Tiana’s Bayou Adventure has been under construction for a while now, taking over the old home of Splash Mountain, and the opening date for the new ride is looming closer! We’ve been eager to check it out with the new animatronics, new storyline, and fun details, but before it opens, we’ve got some important details to share.
Disney World has announced that when Tiana’s Bayou Adventure opens, it will be available as part ofDisney Genie+. That means this ride will NOT have an individual (or a la carte) Lightning Lane. To ride, you can purchase Genie+ for Magic Kingdom (or get the multi-park Genie+ option) and reserve a Lightning Lane for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure.
If you don’t wish to pay to skip the line, you’ll be able to ride instead with the virtual queue.
The ride will likely be incredibly popular for the first few months that it’s open, but it sounds like Disney doesn’t expect the virtual queue to stick around forever. Once demand starts to go down, they’ll change it to a standby line.
Tiana’s Foods Water Tower
To book the Lightning Lane for this attraction, you’ll need to have the My Disney Experience app downloaded on your phone, be logged into your account, and have your park tickets linked. For the full details, make sure to check out our guide to Genie+ and Individual Lightning Lanes.
We can’t wait to go down the bayou with Tiana and her friends. If you’re excited, too, make sure to check out our Tiana’s Bayou Adventure tee in our online DFB store!
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The NEW Magic Kingdom ride Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is opening this summer (on June 28th), and Disney just released a huge update about how the queue and boarding process will work. As many fans predicted, the ride will use a virtual queue to manage demand, and now we know exactly how that virtual queue will work.
Disney is re-theming Splash Mountain to become Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, which will open on June 28th this summer (2024). We’re super excited for this new ride, and we know tons of y’all are, too! If you can’t wait to hop on and join Tiana on her adventure down the bayou, make sure you carefully read all of the virtual queue details so that you don’t miss your opportunity to ride.
Disney announced that Tiana’s Bayou Adventure will have a virtual queue when it opens in Magic Kingdom. This has become Disney’s go-to strategy for managing demand for popular rides. A couple of other rides that have a virtual queue in Disney World right now include Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind and TRON Lightcycle / Run.
You can join the virtual queue for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure at 7AM or 1PM. Disney said, “While a standby queue will not be available during the attraction’s initial opening days, we expect to open a standby queue soon after the attraction’s opening,” so it sounds like the virtual queue isn’t expected to stick around for long.
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure will NOT have a standby line when it first opens. Your only two options to ride will be to get into the virtual queue or use Disney Genie+. The ride will be part of Genie+ (not an Individual Lightning Lane).
The virtual queue for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is accessible via the My Disney Experience app. The queue will open at 7AM each morning and again at 1PM each afternoon. You do NOT have to be in Magic Kingdom to join the 7AM one, but you DO have to be inside Magic Kingdom to join the 1PM one. To join, open the app to the homepage and locate the virtual queue section. It’s one of the first sections you’ll see when you scroll down on that homepage.
Virtual Queue Prompt on My Disney Experience Home Screen
You can click “Join Virtual Queue,” and then you’ll see a list of the attractions in Disney World that have virtual queues. Pick Tiana’s Bayou Adventure and go through the process of joining, which includes answering the question “How many people are in your party?” If you want to be extra prepared, you can actually confirm your party in advance, before that 7AM queue opens.
Beginning at 6AM, you can tap into the virtual queue and set/confirm your party so that you have fewer steps when boarding groups are available at 7AM or 1PM. On the app, after you’ve selected your desired attraction in the appropriate park, under “Join Virtual Queue,” you’ll find a button that says “Confirm Your Party.”
TRON Lightcycle / Run Virtual Queue
Once you hit that button, the app will find the people who are linked to your account. You’ll select each person that you want to add to your party, and choose “Confirm Party.”
Note that virtual queues open at exactly 7AM and 1PM, and they can fill up within SECONDS, so you really want to be ready exactly on time. If you’re in the app before 7AM hits, you may need to refresh your screen at 7AM.
If the virtual queue has filled up, you’ll see a notification alerting you to this change. The app may also note when the next virtual queue will open.
Screenshot of My Disney Experience
If you’re successful in joining the queue, you will receive a boarding group. Disney calls boarding groups back in sections, and once your group is called back, you’ll receive a notification from the My Disney Experience app telling you to head back to Tiana’s Bayou Adventure. You’ll have one hour to return once your group is called.
Although Disney doesn’t give you a return time, you can track the progress of the virtual queue on the app to get a fairly good estimate of when your group will be called.
Disney has shared that Tiana’s Bayou Adventure will pick up the story of The Princess and the Frog “after the final kiss,” and visitors will get to “join Princess Tiana and Louis on a musical adventure – featuring some of the powerful music from the film – as they prepare for their first-ever Mardi Gras performance.”
As Tiana is preparing for the big event, she realizes that she’s missing an important ingredient, so she needs our help to go on an adventure to find it!
We can’t wait to go down the bayou with Tiana and her friends. If you’re excited, too, make sure to check out our Tiana’s Bayou Adventure tee in our online DFB store!
Oh boy, planning a Disney trip can be quite the adventure, and we totally get it! But fear not, dear friends, we compiled EVERYTHING you need (and the things to avoid!) to plan the ULTIMATE Disney vacation.
Whether you’re a rookie or a seasoned pro, our insider tips and tricks will have you exploring the parks like never before. So come along with us, and get planning your most magical vacation ever!
Are you excited to ride Tiana’s Bayou Adventure? Let us know in the comments!
NBCUniversal parent company Comcast will launch a discounted bundle of the streamers Peacock, Netflix, and Apple TV+ later this month.
Peacock, Netflix, and Apple TV+ Bundle
The bundle is called StreamSaver. It will be available to all Comcast broadband, TV, and mobile customers.
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts announced StreamSaver on Tuesday at MoffettNathanson’s 2024 Media, Internet and Communications Conference in New York.
The bundle will “come at a vastly reduced price to anything available today,” Roberts said. The goal is to “add value to consumers” and “take dollars out” of other streaming businesses while reinforcing Comcast’s broadband service offerings. Roberts did not announce the exact pricing of the bundle.
StreamSaver will rival Disney and Warner Bros.’ new bundle of Disney+, Hulu, and Max, which they announced a week ago.
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Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is the reimagined ride replacing Splash Mountain in Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. This covers how to experience the ride since there will be no standby line when it debuts–instead, you’ll need to join the virtual queue for the long-awaited attraction or use the Lightning Lane. Virtual queues are really nothing new […]
If you are an Annual Passholder at Walt Disney World, you will want to mark your calendars because Disney just released Passholder preview dates for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure. What’s Happening: On June 28, Tiana’s Bayou Adventure will be opening at Magic Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort. If you are an Annual Passholder, you will have […]
Annual Passholders will be able to preview the attraction before it opens to the general public. Here are the dates and all the details. Previews Tiana’s Bayou Adventure opens on …
Disney has confirmed the dates for Annual Passholder previews of Tiana’s Bayou Adventure at the Magic Kingdom.
Passholders will be able to preview the attraction on June 13. 14, 16, 17, 18, and 20. Virtual Queue and park pass reservations will be required.
Park Reservations & Virtual Queue Required A virtual queue will be in place for Annual Passholder previews of Tiana’s Bayou Adventure. Here’s how it works!
First, make a park reservation to Magic Kingdom park on a preview date to have the opportunity to join the 7:00 AM virtual queue for that day. Or, you can make a park reservation to any theme park on a preview date to have the opportunity to join the 1:00 PM virtual queue.
On the date of your reservation, request to join the virtual queue by using the My Disney Experience app. There will be 2 opportunities to join each day of previews.
The 7:00 AM virtual queue will be available to Passholders with a park reservation to Magic Kingdom park for that day.
The 1:00 PM virtual queue will be available to Passholders with a park reservation to any theme park for that day. As a reminder, Passholders must enter the theme park where they have a reservation prior to visiting Magic Kingdom park. Or, on June 13, 14, 17, 18 or 20, they can enter Magic Kingdom park without a reservation after 2:00 PM.
Passholders do not need to have entered a theme park when they request to join the virtual queue.
Important Information
Passholders must have a Walt Disney World Resort Annual Pass with valid admission on the preview date. Applicable pass blockout dates apply. Park reservations are limited and subject to availability.
Each Passholder can request to join a virtual queue no more than once per day.
Passholders may hold boarding groups for the preview virtual queue and an attraction virtual queue at the same time, when available.
Joining the virtual queue does not guarantee the ability to participate in the preview. Boarding groups for a virtual queue are limited, subject to availability and are not guaranteed. Not all boarding groups may be called to return, based on availability of the attraction. Learn more about virtual queues.
Offering, dates and hours are subject to change or cancellation without notice or liability.
