Even though the beloved ride, Splash Mountain, is the most popular ride in the entire Disney history, Disney decided to attempt to remove most or even better, all references to any controversial film in the two theme parks. At the New Orleans ESSENCE Festival, Disney announced the ride Tiana’s Bayou Adventure to be opening in Splash Mountain’s place in late 2024.
Disney World and Disneyland have both closed Splash Mountain’s doors forever in January (for Disney World) and May (for Disneyland). Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, the ride, is based off of the star from the iconic The Princess And The Frog film produced in 2009. This theme is definitely little kid approved, but what about the others that loved the fun, thrilling, happy water ride? Thankfully, the new ride will still be a water ride and have those small drops plus the last big drop that ends the calm yet thrilling ride. So this new ride will still have the fun drops and many similar features ultimately, entertaining most of the riders despite the theme.
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure will include a tropical forest surrounding, with many character animatronics from the movie that you get to ride next to, while riding in a wooden raft similar to the splash mountain rafts. Tiana’s Bayou Adventure has the same path route throughout the ride as the old Splash Mountain did. All of these new features are making people want to go try out the ride when it gets produced. Therefore, the lines will be extremely long, probably meaning both fast pass and the usual ride line, when it first opens because many of the huge Disney fans, and other people will want to try out this ride immediately to see if it is as great and thrilling as Splash mountain. As you walk through the big line you’ll be hypnotized with the smell of fresh beignets that are currently being prepped for the party. But past the food there is a mission! During the ride you will be hunting down the key ingredient to insure that the party won’t be crashed, and this is exactly where the whole ride starts off.
In conclusion, this new ride will still have fun drops and many similar features ultimately, entertaining most of the riders. Hopefully when the ride comes out many people will still believe it is fun and joyful.