots of AAs/Figures. And its a ride over 5 minutes long which is almost unheard of these days. Unfortunately that’s not the reality we’re living in though. It’s a not a new ride and it replaced something much better. Then of course you have the fact that it didn’t even do PatF justice which would be the case in either scenario.