Patch Notes // latest change 2025.12.18
Frontierland · Magic Kingdom · Walt Disney World
Ride · tracked since 2023 · Magic Kingdom · 3 changes on record
Tiana’s Neck Is Broken on first lift hill⚠ status unknown — still down?
Second Louis animatronic’s body is broken (Louis in the critter band)⚠ status unknown — still down?
Louis in Finale scene is completely motionless⚠ status unknown — still down?
Mama Odie’s head at the very end of the ride is crooked⚠ status unknown — still down?
One of the firefly screens is turned off to the left before the big lift hill.⚠ status unknown — still down?
Crowd-reported & dated — we keep the record of what changed.
The second Mama Odie projection above the final lift hill was restored after roughly a year dark, again showing her and her snake Juju as leaves spiral out of the way.
◆ Latest milestone
Tiana's Bayou Adventure opened as a full retheme of Splash Mountain, reusing the existing flume and drop while reworking the queue, scenes, audio-animatronics, music, and story around The Princess and the Frog.
Splash Mountain took its final plunge and closed permanently at Magic Kingdom to be rebuilt as Tiana's Bayou Adventure.
That's every change on the record on Tiana's Bayou Adventure since 2023.
The spotters in our Discord catch the next one first — and the record only grows when someone notices.
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for Tiana's Bayou Adventure is dated Jan 23, 2023: Splash Mountain took its final plunge and closed permanently at Magic Kingdom to be rebuilt as Tiana's Bayou Adventure.
The latest documented change (documented Dec 18, 2025): The second Mama Odie projection above the final lift hill was restored after roughly a year dark, again showing her and her snake Juju as leaves spiral out of the way.
3 documented changes, dating back to 2023 — the fan-kept ride changelog nobody else keeps.
As of the record's latest confirmation, 5 effects are logged as not working on Tiana's Bayou Adventure. The longest-running is Tiana’s Neck Is Broken on first lift hill, logged not working since Jun 21, 2026. Real-time status belongs to the official park apps; this is the dated record.
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