Tiana’s Bayou Journey is reimagined journey changing Splash Mountain in Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, and is troublesome as a consequence of no standby line. This attraction information solutions questions in regards to the digital queue & boarding teams, Lightning Lane, and far more.
Disney restricts entry to Tiana’s Bayou Journey by utilizing a free digital queue (VQ) and ‘pay-to-play’ entry through the Lightning Lane (LL), each of that are in lieu of a conventional standby line. Which means as a substitute of with the ability to present up and wait in a queue for 60-120 minutes (or regardless of the posted wait) at a time of your selecting, you could roll the cube on the VQ or LL.
If you happen to succeed, you’re in a position to journey Tiana’s Bayou Journey. If you happen to don’t…you aren’t. There is no such thing as a third possibility. These programs are nothing new, as TRON Lightcycle Run and Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind presently function in precisely the identical manner. Earlier than that, Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance and Remy’s Ratatouille Journey had related programs.
However, all of this has been complicated even for longtime Walt Disney World followers. Our objective right here is that will help you keep away from related frustrations. If you happen to present as much as Magic Kingdom, pondering you’ll be capable to journey Tiana’s Bayou Journey, you’re in for colossal disappointment.
On the contrary, you’re virtually assured you received’t be using when you merely present up on the official opening time. Therefore this journey information and FAQ, so you may plan accordingly, beat the crowds, and have a powerful day at Magic Kingdom!
When will the digital queue finish at Tiana’s Bayou Journey?
This will likely appear to be an odd spot to start out, however earlier than we dig in, we wish to begin by noting that it’s a waste of your time to learn this submit until you’re visiting Walt Disney World in Summer season 2024. For one factor, the digital queue dynamic is all the time evolving. Walt Disney World tinkers with insurance policies, demand rises & falls, and so forth.
Within the case of Tiana’s Bayou Journey, Walt Disney World particularly said this: “Whereas a standby queue won’t be accessible throughout the attraction’s preliminary opening days, we anticipate to open a standby queue quickly after the attraction’s opening.”
Nonetheless, as mentioned in You Would possibly Have Issues Driving Tiana’s Bayou Journey at Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World made that assertion previous to previews and the attraction experiencing important each day downtime. Suffice to say, our expectation is that the digital queue will not go away till the journey’s reliability has improved. That would occur by mid-July or late September–all of it relies upon upon the dimensions and scope of the issues, and potential options.
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What’s the digital queue for Tiana’s Bayou Journey?
The digital queue is one among two fundamental methods to entry the bodily traces for Tiana’s Bayou Journey.
Fairly than a standby queue, you be a part of this digital line through the My Disney Expertise (MDX) app and are notified when it’s your flip to return to the bodily queue (which, sooner or later, would be the standby line). The method requires a couple of clicks in-app, but it surely’s fairly intuitive.
Observe that your complete wait just isn’t digital. You’ll be able to anticipate to come across a wait upon being referred to as again to the bodily line. The digital queue is just Walt Disney World’s technique for pulsing demand to Tiana’s Bayou Journey, which is basically mandatory although Splash Mountain didn’t have one, as a consequence of a mixture of it being a brand new journey and it being unreliable.
What are boarding teams for Tiana’s Bayou Journey?
If the digital queue have been like a lottery (it isn’t precisely), the boarding group can be just like the ticket. The strategy versus the means.
Acknowledged in another way, boarding teams are the technique of organizing visitors into teams when it’s their flip to journey. Fairly than a particular return window of 2-3 pm as is the case with Lightning Lanes, you is likely to be in boarding group 65. Your return time just isn’t specified prematurely, however reasonably, as an estimate.
When can we enter the digital queue?
You’ll be able to be a part of the Tiana’s Bayou Journey digital queue at 7 am or 1 pm through the My Disney Expertise app.
Anybody who has legitimate admission for Magic Kingdom that day can try to affix the 7 am VQ. The 1 pm digital queue could be joined solely by visitors who’ve already entered Magic Kingdom that day.
What’s the course of like for becoming a member of the digital queue?
The steps are similar to previous digital queues and just like the FastPass+ or Genie+ choice processes, when you’ve achieved both of these.
Right here’s a fast run-through:
Begin on the house display of the My Disney Expertise app and simply scroll down a bit till you see the “Digital Queue” banner. Click on “be a part of digital queue” on that.
Alternatively, you may click on the hamburger button (backside proper nook), which can take you to a display with tiles–digital queue can also be on a listing under that.
Then “Be a part of Digital Queue.”
From there, it ought to default to Magic Kingdom. If EPCOT is chosen (on the prime) for no matter cause, click on Magic Kingdom. You’ll see two choices–Tiana’s Bayou Journey or TRON Lightcycle Run. Presumably, you’ll wish to do each throughout your day at MK–however you may solely be a part of one at 7 a.m.
You’ll have the choice of confirming your celebration beginning at 6 am, or an hour earlier than the digital queue opens.
Click on the blue button to verify your celebration, making certain that everybody visiting with you is chosen for the digital queue. As long as tickets are correctly linked and everybody legitimate admission for Magic Kingdom (and park reservations, if mandatory), this course of ought to be clean crusing and self-explanatory.
When you affirm your celebration, you’ll see the above display till 7 am.
Use the “quick finger” technique under to get the timing proper, after which both hit the refresh button or pull all the way down to refresh at 7 am on the dot. You’ll then see the “Be a part of Queue” button. Faucet that and also you’re achieved!
This exhibits your estimate ready time, which can be a number of hours into the long run (and never essentially correct) at 7 am since Magic Kingdom isn’t even open but.
As soon as the park is open, this identical display will present you which ones boarding teams have been referred to as. Relying upon the circumstances, it might additionally present an estimated wait time–however even then, return instances can fluctuate primarily based on downtime and different components.
As soon as it’s your flip to affix the bodily queue, you’ll obtain a notification (when you’ve allowed the My Disney Expertise app to ship notifications). You can even see your digital queue standing in the direction of the highest of your My Disney Expertise dwelling display, in addition to on the digital queue web page itself.
With that mentioned, there’s no substitute for seeing for your self. Whereas it received’t allow you to full the method, you may undergo the primary a number of steps of becoming a member of the digital queue from dwelling. Be on the MDX app some morning proper at 7 am and undergo the motions. It’s good observe for the actual factor!
Subsequent, we’ll cowl some methods to enhance your velocity and enhance your possibilities of success on the Tiana’s Bayou Journey digital queue!
Digital Queue Pace Technique
Disney WiFi versus Mobile Information?
It actually will depend on your provider and the place you’re situated within the park/resort/and so forth.
We’d advocate doing a fast velocity check with each a couple of minutes earlier than it’s time to affix the digital queue. Something at or above 50 Mbps ought to be ample, however the increased the higher. If mandatory, transfer round to get away from different individuals or enhance your velocity to that threshold.
Are there any methods to enhance velocity?
Clearly, there’s solely a lot that’s inside your management on the subject of your web velocity at Walt Disney World. Two massive issues are getting away from congested areas and out from beneath issues. Decrease-level Walt Disney World resort rooms have points, as do outlying buildings. Because of this, you may wish to go outdoors, to the foyer, the balcony, an exterior walkway, and so forth. for the 7 am entry time.
Relating to the 1 pm digital queue, keep away from congested areas of the parks. If in any respect attainable, try to affix whereas not standing in line for the rest, as some queues have ‘useless zones’ with out WiFi or mobile service. In Magic Kingdom, a lot of the park is fairly good–the one space that involves thoughts as being problematic is Below the Sea ~ Journey of the Little Mermaid.
How ought to we put together for becoming a member of the digital queue?
This may sound like overkill, however milliseconds matter.
Make sure that your cellphone is absolutely up to date and power shut all apps, together with My Disney Expertise shortly earlier than it’s time to affix the digital queue. Double-check the time in your cellphone or watch in opposition to time.gov, which is what Disney makes use of for opening the digital queue.
What’s one of the best strategic strategy for becoming a member of a boarding group? Ought to one particular person attempt for everybody, ought to we every attempt individually, or what?
Don’t attempt individually–you received’t be in the identical boarding teams, which means you received’t journey collectively.
We advocate everybody attempt for everybody in your celebration. Launch the MDX app about 10 seconds earlier than the official digital queue entry time and hit the “Be a part of Boarding Group” button. If that doesn’t work, force-refreshing by flattening “exhausting.”
Everybody in your celebration who has legitimate admission for Magic Kingdom (and park reservations, if mandatory) ought to already be pre-selected. The particular person in your celebration with the quickest fingers will rating the boarding group, whereas everybody else will obtain a “Not So Quick/Already in Boarding Group” message. Simply make certain that anybody in your celebration who tries for boarding passes makes an attempt so as to add everybody.
Once more, it’s good to do a observe run or two at dwelling so that you’re snug with the method within the My Disney Expertise app so that you don’t get flustered and mess up. We’ve heard horror tales of readers clicking by way of too rapidly and forgetting so as to add one among their relations. Don’t freak out if that occurs–go to the Visitor Expertise Workforce Forged Members stationed on the blue umbrellas.
As soon as notified that “your group has been referred to as!” how lengthy do we’ve got to return?
You’re anticipated to return inside 1 hour of being referred to as.
Can we should be within the park for the 1 pm digital queue opening?
No. Nonetheless, everybody in your celebration does must enter Magic Kingdom in some unspecified time in the future earlier than 1 pm with a view to “unlock” entry to the digital queue at 1 pm. That means you would arrive for park opening, take the monorail again to your resort for lunch and a pool break, and take a look at once more at 1 pm.
It isn’t geofenced or primarily based upon proximity—this performance unlocks within the My Disney Expertise app for every visitor after they’ve bodily tapped into the park’s faucet/turnstiles. You’ll be able to go away after tapping in and nonetheless be a part of throughout the afternoon entry time out of your resort room or wherever.
You can actually be inside Magic Kingdom or in Manitoba. The digital queue system solely validates whether or not you’ve tapped into Magic Kingdom, not your present location. It will probably truly be advantageous to depart Magic Kingdom noon, as that’s when crowds and wait instances are worst. If you happen to’re like us, you additionally could choose to do lunch at a Magic Kingdom space resort reasonably at Walt Disney World’s worst meals park.
Tiana’s Bayou Journey Lightning Lane Technique
Is there some other method to journey Tiana’s Bayou Journey?
Sure.
Tiana’s Bayou Journey additionally affords Lightning Lane entry through Genie+ (by way of July 23, 2024) and Lightning Lane Multi Move (beginning July 24, 2024). You’ll be able to learn in regards to the former in our FAQ for Genie+ and Lightning Lanes at Walt Disney World and the latter in Lightning Lane Multi-Move at Disney World FAQ.
What’s the distinction between the digital queue and the Lightning Lane?
Other than the digital queue being free and the Lightning Lane entry costing cash, the latter is quicker. Lightning Lanes are Walt Disney World’s line-skipping possibility, colloquially generally known as “paid FastPass.”
With the digital queue, a part of your wait is digital, however you’re nonetheless going to face within the bodily line and spend some period of time ready. Against this, visitors within the Lightning Lane will transfer sooner than you, and wait much less time. (Until the journey breaks down, through which case you each is likely to be caught.)
Which possibility is best?
The paid one, minus the entire “costing cash” half.
Along with the road shifting sooner, the opposite massive upside with the Lightning Lane is that there’s extra certainty–and that’s a giant take care of an unreliable journey that suffers numerous downtime, like Tiana’s Bayou Journey. Whereas nobody is “assured” to have the ability to journey, Lightning Lane visitors have the closest factor to that. Against this, if the journey has a nasty day and doesn’t get to later boarding teams, the digital queue visitors are simply out of luck.
Do you advocate shopping for Genie+ or Lightning Lane Multi Move?
For Magic Kingdom, completely. It’s the one–and solely–park at Walt Disney World the place the paid FastPass programs are an absolute no-brainer and unequivocally one of the best ways to beat crowds. (As mentioned in Greatest Time-Saving Methods for Walt Disney World, that isn’t all the time the case with the opposite parks.)
Though the opening of Tiana’s Bayou Journey actually provides to the worth of the line-skipping service, it’s not the one cause why. You need to be capable to rating not less than a half-dozen worthwhile Lightning Lanes in Magic Kingdom–greater than some other park at Walt Disney World. It’s use of cash, particularly you probably have restricted trip time and don’t wish to spend that standing in traces.
How excessive of precedence is Tiana’s Bayou Journey on the subject of Lightning Lane rankings?
For Summer season 2024, it’s a simple #1 decide–forward of Peter Pan’s Flight and Jungle Cruise–in Magic Kingdom. It would be best to guide as near 7 am as attainable, or get fortunate with a journey reservation refill later within the day.
Even Splash Mountain ranked within the prime 3 throughout the summer season months, however Tiana’s Bayou Journey being model new and having each day downtime strikes it up significantly. For not less than the subsequent couple months, it’s most likely the #1 Lightning Lane Multi Move, forward of even Slinky Canine Sprint.
Is it attainable to attain a spot within the digital queue and buy a Lightning Lane for Tiana’s Bayou Journey?
Sure. There’s nothing that stops it other than how rapidly each guide up–which means that there’s no coverage stopping you from double-dipping that manner. Nonetheless, it may be a problem juggling each proper at 7:00:00 am–until you have got one particular person in your celebration “assigned” to every.
Is there any distinction for on-site versus off-site visitors?
Not for the digital queue. Everyone seems to be handled equally, with out regard to their lodging.
On-site visitors may have a bonus in shopping for Lightning Lane Multi Move.
Is Tiana’s Bayou Journey open for Early Entry at Magic Kingdom?
No. We don’t anticipate that to alter, both. Solely Tomorrowland and Fantasyland can be found throughout Early Entry, which isn’t a brand new improvement. Frontierland opens at common rope drop.
What about Prolonged Night Hours?
Tiana’s Bayou Journey just isn’t presently on the record of sights that may function throughout Prolonged Night Hours. We anticipate that to alter within the coming weeks or months–maybe as soon as the digital queue is dropped or the journey turns into extra dependable.
Will Tiana’s Bayou Journey function throughout Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Celebration or Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Celebration?
It’s too early to say. Though it was/is on the record of sights for Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Celebration (MNSSHP) and/or Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Celebration (MVMCP), that’s merely a matter of expectations at this level and shouldn’t be handled because the gospel.
Whether or not Tiana’s Bayou Journey is open throughout MNSSHP and/or MVMCP will depend on downtime. If it’s nonetheless stricken by reliability woes, we’d anticipate it to not function. Disney simply received’t wish to mess with it. If the issues are getting higher, it’s a possibly. In the event that they’re gone, it’ll function.
For a similar causes, whether or not it’ll use a digital queue or standby line throughout these occasions can also be presently unknown.
Can we be a part of the digital queues for each Tiana’s Bayou Journey and TRON Lightcycle Run?
Sure, however you can’t maintain spots in each digital queues on the identical time.
As a sensible matter, because of this not solely do you could achieve success with one journey at 7 am, but in addition that you could be so profitable that you simply get a fairly low boarding group quantity and have an earlier return time–so that you’re referred to as again and faucet into the primary digital queue earlier than 1 pm.
Alternatively, you may be a part of the digital queue for one and purchase Lightning Lane entry to the opposite. You can additionally doubtlessly achieve free digital queue entry to each and buy Lightning Lane entry to each when you’re actually environment friendly…and wish to expertise each twice, for no matter cause.
Which journey ought to we do first?
Whichever is increased precedence for you. From a strategic perspective, it’s six of 1–half dozen the opposite. As long as Tiana’s Bayou Journey has reliability woes, downtime may happen at any time when. And that would find yourself throwing a monkey wrench into even one of the best laid plans, and boarding teams obtained with the quickest fingers.
As soon as Tiana’s Bayou Journey is extra dependable, we’d advocate going for it first. Whereas each rides are higher at evening, TRON Lightcycle Run is a lot higher at evening. (If each rides are equally vital, that is additionally our recommendation–Tiana’s Bayou Journey at 7 am and TRON at 1 pm.)
What time does Tiana’s Bayou Journey run out of boarding passes?
There is no such thing as a set time, however anticipate the primary digital queue to refill earlier than 7:01 am every day for a lot of the summer season. That’s what has occurred with all sights which have come earlier than and used digital queues.
As for the 1 pm digital queue, that basically relies upon upon demand and downtime. There have been low to reasonable crowd days when TRON Lightcycle Run has nonetheless had availability after 2 pm, and even after 4 pm. On busier days, it’s gone inside minutes of 1 pm. Within the close to time period, we’re anticipating each Tiana’s Bayou Journey digital queues to refill quick–inside seconds or minutes, not hours.
Can we go away the park as soon as becoming a member of the queue?
Sure. You can return to your resort and take a nap, eat lunch, and so forth.
How do we all know once we can return?
In case your cellphone has push notifications for My Disney Expertise enabled, you’ll obtain an alert that your boarding group has been referred to as.
Failing that, the “My Standing” display on the Tiana’s Bayou Journey digital queue display shows the identical info. That must also offer you an thought of how quickly you’ll be referred to as.
What occurs if we’ve got an Advance Eating Reservation that conflicts with our return time?
Ideally, you need to see a Forged Member on the Visitor Expertise Workforce stands (search for the blue umbrella) situated all through the park. They will help with scheduling conflicts.
Failing that, see a Forged Member on the attraction entrance–they’re usually fairly versatile.
Does Tiana’s Bayou Journey accommodate Incapacity Entry Service (DAS) card?
Sure, however that is nonetheless really first come, first served.
Meaning everybody should be a part of the digital queue first, which suggests arriving and going by way of that identical to everybody else. To benefit from DAS, go to the Lightning Lane return line as soon as your boarding group is known as.
What about Rider Swap?
Yep, identical course of as above.
Which days of the week are greatest for visiting Magic Kingdom?
Statistically talking, Wednesdays and Thursdays are presently your greatest bets for the bottom crowds at Magic Kingdom. That’ll seemingly change throughout Celebration Season, although.
For extra complete recommendation and explanations, see our Greatest & Worst Days to Do Every Park at Walt Disney World. That provides definitive recommendation for choosing dates, and never only for Magic Kingdom, however for all 4 parks.
When will the Tiana’s Bayou Journey digital queue get simpler?
The excellent news is that Tiana’s Bayou Journey isn’t a model new attraction and it shouldn’t have the identical fanfare as Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind or TRON Lightcycle Run.
Our expectation is that the ‘reimagined journey’ scent will put on off fairly rapidly. By mid-August, our hope that demand has cooled down or Tiana’s Bayou Journey has gotten extra dependable. Ideally, each. Wherein case, the digital queue will keep open for hours as a substitute of seconds/minutes. Or higher but, it received’t be mandatory in any respect and the standby line will open.
Ought to we simply wait to do Tiana’s Bayou Journey till our 2025 Walt Disney World journey?
Though the digital queue creates winners and losers, when you’ve already learn the ~3,000 phrases above, you’re more likely to be one of many winners. You might be much better positioned than 95% of different visitors–a lot of whom arrive with out figuring out what a digital queue even is or when it’s supplied–and are extra seemingly to reach scoring a boarding group. With a digital queue, your wait time can be considerably shorter than when you simply wait till subsequent 12 months or at any time when the digital queue is changed with a standby line.
Our official place on digital queues is that they’re dangerous and ought to be eradicated. The entire course of is complicated (therefore this submit) and extremely visitor unfriendly in consequence. Visiting Walt Disney World is already too difficult, and this simply provides one other layer of stress and unpredictability, with extra you could know. With that mentioned, we selfishly type of like digital queues as a result of we’re good at them they usually give us a bonus–and shorter wait instances than standby traces. It’s an identical story for you now that you simply’ve learn all of this. You’ve already realized what to do and methods to do it–now put that information to make use of in experiencing Tiana’s Bayou Journey!
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