Latest look at Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom

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Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction - March 8 2023

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Posted: Thursday March 9, 2023 9:41am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Here is the latest look at the progress on the former Splash Mountain at Magic Kingdom as it is transformed into Tiana's Bayou Adventure.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction - March 8 2023

Scaffolding is in position throughout the mountain for crews to access different areas of the structure.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction - March 8 2023

As we have seen at the bottom of the main drop, sections of the mountain's rockwork are marked off, likely to be cut into.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction - March 8 2023

The signage and characters have been removed at the former main entrance to Splash Mountain.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction - March 8 2023

In the splash-down run-off, work continues on the guide track.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction - March 8 2023

Tiana's Bayou Adventure will open at Magic Kingdom in late 2024.

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WorldExplorer8 hours ago

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

EagleScout6108 hours ago

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

gerarar8 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?

Disstevefan113 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 Friend13 days ago

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

Figments Friend13 days ago

This, right here….is comedy gold. 🤣 -

bmr159113 days ago

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

Brer Oswald13 days ago

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

Disstevefan116 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 Realest16 days ago

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

Disstevefan116 days ago

I think it’s because it doesn’t operate reliably enough to support a standby. With VQ, when it breaks down, your boarding group is not called. Yes it does break down when boarding groups and LLs are loading too, but think of the nightmare when it breaks down with a 90 min standby full of people.