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Credit: DisneyWalt Disney World Resort unexpectedly closed its version of Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, disappointing Disney Park guests who waited a year to experience the Splash Mountain retheme.
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Tiana’s Bayou Adventure opened on June 28 at Magic Kingdom Park. The Princess and the Frog (2009) log flume ride features Princess Tiana (Anika Noni Rose), Prince Naveen (Bruno Campos), Mama Odie (Jenifer Lewis), and Louis (Michael-Leon Wooley). Guests join their favorite characters as they prepare for a party on the New Orleans Bayou!
Disney Parks fans hoped that Walt Disney Imagineering would restore some of the Splash Mountain ride elements and ensure that the log flume operated more consistently. Unfortunately, the decades-old ride technology and advanced new audio-animatronics started experiencing issues before Tiana’s Bayou Adventure officially opened. Multiple Disney cast member and Annual Passholder previews were canceled hours before Magic Kingdom Park closed.
The Splash Mountain retheme still requires a Virtual Queue or Lightning Lane Multi Pass reservation to ride, so guests were all the more disappointed when their experience was recently cut short.
TikTok user @ageminorlandopodcast waited “a whole year” to ride Tiana’s Bayou Adventure and see the new Princess Tiana animatronics. Sadly, the ride broke down less than a minute into the guest’s experience.
@ageminorlandopodcast Stuck on Tiana 😂😂😂 #ridebreakdown #disneyworld #tianasbayouadventure #stuck
“[You] wait a whole year to go on Tiana, and we’re stuck,” the Disney Park guest said. “…I was really excited to see the Tiana animatronic. However, she kind of looks a bit fed up as well.”
Still, the guest remained optimistic.
“Oh well,” she said. “Never mind. Hopefully, we’ll be moving soon.”
The Walt Disney World Resort guest didn’t state whether the ride continued or if they were evacuated.
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It’s unclear what caused Tiana’s Bayou Adventure’s indefinite closure. The Magic Kingdom Park attraction eventually reopened and was operating normally when this article was published.
Stuck on the West Coast? Disneyland Resort’s version of Tiana’s Bayou Adventure opens in the newly renamed Bayou Country land at Disneyland Park on November 15, 2025.
Have you been on Tiana’s Bayou Adventure yet? Did the Princess and the Frog ride operate normally or malfunction? In the comments, share your story with Inside the Magic.