Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction update from Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom

Mar 31, 2023 in "Tiana's Bayou Adventure"

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Posted: Friday March 31, 2023 12:04pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Here is the latest look at the progress on the former Splash Mountain at Magic Kingdom as it is transformed into Tiana's Bayou Adventure.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction - March 29 2023

More scaffolding has been installed this week, with crews working at the very top of the mountain.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction - March 29 2023

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

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V_L_Raptor7 hours ago

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

mickEblu8 hours ago

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

MerlinTheGoat8 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.

Mikomike128 hours ago

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

Buried20KLeague8 hours ago

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

ToTBellHop8 hours ago

Don’t your glasses get wet 3 seconds later?

MerlinTheGoat9 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.

JoeCamel9 hours ago

Mama Odie's deep dark lair

Brer Oswald9 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.

splah9 hours ago

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

𝕴𝖒𝖆𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖊𝖗979 hours ago

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

splah9 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

𝕴𝖒𝖆𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖊𝖗979 hours ago

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

brettf2210 hours ago

I love that mist effect. And at the same time, I hate myself for being so jaded that my first thought was “Oh, well, that will be the first effect to be broken and/or turned off.”