Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is currently running previews for cast members, Annual Passholders, DVC members, D23 members, and more. However, the ride keeps breaking down, causing issues with shutdowns and evacuations.
This new attraction is an overlay of the existing Splash Mountain attraction that opened in 1992. Splash Mountain was known for breaking down before they decided to transform it into Tiana’s Bayou Adventure.
One would think they would have spent much of their budget on fixing the ride’s mechanical issues. They didn’t seem to spend too much on theming inside the ride. While some great animatronics are scattered throughout the new version, a lot of the new overlay is scenic and has screens, which would be cheaper.
For some reason, the ride is facing a lot of technical issues, according to social media.
Last night, the attraction was shut down early.
Bayou Adventure is now down for the rest of night.
All previews have been cancelled.#TianasBayouAdventure pic.twitter.com/Tz4xmIsktD
— Splash Mountain Archives (@splasharchive) June 2, 2024
Fire alarm currently going off at Bayou Adventure.
Previews halted.#TianasBayouAdventure pic.twitter.com/Lyo8xK2mjy
— Splash Mountain Archives (@splasharchive) June 2, 2024
Every single person I know that has previewed Tiana’s so far was evac’d at least once. A ride operator estimated it has run properly a total of 3 hours in the past 5 days of attempted operations. pic.twitter.com/XSdSgREui6
— Brayden (@SirBrayden) June 2, 2024
Farmeritaville on Youtube has a video where they got stuck.
Hopefully, today goes better for the attraction.
It seems there are sections with more critters than you couldn’t see in Disney’s video; however, there are large expanses of darker areas.
Virtual Disney World posted this 360º Ride POV on Tiana’s Bayou Adventure with the Full Queue and all! You can spot critters that were completely cut out of Disney’s “full” POV! You can also see expanses of darkness between the very brightly lit scenes https://t.co/tFRU02x5OQ
— Brayden (@SirBrayden) June 3, 2024
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure explained in one photo pic.twitter.com/yQeyOV7O7M
— FoodRocksfan452 (@Burgersandnuggs) June 2, 2024
I did stumble upon this. It is concerning.
“Tiana” is the brainchild of Imagineers Carmen Smith, Charita Carter and Ted Robledo. According to sources of Mickey Views, these same Imagineers are now headed on to “Beyond Big Thunder Mountain” to helm the creative on that project as well! Oh no…!https://t.co/VSOnmNAPCv
— Savethemagic (@Savethedmagic) June 3, 2024
The “Princess and the Frog” film had everything needed to make a fantastic overlay, including Dr. Facilier. While many people are saying it’s better in person, which I believe, it’s not what it could have been.
It feels like the Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway of the Magic Kingdom.
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