First logs take the plunge at Tiana's Bayou Adventure as ride system testing begins at Walt Disney World

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Posted: Wednesday February 14, 2024 7:20am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Ride system testing has begun at Tiana's Bayou Adventure in Magic Kingdom as logs are once again taking the 40mph, 52.5ft plunge from the top of the former Splash Mountain.

Following yesterday's announcement that Tiana's Bayou Adventure will open in the summer of 2024, Walt Disney Imagineers began testing the logs last night.

Last night's test is the first time the ride has cycled since the closure of Splash Mountain in January 2023.

While the logs are carried over from Splash Mountain, the only visible change is that Br'er Rabbit has been removed from the front of the ride vehicle.

With the ride system remaining unchanged from Splash Mountain, the height requirement at Tiana's Bayou Adventure remains 40 inches, with a ride time of around 11 minutes.

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HMF17 days ago

That too.

WorldExplorer17 days ago

Was that the argument? I thought everyone and their mother understood it was cheaper and easier.

HMF17 days ago

Wasn't the point of WDI using screens in lieu of AAs because they were more reliable? I guess they can't even justify that anymore.

mickEblu17 days ago

I like it better like this but yeah... embarrassing

EagleScout61017 days ago

This is comical. The screen of Mama Odie before the big lift hill has been broken for nearly 6 months now.

Bocabear24 days ago

at MK, you used to take a skyway over completely unthemed rooftops and backstage views..... No one cared back then because for the most part, everything was fairly well done. Disney has plenty of sightline issues....

Rich Brownn24 days ago

As the park expands many of those issues will disappear (for example there will be a who;e new land - or 2 - between Stardust and Potter). Like when the MK opened and the corner by TLT and the castle had a huge blank cement wall which is now hidden by trees, shrubbery and a berm.

Sirwalterraleigh27 days ago

…oh I’m in the same boat. I know i feed the beast and that’s not good. But I still hope that some balance will return. No need for these line skips in wdw…there just isn’t that many people to justify them as they try to squeeze/rig it to make it seem like there is… It’s all FOMO for prebooking now that the silly FP+ is back. Then when you’re there you realize that there just isn’t that many people on the ground. And for god sakes…stop paying for the jockeys. It’s not “status”…it’s vanity bordering on stupidity

celluloid27 days ago

This is why I had to stop going to EPCOT for awhile and now the others. Uni studios nearly has this issue. Luckily as a whole I still enjoy much of the new. It sucks when so much of the trip feels like "Oh man remember when it was this here instead?"

solidyne27 days ago

Raleigh is so right here. It's ECON 101. I am one of the "guilty" ones, plopping down my dollars. However, I am buying nostalgia, I think. I'm paying to enjoy what remnants still tap the memories, while funding the very things that are shutting off that tap!

Chi8427 days ago

Who’s dumping money on whatever they happen to be selling? Disney is expensive; I’m pretty sure people are getting discerning.

Sirwalterraleigh27 days ago

Different strokes for different folks …some wanna slap the muppets on a roller coaster…

Sirwalterraleigh27 days ago

That’s an opinion…and we know everybody’s got one Or…they can ADD a ride and not stop slapping bobs direct to video IP library in reskins everywhere? Cause that’s kinda the root of all the angst