Glimmering Bayou: Disney World begins lighting tests at Tiana's Bayou Adventure

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Tiana's Bayou Adventure nighttime lighting test April 21 2024

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Posted: Monday April 22, 2024 9:30am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Lighting tests have been underway over the last week at Tiana's Bayou Adventure in Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, giving guests a first look at the new attraction after dark.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure nighttime lighting test April 21 2024

The tiara topped Tiana's Food tower is bathed in a deep orange glow from the support platform.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure nighttime lighting test April 21 2024

The bayou is lit in shades of blue, purple, and green from fixtures in the water and throughout the area.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure nighttime lighting test April 21 2024

Completing the bayou scene, we also see flickering lights from fireflies.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure nighttime lighting test April 21 2024

We are still waiting for a precise opening date, but Disney has previously said that Tiana's Bayou Adventure will open this summer at Walt Disney World and later in 2024 at Disneyland. The current best estimates are still leaning toward the mid-June timeframe, with previews expected before then.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure nighttime lighting test April 21 2024

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EagleScout6102 hours ago

^This^ You can freeze the animatronics and turn off the dialouge in this moment and you'd still know that Br'er Fox was about clobber Br'er Rabbit while he's distracted laughing at Br'er Bear The same can't be said for Bayou where the scenes turn into "Tiana and Louis stand behind a bunch of animals" when you turn off the music and freeze everything.

Incomudro4 hours 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.