Tiana’s Bayou Journey is the brand new attraction changing Splash Mountain at Disneyland. This information covers methods to expertise the trip since there will probably be no standby line when it debuts–as a substitute, you’ll want to affix the digital queue for the long-awaited attraction or use the Lightning Lane.
Disney restricts entry to Tiana’s Bayou Journey through the use of a free digital queue (VQ) and ‘pay-to-play’ entry through the Lightning Lane (LL), each of that are in lieu of a standard standby line. Which means as a substitute of with 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.
In the event you succeed, you’re in a position to trip Tiana’s Bayou Journey. In the event you don’t…you aren’t. There isn’t a third choice. These techniques are nothing new, as Haunted Mansion presently operates in precisely the identical manner. Earlier than that, Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway, WEB Slingers: Spider-Man Journey, and Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance had related techniques.
Nonetheless, all of this has been complicated even for Disneyland diehards. Our purpose right here is that will help you keep away from related frustrations. In the event you present as much as the park, considering you’ll have the ability to trip Tiana’s Bayou Journey, you’re in for colossal disappointment.
On the contrary, you’re virtually assured you gained’t be using should you merely present up on the official opening time. Therefore this trip information and FAQ, so you possibly can plan accordingly, beat the crowds, and have a pleasant day at Disneyland!
When will the digital queue finish at Tiana’s Bayou Journey?
This may occasionally seem to be an odd spot to start out, however earlier than we dig in, we wish to begin by sharing Disneyland’s official announcement concerning the digital queue:
“Upon its grand opening, becoming a member of the complimentary digital queue, accessible solely through the Disneyland app, is required to expertise Tiana’s Bayou Journey. A standby queue is not going to be obtainable through the attraction’s preliminary opening days. The digital queue enrollment instances will probably be twice every day, at 7 a.m. and 12 p.m. PT.”
What does that imply? It’s anyone’s guess. For one factor, the digital queue dynamic is all the time evolving. Disneyland tinkers with insurance policies, demand rises & falls, and so forth.
For one more factor, Walt Disney World particularly acknowledged this again when its model of Tiana’s Bayou Journey opened: “Whereas a standby queue is not going to be obtainable through the attraction’s preliminary opening days, we anticipate to open a standby queue quickly after the attraction’s opening.”
That was over 4 months in the past, and the Florida model remains to be utilizing a digital queue and there are not any indicators it’s going away anytime earlier than 2025. Digital queue within the “preliminary opening days” and “standby queue quickly after the attraction’s opening” will need to have completely different meanings to Disney than they do to me.
The explanation for the delayed adoption of a standby line, as we’ve documented in a number of posts, is that Tiana’s Bayou Journey has skilled important every day downtime and trip reliability woes. The excellent news is that the Florida model has improved significantly within the final month-plus, and Magic Key previews recommend the Disneyland model is extra dependable from the outset.
Not solely that, however Southern California will get chilly this time of yr and this model of Tiana’s Bayou Journey actually soaks company. Accordingly, our expectation is that the digital queue will go away a lot quicker in California. That would occur as early as December or in Winter 2025–all of it relies upon upon a combination of downtime and demand.
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What’s the digital queue for Tiana’s Bayou Journey?
The digital queue is one in every of two most important methods to entry the bodily strains for Tiana’s Bayou Journey.
Reasonably than a standby queue, you be part of this digital line through the Disneyland 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.
Observe that your whole wait shouldn’t be digital. You possibly can anticipate to come across a wait upon being known as again to the bodily line. The digital queue is solely Disney’s methodology for pulsing demand to Tiana’s Bayou Journey, which is basically obligatory despite the fact that Splash Mountain didn’t have one, because of a mix of it being a brand new trip and it being unreliable.
When can we enter the digital queue?
There are 2 every day alternatives to request to affix the digital queue for Tiana’s Bayou Journey:
- 7:00 AM – Company will need to have a park reservation for Disneyland Park with a one-park ticket or a park reservation for Disneyland Park with a Park Hopper ticket to request to affix the digital queue.
- 12:00 PM (Midday) – Company inside Disney California Journey Park with a Park Hopper ticket or inside Disneyland Park can request to affix the digital queue.
What’s the course of like for becoming a member of the digital queue?
To affix the digital queue for Tiana’s Bayou Journey at Disneyland, begin by hitting the hamburger button on the decrease proper nook of the Disneyland app.
From there, choose the “Digital Queues” tile. Then “Be a part of Digital Queue.” Alternatively, there’s a shortcut from the house display on the Disneyland app should you simply scroll down slightly bit–search for “Request Entry with Digital Queue.” Typically all the tiles take a bit to load on right here after you first open the app.
Right here’s what the screens seem like, albeit for a distinct Disneyland trip to do a VQ:
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 (above left), guaranteeing that everybody visiting with you is chosen for the digital queue. As long as tickets are correctly linked and everybody has a park reservation for Disneyland, this course of ought to be easy crusing and self-explanatory.
When you verify your occasion, you’ll see the above proper 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 a part of Queue” button. Faucet that and also you’re achieved!
If profitable, you’ll see an estimate of your ready time, which will probably be a number of hours into the long run (and never essentially correct) at 7 am since Disneyland isn’t even open but. As soon as the park is open, this identical display will present you which of them boarding teams have been known as plus a extra correct estimate wait time. Even then, return instances can fluctuate primarily based on downtime and different elements.
As soon as it’s your flip to affix the bodily queue, you’ll obtain a notification stating “Your group has been known as” (above center). You may also see your digital queue standing in the direction of the highest of the Disneyland app house display, in addition to on the digital queue web page itself.
To entry the digital queue for Tiana’s Bayou Journey at Disneyland, you’ll have to click on that notification (or just return to the digital queue web page within the app), which is able to then pull up your boarding go (above proper). Scan that on the entrance and also you’re good to go!
Subsequent, we’ll cowl some methods to enhance your pace and improve your probabilities of success on the Tiana’s Bayou Journey digital queue!
Digital Queue Velocity Technique
Disney WiFi versus Mobile Information?
It actually depends upon your provider and the place you’re positioned within the park/resort/and so forth.
We’d advocate doing a fast pace take a look at with each a couple of minutes earlier than it’s time to affix the digital queue. Something at or above 50 Mbps ought to be adequate, however the greater the higher. If obligatory, transfer round to get away from different individuals or improve your pace to that threshold.
Are there any methods to enhance pace?
Clearly, there’s solely a lot that’s inside your management with regards to your web pace at Disneyland. Two massive issues are getting away from congested areas and out from below issues.
In the case of the 12 pm digital queue, keep away from congested areas of the parks. If in any respect doable, try to affix whereas not standing in line for anything, as some queues have ‘useless zones’ with out WiFi or mobile service.
How ought to we put together for becoming a member of the digital queue?
This may sound like overkill, however milliseconds matter.
Be certain your cellphone is absolutely up to date and pressure shut all apps, together with the Disneyland app shortly earlier than it’s time to affix the digital queue. Double-check the time in your cellphone or watch towards time.gov, which is what Disney makes use of for opening the digital queue.
What’s the perfect strategic method for becoming a member of a boarding group? Ought to one individual attempt for everybody, ought to we every attempt individually, or what?
Don’t attempt individually–you gained’t be in the identical boarding teams, that means you gained’t trip collectively.
We advocate everybody attempt for everybody in your occasion. Disney’s official recommendation is not to do this, because it might trigger issues. This isn’t true, or whether it is, we’ve been extremely fortunate to by no means have any points because of this. Everybody making an attempt will increase your probabilities of success and minimizing points in case one individual’s cellphone freezes or is sluggish for no matter cause.
The individual 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 certain that anybody in your occasion who tries for boarding passes makes an attempt so as to add everybody. It’s good to do a follow run or two at house so that you’re snug with the method within the Disneyland app so that you don’t get flustered and mess up.
Tiana’s Bayou Journey Lightning Lane Technique
Is there every other option to trip Tiana’s Bayou Journey?
Sure.
Tiana’s Bayou Journey additionally affords line-skipping entry through Lightning Lane Multi-Move. You possibly can examine this method in our Information to Lightning Lane Multi-Move at Disneyland.
What’s the distinction between the digital queue and the Lightning Lane?
Other than the digital queue being free and the Lightning Lane entry costing cash, the latter is quicker. Lightning Lanes are Disneyland’s line-skipping choice, colloquially generally known 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, company within the Lightning Lane will transfer quicker than you, and wait much less time. (Except the trip breaks down, by which case you each is perhaps caught.)
Which choice is healthier?
The paid one, minus the entire “costing cash” half.
Along with the road shifting quicker, the opposite massive upside with the Lightning Lane is that there’s extra certainty–and that’s a giant take care of an unreliable trip that suffers a whole lot of downtime, like Tiana’s Bayou Journey. Whereas nobody is “assured” to have the ability to trip, Lightning Lane company 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 company are simply out of luck.
How excessive of precedence is Tiana’s Bayou Journey with regards to Lightning Lane rankings?
For the rest of 2024, it’s a straightforward #1 choose–forward of Indiana Jones Journey and Area Mountain–in Disneyland. You’ll want to guide ASAP when you enter the park, or get fortunate with a trip reservation refill later within the day.
With that mentioned, Splash Mountain ranked within the high 3 through the summer season months, however fell from the highest 5 through the winter months. Tiana’s Bayou Journey being model new and having every day downtime will hold it within the high slot even as soon as the temperature turns chilly, no less than for the primary couple of months. As soon as January and February 2025 roll round, it could possibly be a distinct story.
Is it doable 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 other than how rapidly each guide up–that means that there’s no coverage stopping you from double-dipping that manner.
Is Tiana’s Bayou Journey open for Early Entry at Disneyland?
No. We don’t anticipate that to vary, both. Solely Tomorrowland and Fantasyland can be found throughout Early Entry, which isn’t a brand new improvement. Bayou Nation opens at common rope drop.
Can we be part of the digital queues for each Tiana’s Bayou Journey and Haunted Mansion?
Sure, however you can’t maintain spots in each digital queues on the identical time.
As a sensible matter, because of this not solely do that you must achieve success with one trip at 7 am, but additionally 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 12 pm.
Alternatively, you possibly can be part of the digital queue for one and purchase Lightning Lane entry to the opposite. You would additionally probably achieve free digital queue entry to each and buy Lightning Lane entry to each should you’re actually environment friendly…and wish to expertise each twice, for no matter cause.
With that mentioned, we’re anticipating Haunted Mansion Vacation to drop its digital queue throughout the coming weeks. Up till then, we’d extremely advocate prioritizing Tiana’s Bayou Journey.
What time does Tiana’s Bayou Journey run out of boarding passes?
There isn’t a set time, however anticipate the primary digital queue to refill earlier than 7:01 am every day for the remainder of 2024. That’s what has occurred with all sights which have come earlier than and used digital queues.
As for the 12 pm digital queue, that basically relies upon upon demand and downtime. 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 depart the park as soon as becoming a member of the queue?
Sure. You would return to your resort and take a nap, eat lunch at Disney California Journey, and so forth.
How do we all know once we can return?
In case your cellphone has push notifications for the Disneyland app 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 info. That also needs to provide you with an thought of how quickly you’ll be known as.
Does Tiana’s Bayou Journey accommodate Incapacity Entry Service (DAS) card?
Sure, however that is nonetheless actually first come, first served.
Meaning everybody should be part of the digital queue first, which suggests arriving and going by way of that similar to everybody else. To benefit from DAS, go to the Lightning Lane return line as soon as your boarding group known as.
What about Rider Change?
Yep, identical course of as above.
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 different current rides like Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway and WEB Slingers, each of which dropped their VQs pretty promptly.
Our expectation is that the ‘reimagined trip’ odor will put on off fairly rapidly. By early 2025, it’s doubtless that demand cools down or Tiana’s Bayou Journey has gotten extra dependable. Ideally, each. During which case, the digital queue will keep open for hours as a substitute of seconds/minutes. Or higher but, it gained’t be obligatory in any respect and the standby line will open.
Though the digital queue creates winners and losers, should 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 company–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 probably be considerably shorter than should you simply wait till subsequent yr or each time the digital queue is changed with a standby line.
Our official place on digital queues is that they’re dangerous and ought to be eradicated. The entire course of is complicated (therefore this publish) and extremely visitor unfriendly consequently. Visiting Disneyland 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 they usually give us a bonus–and shorter wait instances than standby strains. It’s an identical story for you now that you simply’ve learn all of this. You’ve already discovered what to do and methods to do it–now put that data to make use of in experiencing Tiana’s Bayou Journey!
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