Disney Parks boss Josh D'Amaro spotted at Tiana's Bayou Adventure in Walt Disney World

Feb 29, 2024 in "Tiana's Bayou Adventure"

Posted: Thursday February 29, 2024 5:35pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney Park's Chairman, Josh D'Amaro, was at Tiana's Bayou Adventure in Walt Disney World earlier today recording content.

It isn't clear if D'Amaro was recording an opening date announcement or a general update on the construction progress.

The earliest and most optimistic estimates place a soft opening around Memorial Day (late May) at Magic Kingdom, but Disney has yet to make any announcement beyond "Summer 2024." Disney's Annual Meeting of Shareholders will take place on April 3, at which we may get a precise opening date.

Ride system testing began in mid-February at Tiana's Bayou Adventure in Magic Kingdom, and logs are once again taking the 40mph, 52.5ft plunge from the top of the former Splash Mountain.

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ᗩLᘿᑕ ֊ᗩζᗩᗰ7 minutes ago

This addition, like the Ray and Evangeline stars just create big-ol question marks as to why they are being added. Were they always planned? Are Imagineers actively trying to "fix" the attraction with small tweaks here and there?

EagleScout61015 minutes ago

It's that scene from 1984 with the huge head but instead it's saying CO OPPPPPP.... CO OOPPPP

Brer Panther17 minutes ago

I can't make out what the employees are saying, I'll just assume it's "Tiana is such a strong female individual with her employee-owned food co-ops and her inspiring other girls of color to work hard and become big successes! Also, Disney is so woke!" or something along those lines.

donaldtoo1 hour ago

:facepalm:

Tha Realest2 hours ago

“Hey, it could be worse - the last group of workers that messed up were sent to work in the Star Wars Hotel.”

Jedi142 hours ago

There’s also a regular gumbo.

donaldtoo2 hours ago

No, Tiana has gone vegan with the plant-based “7 Greens Gumbo” at DLRs Tiana’s Palace… You know, because of all the Southern vegans that existed back in the 1920’s.

Disgruntled Walt4 hours ago

"Don't we sell meat products here? Do all these animals running around know that we plan to slaughter them?"

Tha Realest5 hours ago

“Why aren’t we invited to the party?” “I don’t know. Guess she doesn’t care about her employees that much after all.”

WorldExplorer5 hours ago

"Divorce? Isn't that a little extreme?" "She barely acknowledges he exists. It's been a long time comin' if you ask me."

Bocabear6 hours ago

That would make a great running post...."Things overheard from Tiana's Sweatshop Foods Factory Break Room"..... I'll start: "if we can get the critters to play music for a party for free, can we also get them to pack boxes and run the factory for free?

Disgruntled Walt6 hours ago

I can't make out what they're saying. So I'll fill in the blanks (forgive me, I think the recent weirdness of some of the other threads is rubbing off on me): "It's so strange how our boss can only move when the logs in the river through the middle of our factory start floating towards her." "Yes, and she keeps talking about how great those animals can play. Like, that's literally all she says. I'm a little concerned, because she ought to be discussing our company budget—how can we afford to let all these animals run loose in our food factory?" "I know, right! The incident with the bear sniffing up all the powdered sugar a couple months ago...I don't think the lawsuits have been settled yet, but it's not gonna be cheap." "Well, I ain't payin' for it. I say we charge the alligator that hangs around all day between his trumpet gigs. That in itself is weird, because alligators don't have lips!" "Well, maybe we should get back to work." "What are we even doing here, cooking? Packing food? Making beignets that will definitely not taste good by the time they get to where they're going?" "That's true. Who in 1927 is bulk ordering crates of beignets to be shipped somewhere? It doesn't actually make sense. You know what, I quit." "Me too. I'd say we could hitch a ride out of here on one of the company logs, but they're down for maintenance."

Disstevefan17 hours ago

Oh good. When the ride is down we can listen to the door. Unless they turn off the audio when the ride is down. ;)

Tha Realest8 hours ago

Good to see they have their eyes on the ball in terms of what’s been missing with this attraction.