Tiana’s Bayou Adventure OPENING DATE at Magic Kingdom Announced

Tiana's Bayou Adventure is the long awaited retheme of the popular attraction Splash Mountain which closed in 2023. This is a brand new reimagining of the ride themed after The Princess and the Frog characters and film. Guests have anxiously been waiting to see this new reimagining that has been done with extreme care, dedication, and detail by Disney Imagineers.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure features numerous brand new state of the art audio-animatronics, returning voice actors from the films, and musical scores. While the original thrill of the ride will remain with fun drops and turns, Disney has gone all out for this reimagining of Splash Mountain!

We now finally have an OPENING DATE for Tiana's Bayou Adventure at Walt Disney World. Keep reading for the full details on this opening date (and the surprising way it was released), summer at Disney World events, and how to ride this new attraction.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure Opening Date

After much anticipation, we finally have the opening date for Tiana's Bayou Adventure at Walt Disney World. Tiana's Bayou Adventure will be opening June 28th 2024 at Walt Disney World and later this year at Disneyland.

There is no confirmed opening date for Disneyland yet aside from late 2024. We discuss here the likely Splash Mountain reopening date to be turned into Tiana's Bayou Adventure for Disneyland. Since Walt Disney World began work on the new attraction sooner, this is why their version is opening first.

The opening of Tiana's Bayou Adventure joins the lineup of other exciting events at Walt Disney World this summer including the brand new Encanto show debuting at EPCOT and the opening of the new CommuiCore Plaza & Hall.

How to Ride Tiana's Bayou Adventure

Tiana's Bayou Adventure will be included  as part of the regular Disney Genie+ lineup of available attractions and NOT as an Individual Lightning Lane.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure will also utilize a virtual queue before switching to a standby queue eventually.

Read more about how to ride Tiana's Bayou Adventure in our guide!

Annual Passholder Previews for Tiana's Bayou Adventure

Walt Disney World Annual Passholders will have the chance to preview Tiana's Bayou Adventure before it officially opens on June 28th!

Annual Pasholder previews will take place on: June 13, 14, 16, 17, 18 and 20.

🐸Read more about all the preview events for Tiana's Bayou Adventure, including how to access it as a D23 Gold Member and DVC Member, in our guide. 

Tiana's Bayou Adventure Opening Date Released Early

The official announcement of Tiana's Bayou Adventure opening date was meant to be released May 12th during Disney Night on American Idol but the full announcement from Disney was accidentally posted early in the morning on May 12th and remained live on their website for 45 minutes before it was taken down.

Since then, the opening date has been confirmed by Disney both on their social media accounts and on the Disney Parks Blog. You can see the video shared on their Instagram below:

 

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Tiana's Bayou Adventure Retheme

Tiana's Bayou Adventure will pick up where the film The Princess and the Frog ends. This story tells the tale of Tiana's success after opening her own restaurant and the adventures she had after.

The ride will follow Tiana through the bayou as she locates a necessary “missing ingredient” for her big Mardi Gras celebration. The missing ingredient turns out to be music which is a key component of any Mardi Gras celebration! Guests will encounter a band of brand new Disney characters created just for Tiana's Bayou Adventure as they join Princess Tiana and Louis on a hunt for music for their Mardi Gras celebration.

There is a huge lineup of brand new audio-animatronics coming to Tiana's Bayou Adventure which include more than 17 new characters along with a Louis audio-animatronic and multiple Princess Tiana audio-animatronics.

The music in the ride incorporates various musical styles connected to New Orleans featuring Zydeco music which is a blend of rhythm and blues that originated in Louisiana. One of the songs featured in this ride includes a rendition of “Gonna Take You There” from the “Princess and the Frog” film. This Zydeco musical take on this classic song features the fiddle, accordion, washboard, and other instrument voices that guests will enjoy as they float down the river under “dancing fireflies.” There is also a brand new original score coming to the attraction created by Grammy Award-winning musician and New Orleans native PJ Morton.

The exterior redesign of Splash Mountain into Tiana's Bayou Adventure transformed the attraction visually with bright colors, greenery, flowers, and a Tiana's Foods water tower.

And of course, the ride still includes the thrilling log drop into the water below and all the same thrilling ride elements.

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