Walt Disney World Holds Onto Virtual Queue for Tiana's Bayou Adventure as Disneyland Moves to Standby

Dec 10, 2024 in "Tiana's Bayou Adventure"

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Tiana's Bayou Adventure Virtual Queue

Posted: Tuesday December 10, 2024 7:15am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Starting December 10, 2024, Disneyland in California will no longer use a virtual queue for Tiana's Bayou Adventure. Guests will be able to ride using a standby queue, Lightning Lane Premier Pass, or Lightning Lane Multi Pass. This update comes just weeks after the attraction debuted at Disneyland on November 15, 2024.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure Virtual Queue

At Walt Disney World, Tiana's Bayou Adventure continues with a virtual queue that has been in place since its opening at Magic Kingdom on June 28, 2024. While Disney has suggested a standby queue may be introduced at some point, no timeline has been announced. Notably, the attraction has operated without a virtual queue during special event evenings, including Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party and Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party, where guests have been able to ride using only a standby queue with wait times typically between 25 minutes and an hour.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure Virtual Queue

Walt Disney World's extended use of virtual queues extends beyond Tiana's Bayou Adventure. Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at EPCOT has relied on a virtual queue since its opening on May 27, 2022, now at day 925.

Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind Virtual Queue and Lightning Lane signs

Elsewhere at Magic Kingdom, TRON Lightcycle / Run has recently switched to a standby queue after more than 500 days of using a virtual queue.

TRON Lightcycle Run Standby Line

The continued use of the virtual queue for Tiana's Bayou Adventure at Magic Kingdom suggests that Disney evaluates these decisions on a case-by-case basis, based on demand and operational needs, and we could be in for a lengthy wait for a standby line during regular park hours.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure Exterior and Queue

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Tha Realest1 hour ago

Too much of the R&D budget was spent at Cafe Du Monde instead of Garner Holt.

donaldtoo2 hours ago

Even though we were in MK back in late June, I never got a chance to ride TBA. We did a child swap, as youngest granddaughter was too small to ride. SonIL and myself took her on the train while the rest of the family rode (there were 8 of us). We had just finished the whole circuit around the park, when SonIL got a call from oldest DD that they were stuck just before the lift hill to the big drop (the log in front of them was just on the incline). They ended up being stuck there for over 10 mins. Literally, 2 mins. after we had all gathered back together under the Frontierland train station (at about 5:45p) the bottom fell out of the clouds, and the attraction never reopened that day, as the rain lasted quite a while. So, the exterior was the only part I ever got to see. IMO, it blends into the surroundings too much, whereas Splash Mountain definitely stood out, in a good thematic way (and yes, still keeping in mind the juxtaposition between the Deep South and the Frontier West). Anyway, the Splash Mountain exterior will always have much more thematic appeal to me than the “Broccoli Mountain” exterior ever could…!!!!! 😁:hilarious:;)

John park hopper3 hours ago

Disney don't make them like they used to

Disstevefan15 hours ago

I guess the old saying is true, they don’t make them like they used to..

John park hopper8 hours ago

WOW it opened in June 2024 and has been plagued with problems and now down for maintenance --sad

Disstevefan11 day ago

Starting tomorrow and into Next week is looking good!

Brer Oswald1 day ago

Looking at the upcoming week, most of the lows aren’t that cold.

EagleScout6102 days ago

Today marks two years since Billy (the ghost of SM) was told to "Be nice to Tiana". Yeeeahh, I don't think he's been very nice to Tiana

GhostHost10002 days ago

Unreal. Tickets go up. Attraction availability and park hours go down

Tha Realest2 days ago

Like Nemo and Friends, it is preemptively closing down low-demand attractions to save money on staffing.

EagleScout6102 days ago

I'm suprised they didn't do a closure this winter. I get it's new but I think it could have benefited from a couple weeks down so they can figure out what's wrong with the ride.

ToTBellHop2 days ago

I suspect its wait times will rise once it gets back over 80 degrees. By next January, I’m sure it’ll close for refurbishment like it used to.

SingleRider2 days ago

Not in the current 40-something-degree weather.

gerarar2 days ago

The afternoon 1pm VQ drop has been lasting the entire day through park close, which indicates not enough people are joining that drop to get a BG. The BG call average speeds up towards the end of the day too, progressing from 5mins/BG to 2-3mins/BG. Also, reportedly if you do get a BG in the later hours of the day, your callback is around 10-15 mins. Just seems like there's not overall enough demand for the ride currently. It should be off its VQ by now tbh.