Disneyland's Splash Mountain to close in late May to begin the transformation into Tiana's Bayou Adventure

Apr 12, 2023 in "Disneyland Resort"

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Posted: Wednesday April 12, 2023 1:08pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Splash Mountain at Disneyland in California will have its final day of operation May 30, 2023, before it closes to begin the transformation into Tiana's Bayou Adventure.

Disneyland's Splash Mountain

Tiana's Bayou Adventure will open in late 2024 at Disneyland Resort in California and Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.

Magic Kingdom's Splash Mountain in Walt Disney World closed in January, with extensive work on the iconic attraction already underway.

Although the Walt Disney World version appears to have a head start on its Disneyland counterpart, both are planned to open in late 2024.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure is based on the Disney animated movie, 'Princess and the Frog.'

Tiana's Bayou Adventure concept model - D23 Expo exhibit

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Phroobar39 minutes ago

I compared this 4k version to my vhs copy side by side. It's amazing how rich the colors in the live action are. You see actually see the characters in the nighttime shots. The animation is pure Disney magic. It's not washed out and is very crisp. The audio track is still mono but sounds better. It is definitely something to see along with 4K77, 4k80 and 4k83.

Phroobar3 hours ago

Did you know there is a 4k transfer of Song of the South?

MK-fan3 hours ago

Yea it’s awful. Not to mention the log gets flooded leaving your shoes and socks drenched. Next time I go on, I’m bringing some extra sandals just so that doesn’t happen.

Dear Prudence3 hours ago

Yes. I thought they would have fixed that when they had the chance. There is no reason why the entire logs needs to go underwater lol.

MK-fan3 hours ago

Are we talking about the waves that come into the log when you go into the laughing place?

Dear Prudence4 hours ago

Omg, they didn't fix the soak factor DLR Splash was known for. 😭😭😭😭😭 🙀🤐😥 Edit: not being sarcastic, legitimately baffled by this choice on their part.

MisterPenguin1 day ago

jrice1 day ago

Hi! I wanted to add my thoughts since I finally got to ride this overlay. The good… The queue, the exterior does look good, the animatronics and the finale. The bad… The ride is way too fast, the story is easy to understand but it is a bad story. There was so much potential but TWDC blew it. As everybody has said, there was no need to do this ride. Give Tiana a new ride but again Disney was lazy and cheap. The UGLY The execution of all of it. Again, there are good parts but you cannot see it because you are going mach one through the ride. You get people soaked during Xmas during your launch?!?! Why? Spend the next few months and create a compelling story and with some drama. It is an unfinished product. It is a much better ride in person but Disney leadership should (and probably) learn from this because they are capable but allowed outside influence to create something that is underwhelming.

Brer Oswald2 days ago

I doubt they put much thought into it back then. Not much more than a "it would be neat". Granted they didn't put much thought into it when they were actively developing it post announcement, and it is in fact "not neat".

MisterPenguin2 days ago

MisterPenguin3 days ago

Dear Prudence3 days ago

It all just feels so cheap!!! They've wanted to do this since at least 2010, there were talks about this as early as then, why does it all seem so lazy? 😭😭😭😭 No animatronics here? No problem! We will just...turn off the lights!!!