Walt Disney World Holds Onto Virtual Queue for Tiana's Bayou Adventure as Disneyland Moves to Standby

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Tiana's Bayou Adventure Virtual Queue

Posted: Tuesday December 10, 2024 7:15am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Starting December 10, 2024, Disneyland in California will no longer use a virtual queue for Tiana's Bayou Adventure. Guests will be able to ride using a standby queue, Lightning Lane Premier Pass, or Lightning Lane Multi Pass. This update comes just weeks after the attraction debuted at Disneyland on November 15, 2024.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure Virtual Queue

At Walt Disney World, Tiana's Bayou Adventure continues with a virtual queue that has been in place since its opening at Magic Kingdom on June 28, 2024. While Disney has suggested a standby queue may be introduced at some point, no timeline has been announced. Notably, the attraction has operated without a virtual queue during special event evenings, including Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party and Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party, where guests have been able to ride using only a standby queue with wait times typically between 25 minutes and an hour.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure Virtual Queue

Walt Disney World's extended use of virtual queues extends beyond Tiana's Bayou Adventure. Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at EPCOT has relied on a virtual queue since its opening on May 27, 2022, now at day 925.

Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind Virtual Queue and Lightning Lane signs

Elsewhere at Magic Kingdom, TRON Lightcycle / Run has recently switched to a standby queue after more than 500 days of using a virtual queue.

TRON Lightcycle Run Standby Line

The continued use of the virtual queue for Tiana's Bayou Adventure at Magic Kingdom suggests that Disney evaluates these decisions on a case-by-case basis, based on demand and operational needs, and we could be in for a lengthy wait for a standby line during regular park hours.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure Exterior and Queue

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Incomudro1 hour ago

Tiana's needs its AA's to function properly more than Splash did. The scenes in Splash worked even when static.

SplashJacket1 day ago

Well… rode it today, mostly clean sheet. Definitely a downgrade. Queue is an upgrade. Feels like it got 80% the way there and just faltered. Lots of noticeably broken effects despite never having ridden it. Flickering big Tiana screen, b-mode Tiana, broken lift screen.

Epcot82Guy5 days ago

They even took Splash out of the name. Wouldn't that fix it?? I mean, the bayous of Texas and Louisiana are known for their dry, non-humid climates.

JoeCamel5 days ago

Who could have seen there would be water in this environment?

splah5 days ago

do we know the most common cause for a particular function not working properly on these animatronic? I remember reading earlier that it's the moisture in the air that isn't playing nice with the all electronic AAs. What is the fix overnight to repair it if the malfunctions are limited to a couple functions and not the entire AA?

Disgruntled Walt5 days ago

No. No. Nooooooo.

mickEblu5 days ago

This is crazy talk.

RSoxNo15 days ago

The ride is good and there are parts that are certainly improvements over Splash. Having said that, the Animatronics weren't working particularly well on the two rides I've had thus far. I'm 1 for 4 in working Mama Odie animatronics. I haven't seen Juju, and the indoor Tiana's and Louis's have been hit or miss. I think it's perfectly reasonable to say that the second half of the attraction (the double drop and beyond) is better than Splash Mountain. I certainly can't say that they cheaped out on this. Aesthetically, the exterior of the attraction looks much better than Splash every did.

John park hopper9 days ago

Must not be a real time picture all the people are in shorts and t shirts

monothingie9 days ago

We don't talk about Brers.

EagleScout6109 days ago

And he was never heard from again... for the Bob moves quickly in smiting thee who mention the bunny

Disgruntled Walt9 days ago

gerarar11 days ago

The 1pm afternoon VQ drop lasted the entire day again. Last happened on Christmas Eve.

Tha Realest12 days ago

I suspect this has to do with reliability issues (ride availability as well as AA reliability within the attraction when it is “working”). Certainly not how they planned Frontierland to be going while they take down BTMRR and start doing away with ROA.