Tiana's Bayou Adventure opening date still a mystery post-Disney shareholder meeting

Apr 03, 2024 in "Tiana's Bayou Adventure"

Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction - March 26, 2024
Posted: Wednesday April 3, 2024 2:00pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney CEO Bob Iger addressed shareholders at today's Walt Disney Co. Annual Shareholder meeting but did not provide any update on the opening of Tiana's Bayou Adventure at Walt Disney World or Disneyland.

Despite updating shareholders on recent openings at the parks and mentioning the possibility of an Avatar experience at Disneyland, Bob had nothing to say about any upcoming projects at Walt Disney World.

Today's meeting was widely expected to offer an opening date for Tiana's Bayou Adventure, but it appears that plans are still fluid, and Disney is not yet ready to commit to a date. There are no major Disney events between now and the previously announced "summer 2024" opening, meaning a social media announcement is now the most likely scenario.

The development of Tiana's Bayou Adventure in Walt Disney World is making significant strides. The exterior is nearing completion, and Imagineers are already conducting test rides on the attraction.

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Agent H2 hours ago

Okay I do like the ride but this was pretty funny

WorldExplorer15 hours ago

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

EagleScout61015 hours ago

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

gerarar15 hours 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 Friend13 days ago

Bob showers…? 🤔 -

Disstevefan113 days ago

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

Brer Panther13 days ago

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

Disstevefan114 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 Friend14 days ago

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

Figments Friend14 days ago

This, right here….is comedy gold. 🤣 -

bmr159114 days ago

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

Brer Oswald14 days ago

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

Disstevefan117 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 Realest17 days ago

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