165 - Tiana’s Bayou Adventure - Magic Kingdom - Attraction Checklist

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Back in Attraction Checklist episode #156, we brought you Disneyland's version of Tiana's Bayou Adventure.  Now it's time to head to Walt Disney World and ride the Magic Kingdom version on this episode of Attraction Checklist.

Attraction audio recorded on May 21, 2025.

TRANSCRIPT:

Welcome to Attraction Checklist.

This episode we visit Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom to ride Tiana's Bayou Adventure.

The Walt Disney World website describes this attraction saying: Drop on in and come along for the ride with Princess Tiana on this exhilarating musical adventure.

Guests must be 40" or taller to ride this attraction.

Before we search the bayou for musicians, here are five fast facts about Tiana's Bayou Adventure.

1. Tiana's Bayou Adventure opened at Magic Kingdom on November 15, 2024.

2. The attraction is, of course, a complete overhaul and retheming of the Splash Mountain attraction we covered in Attraction Checklist episode #66.  Splash Mountain's last day of operation before closing for the retheming was January 23, 2023.

3. While developing the new attraction, Imagineer Tony Baxter, who worked on Splash Mountain, returned to work on Tiana's Bayou Adventure  as a creative advisor.

4. There are 48" audio-animatronics in the attraction.

5. The iconic drop of Tiana's Bayou Adventure is a whopping 53.5 feet or 16 meters.

Let's now ride Tiana's Bayou Adventure.  John B. deHaas has joined me for this ride experience and after we ride we'll give you our thoughts on this attraction.  This is a binaural recording so if you have headphone, put them on now as we ride Tiana's Bayou Adventure at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom.

The attraction audio recorded for this episode is available exclusively to the Saturday Morning Media Patreon Patron.  Support the show and get fun Bonus content over at http://www.patreon.com/saturdaymorningmedia

Episode edited by Stephen Staver

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https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/attractions/magic-kingdom/tianas-bayou-adventure/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiana%27s_Bayou_Adventure

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