A new Disneyland ride closure has been added to the refurbishment calendar in the middle of the Christmas celebration at Disneyland. This is the ride’s second closure in 2025 after a longer closure earlier this year during the busy Spring Break season at the parks.
At Mickey Visit, we are constantly tracking all of the Disneyland refurbishments, like the closure of an iconic thrill ride that was recently extended again. It is important to stay up-to-date on all of the latest Disneyland ride closures so you know what to expect during your trip. We also keep you up to date on the latest construction milestones. Keep reading for the dates of this upcoming closure! Update: We now have news that this ride closure has been extended. See all Disneyland November 2025 ride closures.
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At Disneyland Park, the popular Indiana Jones Adventure will be closing for refurbishment for the second time this year, starting on December 2. This will be a short closure, with the ride reopening on December 4. It was previously closed earlier this year for a longer refurbishment spanning the entirety of the peak Spring Break season, from March 17 to April 24.
We are not surprised that this is such a short closure in the midst of the holiday celebration. Disneyland has timed this closure to happen during a window of time that we predict in our Mickey Visit Disneyland crowd calendar to be below normal crowds. This is generally a good week to visit during the holidays before the peak crowds descend later in the month.
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Indiana Jones Adventure is one of the most highly demanded attractions in Disneyland’s Lightning Lane Multi Pass service, with return times snatched up quickly. The majority of the standby line weaves around the outside of the temple before merging with the Lightning Lane queue on the inside, so if you see that the outdoor queue is on the emptier side, that means you shouldn’t waste your Lightning Lane on this ride.
If return times are pushed very far out in the day, which they often are for this ride if you wait to book, you can utilize the modify feature to try and secure an earlier time. We’ve had a lot of luck using this Lightning Lane hack for this ride specifically.
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Meanwhile, a few other longer closures at Disneyland Park are expected to overlap with this one, as they do not yet have a reopening date listed on the calendar. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad’s closure was recently extended again, and Storybook Land Canal Boats and Casey Jr. Circus train also do not have reopening dates at this time. We just recently learned that Storybook Land Canal Boats will be getting a new scene during its closure, which we are very excited about!
If you’re visiting in the immediate future, make sure to see our list of the October Disneyland closures you should be aware of.
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I’d like to see the current ride version of Tianas Bayou Adventure close. That ride was boring and underwhelming. There’s too much space, no story conflict, and the party is just there. What I want added and altered in Tianas Bayou Adventure revision is add a story from the little golden book with Naveen arguing with Louis about missing band members. Give Tiana a blue dress outfit for the first animatronic. Add a new riverboat, include a little bluebird, have spoonbill birds, female butterflies, more critters like deer, skunks, possums, crane birds and have Reggie, Darnell, two fingers wave hi to us. Also pay respect for the 1927 Mississippi flood showing Tiana rescue people from flooded houses and serve gumbo in refugee red Cross camp. Also show the 2 fenner bros and police stopping mobsters from selling bootleg wine bottles. Also include Buford, Travis and Lawrence as a prisoner. Show the spirit of Dr facilier and shadow spirits chanting are you ready to friends on the other side song at the dropoff. The dig a little deeper song at dropoff has got to go or put almost there at dropoff instead. Or retheme to the princess and the frog ride retelling, then I’ll be more excited to ride it. Otherwise I’ll skip it and forget about it because I don’t care about the official Tiana’s Bayou Adventure ride party setup as I feel it’s too much like jungle cruise knockoff ride.