At a Glance Guide: All the Preview Dates for Tiana's Bayou Adventure at Disney World

May 14, 2024 in "Tiana's Bayou Adventure"

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Posted: Tuesday May 14, 2024 10:31am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has announced multiple preview opportunities for Tiana's Bayou Adventure at Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. These previews are available to different groups, including Annual Passholders, Disney Vacation Club members, Disney Cast Members, media, and Club 33 members.

Previews of Tiana's Bayou Adventure will take place June 2 through June 26

Here’s an at-a-glance guide, sorted by date, to help you plan your preview.

Disney Cast Member Previews

Eligible Disney Cast Members will be the first to experience the new ride and get a sneak peek of Tiana's Bayou Adventure on the following dates:

June 2: Magic Kingdom Cast Members only
June 3-7
June 23-26

Registration opens on May 20 and closes two days before each preview date or when capacity is reached. Cast Members can bring up to two guests.

Full details.

Disney Vacation Club (DVC) Member Previews

DVC members have exclusive preview opportunities on:

June 12, 2024, from 1 pm to 4 pm ET
June 19, 2024, from 9 am to 12 pm ET

Registration for these previews opens on May 16, 2024, at 10 am ET. Members must have a valid theme park admission and reservation for Magic Kingdom on the day of the event. Each DVC member can bring guests listed on their resort reservation as of May 12, 2024.

Full details.

Media Previews

Media previews are scheduled for:

June 10-11

Club 33 Previews

Club 33 members have their preview on:

June 12

Annual Passholder Previews

Annual Passholders can enjoy a sneak peek of Tiana’s Bayou Adventure on the following dates:

June 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20

To participate, Passholders must:

Make a park reservation for Magic Kingdom on a preview date.
Join a virtual queue via the My Disney Experience app at 7:00 am for Magic Kingdom park reservations or at 1:00 pm for reservations to any theme park.

Full details.

Official Opening

Tiana’s Bayou Adventure will officially open to all guests at Magic Kingdom on June 28, 2024.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure attraction poster

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EagleScout6108 hours ago

I completely forgot they're planning on closing Big Thunder. That'll be disasterous for Frontierland if Bayou can't operate for a full day and BTMRR is down.

monothingie10 hours ago

BTM is planned to be closing for an extended refurbishment imminently. TBA as a new ride was unlikely to close this winter. Without TBA you have an entire land without a major attraction and a severe hit to capacity. They've painted themselves into a corner in terms of what they can do.

Mike S13 hours ago

Finally rode it myself. What a downgrade. Splash Mountain was a ride I could go on again and again every trip. This? Once is enough if I’m even feeling like it. Can’t wait to go to Tokyo one day just to see it again.

EagleScout61013 hours ago

The way I see it, they have two options - A. Shut down TBA less than a month after opening it to fix the bugs B. Wait until winter (when they would usually refurbish Splash) to take it down and fix it then. The issue becomes, do they admit their new ride can't function properly when the old one worked (admittedly less so at the end), or let it close multiple times a day for a good chunk of its debut season?

EricsBiscuit15 hours ago

IIRC it took them a while to fix FEA too. Within a couple months they’ll fine tune it.

monothingie18 hours ago

The problem with TBA is that they are unable or unwilling to fix it at this point. Unable because the problem can not be resolved without extended downtime. Unwilling because shutting it down for a month or more would be a tremendous embarrassment. Ironically I think more guests would be less critical of an unplanned refurbishment to get it working properly, than to have it breakdown for half the day on a constant basis. But I guess that would bruise some pretty inflated egos at the company.

EricsBiscuit1 day ago

FEA is a very apt comparison. Both rides are enjoyable but had rough openings and are objectively not as good as what they replaced.

co100641 day ago

This attraction’s opening reminds me of FEA in so many ways. I wasn’t following the opening of FEA very closely, but I remember there being substantial downtime and ride evacs early on. I don’t know what changed to get the ride more reliable, but hopefully they can fix it soon! It’s very disappointing when you plan to experience a new attraction on a (very expensive) vacation but don’t get that opportunity.

MisterPenguin1 day ago

BrerFoxesBayouAdventure1 day ago

One can only hope DL's version isn't as pitiful in terms of operation.

lightningtap3471 day ago

This is egregiously bad too as today's a day where we didn't have any rain. Today was the day NOT to have this happen.

monothingie1 day ago

7 hours of total downtime today. Just the latest continuing example of a day in which the ride was down just as much as it was up. They can’t fix this thing and they can’t shut it down for an extended refurbishment so soon, so they’re just going to let it limp along and get progressively worse and downplay any vocal complaints about these problems. This was so predictable. Shame on the shills who gaslighted anyone critical of this mess. Congratulations Disney you built a mediocre attraction\