New Video - A Deep Dive into the Making of Tiana's Bayou Adventure with Walt Disney Imagineers

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Posted: Friday March 22, 2024 10:39am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

The New Orleans Book Festival hosted Walt Disney Imagineering for a panel discussion on "Bringing Tiana's Bayou Adventure to Life," moderated by Leslie Iwerks.

In this 45-minute video, you can hear from WDI's Charita Carter and Carmen Smith and "honorary Imagineer" Stella Chase.

The New Orleans Book Festival brings the world's leading authors to Tulane University for a multi-day celebration of their works. The Festival features both fiction and non-fiction and convenes readings, panel discussions, symposia and keynote speeches. It provides an opportunity for outlets, authors and readers to interact with each other in one of the most vibrant and culturally diverse cities in the world.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure will open in the summer of 2024, but Disney has yet to announce a precise date.

The earliest and most optimistic estimates place a soft opening around Memorial Day (late May), which may put an official opening sometime in July.

The upcoming D23 Down in New Orleans event on March 23 provides Disney with one of two opportunities to announce an opening date; the other is the Annual Shareholders meeting on April 3.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure testing - March 4, 2024

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DCBaker35 minutes ago

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The Mom1 hour ago

Discussing lighting is on topic. Posting about Steve Tyler, rave memes, etc. are not.

TalkToEthan2 hours ago

But lighting designs are within the scope of “details and construction” of the ride, no?? If OT means ‘off topic’, then this caution looks misplaced

The Mom2 hours ago

Things are getting a little OT again.

Brer Oswald2 hours ago

Quite literally the greatest post ever on this entire website

ToTBellHop3 hours ago

Glad they saved the WDSP RnRC lighting. Maybe Mama Odie will have us magically exit the salt mound via Steven Tyler’s mouth.

McMickeyWorld3 hours ago

Bocabear3 hours ago

So Mama Odie is taking you to a Rave?

Magicart873 hours ago

I'm starting to think the drop won't be obscured as initially thought and instead the mist will be used to diffuse the lighting to create an effect similar to those of moonflower lighting or God rays. Only it'd be facing the riders up the ascent to create a "magical" light tunnel.

Bocabear3 hours ago

the lights with the bottles look like they are just running through their test sequence... doing full spectrum... I am hoping the bottle end up being individually lit indifferent colors... cuz yeah, full spectrum colored lighting is so-o 2010...

Ukdisneyguys4 hours ago

Another new video for you guys from last night! Not sure who was on it but they were testing with people and mist sound effects too.

Figments Friend10 hours ago

Ohhhhh….. Now I will never be able to unsee this when looking at the Attraction’s ‘hill’….! 🤣 -

Drew the Disney Dude14 hours ago

I'm happy to report that this did make the final cut, but is not working correctly at the moment. The entire waterfall/50-foot drop light up as well, which is a bonus from what I was expecting. It's currently not timed correctly, but I'll be sure to post a video as soon as it is. My eyes lit up seeing it and I am very happy it made the final plan.