Tiana's Bayou Adventure reaches new milestone as Disney Imagineers begin test rides

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Posted: Friday March 22, 2024 4:50pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Tiana's Bayou Adventure took a big step towards its summer opening today as Walt Disney Imagineers took the first rides on the new Magic Kingdom attraction.

DisneyDrewDude captured one of the first logs taking the 50ft plunge.

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.

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The Mom22 minutes ago

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

TalkToEthan1 hour 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 Mom1 hour ago

Things are getting a little OT again.

Brer Oswald1 hour ago

Quite literally the greatest post ever on this entire website

ToTBellHop2 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.

McMickeyWorld2 hours ago

Bocabear2 hours ago

So Mama Odie is taking you to a Rave?

Magicart872 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.

Bocabear2 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...

Ukdisneyguys3 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 Friend9 hours ago

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

Drew the Disney Dude13 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.

Tha Realest14 hours ago

Maybe they ran out of money towards the end and went to Spencer’s Gifts and Five Below for the lighting effects.

Stupido14 hours ago

My first critique of this retheme: I really don't like the glowing bottles at night. What makes Mama Odie's bottles so special is the rainbow cast from them all glowing different colors. The bottles all glowing the same color and cycling feels like 2010s bedroom lighting technology. I think each bottle glowing its own color, even if they all changed, would have looked much more impressive. That being said, I'm reserving the right to change my mind when I see it in person for myself in July.