Tiana's Bayou Adventure Previews Confirmed for Club 33 and D23 Members

May 13, 2024 in "Tiana's Bayou Adventure"

Tiana's Bayou Adventure preview
Posted: Monday May 13, 2024 1:37pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has confirmed that Tiana's Bayou Adventure previews will be held for both D23 Gold and Club 33 members.

D23 will be hosting a separately ticketed event, where D23 Gold Members will have the opportunity to be among the first to enjoy the new Walt Disney World attraction. D23 Gold Members will be able to ride the attraction again and again, then take some time to enjoy the evening ambiance of the bayou with live jazz performances and tasty treats available during this celebration of Tiana's Bayou Adventure.

Club 33 Members will be able to experience a preview event shortly after the media event in the second week of June.

Disney announced yesterday that details will be shared starting May 14 for preview opportunities ahead of the official grand opening for Florida-based Cast Members, Annual Passholders, and eligible Disney Vacation Club Members.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom will officially open to all guests on June 28, 2024.

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HauntedPirate4 hours ago

I'd opine that they chose to leave the significant gaps, but that's just me.

networkpro4 hours ago

The scenery and props were designed for the Disneyland space so they had to leave significant gaps for Disneyworlds longer flume.

Incomudro8 hours ago

Yes, there is little implied motion in any of these figures, or steps of figure. It's bad storyboarding.

EagleScout61019 hours ago

The other issue I have with the animatronics on Bayou is that everyone is just standing/sitting firmly on the ground. There's no dynamic or interesting poses that allow for interesting animation. Splash had Br'er Rabbit jumping along the fence, Br'er Bear in the tree and thrashing around on his back, Br’er Fox springing up from the background, the Possum babies above the river hanging by their tails, turtles being lifted by geysers, the entire riverboat rocking back and forth... Everything on Bayou just looks so static in comparison. Edit - Forgot about Rufus the Turtle who bobs back and forth slightly. But it's still a very simple animation loop.

networkpro19 hours ago

Curious enough I met Troy Landry at the Poly in 2020 while it was open just for DVC and diners. Nice fellow.

Animaniac93-9820 hours ago

They also don't interact much with each other and are very self contained vignettes that don't build to anything. Think of the geese who's fishing line has nabbed another's hat, or the fish that jumps through the empty net. Think of the vultures looking at each other and finishing the other's sentence. Think of the rabbits commenting on the Brers chasing each other while a projection effect plays in the background. All of that is gone...and the heavier reliance of screens makes the new scenes look physically flat. The ride's soundtrack is doing the heavy lifting of giving life to the scenes, not their staging or animation.

JoeCamel21 hours ago

Shelby would run them over with his boat so we escape over the falls!

Brer Panther22 hours ago

Yes, this. Both of this. I dunno if they really qualified as "evil", but yes, the film dig have frog hunters. It still would've been a major downgrade from Brer Fox, though... I don't think you could make those frog hunters threatening at all. I suppose they could've made up a brand new villain, but they probably couldn't be bothered (or they knew people would still be complaining that we got this new character instead of Facilier).

networkpro1 day ago

Louis wasn't made of wood. Bruce is one to be wary of.

JoeCamel1 day ago

They could of had this guy going after Louis...

PizzaPlanet1 day ago

Didn’t the movie have evil frog hunters or something like that? They could’ve introduced conflict with those guys going after the critters if they didn’t want to go the voodoo route. Could’ve been similar to Brer Fox or the witch from Snow White.

Bocabear1 day ago

no, I guess I didn't...there was nothing memorable about them to me... I was really focused on trying to figure out what sort of entrepreneurial enterprise Tiana would get into after she got her prince and her dream of opening the restaurant...you know, the focus of the entire movie...lol

Brer Oswald1 day ago

They would have saved a ton of goodwill with fans of the original ride.

EagleScout6101 day ago

In the weird way, Naveen became the blink and you'll miss him character