Latest look at Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom

Apr 14, 2023 in "Tiana's Bayou Adventure"

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Posted: Friday April 14, 2023 9:52am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Here is the latest look at the progress on transforming Splash Mountain into Tiana's Bayou Adventure at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction - April 13 2023

At the top of the mountain, the tree stump has now been completely removed, leaving quite a large space surrounded by scaffolding.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction - April 13 2023

Moving to the bottom of the mountain, Imagineers and construction crews are working on new rockwork at the splash-down of the flume.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction - April 13 2023

Tiana's Bayou Adventure is set to open at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom in late 2024.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction - April 13 2023

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wityblack34 minutes ago

Critter Co-op looks moldy

Incomudro2 hours ago

For sure. I've always felt that Walt meant moving along with technology. Adding to the parks. As per your example with Jungle Cruise, he would have meant better animatronics, and other effects. Not destroying the ride and replacing it.

ToTBellHop4 hours ago

Walt was not referring to change for the sake of change. He was referring to change that IMPROVES the parks. So if a concept fails, remove and replace it (halfway there on SGE…). But if a concept does work, just seek to improve it over time, especially as technology advances. Generally speaking, we see this at rides like Jungle Cruise, Mansion, Pirates, and in days of yore, ToT. Walt wasn’t saying, “please tear out Pirates of the Caribbean one day and replace it with a Tangled boat ride.” I think he would have wanted Splash updates with improved effects over time. As we’ve seen, they have better AAs now than 30 years ago.

celluloid4 hours ago

And we can add at look what theatrical release department of Disney pictures looks to release... and even remake hoping for it to work again.

EPCOT-O.G.4 hours ago

And yet check out the lines for Peter Pan, Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Caribbean…

celluloid4 hours ago

1971 Disneyland was already well visited and people flooded to WDW's Magic Kingdom in early months after slow roll opening to check it out. They were actually upset it was not more of the same. People have expectations. Things can be enhanced, but they like the quality they like. And some things are staples. Things should change, but also, the company uses it to its advantage plenty of times when they don't want to invest. See Carousel of Progress and Tiki room as great examples. Retheming something that was already good and popular on its own accord is also not a good starting place. Disney's bread and butter is balancing nostalgia. And has been since day 1.

TheCoasterNerd4 hours ago

Guys you realize if they didn't change things there'd be no reason for anyone to go back? It'd be a one-and-done if they didn't change things. Go, ride things, and if they don't change, why go back and ride them again?

imagineer975 hours ago

Guys, come on! Walt Disney would LOVE everything that they were doing to the parks right now! He knew things couldn't stay the same! Companies have to evolve just as times change! Nobody understood that more than Walt Disney! 😉

TrainsOfDisney5 hours ago

Agreed. I also felt like the quote was about wanting to plus the park, not radically change it. For example, he wanted the jungle cruise to change and get better. The additions and changes they have made to jungle cruise are a perfect example.

celluloid5 hours ago

The guy was fine with nostalgia and revisiting anyway. Anyone who uses that quote the way they tend to in company and on these boards forget that the most famous first land you ever entered through is based around a rose-colored version of the past of the man's(and many other's) childhood. Main Street USA in concept is a living museum of American Spirit optimism.

TrainsOfDisney5 hours ago

What museums are you going to!? A visit to the Disney Family Museum could give someone many ideas of what Disneyland could be! :) I think that Disneyland Park should be a museum - certainly anything that remains from Walt’s time. Within reason and practicality of course.