JohnD
Well-Known Member
FIFY. No additional $$ to spend.
-
Welcome to the WDWMAGIC.COM Forums!
Please take a look around, and feel free to sign up and join the community.
News Tiana's Bayou Adventure - latest details and construction progress
- Thread starter wdwmagic
- Start date
JohnD
Well-Known Member
My hunch is that BTMRR will be closing for a year long refurb after Tiana opens. They need increased throughput for Tiana to make up for the difference of another ride being down. You're only "guaranteed" TBA if you schedule an available time in the app after purchasing G+.
TalkToEthan
Well-Known Member
retr0gate
Well-Known Member
Wouldn't say it's guaranteed. I've only used Genie+ once or twice but I remember it working similarly to the old paper fastpass system - you reserve a LL for one ride and you can't book another until you use the first. Problem is, availability varies. Sometimes you can immediately grab a LL for your next attraction, sometimes nothing's available for several hours. The E-tickets go fast so your best bet for Tiana's is probably going to be to try and grab one first thing in the morning, as I imagine many people will probably be trying to do the same.
As for why no ILL? Not sure. Probably had many factors like the (rather large) pre-existing queue, the fact it's a water ride, popularity of Tron / SDMT, etc.
nickys
Premium Member
You don’t have to be in the park to try for the VQ.
Say you have a reservation for Epcot. You can try for the VQ at 1pm. If you are successful you could go to MK at 2pm and be able to ride when your group is called.
If you don’t have any park reservation, and therefore simply go to Mk for 2pm, you can’t try for the VQ anyway - even if for some reason there were still slots available.
pigglewiggle
Well-Known Member
I'm confused, do you still have to have reservations to park hop?
nickys
Premium Member
You aren’t guaranteed it, you’ll have to try and book it at 7am and try and modify it to a better time if necessary. Like Peter Pan or Jungle Cruise, it’ll be hugely popular.
retr0gate
Well-Known Member
Not necessarily. If you don't have a reservation, you just need to wait until 2 PM to enter any of the parks. If you do have a reservation, you just need to scan into the park you have a reservation for before you can travel to another.
For example, if I have an EPCOT reservation on one of the AP preview days but I want to go to Magic Kingdom - I can scan into EPCOT, immediately leave the park, and then travel to MK and scan in there. The rule used to be you couldn't park hop until 2 PM regardless of reservations, but now the "after 2 PM" rule only applies to no reservations.
nickys
Premium Member
This is for AP holders for the preview VQs. And AP holders still need park reservations, unless they arrive at a park after 2pm.
As far as I know they haven’t said how the VQ will work after official opening, but likely just as the ones for Tron and Guardians. They don’t expect it to be a VQ for more than a few days.
Last edited:
pigglewiggle
Well-Known Member
Thanks - I'm forgetting we are discussing AP previews. We don't have an AP and won't be there for a preview, sorry for confusion!
retr0gate
Well-Known Member
No worries! Same rules apply for normal park hopper tickets too, although they've since eliminated reservations for date based tickets so I may be wrong
nickys
Premium Member
Park hoppers are date based. No reservations required, so the VQ on & after the 28th will likely be normal VQ rules. Open to anyone at 7am and then at 1pm for those who have tapped into MK by then. Unless you’re an AP holder.
Tha Realest
Well-Known Member
Correct me if I’m wrong, but all G+ attractions also have standby lines, correct?
nickys
Premium Member
Usually, yes. But Tiana won’t at first whilst the VQ is in operation, which Disney has said will only be for a few days. Then it will have a stand-by line.
Wait so they will have VQ only for a few days? That doesn't sound right. Tron still has VQ and that's been open a year.
nickys
Premium Member
Yes.
This isn’t a new ride so they’re just trying to manage the lines for the first few days.
Everything to Know Before You Drop Into Tiana’s Bayou Adventure at Walt Disney World - Disney Parks Blog
We've got the 7 things you need to know before riding Tiana’s Bayou Adventure when the attraction opens on June 28.
disneyparks.disney.go.com
From the @wdwmagic news article: Disney says it expects to open a standby queue soon after the attraction's opening.
Disney Unveils Lightning Lane and Virtual Queue Details for Tiana's Bayou Adventure
Disney Unveils Lightning Lane and Virtual Queue Details for Tiana's Bayou Adventure
www.wdwmagic.com
Figments Friend
Well-Known Member
Nice view from the Liberty Belle just now….
If you look closely you can see some blue lighting inside the cave.
These are coloring changing from what I am seeing.
Mist is off at the moment.
No logs are operating just yet.
There was still a visable log jam, but it seems gone now.
Lots of construction vested gents around earlier, all is quiet at the moment.
If you look closely you can see some blue lighting inside the cave.
These are coloring changing from what I am seeing.
Mist is off at the moment.
No logs are operating just yet.
There was still a visable log jam, but it seems gone now.
Lots of construction vested gents around earlier, all is quiet at the moment.
Last edited:
Disney Analyst
Well-Known Member
Yes.
This isn’t a new ride so they’re just trying to manage the lines for the first few days.
Everything to Know Before You Drop Into Tiana’s Bayou Adventure at Walt Disney World - Disney Parks Blog
We've got the 7 things you need to know before riding Tiana’s Bayou Adventure when the attraction opens on June 28.
Likely through the holiday weekend.
TalkToEthan
Well-Known Member
That might well be Disney’s thinking but I see it differently.
Not that there’s anyway to test such a declaration BUT no matter how you slice it come June 28
B) Atraction reopens with whole new theme “Tiana”
C) attraction debuts as Tiana
As for the crowds expect pretty much the same demand for A, B or C
Last edited by a moderator: