Disney Parks boss Josh D'Amaro spotted at Tiana's Bayou Adventure in Walt Disney World

Feb 29, 2024 in "Tiana's Bayou Adventure"

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Posted: Thursday February 29, 2024 5:35pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney Park's Chairman, Josh D'Amaro, was at Tiana's Bayou Adventure in Walt Disney World earlier today recording content.

It isn't clear if D'Amaro was recording an opening date announcement or a general update on the construction progress.

The earliest and most optimistic estimates place a soft opening around Memorial Day (late May) at Magic Kingdom, but Disney has yet to make any announcement beyond "Summer 2024." Disney's Annual Meeting of Shareholders will take place on April 3, at which we may get a precise opening date.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure coming summer 2024 mural

Ride system testing began in mid-February at Tiana's Bayou Adventure in Magic Kingdom, and logs are once again taking the 40mph, 52.5ft plunge from the top of the former Splash Mountain.

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Midwest ElitistLess than a minute ago

I think what it means to be American is that I can have a group with friends of different backgrounds which would be shamed in other cultures, but here it works because our differences allow us to recognize what we share in common, and we take the time to learn about those differences. It makes for a more interesting society.

James Alucobond4 minutes ago

McMickeyWorld8 minutes ago

I have never really understood the term "American."🤷‍♂️I suppose it gets lost due to cultural differences.

Vclguy9012 minutes ago

Nobody went to the store, we ain't eatin tonight.

Vclguy9014 minutes ago

I really wish Peltz would've won. I've been tracking Bob's decisions ever since being CEO. Some ok decisions but the majority bad and think they would've been ok and potentially better with literally ANYONE else. He's not an idea's man or a futurist and those were the people that made this company better. He's too tv/film driven with no real innovative ideas nor fosters a team capable of what Disney's history and potential were. I would welcome to be proven wrong. Remember the leap that was Alien Encounter? Yea, that mess was terrifying but that was a GOOD ride and risk that we are all very privileged to have experienced. Bob would NEVER hear that idea out. That's the problem here. He's an "IP, kids like her, kids like this, kids like that," type of guy. Missing the target audience that are their parents that have to want to be enthusiastic about buying them these experiences. TBA is not something I'm interested in having my daughter's first flume ride. I rather take her to Tokyo to ride the best one on earth, as of now.

Tha Realest16 minutes ago

And here I was hoping for, at the very least, coherence!

FettFan18 minutes ago

Adventure.

TomboyJanet20 minutes ago

Basically this is a C or D ticket Splash is an E Needed an E got a C not a good exchange

DisneyDodo23 minutes ago

My main objection to the initial retheme announcement was that Splash was about as good as it gets, so the best case scenario would that Disney sinks all this time and money into a ride that is just as good as its predecessor, instead of investing in a real upgrade elsewhere. As more and more info came out about TBA over the years, I was increasingly optimistic that we would at least be getting something approaching that best case scenario. The POV shatters all of that optimism. TBA is clearly a substantial downgrade from Splash. It still seems like a very good ride (which was almost guaranteed to be true), but it’s not the 10/10 that we had before. Maybe a 7.5

Vclguy9023 minutes ago

Honestly, Josh is a puppet and he's trying to get the CEO job. So whatever Bob says he does. Bob will probably get rid of him and blame everything on him after this gathers a lot of attention but let's be real on who the real person is making these decisions. Imo

Midwest Elitist24 minutes ago

Once again, the glazers are gonna glaze, the majority reception have been negative.

TomboyJanet25 minutes ago

So basically I'm already Starting to make a playlist of splash mountain to sync up with the ride I'll have to use earbuds and some IMAGINATION......the Journey into kind not the YOUR kind

FettFan25 minutes ago

The real question here is… Given the failures of: - Harmonious - Galactic Starcruiser - WDW’s 50th Anniversary - Tiana’s Bayou Adventure How much longer will D’Amaro be around? He’s more than a little overdue for the “Find Out” part of FAFO.

MerlinTheGoat26 minutes ago

I frequent some VERY progressive forums (and I myself am on that side of the aisle) with a heavy skew towards Gen Z and young millennials. One of which has a lot of Disney fans and made a topic on this POV video. Even they are very meh to disappointed with this ride. Lots of complaining about it being boring, poorly written story, too many empty stretches of nothing, zero tension, doesn't fit with the drops (especially the big one), no Dr Facilier etc etc. Basically the exact same sort of neutral complaints most people here and elsewhere are making. I could give a link, but it's liable to be deleted by a mod due to the website and comments being very political (with its slant being far left).