Crane onsite at Tiana's Bayou Adventure in Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom

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Posted: Tuesday January 31, 2023 12:00pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Crews are working throughout the former Splash Mountain attraction at Magic Kingdom as work continues on the early stages of the re-imagining of the flume ride into Tiana's Bayou Adventure.

Crane at Tiana's Bayou Adventure

This morning a crane is onsite lifting what appears to be scaffolding parts into various sections of the mountain.

Crane at Tiana's Bayou Adventure

Elsewhere, Imagineers are walking the ride path and marking various sections for attention.

Crane at Tiana's Bayou Adventure

A section has been cut into the rockwork near the splash-down area.

Crane at Tiana's Bayou Adventure

The former Splash Mountain will reopen in late 2024 as Tiana's Bayou Adventure.

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HMF15 days ago

That too.

WorldExplorer15 days ago

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

HMF15 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.

mickEblu15 days ago

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

EagleScout61015 days ago

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

Bocabear22 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 Brownn22 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.

Sirwalterraleigh25 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

celluloid25 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?"

solidyne25 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!

Chi8425 days ago

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

Sirwalterraleigh25 days ago

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

Sirwalterraleigh25 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