Pricing and Details Announced for D23 Preview of Tiana's Bayou Adventure

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Posted: Tuesday May 14, 2024 1:!5pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

An exclusive event for D23 Gold Members will be held at Magic Kingdom Park on June 22, 2024, offering members early access to Tiana's Bayou Adventure attraction before it officially opens on June 28.

Attendees can experience the attraction multiple times, enjoy live jazz performances, and receive a commemorative pin. Due to restricted capacity, there will be a virtual ticket sales queue starting on May 16, 2024, at 10 am PT.

Gold Member pricing is $60 + $7 processing fee per ticket. Tickets go on sale on Thursday, May 16, 2024, at 10:00 am. PT/1:00 pm. ET.

D23 Gold Members can experience Tiana's Bayou Adventure on June 22

Details

This experience does not include access to the D23 The Princess and the Frog 15th Anniversary Screening at Disney Springs - these two experiences are ticketed separately.

Event Includes:

Entry to Magic Kingdom Park (for event hours only).
Light refreshments for all D23 Gold Members in attendance.
Exclusive entry to D23 preview experience of Tiana's Bayou Adventure.
One (1) D23-exclusive Tiana's Bayou Adventure Commemorative Pin
Live jazz performances to enjoy at the attraction space throughout the night.

Check-in opens at the Transportation and Ticket Center (TTC) from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm with park admission beginning directly after. Gold Members should continue to the Magic Kingdom Park via monorail or ferry. Gold Members and their guests can explore the park up until the event begins at 6:30 pm when they will be able to enter the entrance to the attraction. From there, D23 Gold Members can experience Tiana's Bayou Adventure until 9:30 pm. Please note, parking at the Ticket and Transportation Center is not included in the cost of the event ticket.

All guests will be required to check-in at the Ticket and Transportation Center for the event. There will NOT be registration at the entrance to the Magic Kingdom or inside the Magic Kingdom at the attraction.

All ticket holders for this event agree to comply with the latest health and safety guidelines put forth by the Walt Disney World Resort. Find the latest guidelines at Know Before You Go.
Tiana's Bayou Adventure has a height requirement of 40 inches. All attendees of this event must be able to adhere to the height requirement. Any guests who cannot abide will not be allowed to experience this attraction.
D23 Gold Members may purchase up to two (2) tickets (i.e., for themselves and up to one (1) guest). All guests under age 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian to attend this D23 event.
There are an extremely limited number of tickets available. D23 Gold Members will be required to provide their membership number when purchasing tickets. Gold Members who do not bring their membership card, government-issued photo ID, and tickets may not be admitted to the event.
Ticketed Gold Members and guests who do not attend the event forfeit their place as well as all experiences, benefits, and gifts associated with the event. D23 Gold Members must be present for their guests to gain entry to the event.

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Surferboy5673 minutes ago

This would of worked a lot better. It’s such an obvious choice I’m surprised they didn’t go for it. The only reasonable explanation is they didn’t want to offend anyone and we scared Voodoo would do that. It’s a real shame we had to go for the safe story since no one could possibly be offended by the story we got.

ToTBellHop7 minutes ago

When I first heard the story, I didn’t actually mind the “find band members” portion since the start of Splash was also pretty light-hearted. What I don’t get is the whole, “we will shrink you down for 90 seconds and then make you big again.” It is so forced and also doesn’t make much sense following a movie where it actually wasn’t that simple to get a small thing big again. Apparently Mama Odie can just do that? When I was told the story, I wondered aloud why they wouldn’t just have the story be: 1) help Tiana find members of her band (cute critters and fireflies) 2) boat accidentally transported into The Other Side during the double dip (keep the fun vortex effect they made) 3) replace Laughing Place with Friends from the Other Side 4) have that impressive Mama Odie AA pull guests out of The Other Side with that same vortex effect from the double dip used on the lift hill 5) end at the party you found the critters for The “shrink for 90 seconds” portion is supposed to create some drama leading to a climax but 90 seconds isn’t enough time for that. They should have just used the demons from the film since the drama is baked in there. They don’t even need Facilier if they insist he’s dead even though they seemingly kept vocals from the very dead Ray in the ride.

Sir_Cliff10 minutes ago

I know this is wading into controversial territory, but... I agree that this could have worked a lot better if they had of basically listened to Tony Baxter's description of how the plot of the original Splash worked to build up and relieve tension and then designed a PatF story with the same story beats. One of the reasons I think they did not do this is because they wanted this to be a much lighter attraction specifically to appeal to PatF's younger fans. I know a lot of people will disagree with me, but I really feel that the big drop was more an obstacle or challenge for the designers of this ride rather than a feature because there is no way you would design a PatF-themed attraction from scratch that had such a big thrill element with the potential to scare younger children.

Henry Mystic18 minutes ago

I’m reserving full judgement until I ride it. But man, just every creative decision for this ride is just baffling and looks soulless. I was genuinely getting excited recently, so maybe my expectations were just too high, but it does give more Frozen: Ever After than Frozen Journey in its presentation. “Look at this” “Yay” Also, I don’t feel like the Tiana AA looks like her at all. Despite them all being impressive AAs It’s all the more peculiar given the others look highly representative of their movie equivalents. I genuinely feel if they kept true to OG Splash and followed Princess and the Frog’s plot, there’s no reason it couldn’t be better than Splash if the fantastic technology was just out to better use. They tried to reinvent the wheel for no reason. I’d wager if Orlando’s Splash was updated, it would be a 10/10. As it was, it definitely was not but the execution of the original genuinely was. There’s no reason a retheme to a movie like PATF with amazing music couldn’t replicate the vibes of the original.

Trauma19 minutes ago

Is there a single shred of evidence to the story that Iger said this ride was boring? If so how the heck did he allow this to open? Who he the exec who took a look at this and said “this is amazing let’s open it up!” I just don’t understand how this was allowed to happen.

Surferboy56720 minutes ago

It appears they cranked up the Dig a Little Deeper on the lift hill meaning you can actually hear it now. Definitely prefer that than the silence on the Disney POV. It also presents better in VR with scale, the fireworks in the background help as well. Splash is still better but it improves things just a little.

Sir_Cliff23 minutes ago

I think this is a very good point. It seems they spent a lot of time creating a whole backstory and universe for this attraction and a lot less time thinking through the actual experience of the ride. It's very strange, but it relates to my sense about modern Imagineering that a lot of them seem to have taken creative writing classes and enjoy writing these long, elaborate backstories for their own sake that don't necessarily improve the end product (whether a ride or store). The backstories are increasingly treated as an additional element of the experience for fans to read and learn rather than to help Imagineers give internal consistency to what they are designing. This might be the peak of that tendency in that they've created this whole world of a food co-op for riders to step into on the queue before getting on a ride that has almost nothing to do with a food co-op beyond the idea that the main character in that ride owns and works in one.

Surferboy56755 minutes ago

peter114351 hour ago

TomboyJanet2 hours ago

A plot

GhostHost10003 hours ago

That lighting package is what should be around Pandora more

Ismael Flores3 hours ago

it really amazes me how this team of WDI did not keep most of those critters from Splash. All they had to do was redress a few of them and have kept the inside much more lively. Instead the lump expensive AA's in certain areas where the logs pass by quickly and do not get to even enjoy them. That whole area with no was and just a walled screen is just a bad choice

Ismael Flores3 hours ago

The thing I hate the most about the change is the awful lighting package. Why do they think that everything needs to be saturated in colors that just make little sense to the setting. what is it about this bright purples and reds some of the night pictures of the outside of the salt dome or whatever it is seems overly done.

Ismael Flores3 hours ago

I understand the reasoning for people hating on Song of the South because of some of its writing. It also kind of saddens me that at the same time people hate on it they are literally erasing the legacy of the actor that play Remus. Movies in that era had lots of issues when it came to race but in my opinion deleting them completely from history is not the right choice. When it comes to Song of the South people either forget or do not realize that it was the first time in history that an African America actor, the brilliant James Baskett was the first African American actor to be recognised for his work and given an Honorary Oscar. by basically deleting from history Disney and those against the movie have at the same time erased his accomplishment.