Taller construction walls go up around Tiana's Bayou Adventure at the former Splash Mountain attraction

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Posted: Wednesday January 25, 2023 10:01am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

The construction walls surrounding the former Splash Mountain attraction at Magic Kingdom have been replaced with taller walls to further restrict the view into the construction site of Tiana's Bayou Adventure.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction walls - January 25 2023

Walls went up overnight following the closure of Splash Mountain, but in some places were only a few feet tall. The new walls are the full 8ft tall height.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction walls - January 25 2023

The Briar Patch gift shop remains closed and free of walls, with signage still in place.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction walls - January 25 2023

The restrooms near the former Splash Mountain exit remain open as normal, accessed with a narrow walkway between construction walls.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction walls - January 25 2023

On the ride itself, the water is fully drained, and the logs have been removed.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction walls - January 25 2023

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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 foreseen 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.