Tiana’s Bayou Journey is the brand new attraction changing Splash Mountain at Disneyland. This information covers tips on how to expertise the experience since there can be no standby line when it debuts–as a substitute, you’ll want to affix the digital queue for the long-awaited attraction or use the Lightning Lane.
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 standard standby line. Which means that as a substitute of having 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 capable of experience Tiana’s Bayou Journey. If you happen to don’t…you aren’t. There is no such thing as a third possibility. These techniques are nothing new, as Haunted Mansion at the moment operates in precisely the identical approach. Earlier than that, Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway, WEB Slingers: Spider-Man Journey, and Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance had related techniques.
However, all of this has been complicated even for Disneyland diehards. Our purpose right here is that can assist you keep away from related frustrations. If you happen to present as much as the park, pondering you’ll have the ability to experience Tiana’s Bayou Journey, you’re in for colossal disappointment.
On the contrary, you’re virtually assured you gained’t be using if you happen to merely present up on the official opening time. Therefore this experience information and FAQ, so you possibly can plan accordingly, beat the crowds, and have a pleasant day at Disneyland!
When will the digital queue finish at Tiana’s Bayou Journey?
This will seem to be an odd spot to start out, however earlier than we dig in, we need to begin by sharing Disneyland’s official announcement concerning the digital queue:
“Upon its grand opening, becoming a member of the complimentary digital queue, accessible solely through the Disneyland app, is required to expertise Tiana’s Bayou Journey. A standby queue won’t be out there throughout the attraction’s preliminary opening days. The digital queue enrollment instances can be twice each day, at 7 a.m. and 12 p.m. PT.”
What does that imply? It’s anyone’s guess. For one factor, the digital queue dynamic is at all times evolving. Disneyland tinkers with insurance policies, demand rises & falls, and so forth.
For one more factor, Walt Disney World particularly said this again when its model of Tiana’s Bayou Journey opened: “Whereas a standby queue won’t be out there throughout the attraction’s preliminary opening days, we count on to open a standby queue quickly after the attraction’s opening.”
That was over 4 months in the past, and the Florida model remains to be utilizing a digital queue and there aren’t any indicators it’s going away anytime earlier than 2025. Digital queue within the “preliminary opening days” and “standby queue quickly after the attraction’s opening” will need to have completely different meanings to Disney than they do to me.
The explanation for the delayed adoption of a standby line, as we’ve documented in a number of posts, is that Tiana’s Bayou Journey has skilled important each day downtime and experience reliability woes. The excellent news is that the Florida model has improved significantly within the final month-plus, and Magic Key previews recommend the Disneyland model is extra dependable from the outset.
Not solely that, however Southern California will get chilly this time of yr and this model of Tiana’s Bayou Journey actually soaks company. Accordingly, our expectation is that the digital queue will go away a lot quicker in California. That might occur as early as December or in Winter 2025–all of it relies upon upon a mix of downtime and demand.
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What’s the digital queue for Tiana’s Bayou Journey?
The digital queue is certainly one of two major methods to entry the bodily strains for Tiana’s Bayou Journey.
Slightly than a standby queue, you be part of this digital line through the Disneyland 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 just a few clicks in-app, however it’s fairly intuitive.
Notice that your whole wait isn’t digital. You’ll be able to count on to come across a wait upon being known as again to the bodily line. The digital queue is just Disney’s methodology for pulsing demand to Tiana’s Bayou Journey, which is essentially vital regardless that Splash Mountain didn’t have one, because of a mix of it being a brand new experience and it being unreliable.
When can we enter the digital queue?
There are 2 each day alternatives to request to affix the digital queue for Tiana’s Bayou Journey:
- 7:00 AM – Company will need to have a park reservation for Disneyland Park with a one-park ticket or a park reservation for Disneyland Park with a Park Hopper ticket to request to affix the digital queue.
- 12:00 PM (Midday) – Company inside Disney California Journey Park with a Park Hopper ticket or inside Disneyland Park can request to affix the digital queue.
What’s the course of like for becoming a member of the digital queue?
To affix the digital queue for Tiana’s Bayou Journey at Disneyland, begin by hitting the hamburger button on the decrease proper nook of the Disneyland app.
From there, choose the “Digital Queues” tile. Then “Be part of Digital Queue.” Alternatively, there’s a shortcut from the house display on the Disneyland app if you happen to simply scroll down somewhat bit–search for “Request Entry with Digital Queue.” Typically the entire tiles take a bit to load on right here after you first open the app.
Right here’s what the screens appear to be, albeit for a unique Disneyland experience to do a VQ:
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 substantiate your celebration (above left), making certain that everybody visiting with you is chosen for the digital queue. As long as tickets are correctly linked and everybody has a park reservation for Disneyland, this course of ought to be clean crusing and self-explanatory.
When you affirm your celebration, you’ll see the above proper display till 7 am. Use the “quick finger” technique under to get the timing proper, after which both hit the refresh button or pull right down to refresh at 7 am on the dot. You’ll then see the “Be part of Queue” button. Faucet that and also you’re executed!
If profitable, you’ll see an estimate of your ready time, which can be a number of hours into the longer term (and never essentially correct) at 7 am since Disneyland isn’t even open but. As soon as the park is open, this identical display will present you which ones boarding teams have been known as plus a extra correct estimate wait time. Even then, return instances can fluctuate based mostly on downtime and different elements.
As soon as it’s your flip to affix the bodily queue, you’ll obtain a notification stating “Your group has been known as” (above center). You may as well see your digital queue standing in the direction of the highest of the Disneyland app residence display, in addition to on the digital queue web page itself.
To entry the digital queue for Tiana’s Bayou Journey at Disneyland, you’ll have to click on that notification (or just return to the digital queue web page within the app), which is able to then pull up your boarding go (above proper). Scan that on the entrance and also you’re good to go!
Subsequent, we’ll cowl some methods to enhance your velocity and enhance your probabilities of success on the Tiana’s Bayou Journey digital queue!
Digital Queue Velocity Technique
Disney WiFi versus Mobile Knowledge?
It actually depends upon your provider and the place you’re situated within the park/resort/and many others.
We’d advocate doing a fast velocity take a look at 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 enough, however the larger the higher. If vital, transfer round to get away from different folks 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 in terms of your web velocity at Disneyland. Two massive issues are getting away from congested areas and out from beneath issues.
With regards to the 12 pm digital queue, keep away from congested areas of the parks. If in any respect potential, try to affix whereas not standing in line for anything, as some queues have ‘lifeless zones’ with out WiFi or mobile service.
How ought to we put together for becoming a member of the digital queue?
This may sound like overkill, however milliseconds matter.
Ensure that your telephone is absolutely up to date and drive shut all apps, together with the Disneyland app shortly earlier than it’s time to affix the digital queue. Double-check the time in your telephone 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 gained’t be in the identical boarding teams, which means you gained’t experience collectively.
We advocate everybody attempt for everybody in your celebration. Disney’s official recommendation is not to try this, because it might trigger issues. This isn’t true, or whether it is, we’ve been extremely fortunate to by no means have any points because of this. Everybody trying will increase your probabilities of success and minimizing points in case one particular person’s telephone freezes or is sluggish for no matter cause.
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 sure that anybody in your celebration who tries for boarding passes makes an attempt so as to add everybody. It’s good to do a observe run or two at residence so that you’re snug with the method within the Disneyland app so that you don’t get flustered and mess up.
Tiana’s Bayou Journey Lightning Lane Technique
Is there some other technique to experience Tiana’s Bayou Journey?
Sure.
Tiana’s Bayou Journey additionally provides line-skipping entry through Lightning Lane Multi-Cross. You’ll be able to examine this technique in our Information to Lightning Lane Multi-Cross at Disneyland.
What’s the distinction between the digital queue and the Lightning Lane?
Apart from the digital queue being free and the Lightning Lane entry costing cash, the latter is quicker. Lightning Lanes are Disneyland’s line-skipping possibility, colloquially often 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. In contrast, company within the Lightning Lane will transfer quicker than you, and wait much less time. (Until the experience breaks down, during which case you each is perhaps caught.)
Which possibility is best?
The paid one, minus the entire “costing cash” half.
Along with the road transferring quicker, the opposite massive upside with the Lightning Lane is that there’s extra certainty–and that’s a giant cope with an unreliable experience that suffers a whole lot of downtime, like Tiana’s Bayou Journey. Whereas nobody is “assured” to have the ability to experience, Lightning Lane company have the closest factor to that. In contrast, if the experience has a foul day and doesn’t get to later boarding teams, the digital queue company are simply out of luck.
How excessive of precedence is Tiana’s Bayou Journey in terms of Lightning Lane rankings?
For the rest of 2024, it’s a straightforward #1 choose–forward of Indiana Jones Journey and House Mountain–in Disneyland. It would be best to e book ASAP when you enter the park, or get fortunate with a experience reservation refill later within the day.
With that mentioned, Splash Mountain ranked within the prime 3 throughout the summer time months, however fell from the highest 5 throughout the winter months. Tiana’s Bayou Journey being model new and having each day downtime will maintain it within the prime slot even as soon as the temperature turns chilly, a minimum of for the primary couple of months. As soon as January and February 2025 roll round, it might be a unique story.
Is it potential to attain a spot within the digital queue and buy a Lightning Lane for Tiana’s Bayou Journey?
Sure. There’s nothing that forestalls it apart from how rapidly each e book up–which means that there’s no coverage stopping you from double-dipping that approach.
Is Tiana’s Bayou Journey open for Early Entry at Disneyland?
No. We don’t count on that to vary, both. Solely Tomorrowland and Fantasyland can be found throughout Early Entry, which isn’t a brand new growth. Bayou Nation opens at common rope drop.
Can we be part of the digital queues for each Tiana’s Bayou Journey and Haunted Mansion?
Sure, however you can not 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 experience at 7 am, but additionally 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 known as again and faucet into the primary digital queue earlier than 12 pm.
Alternatively, you possibly can be part of the digital queue for one and purchase Lightning Lane entry to the opposite. You can additionally doubtlessly acquire free digital queue entry to each and buy Lightning Lane entry to each if you happen to’re actually environment friendly…and need to expertise each twice, for no matter cause.
With that mentioned, we’re anticipating Haunted Mansion Vacation to drop its digital queue inside the coming weeks. Up till then, we’d extremely advocate prioritizing Tiana’s Bayou Journey.
What time does Tiana’s Bayou Journey run out of boarding passes?
There is no such thing as a set time, however count on the primary digital queue to refill earlier than 7:01 am every day for the remainder of 2024. That’s what has occurred with all points of interest which have come earlier than and used digital queues.
As for the 12 pm digital queue, that actually relies upon upon demand and downtime. 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 at Disney California Journey, and many others.
How do we all know after we can return?
In case your telephone has push notifications for the Disneyland app enabled, you’ll obtain an alert that your boarding group has been known as.
Failing that, the “My Standing” display on the Tiana’s Bayou Journey digital queue display shows the identical info. That must also provide you with an thought of how quickly you’ll be known as.
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 part of the digital queue first, which suggests arriving and going by that identical to everybody else. To make the most of DAS, go to the Lightning Lane return line as soon as your boarding group is named.
What about Rider Swap?
Yep, identical course of as above.
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 different current rides like Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway and WEB Slingers, each of which dropped their VQs pretty promptly.
Our expectation is that the ‘reimagined experience’ odor will put on off fairly rapidly. By early 2025, it’s doubtless that demand cools down or Tiana’s Bayou Journey has gotten extra dependable. Ideally, each. By which case, the digital queue will keep open for hours as a substitute of seconds/minutes. Or higher but, it gained’t be vital in any respect and the standby line will open.
Though the digital queue creates winners and losers, if you happen to’ve already learn the ~3,000 phrases above, you’re more likely to be one of many winners. You’re much better positioned than 95% of different company–a lot of whom arrive with out understanding what a digital queue even is or when it’s provided–and are extra doubtless to reach scoring a boarding group. With a digital queue, your wait time can be considerably shorter than if you happen to simply wait till subsequent yr 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 Disneyland 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 sort of like digital queues as a result of we’re good at them and so they give us a bonus–and shorter wait instances than standby strains. It’s an identical story for you now that you simply’ve learn all of this. You’ve already realized what to do and tips on how to do it–now put that data to make use of in experiencing Tiana’s Bayou Journey!
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