Should you’re taking place the bayou to experience Walt Disney World’s Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, there’s just a few issues you’ll want to know to ensure you’ll have the ability to expertise the Magic Kingdom’s latest thrilling attraction. It received’t have a conventional “get up early and rush to the road” queue, however reasonably an internet digital queue you’ll should get up early to enter on the MyDisneyExperience app (with a second shot within the afternoon)—or as a pay-as-you go Lightning Lane, which has changed Genie+ simply in time for the in-demand experience’s opening.
When Does Tiana’s Bayou Journey open?
Disney’s Orlando theme park has formally opened the long-needed substitute for the dated and problematic Splash Mountain with a property that followers love. The Princess and the Frog universe expands with a continuation in experience type following Tiana’s adventures via the swampy, magical land of New Orleans with the bones of Disney World’s iconic log flume experience. Smooth previews prior to now few weeks and first-day reactions are flooding the web with reward celebrating the unimaginable animatronic work, units, and music with Disney Animation’s unique forged—together with Tiana herself, Anika Noni Rose, singing the experience’s finale track. So for those who’re heading to Disney World this summer time, it’s to not be missed if you wish to hold cool on a water experience and see Princess Tiana’s fairytale proceed earlier than her Disney+ animated sequence Tiana arrives.
Tips on how to Trip Tiana’s Bayou Journey
Right here’s the spice: to be able to experience with none extra prices past park admission, ensure you have the MyDisneyExperience app downloaded earlier than your journey. On the app, make sure that your total celebration’s tickets are saved beneath the journey planner’s profile (choose probably the most tech-savvy particular person in your group to deal with this)—however a number of individuals can attempt to guide on the Digital Queue for the whole group on the identical time; you simply have to verify they choose all celebration visitors in your boarding group lottery.
Walt Disney World’s Digital Queue is offered twice a day, as soon as at 7 a.m.(which may be finished at your leisure from anyplace on property) after which at 1 p.m.—the catch at Magic Kingdom is that TRON Lightcycle/Run at the moment nonetheless solely has digital boarding teams, so it’s important to select between Tiana and Tron. If you wish to do each, you’ll be able to attempt for Tiana within the morning however not get it, after which have a tough selection at 1 p.m. to attempt to safe the free boarding group go for Tiana’s once more (not assured) or Tron (additionally not assured). It’s price noting that to be able to attempt for a second time at 1 p.m., your celebration needs to be within Magic Kingdom to be eligible—and you’ll solely maintain a boarding group as soon as per day throughout the park’s working hours.
It feels tough—it is tough!—however there’s one other method to ensure you’ll get to experience Tiana’s Bayou Journey and Tron, or any excessive demand experience like Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind which is restricted to the Digital Queue and doesn’t have standby traces at the moment out there.
What’s the new Lighting Lane possibility at Walt Disney World?
Genie+ is gone! Poof! Disney Experiences’ pay-as-you-go possibility has streamlined the method by rebranding as merely Lightning Lane, the road that used to include the free fastpass (RIP to that characteristic). It’s had a number of names since turning into a monetary add-on at each Disney World and Disneyland however will now be generally known as Lightning Lane, damaged down into Lightning Lane Multi Move (a three-ride package deal) or Lightning Lane Single Move for a person experience.
Buying a Lightning Lane Multi Move permits you to make as much as three Lightning Lane choices in a theme park. Should you’re staying at a Disney lodge or a taking part neighbor lodge, it is possible for you to to entry this as much as seven days earlier than your journey to make choices, and also you’ll have the opportunity select out there occasions as you make your experience decisions. Should you’re buying the Multi Move the day of your go to, your choices will differ on availability. Your three experience choices will come from three ranges: one from rides which have the very best calls for like an E-ticket new attraction (suppose Tiana or Tron), and two that will likely be decrease in demand degree (suppose classics, i.e. Haunted Mansion). The price of a Lightning Lane Multi Move will differ relying on while you go, scaled between peak trip days and the low season.
Should you solely wish to safe a single new Lightning Lane for Tiana’s Bayou Journey or different in-demand rides or points of interest, the identical reserving guidelines apply—and day of availability will differ, with the stipulation that you simply’ll solely have the ability to purchase into two single Lightning Lane choices in your celebration.
That is what the choices appear like on Day 1 within the afternoon at Walt Disney World.

Don’t miss out on Tiana’s Bayou Journey by not being within the know—and ensure you plan your Disney World trip with the above in thoughts. And for those who miss out or have a Disneyland journey deliberate this yr as an alternative, Tiana’s Bayou Journey will even open on the West Coast quickly in Walt Disney’s unique park in Anaheim, CA.
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