If you happen to’re taking place the bayou to trip Walt Disney World’s Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, there’s just a few issues you could know to be sure you’ll have the ability to expertise the Magic Kingdom’s latest thrilling attraction. It gained’t have a conventional “get up early and rush to the road” queue, however slightly a web-based 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 trip’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 trip kind following Tiana’s adventures by means of the swampy, magical land of New Orleans with the bones of Disney World’s iconic log flume trip. Smooth previews up to now few weeks and first-day reactions are flooding the web with reward celebrating the unbelievable animatronic work, units, and music with Disney Animation’s authentic solid—together with Tiana herself, Anika Noni Rose, singing the trip’s finale track. So when you’re heading to Disney World this summer season, it’s to not be missed if you wish to preserve cool on a water trip and see Princess Tiana’s fairytale proceed earlier than her Disney+ animated collection Tiana arrives.
Methods to Trip Tiana’s Bayou Journey
Right here’s the spice: so as to trip with none further prices past park admission, be sure you have the MyDisneyExperience app downloaded earlier than your journey. On the app, be sure that your whole social gathering’s tickets are saved beneath the journey planner’s profile (choose essentially the most tech-savvy individual in your group to deal with this)—however a number of folks can attempt to ebook on the Digital Queue for the complete group on the identical time; you simply have to ensure they choose all social gathering visitors on your boarding group lottery.
Walt Disney World’s Digital Queue is obtainable twice a day, as soon as at 7 a.m.(which will be completed at your leisure from anyplace on property) after which at 1 p.m.—the catch at Magic Kingdom is that TRON Lightcycle/Run presently nonetheless solely has digital boarding teams, so you must 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 alternative at 1 p.m. to attempt to safe the free boarding group cross for Tiana’s once more (not assured) or Tron (additionally not assured). It’s price noting that so as to attempt for a second time at 1 p.m., your social gathering needs to be inside Magic Kingdom to be eligible—and you’ll solely maintain a boarding group as soon as per day in the course of the park’s working hours.
It feels difficult—it is difficult!—however there’s one other strategy to be sure you’ll get to trip Tiana’s Bayou Journey and Tron, or any excessive demand trip like Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind which is restricted to the Digital Queue and doesn’t have standby strains presently 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 changing into a monetary add-on at each Disney World and Disneyland however will now be referred to as Lightning Lane, damaged down into Lightning Lane Multi Move (a three-ride bundle) or Lightning Lane Single Move for a person trip.
Buying a Lightning Lane Multi Move permits you to make as much as three Lightning Lane choices in a theme park. If you happen to’re staying at a Disney lodge or a collaborating 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 ability select out there occasions as you make your trip decisions. If you happen to’re buying the Multi Move the day of your go to, your choices will range on availability. Your three trip 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 might be decrease in demand stage (suppose classics, i.e. Haunted Mansion). The price of a Lightning Lane Multi Move will range relying on whenever you go, scaled between peak trip days and the low season.
If you happen to solely need 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 range, with the stipulation that you simply’ll solely have the ability to purchase into two single Lightning Lane choices on your social gathering.
That is what the choices appear to be 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 be sure you plan your Disney World trip with the above in thoughts. And when you miss out or have a Disneyland journey deliberate this yr as an alternative, Tiana’s Bayou Journey may also open on the West Coast quickly in Walt Disney’s authentic park in Anaheim, CA.
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