Top of the tree lopped from the former Splash Mountain as work continues on Tiana's Bayou Adventure

Apr 06, 2023 in "Tiana's Bayou Adventure"

Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction - April 6 2023
Posted: Thursday April 6, 2023 2:16pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

More changes are visible today at the former Splash Mountain, where work continues to transform the attraction into Tiana's Bayou Adventure.


A section of the tree at the very top of the mountain has now been removed.

Work is taking place on new rockwork alongside the track at the splash-down area.



Tiana's Bayou Adventure will open at Magic Kingdom in late 2024.

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V_L_Raptor2 hours ago

Thing is, if you line up your shot just the right way, the boat does look like it has a butt crack...

mickEblu3 hours ago

Best of luck man. I’ll be praying for ya.

MerlinTheGoat4 hours ago

No, I have a method of dealing with that. I duck down and shield them when I reach the very bottom, which is only a split second (I do this more to minimize getting wet, but it helps avoid the glasses problem too). Liquid water actually isn't nearly as much of a problem as fog. The glass fogging up is much more of an obstruction than a splash of water, it also lingers for much longer and sometimes even requires me to remove and wipe them. Water rolls off pretty much immediately, or it'll only leave small droplets and doesn't affect my ability to see all that much.

Mikomike124 hours ago

You don't think coming up out of the mist revealing the view won't be cool?

Buried20KLeague4 hours ago

And now we know the front runner for the first thing that stops working and is never repaired.

ToTBellHop4 hours ago

Don’t your glasses get wet 3 seconds later?

MerlinTheGoat4 hours ago

I wear glasses, so I hope they don't fog up too badly from the mist effects. I have to shield my glasses on Universal's ET ride in its misty segments due to it being blasted at full force at guests. Same could happen with the mist projection that was used in Pirates if I let the vapor hit them. The calm layers of mist used in the fort bombardment scene doesn't cause any issues however. Seems to happen worse when it's more turbulent and thick right around the head. Makes me a bit concerned with these new fog effects since they look like they might be both thick and turbulent.

JoeCamel4 hours ago

Mama Odie's deep dark lair

Brer Oswald4 hours ago

I hope it is. That view of the park from the top is great. Not sure why they would want to obscure that.

splah4 hours ago

At some level they’re trying to obscure the view to outside, how successful that’ll be remains to be seen

𝕴𝖒𝖆𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖊𝖗974 hours ago

I don't know how surprised people will be if they have just finished a long, steep lift-hill.

splah4 hours ago

Interesting, so the drop is somewhat shrouded until the last moment. The crest is more of a surprise element than a focal point

plutofan155 hours ago

Rode BTM five consecutive times years ago for our commercial shoot. By the third time, enthusiasm was a bit of a chore.

𝕴𝖒𝖆𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖊𝖗975 hours ago

Don't hate yourself for something that Disney has caused you to think by their track record.