Here is the latest update on the new Tiana attraction coming soon

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Don’t miss the newest development on the upcoming Tiana’s Bayou Adventure coming soon to Disney World and Disneyland.

Retheming Splash Mountain

in June of 2020, Disney announced that a major reimagining of Splash Mountain would happen. This attraction, based on the controversial 1946 film Song Of the South, has been a fan favorite since it debuted in 1989.

The attraction will begin where the film leaves off with the final kiss. We’ll join Princess Tiana and her trumpet playing alligator friend Louis “on a musical adventure.”

The enchantment of the bayou will illuminate with a celebration during Mardi Gras season hosted by Princess Tiana and Prince Naveen. In addition, Mama Odie will reprise her role as the catalyst to that magic.

As depicted in this newly released rendering, Mama Odie jokes with guests along their journey after a special display of her magic. The two-hundred-year-old Bayou Fairy Godmother, with her eccentric belongings and “seeing eye snake,” Juju, is comically eccentric, yet wise and all-knowing, throughout the adventure. Take a look at lots of cool attraction details HERE and music HERE.

Timeline

Right now, the only timeline we have for the ride’s opening is sometime in late 2024. However, Disney is really moving as fast as they can. We already noticed quite a bit of construction immediately after the closure of the ride in January 2023. Note that Disneyland’s version of Splash Mountain closed in May 2023.

Construction crews just added scaffolding in the area that will be the water tower at Disney’s Magic Kingdom. Take a look at all of these pictures and more information on construction HERE.

App Update

Credit: Screenshot of My Disney Experience

2024 isn’t that far away and now Disney has given us a visual reminder that Tiana’s Bayou Adventure will be open before we know it! Now, the Disney World and Disneyland apps just added the following logo: Tiana’s Bayou Adventure coming 2024!. While the logo is placed where the new ride will be located, it still shows a picture of Chickapen Hill, which has been removed.