Tiana’s Bayou Journey is reimagined trip changing Splash Mountain in Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, and is troublesome because of no standby line. This attraction information solutions questions concerning the digital queue & boarding teams, Lightning Lane, and rather more.
Disney restricts entry to Tiana’s Bayou Journey through the use of a free digital queue (VQ) and ‘pay-to-play’ entry by way of the Lightning Lane (LL), each of that are in lieu of a conventional standby line. Because of this as an alternative of having the ability to present up and wait in a queue for 60-120 minutes (or regardless of the posted wait) at a time of your selecting, that you must roll the cube on the VQ or LL.
When you succeed, you’re in a position to trip Tiana’s Bayou Journey. When you don’t…you aren’t. There is no such thing as a third choice. These methods are nothing new, as TRON Lightcycle Run and Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at present function in precisely the identical method. Earlier than that, Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance and Remy’s Ratatouille Journey had comparable methods.
Nonetheless, all of this has been complicated even for longtime Walt Disney World followers. Our objective right here is that will help you keep away from comparable frustrations. When you present as much as Magic Kingdom, pondering you’ll have the ability to trip Tiana’s Bayou Journey, you’re in for colossal disappointment.
On the contrary, you’re nearly assured you gained’t be driving in the event you merely present up on the official opening time. Therefore this trip information and FAQ, so you may plan accordingly, beat the crowds, and have a powerful day at Magic Kingdom!
When will the digital queue finish at Tiana’s Bayou Journey?
This will likely look like an odd spot to start out, however earlier than we dig in, we wish to begin by noting that it’s a waste of your time to learn this put up until you’re visiting Walt Disney World in Summer time 2024. For one factor, the digital queue dynamic is all the time evolving. Walt Disney World tinkers with insurance policies, demand rises & falls, and so forth.
Within the case of Tiana’s Bayou Journey, Walt Disney World particularly acknowledged this: “Whereas a standby queue is not going to be out there through the attraction’s preliminary opening days, we count on to open a standby queue quickly after the attraction’s opening.”
Nonetheless, as mentioned in You Would possibly Have Issues Driving Tiana’s Bayou Journey at Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World made that assertion previous to previews and the attraction experiencing vital every day downtime. Suffice to say, our expectation is that the digital queue will not go away till the trip’s reliability has improved. That would occur by mid-July or late September–all of it relies upon upon the dimensions and scope of the issues, and potential options.
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What’s the digital queue for Tiana’s Bayou Journey?
The digital queue is one in all two principal methods to entry the bodily strains for Tiana’s Bayou Journey.
Somewhat than a standby queue, you be part of this digital line by way of the My Disney Expertise (MDX) app and are notified when it’s your flip to return to the bodily queue (which, sooner or later, would be the standby line). The method requires just a few clicks in-app, nevertheless it’s fairly intuitive.
Notice that your total wait is just not digital. You may count on to come across a wait upon being known as again to the bodily line. The digital queue is solely Walt Disney World’s technique for pulsing demand to Tiana’s Bayou Journey, which is essentially essential regardless that Splash Mountain didn’t have one, because of a mixture of it being a brand new trip and it being unreliable.
What are boarding teams for Tiana’s Bayou Journey?
If the digital queue had been like a lottery (it isn’t precisely), the boarding group can be just like the ticket. The tactic versus the means.
Said otherwise, boarding teams are the technique of organizing visitors into teams when it’s their flip to trip. Somewhat than a selected return window of 2-3 pm as is the case with Lightning Lanes, you is likely to be in boarding group 65. Your return time is just not specified prematurely, however fairly, as an estimate.
When can we enter the digital queue?
You may be part of the Tiana’s Bayou Journey digital queue at 7 am or 1 pm by way of the My Disney Expertise app.
Anybody who has legitimate admission for Magic Kingdom that day can try to hitch the 7 am VQ. The 1 pm digital queue could be joined solely by visitors who’ve already entered Magic Kingdom that day.
What’s the course of like for becoming a member of the digital queue?
The steps are similar to previous digital queues and much like the FastPass+ or Genie+ choice processes, in the event you’ve accomplished both of these.
Right here’s a fast run-through:
Begin on the house display of the My Disney Expertise app and simply scroll down a bit till you see the “Digital Queue” banner. Click on “be part of digital queue” on that.
Alternatively, you may click on the hamburger button (backside proper nook), which is able to take you to a display with tiles–digital queue can be on a listing under that.
Then “Be part of Digital Queue.”
From there, it ought to default to Magic Kingdom. If EPCOT is chosen (on the prime) for no matter purpose, click on Magic Kingdom. You’ll see two choices–Tiana’s Bayou Journey or TRON Lightcycle Run. Presumably, you’ll wish to do each throughout your day at MK–however you may solely be part of one at 7 a.m.
You’ll have the choice of confirming your occasion beginning at 6 am, or an hour earlier than the digital queue opens.
Click on the blue button to verify your occasion, guaranteeing that everybody visiting with you is chosen for the digital queue. As long as tickets are correctly linked and everybody legitimate admission for Magic Kingdom (and park reservations, if essential), this course of needs to be easy crusing and self-explanatory.
When you verify your occasion, you’ll see the above display till 7 am.
Use the “quick finger” technique under to get the timing proper, after which both hit the refresh button or pull right down to refresh at 7 am on the dot. You’ll then see the “Be part of Queue” button. Faucet that and also you’re accomplished!
This exhibits your estimate ready time, which will likely be a number of hours into the longer term (and never essentially correct) at 7 am since Magic Kingdom isn’t even open but.
As soon as the park is open, this similar display will present you which ones boarding teams have been known as. Relying upon the circumstances, it might additionally present an estimated wait time–however even then, return occasions can fluctuate based mostly on downtime and different components.
As soon as it’s your flip to hitch the bodily queue, you’ll obtain a notification (in the event you’ve allowed the My Disney Expertise app to ship notifications). You may also see your digital queue standing in direction of the highest of your My Disney Expertise dwelling display, in addition to on the digital queue web page itself.
With that mentioned, there’s no substitute for seeing for your self. Whereas it gained’t allow you to full the method, you may undergo the primary a number of steps of becoming a member of the digital queue from dwelling. Be on the MDX app some morning proper at 7 am and undergo the motions. It’s good observe for the actual factor!
Subsequent, we’ll cowl some methods to enhance your velocity and enhance your possibilities of success on the Tiana’s Bayou Journey digital queue!
Digital Queue Pace Technique
Disney WiFi versus Mobile Knowledge?
It actually relies on your provider and the place you’re positioned within the park/resort/and many others.
We’d suggest doing a fast velocity take a look at with each a couple of minutes earlier than it’s time to hitch the digital queue. Something at or above 50 Mbps needs to be adequate, however the greater the higher. If essential, transfer round to get away from different individuals or enhance your velocity to that threshold.
Are there any methods to enhance velocity?
Clearly, there’s solely a lot that’s inside your management in the case of your web velocity at Walt Disney World. Two huge issues are getting away from congested areas and out from underneath issues. Decrease-level Walt Disney World resort rooms have points, as do outlying buildings. In consequence, you may wish to go outdoors, to the foyer, the balcony, an exterior walkway, and many others. for the 7 am entry time.
In terms of the 1 pm digital queue, keep away from congested areas of the parks. If in any respect potential, try to hitch whereas not standing in line for anything, as some queues have ‘useless zones’ with out WiFi or mobile service. In Magic Kingdom, a lot of the park is fairly good–the one space that involves thoughts as being problematic is Below the Sea ~ Journey of the Little Mermaid.
How ought to we put together for becoming a member of the digital queue?
This may sound like overkill, however milliseconds matter.
Make sure that your telephone is absolutely up to date and pressure shut all apps, together with My Disney Expertise shortly earlier than it’s time to hitch the digital queue. Double-check the time in your telephone or watch in opposition to time.gov, which is what Disney makes use of for opening the digital queue.
What’s the perfect strategic strategy for becoming a member of a boarding group? Ought to one particular person attempt for everybody, ought to we every attempt individually, or what?
Don’t attempt individually–you gained’t be in the identical boarding teams, which means you gained’t trip collectively.
We suggest everybody attempt for everybody in your occasion. Launch the MDX app about 10 seconds earlier than the official digital queue entry time and hit the “Be part of Boarding Group” button. If that doesn’t work, force-refreshing by knocking down “exhausting.”
Everybody in your occasion who has legitimate admission for Magic Kingdom (and park reservations, if essential) ought to already be pre-selected. The particular person in your occasion with the quickest fingers will rating the boarding group, whereas everybody else will obtain a “Not So Quick/Already in Boarding Group” message. Simply make sure that anybody in your occasion who tries for boarding passes makes an attempt so as to add everybody.
Once more, it’s good to do a observe run or two at dwelling so that you’re snug with the method within the My Disney Expertise app so that you don’t get flustered and mess up. We’ve heard horror tales of readers clicking via too rapidly and forgetting so as to add one in all their members of the family. Don’t freak out if that occurs–go to the Visitor Expertise Staff Solid Members stationed on the blue umbrellas.
As soon as notified that “your group has been known as!” how lengthy do we’ve to return?
You’re anticipated to return inside 1 hour of being known as.
Can we must be within the park for the 1 pm digital queue opening?
No. Nonetheless, everybody in your occasion does must enter Magic Kingdom sooner or later earlier than 1 pm in an effort to “unlock” entry to the digital queue at 1 pm. Which means you could possibly arrive for park opening, take the monorail again to your resort for lunch and a pool break, and take a look at once more at 1 pm.
It isn’t geofenced or based mostly upon proximity—this performance unlocks within the My Disney Expertise app for every visitor after they’ve bodily tapped into the park’s faucet/turnstiles. You may go away after tapping in and nonetheless be part of through the afternoon entry time out of your resort room or wherever.
You could possibly actually be inside Magic Kingdom or in Manitoba. The digital queue system solely validates whether or not you’ve tapped into Magic Kingdom, not your present location. It will probably truly be advantageous to go away Magic Kingdom noon, as that’s when crowds and wait occasions are worst. When you’re like us, you additionally could desire to do lunch at a Magic Kingdom space resort fairly at Walt Disney World’s worst meals park.
Tiana’s Bayou Journey Lightning Lane Technique
Is there another strategy to trip Tiana’s Bayou Journey?
Sure.
Tiana’s Bayou Journey additionally gives Lightning Lane entry by way of Genie+ (via July 23, 2024) and Lightning Lane Multi Cross (beginning July 24, 2024). You may learn concerning the former in our FAQ for Genie+ and Lightning Lanes at Walt Disney World and the latter in Lightning Lane Multi-Cross at Disney World FAQ.
What’s the distinction between the digital queue and the Lightning Lane?
Except for the digital queue being free and the Lightning Lane entry costing cash, the latter is quicker. Lightning Lanes are Walt Disney World’s line-skipping choice, colloquially referred to as “paid FastPass.”
With the digital queue, a part of your wait is digital, however you’re nonetheless going to face within the bodily line and spend some period of time ready. In contrast, visitors within the Lightning Lane will transfer sooner than you, and wait much less time. (Except the trip breaks down, through which case you each is likely to be caught.)
Which choice is best?
The paid one, minus the entire “costing cash” half.
Along with the road transferring sooner, the opposite huge upside with the Lightning Lane is that there’s extra certainty–and that’s an enormous take care of an unreliable trip that suffers a variety of downtime, like Tiana’s Bayou Journey. Whereas nobody is “assured” to have the ability to trip, Lightning Lane visitors have the closest factor to that. In contrast, if the trip has a nasty day and doesn’t get to later boarding teams, the digital queue visitors are simply out of luck.
Do you suggest shopping for Genie+ or Lightning Lane Multi Cross?
For Magic Kingdom, completely. It’s the one–and solely–park at Walt Disney World the place the paid FastPass methods are an absolute no-brainer and unequivocally one of the simplest ways to beat crowds. (As mentioned in Finest Time-Saving Methods for Walt Disney World, that isn’t all the time the case with the opposite parks.)
Though the opening of Tiana’s Bayou Journey definitely provides to the worth of the line-skipping service, it’s not the one purpose why. You need to have the ability to rating at the very least a half-dozen worthwhile Lightning Lanes in Magic Kingdom–greater than another park at Walt Disney World. It’s a superb use of cash, particularly when you’ve got restricted trip time and don’t wish to spend that standing in strains.
How excessive of precedence is Tiana’s Bayou Journey in the case of Lightning Lane rankings?
For Summer time 2024, it’s a straightforward #1 decide–forward of Peter Pan’s Flight and Jungle Cruise–in Magic Kingdom. It would be best to e book as near 7 am as potential, or get fortunate with a trip reservation refill later within the day.
Even Splash Mountain ranked within the prime 3 through the summer time months, however Tiana’s Bayou Journey being model new and having every day downtime strikes it up significantly. For at the very least the following couple months, it’s most likely the #1 Lightning Lane Multi Cross, forward of even Slinky Canine Sprint.
Is it potential to attain a spot within the digital queue and buy a Lightning Lane for Tiana’s Bayou Journey?
Sure. There’s nothing that forestalls it except for how rapidly each e book up–which means that there’s no coverage stopping you from double-dipping that method. Nonetheless, it may be a problem juggling each proper at 7:00:00 am–until you’ve one particular person in your occasion “assigned” to every.
Is there any distinction for on-site versus off-site visitors?
Not for the digital queue. Everyone seems to be handled equally, with out regard to their lodging.
On-site visitors can have a bonus in shopping for Lightning Lane Multi Cross.
Is Tiana’s Bayou Journey open for Early Entry at Magic Kingdom?
No. We don’t count on that to alter, both. Solely Tomorrowland and Fantasyland can be found throughout Early Entry, which isn’t a brand new growth. Frontierland opens at common rope drop.
What about Prolonged Night Hours?
Tiana’s Bayou Journey is just not at present on the checklist of sights that may function throughout Prolonged Night Hours. We count on that to alter within the coming weeks or months–maybe as soon as the digital queue is dropped or the trip turns into extra dependable.
Will Tiana’s Bayou Journey function throughout Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together or Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Get together?
It’s too early to say. Though it was/is on the checklist of sights for Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together (MNSSHP) and/or Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Get together (MVMCP), that’s merely a matter of expectations at this level and shouldn’t be handled because the gospel.
Whether or not Tiana’s Bayou Journey is open throughout MNSSHP and/or MVMCP relies on downtime. If it’s nonetheless stricken by reliability woes, we’d count on it to not function. Disney simply gained’t wish to mess with it. If the issues are getting higher, it’s a perhaps. In the event that they’re gone, it’ll function.
For a similar causes, whether or not it’ll use a digital queue or standby line throughout these occasions can be presently unknown.
Can we be part of the digital queues for each Tiana’s Bayou Journey and TRON Lightcycle Run?
Sure, however you can’t maintain spots in each digital queues on the similar time.
As a sensible matter, which means that not solely do that you must achieve success with one trip at 7 am, but in addition that that you must be so profitable that you simply get a fairly low boarding group quantity and have an earlier return time–so that you’re known as again and faucet into the primary digital queue earlier than 1 pm.
Alternatively, you may be part of the digital queue for one and purchase Lightning Lane entry to the opposite. You could possibly additionally probably achieve free digital queue entry to each and buy Lightning Lane entry to each in the event you’re actually environment friendly…and wish to expertise each twice, for no matter purpose.
Which trip ought to we do first?
Whichever is greater precedence for you. From a strategic perspective, it’s six of 1–half dozen the opposite. As long as Tiana’s Bayou Journey has reliability woes, downtime might happen every time. And that might find yourself throwing a monkey wrench into even the perfect laid plans, and boarding teams obtained with the quickest fingers.
As soon as Tiana’s Bayou Journey is extra dependable, we’d suggest going for it first. Whereas each rides are higher at night time, TRON Lightcycle Run is a lot higher at night time. (If each rides are equally necessary, that is additionally our recommendation–Tiana’s Bayou Journey at 7 am and TRON at 1 pm.)
What time does Tiana’s Bayou Journey run out of boarding passes?
There is no such thing as a set time, however count on the primary digital queue to refill earlier than 7:01 am every day for a lot of the summer time. That’s what has occurred with all sights which have come earlier than and used digital queues.
As for the 1 pm digital queue, that actually relies upon upon demand and downtime. There have been low to reasonable crowd days when TRON Lightcycle Run has nonetheless had availability after 2 pm, and even after 4 pm. On busier days, it’s gone inside minutes of 1 pm. Within the close to time period, we’re anticipating each Tiana’s Bayou Journey digital queues to refill quick–inside seconds or minutes, not hours.
Can we go away the park as soon as becoming a member of the queue?
Sure. You could possibly return to your resort and take a nap, eat lunch, and many others.
How do we all know once we can return?
In case your telephone has push notifications for My Disney Expertise enabled, you’ll obtain an alert that your boarding group has been known as.
Failing that, the “My Standing” display on the Tiana’s Bayou Journey digital queue display shows the identical data. That also needs to offer you an thought of how quickly you’ll be known as.
What occurs if we’ve an Advance Eating Reservation that conflicts with our return time?
Ideally, you need to see a Solid Member on the Visitor Expertise Staff stands (search for the blue umbrella) positioned all through the park. They will help with scheduling conflicts.
Failing that, see a Solid Member on the attraction entrance–they’re sometimes fairly versatile.
Does Tiana’s Bayou Journey accommodate Incapacity Entry Service (DAS) card?
Sure, however that is nonetheless really first come, first served.
Meaning everybody should be part of the digital queue first, which implies arriving and going via that similar to everybody else. To reap the benefits of DAS, go to the Lightning Lane return line as soon as your boarding group is named.
What about Rider Swap?
Yep, similar course of as above.
Which days of the week are greatest for visiting Magic Kingdom?
Statistically talking, Wednesdays and Thursdays are at present your greatest bets for the bottom crowds at Magic Kingdom. That’ll doubtless change throughout Get together Season, although.
For extra complete recommendation and explanations, see our Finest & Worst Days to Do Every Park at Walt Disney World. That provides definitive recommendation for choosing dates, and never only for Magic Kingdom, however for all 4 parks.
When will the Tiana’s Bayou Journey digital queue get simpler?
The excellent news is that Tiana’s Bayou Journey isn’t a model new attraction and it shouldn’t have the identical fanfare as Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind or TRON Lightcycle Run.
Our expectation is that the ‘reimagined trip’ odor will put on off fairly rapidly. By mid-August, our hope that demand has cooled down or Tiana’s Bayou Journey has gotten extra dependable. Ideally, each. During which case, the digital queue will keep open for hours as an alternative of seconds/minutes. Or higher but, it gained’t be essential in any respect and the standby line will open.
Ought to we simply wait to do Tiana’s Bayou Journey till our 2025 Walt Disney World journey?
Though the digital queue creates winners and losers, in the event you’ve already learn the ~3,000 phrases above, you’re more likely to be one of many winners. You might be much better positioned than 95% of different visitors–lots of whom arrive with out understanding what a digital queue even is or when it’s provided–and are extra doubtless to achieve scoring a boarding group. With a digital queue, your wait time will likely be considerably shorter than in the event you simply wait till subsequent 12 months or every time the digital queue is changed with a standby line.
Our official place on digital queues is that they’re unhealthy and needs to be eradicated. The entire course of is complicated (therefore this put up) and extremely visitor unfriendly because of this. Visiting Walt Disney World is already too sophisticated, and this simply provides one other layer of stress and unpredictability, with extra that you must know. With that mentioned, we selfishly type of like digital queues as a result of we’re good at them and so they give us a bonus–and shorter wait occasions than standby strains. It’s the same story for you now that you simply’ve learn all of this. You’ve already discovered what to do and find out how to do it–now put that data to make use of in experiencing Tiana’s Bayou Journey!
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