The day after Splash Mountain closed permanently at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, work is underway to transform the log-flume ride into Tiana’s Bayou Adventure. The attraction, which opened at the Florida resort in 1992, held its final day of operation on January 22nd and saw reported wait times of more than three hours as guests flooded into the park’s Frontierland to watch the last splashdown. On January 23rd, Splash Mountain shut its barn doors for good as construction began to replace the Song of the South-inspired theming with characters and imagery from the 2009 Walt Disney Animation Studios film The Princess and the Frog.
Splash Mountain is closed and construction walls from the “Southern Dome Salt Company” of Tiana’s Bayou Adventure are up already at the Magic Kingdom pic.twitter.com/VajAYvPnUA
No time is being wasted as crews begin the process (in earnest) of turning Splash Mountain into Tiana’s Bayou Adventure by late 2024 pic.twitter.com/7BjfbgHmJP
