Tiana’s Bayou Journey is the reimagined journey changing Splash Mountain in Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. This covers learn how to expertise the journey since there will probably be no standby line when it debuts–as an alternative, you’ll want to hitch the digital queue for the long-awaited attraction or use the Lightning Lane.
Digital queues are actually nothing new at this level, with Tiana’s Bayou Journey being the fifth new attraction at Walt Disney World to make use of one. Previous to this, Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance and Remy’s Ratatouille Journey each used the methods, however stopped utilizing them some time in the past. Within the case of the previous, the attraction turned sufficiently dependable that it was now not wanted. Within the case of the latter, demand died down sufficient that bodily queue house turned enough.
At present, each Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at EPCOT and TRON Lightcycle Run at Magic Kingdom nonetheless use digital queues. By my calculations, Cosmic Rewind has now had a digital queue longer than every other journey (throughout regular ops) and I’m stunned it didn’t drop its VQ ages in the past. However that’s past the scope of this put up.
Extra attention-grabbing is TRON Lightcycle Run, since that’s additionally in the identical park as Tiana’s Bayou Journey. If nothing adjustments between now and when the Princess and the Frog log flume journey open, this would be the first time that two points of interest in the identical park each use digital queues.
On condition that Walt Disney World has by no means executed that earlier than, it’s attainable that TRON Lightcycle Run will retire its VQ earlier than Tiana’s Bayou Journey opens. It’d be extremely guest-unfriendly to have two digital queues in common use on the similar park and pressure company to decide on–or pay cash for the Lightning Lane entry. It’s a kind of one thing’s gotta give situations.
In any case, right here’s the announcement from Walt Disney World…
Let the nice instances roll, Tiana has despatched the invitations out for her large Mardi Gras celebration! Whereas the princess and her fun-loving good friend Louis are ending up particulars on the occasion down within the bayou, you’re most likely questioning what to put on, what to deliver, and the way it is best to put together for an exhilarating musical journey that crescendos with a 50-foot drop proper earlier than the grandest celebration this aspect of the Mississippi.
Listed here are a number of useful issues it’s essential to know earlier than driving Tiana’s Bayou Journey when the attraction opens on June 28, 2024:
1. Drop on in-to digital queue – When Tiana’s Bayou Journey opens on June 28, it can use a digital queue. Company can request to hitch the digital queue by way of the My Disney Expertise app at considered one of two instances: 7 a.m. or 1 p.m. Whereas a standby queue is not going to be obtainable through the attraction’s preliminary opening days, Walt Disney World expects to open a standby queue quickly after the attraction’s opening.
See our Digital Queue Technique Information for suggestions & tips to expertise the attraction without cost, together with our ‘pace technique’ for scoring a a low boarding group. (That’s written for TRON Lightcycle Run, however must be totally correct for Tiana’s Bayou Journey, too.)
2. Use Disney Genie+ service – Tiana’s Bayou Journey can even be included as a Lightning Lane entrance in Disney Genie+ service*. Buying this service on the My Disney Expertise app helps you get to a few of your favourite points of interest quicker via Lightning Lane entrances and contains digital downloads of choose Disney PhotoPass attraction photographs taken within the park on the day of your buy at no extra cost. Company might examine the app on the day of their go to for pricing and availability.
3. Smile for the digital camera! – No occasion is full with out photos. As you make your method via the bayou to get to Tiana’s occasion, Disney PhotoPass Service will serve up a particular photograph while you’re virtually there.
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4. Be ready to get moist! – Sooner or later while you drop on in to Tiana’s occasion, there’s a powerful probability riders might get moist. Whereas most company will respect the refreshing settle down, others might wish to deliver their rain gear. Didn’t deliver any? No worries. There are many locations to seek out ponchos in Magic Kingdom.
5. Store new attraction merchandise – After driving the brand new attraction, we are able to guess you’ll wish to take a chunk of the bayou dwelling with you. Beginning June 28, you will discover the collections for Tiana’s Bayou Journey and “The Princess and the Frog”-inspired merchandise on the Emporium at Magic Kingdom.
Shortly after the attraction debuts, the merchandise will jump over to Critter Co-Op in Frontierland. Further particulars concerning the numerous merchandise collections will probably be shared quickly.
6. Strive a few of Tiana’s Well-known Beignets – A visit to the bayou isn’t full with out some good eats and candy treats. Among the many meals and beverage choices we sit up for sharing quickly will probably be Tiana’s Well-known Beignets, in fact.
Starting opening day, Golden Oak Outpost and The Friar’s Nook will probably be serving up these mild, candy and fluffy beignets drizzled with honey and powdered sugar. These will probably be obtainable for a restricted time solely so let the nice instances roll.
By way of commentary, this feels like fairly excellent news to me. And needless to say I’m anti-virtual queue (even when it does profit me, personally.) Furthermore, I actually don’t wish to see is 2 digital queues at Magic Kingdom with inflexible guidelines that successfully pressure many company to decide on between one large new journey or the opposite.
That’s a guest-unfriendly consequence, and Disney ought to try to keep away from that end result. It might solely add gasoline to the hearth concerning the complexity and convoluted nature of planning and doing Walt Disney World, at a time when the corporate is in any other case making an attempt to handle such complaints.
Nevertheless, I’m heartened by this line from Disney’s press launch: “Whereas a standby queue is not going to be obtainable through the attraction’s preliminary opening days, we count on to open a standby queue quickly after the attraction’s opening.” The we in that’s the Walt Disney Firm, not DTB. That strongly suggests they’re simply going to make use of a digital queue for crowd management through the preliminary rush.
On condition that line, my guess is that the digital queue is retired by July 8, 2024 on the newest. If that doesn’t occur, I’ll reevaluate my perspective on this–as famous above, I don’t want two digital queues in common use on the similar park. The primary week isn’t common use, although, it’s merely the time when colossal crowds of bloggers/vloggers/influencers/locals and everybody else who has the “thirst to be first” will descend upon Walt Disney World to expertise Tiana’s Bayou Journey.
If the selection is between 300 minute wait instances or a digital queue for that first week or so, I’m selecting the digital queue. In that particular situation, it’s the visitor pleasant choice–even when it wouldn’t be if the digital queue sticks round for weeks or months thereafter.
I can cope with the reimagined journey having a digital queue for every week or two. Furthermore, I’m prepared to roll the cube that Tiana’s Bayou Journey opening and altering up Magic Kingdom operations will increase the percentages that TRON Lightcycle Run retires its digital queue. I don’t essentially suppose that’ll occur, however there’s a non-zero probability that it’ll–and it’s definitely extra probably with TBA opening than it could be in any other case.
Lastly, Tiana’s Bayou Journey being added to Genie+ is a improbable and barely shocking transfer. Beforehand, we stated that Tiana’s Bayou Journey ought to be added to Genie+ given all the long-term issues, however that there was nonetheless a greater than 50% probability it’d be an Particular person Lightning Lane attraction regardless of that.
Very pleased to be wrong-ish on that one. (For that matter, pleased to be wrong-ish on the digital queue standing, too. Utilizing a VQ however within the type of the short-lived one for Moana’s Journey of Water is the proper transfer. As long as that digital queue is passed by the late summer time low season!)
All in all, this strikes me nearly as good logistical information for Tiana’s Bayou Journey, Magic Kingdom as a complete, and park company. My hope is that the opening of the attraction has optimistic cascading results (acceptable, because it is a water journey) for different rides within the park–most notably, TRON Lightcycle Run and (extra of a longshot) Seven Dwarfs Mine Practice. No matter every other adjustments, the very best park for purchasing the Genie+ service at Walt Disney World–Magic Kingdom–simply acquired higher!
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