The Tiana's Bayou Adventure ride at Disneyland, the long-anticipated replacement for Splash Mountain, represents a new chapter for the theme park.

Tiana’s Bayou Adventure opens on Friday, and excitement is buzzing at the Southern California resort. It’s been months since Walt Disney World’s version of the ride debuted in June and nearly a year and a half since the original Splash Mountain closed in May 2023.

Disneyland’s new Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is soaking preview riders with a wall of water that floods the logs during the final 50-foot-drop and gets riders much wetter than Splash Mountain ever did, according to social media reports and Disney fan websites.