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We've got the opening date we've been waiting for, as well as the reservation we've waiting all year to get.
Tiana's Bayou Adventure gets its opening date: Tiana's Foods will open its long-awaited new location in Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom on June 28.
Walt Disney World tells how to get on Tiana's Bayou Adventure: Disney World's annual passholders and DVC members will get first looks at the rethemed former Splash Mountain ride, starting next month. And when it opens to the public, Tiana's will use a virtual queue. But it will not be available via Individual Lightning Lane purchases.
More from Fantasy Springs
Disney's Tangled finds a new home in Tokyo's Fantasy Springs: With Rapunzel's Lantern Festival, Disney's Imagineers have created an all-ages outdoor/indoor boat ride that brings its "Tangled" characters to new life. [With on-ride video]
Tinker Bell delivers for young visitors to Tokyo DisneySea: Fairy Tinker Bell's Busy Buggies is an outdoor track ride that might give Disneyland Resort fans in California flashbacks to Heimlich's Chew Chew Train. [With on-ride video]
This week's openings, and closing
Busch Gardens shows the love for its Loch Ness Monster: Busch Gardens Williamsburg has given its Loch Ness Monster the TLC it has needed, supercharging the iconic roller coaster with story and thematic elements, along with some strategic smoothing of the track. [With on-ride video]
Holiday World offers a tasty addition for its 2024 season: Good Gravy! - America's first Vekoma family boomerang coaster - officially debuted as Indiana's Holiday World opened for its 2024 season.
Cedar Point's Top Thrill 2 is closed already: Just a week after it opened officially, Cedar Point's new Top Thrill 2 is down for repairs.
The toughest ticket in themed entertainment?
The 'Disneyland of Mexican restaurants' returns: After waiting a year for an invitation to book a table, we finally got in to try the new Casa Bonita. Let's see what a reported $40 million in renovations got the creators of South Park, who bought the Denver-area restaurant that they helped make famous. [With video]
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