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

Mar 22, 2024 in "Tiana's Bayou Adventure"

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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zipadee99954 minutes ago

The logs don’t look changed to me, but the soak factor is determined by the weight of the log and the angle of the ‘scoop’ on the front. If they wanted to lessen the splash, they would’ve needed to lighten the logs somehow as well as sharpen the angle of the scoop to ‘push’ the water away from riders rather than towards them. Nothing obvious visually seems to have been done, but who knows, they may have sanded the logs to adjust the scoop or found a way to internally lighten them.

JoeCamel1 hour ago

The logs were not changed

bwr8271 hour ago

Does anyone think they might have tried to adjust the shape of the ride vehicles to lessen the soaking factor? I know nothing about this (am not a water log engineer and never played one on TV). I know only that log rides in general seem to vary in amount of water that hits riders. I’m hoping to ride Tiana’s later this year, but my wife and kids avoid water rides because they don’t like feeling soggy.

wishesnighttimespec11 hours ago

Would love to see this footage... hoping this means the water becomes lit up like that concept art

FettFan14 hours ago

TalkToEthan17 hours ago

The Mom17 hours ago

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The Mom17 hours ago

That is probably why I was given (by other posters) my username way back when.

arich3517 hours ago

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TalkToEthan20 hours ago

Fox&Hound20 hours ago

Ummm do you know she is a moderator of the boards?

arich3520 hours ago

I mean no offense to this but your username is just perfect for nearly all the replies I see you post lol

Tha Realest20 hours ago

This post won’t age well once the first ride through videos show us the lift hill ascent is a duet between Mama Odie and Steven Tyler at a rave.