Tiana’s Bayou Adventure Attraction Queue Story
Disney has revealed new storyline details for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, the reimagined Splash Mountain at Magic Kingdom and Disneyland. This shares all of the details, ‘company’ concept art, and commentary about the backstory of the attraction and Imagineering’s use of storytelling.
As previously shared, the reimagined ride will be named Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, and will bring guests into the world of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ film The Princess and the Frog. According to the company, Tiana’s Bayou Adventure will open at Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World and Disneyland in California in late 2024.
During the D23 Expo in Anaheim last year, Walt Disney Imagineering shared more details about the reimagined ride, including a model showcasing how Splash Mountain would be transformed. See our Photos & Video of the Tiana’s Bayou Adventure Model, which offers a comprehensive look at the new exterior, queue, and on-ride details that’ll be added to the attraction as it becomes Tiana’s Bayou Adventure. (Note: that is specifically the Disneyland version of Splash Mountain. Minor changes, like the queue and log ride vehicles, are expected to differ.)
The latest backstory that Walt Disney Imagineering has shared concerns the queue for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure. At a young age, Tiana developed a deep passion for cooking, and began to dream of one day owning her own business. Her father, James, taught her that good food brings folks together. During Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, we’re going to see where life has taken her following the success of Tiana’s Palace, a restaurant she had dreamed of owning and worked hard to accomplish.
Walt Disney Imagineering is creating an original, next chapter story for Tiana. Within the queue, guests will discover that she continues to grow her business with Tiana’s Foods, which is an employee-owned cooperative. Combining her talents with those of the local community, Tiana has transformed an aging salt mine and built a beloved brand.
The endeavor began when Tiana purchased the salt mine and the area surrounding the large salt dome from which it operated. With the help of her mother Eudora, Naveen, Louis, and fellow owners of the cooperative, Tiana revived the old salt mine and the surrounding land. In so doing, she grew a wide array of vegetables, herbs, and spices for her recipes.
This elaborate enterprise has turned the aging salt mine into a space that has come alive. Complete with a boutique farm and both a working and teaching kitchen, Tiana’s Foods is where Tiana and her colleagues create all sorts of new products that they are bringing to the world, including a line of original hot sauces.
Tiana wants to give a big thanks to her family and friends and the entire community for all the support they’ve given her by throwing an amazing party during Mardi Gras season. When it turns out there’s been a bit of a mix-up with the party preparations, Tiana invites us to meet her at Tiana’s Foods to help with the missing ingredient for the party.
When we arrive, we may see that Tiana spruced up the company’s facilities with vibrant art from local artists. Food for the party is being prepared and beignets are being loaded into crates for the celebration. All kinds of preparations are underway for the journey into the bayou with Tiana, along with new and familiar friends from the animated film.
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure picks up where the movie’s story left off. Tiana continues bringing people together with Tiana’s Foods, another treasured meeting place to spend time together and celebrate a diverse community. Tiana is also working with cooperative members to teach gardening and cooking to children of all ages, and inspiring other women to run successful businesses as the brand grows nationwide.
With the Tiana’s Foods backstory of the reimagined ride established, let’s turn to commentary offering our thoughts on how this sets the table for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, plus various ranting about the obsession with story and so forth…
Our Commentary
I have a love-hate relationship with backstory. I love that Imagineering writes extensively to inform their storytelling, and you can find pages upon pages of internal lore and information about attractions old and new. Based on what I’ve seen, this phenomenon began during the Eisner era–you can find backstory for Pleasure Island, Typhoon Lagoon, and other additions from the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Although fans might think otherwise, Imagineering’s obsession with story is not a new thing. Fans simply have greater access to it, and usually before ever experiencing the attraction, because it’s used as marketing in the lead-up to new rides debuting. Perhaps WDI is employing more show writers as a result; I don’t know. It’s still nothing new.
When backstory becomes something for guests to stumble upon in queues, throughout lands, and elsewhere, it can be a great enhancement to the experience. At its best, backstory informs what’s already there, providing added texture and richness to what could be readily understood by context cues, visuals, etc. This type of backstory is basically icing on a cake that tastes pretty great without icing–meaning that it wasn’t necessary to begin with.
I hate backstory when it’s necessary to explain away deficiencies, and engages in storytelling that would come as a surprise to the average visitor. If the backstory causes a reevaluation of the ride or land, it’s not good–it’s bad. That means the thing itself cannot stand on its own, or is at odds with its backstory.
The infamous example of this is Dino-Rama, with its “lipstick on a pig” backstory. As I’ve ranted dozens of times, that land is not good, it’s a dumpster fire. Some fans just love it because they are part of the in-group that supposedly “gets” Dino-Rama and why it’s “actually” good. (It is not.)
This is something I cover at length in Tom’s Top 7: Backstories at Walt Disney World. I won’t belabor the point here–if you’re interested in good and bad backstory at Walt Disney World, that article covers it.
At this point, the backstory for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure could go either way. I don’t read the above details about Tiana’s Foods and think, “this is brilliant, I cannot wait to see how the story is resolved!” The thing is, I’m totally fine with that. Splash Mountain had/has a very long queue, and I think the case could be made that although beautiful, it passed up stage-setting opportunities that could’ve enhanced the attraction. (Not that it needed to do this–it was a classic attraction, regardless.)
One of the things I loved about Splash Mountain was all of the critters, totally unrelated to the story being told, that inhabited Chickapin Hill. Why were they there? What was their deal? They were not just anonymous animals that spontaneously gathered to watch Brer Rabbit’s attempt kidnapping.
In fact, the alligator band–The Swamp Boys–had a concert poster in the queue. It would’ve been great to know more about these critters, even if wholly immaterial to the attraction itself. While wholly unnecessary, it would’ve been added color, world-building details for the eager fan. (I also vividly recall inspecting all of the birdhouses as a kid, wondering who/what lived inside.)
I can’t say the Tiana’s Foods backstory does much for me. To the contrary, I actively dislike it and wish it were something different that actually “hooked” me. However, I’ve also learned not to criticize backstory prematurely. In this internet era, fans are thirsty for a constant trickle of information, and Disney largely obliges us. In the 1980s and 1990s, backstory leaked out after the fact, and was judged against the finished attraction, land, etc. Now, it comes out ahead of time and is judged on its own.
My big lesson about prematurely judging backstory came via the recent reimagining of Jungle Cruise. I’ll admit that I rolled my eyes at a lot of the backstory for that, and I was frankly concerned that Imagineering was getting way too heavy-handed with story for the sake of story on a ride that really didn’t need it. My fear was that it would bog down the attraction, overwhelm guests, and come across as contrived. There was just so much story in the lead-up to the reimagining.
The end result with Jungle Cruise was very different from that. Those backstory details are peppered around the queue, and there for the discovery of guests. That’s an asset, as it gives guests something to engage in that previously basic and sometimes very long standby line. You can uncover nuggets of information that illuminate and connect to other adventurous experiences, but are not the least bit necessary to enjoying the attraction.
As for the ride itself, the big change to Jungle Cruise is that they added a plethora of primates. It might as well be called Jungle Cruise: Monkey Madness. I’m sorry, but if you dislike that, you’re distinctly unpatriotic. Monkeys doing ape antics are awesome, and that’s just a fact. For all of the hand-wringing about changing Jungle Cruise, the end result is basically just that–more monkeys. Other stuff did change for ‘contemporary audiences,’ but the big discernible thing is the monkeys. It was a big win for lovers of simian shenanigans, which should be everyone.
With Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, the detail I’ve zeroed in on is the line that “there’s been a bit of a mix-up with the party preparations, Tiana invites us to meet her at Tiana’s Foods to help with the missing ingredient for the party.” I could be wrong, but this strikes me as an obvious MacGuffin. For those who aren’t fans of Alfred Hitchcock or Pulp Fiction (why not?), a MacGuffin is an seemingly-significant item that advances the plot and motivates the characters, but ends up being irrelevant or unimportant. Muppet Haunted Mansion also uses this device, cleverly calling it The Great MacGuffin.
In any case, “the missing ingredient” could be an ideal MacGuffin because it would allow Tiana and guests to encounter a bunch of different animals–the current critters in Splash Mountain, like The Swamp Boys, that were created for the attraction and are totally divorced from the source material–and sing or do whatever with them. Given the short turnaround time and concept we’ve already seen, I’ve already gone on record to say that I think a lot of what’s inside Splash Mountain is staying up, and I’m going to double down on that here.
We already know that Tiana’s Bayou Adventure will pick up the story of The Princess and the Frog after the final kiss, joining Tiana and Louis on a musical adventure as they prepare for their first-ever Mardi Gras performance. During this celebration, guests will hear original music inspired by songs from the film. Tiana is leading the way and guests will be able to encounter old friends and make new friends along the way as well.
Encountering “new friends” strongly suggests to me that at least some of the original characters from Splash Mountain will be making appearances. In order to make that work, the attraction necessarily needs to be set after the movie. Regrettably, The Swamp Boys were not featured in The Princess and the Frog.
Of course, that’s merely speculation on my part, and could be totally wrong. Even if it is, my perspective on this still stands–that the missing ingredient is most likely a MacGuffin. The Tiana’s Foods angle could be played up in the queue for the astute observer, but wholly immaterial to the ride itself.
Given the “musical adventure” preparing for Mardi Gras while encountering friends setup, that seems like a strong possibility. Otherwise, there is going to be a lot–too much–story being told throughout the ride. As much as Imagineering loves “story” these days, I don’t think they’ll make that mistake.
Many fans have wondered why Tiana’s Bayou Adventure isn’t simply revisiting the story of The Princess and the Frog, its villains and music. After all, that could make sense with the existing ‘pacing’ of Splash Mountain and its climactic lift hill. This is a fair point, and definitely seems like the less risky approach.
With that said, I vehemently (but respectfully) disagree with those of you who think that. I am very glad that Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is not simply a “book report” style attraction. Retelling the movie in CliffNotes fashion often falls flat, and makes the guest feel like passive observers rather than active participants.
This is something Imagineer Tony Baxter has ranted against for years, and you’ve probably heard his thoughts on it if you’ve heard him speak at a D23 event or on a podcast. If he’s truly an advisor on Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, I suspect he would’ve pushed hard against the reimagined ride doing that.
Personally, I will take the potential gamble of the “missing ingredient” narrative device and something fresh. This approach does have higher potential risk than simply retelling the movie, but it also has greater potential reward.
Ultimately, it’s interesting to hear details about Tiana’s Foods and how that’ll play out in the queue for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure. Even though the broad strokes of this story does absolutely nothing for me, it also doesn’t worry me. There’s a lot of backstory that I wouldn’t care for if only reading a synopsis, and yet, works well in its actual setting and for the purposes of establishing a backdrop or jumping off point for the attraction itself.
My hope is that this is the case with Tiana’s Foods. I’d personally prefer the queue become a Spinal Tap-style documentary about how Princess Tiana met The Swamp Boys, helped reinvent the group, and they all became the first female-led boy band. (The plot of the ride could be a caper about their disappeared drummer!)
That is, sadly, not what we are getting. The Tiana’s Foods setup not appealing to me at this point also doesn’t mean it’ll be poorly done or uninteresting. I’m in full ‘wait and see’ mode with Tiana’s Bayou Adventure. It’s a high stakes project, and both Imagineering and company executives undoubtedly understand this and are going to do everything in their power to ensure that the end result delivers.
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YOUR THOUGHTS
Thoughts on the Tiana’s Foods backstory for the queue? Disappointed that the backstory isn’t a Spinal Tap-style documentary about The Swamp Boys and Tiana? Do you agree or disagree that the missing ingredient is likely a MacGuffin? How much of the current attraction (e.g. random musical critter AAs) are you expecting to appear in the reimagined version? Excited for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure? Expectations regarding the Splash Mountain reimagining timeline? Think they can finish it by late 2024? Keep the comments civil, as this is not the place for politically-charged arguing, culture wars, antagonism, personal attacks, or cheap shots. We will be heavy-handed in deleting any comments that cross the line, irrespective of viewpoint. You are not going to change anyone’s mind via the comments section on this blog, nor are you going to change Disney’s priorities. If you wish to shout your outrage into the internet abyss, that’s why Facebook was invented.
Sounds really stupid to me.
Splash Mountain was a VERY popular ride. Should not be changed!
A backstory doesn’t mean ignoring the original story. Frozen Ever After technically comes after Frozen but we still see Elsa singing Let it Go in the ice castle. I hope the same is true with this attraction. We need to hear the familiar songs from the film and we need to see the familiar characters. It would be a huge mistake if Dr. Facilier isn’t in the attraction singing Friends on the Other Side. And this could easily be incorporate if he was presented as coming through himself from the other side. It will be a shame if Tiana and Naveen don’t show up as frogs; after all, that’s the whole point of the fairytale. I really don’t understand why the Imagineers felt a new backstory was necessary. I personally wish they had simply told the original story.
“It will be a shame if Tiana and Naveen don’t show up as frogs; after all, that’s the whole point of the fairytale.”
I’d be surprised if they do for a few reasons. One is simply the limitations of on-ride tech and storytelling versus a movie. Frog characters in the attraction could fall flat, blending in with the other background characters instead of standing out as the stars.
I’ll reserve judgement, but honestly I’m not too optimistic and fear this will be a major disappointment. Like many, I was a huge fan of Splash Mtn. I do think Princess and the Frog can easily be woven into the ride for a fun retheme. I just hope Disney tries to stick with entertaining story telling and leaves the social-political statements out of it! Unfortunately, too many of the current decision makers can’t seem to help themselves. I go to Disney World to be entertained and emersed in fantasy, NOT to be lectured!
As someone who looooves deep and tedious backstories (I’m a huge Star Wars fan, so tedious backstory is basically all I consume), this actually really excites me. I can also see the potential for lots of gags and hints in the queue that tell this backstory in a fun, non-tedious way if executed properly. I’m still very much stoked for this retheme, as I have a much stronger emotional connection to the characters of Princess and the Frog than I do to Song of the South. I just hope that Disney delivers!
Well, you have a lot to be excited about. If the Jungle Cruise reimagining was any indication, we’ll get a slow trickle of info about the backstory of Tiana’s Bayou Adventure. Given that not much else is in development for Walt Disney World after TRON, I’d expect lots of minor details released to gradually build hype for this.
I thought this backstory was extremely tedious and boring. And a food collective seems a little ahead of the time period does it not? Anyway, I’m relieved this is just the queue and not the ride itself. I think they should just concentrate on an amazing ride and leave the backstory of the queue unpublished and available for us to discover as we go through.
I mean, the movie itself isn’t exactly accurate to the time period, because Tiana and her family are treated way too kindly by the white residents of New Orleans. It’s definitely supposed to be a romanticized version of the time period.
Just a quick bit of background; The Swamp Boys weren’t created for Splash Mountain. They were a major part of the old America Sings attraction that had many of the animatronics reused. (The Can-Can geese at the bottom of the drop were from the Gay 90’s scene in America Sings for example) I would love to see them further fleshed out, but I’ve always loved that poster in the Splash Mountain queue.
I will definitely take a wait and see attitude with this backstory. I’m incredibly excited for the original story and to see my old America Sings friends again.
I knew about the America Sings connection–as a direct result of “researching” the Swamp Boys back in 2010 or so when I first discovered that poster. Since then, America Sings has been high on my list of attractions I never got a chance to see that I wish I had!
I wouldn’t be surprised if Imagineering creates more nods to America Sings in the new ride. I’m guessing that longtime Disneyland fans would go crazy for that.
If anyone is curious, the complete audio track for America Sings was remastered and released on a Disneyland Forever CD and on the 50th Disneyland multi-CD track. Even when I had only been to DL once versus 20+ trips to WDW, I found it fascinating. I’d highly recommend checking it out, especially for fans of the Country Bear Jamboree (musical tour of Americana with AA animals).
I missed the detail in my initial read that this was for the queue. I’m excited for this ride, and I fully support the removal of Splash Mountain, but I wanna hear about why this ride is gonna be super fun and magical, not the ownership structure of Tiana’s fictional restaurant.
It made me think of Billy Eichner’s movie from last year, Bros, which was a super fun and funny gay romantic comedy, but the marketing all centred around how ~important a film~ it was, which turned people off. They should have just told them how fun and funny it was.
Tell me why this ride is gonna be so fun and great, not about fictional “locally sourced art” or whatever :/
I could not agree more. In fact, I actually used Bros and its marketing as an example in the post about Disney ruining its reputation, but felt it would be too off-topic. https://www.disneytouristblog.com/is-disney-ruining-its-reputation/
I similarly worry that Disney is going to focus too much of its PR on authenticity and significance with this ride–but that’s not why people go to theme parks.
So, to most guests who don’t know the backstory, it sounds like some of the outside will be plussed up so that we’re walking around a farm in at least part of the line.
(I smell a Haunted Mansion-esque interactive queue, but that’s just a guess.)
I’d be shocked if there’s a Haunted Mansion style interactive queue; that initiative died several years ago. Always possible that it’s revisited, but I’d be surprised. (Play Disney Parks integration, on the other hand…)
this is a fantastic article, I was expecting less and more clickbaityness, not a genuinely interesting analysis and opinion piece. I don’t usually comment on articles (especially not about splash mountain/tiana) but this was great. also, seconded that simian shinnanigans is the greatest
Always appreciate your thoughtful takes on Disney news when it’s released! I always seek out your reviews because they usually prevent me from spouting nonsense on social media (i.e. considering things I hadn’t thought of). Love your fascination of the Swamp Boys throughout! I can’t believe I never noticed that poster as it is likely a shoutout to their performance as original audio-animatronics in America Sings. They sang the rousing folk song, Polly Wolly Doodle in that beloved attraction! Anyways, curious to see how everything pans out with Tiana’s Foods and the rest of the attraction. Thanks for always keeping things in proper perspective!
I rode the original splash for first time this past December (4times) glad I was able to experience it. Having never seen the princess snd the frog – I have no opinion on the story. I’m hopeful it will be a fun retheming. Time will tell . The food aspect sounds kind of boring but ultimately we are there for the drops.
Spoiler – The missing ingredient is “you”
Cannibalism? Now I’m on board
I was going to write the same thing. Tiana meets the Twilight Zone. OMG it’s a cookbook!!!! as we are dropped into a cauldron of boiling water.
Or Tiana’s Soylent Green.
I’m just hoping the story makes sense to those of us who still haven’t seen The Princess and the Frog…
Why does this backstory sound like “ listen to the land” with s big wet drop at the end? Sure hope it’s better than it sounds!
I knew I could come here to read a thoughtful and informed take on these new details. After Rise and Guardians, I’m surprised some fans seem to have little faith in the Imagineers.
I am happy that it isn’t going to be a retelling of the movie but I do wish Dr. Facilier would make an appearance as he is one of my fave villains. I know he got pulled into the other side at the end of the movie but that doesn’t mean he couldn’t come back.
Dr. Facilier is one of the all-time great villains (IMO), so I definitely feel that. I really hope Villains Land is in the cards for Magic Kingdom and he finds a home there, if not here.
I am a HUGE fan of splash mountain and the critters and the story of Brer Rabbit. I too used to look into the houses in the que and imagine this world of critters and how they lived wishing I could jump into the story or shrink down and go into their little homes.
I was ok with the reimagination of the ride though. It’s nostalgia that keeps us holding so tight to the old, but my son doesnt have the same connection to it I do, while he does enjoy it. We have to keep the wonderment and magic going for them, the next generations, it’s selfish to hang on sometimes.
I could just SEE the adventure of riding down the river through the swamps with the frogs and their friends, with the amazing music and fireflys twinkling; the shadowman chasing me down to the depths of bayou. I totally got why someone was inspired to pick this movie to change the ride to.
Then I saw the “Tianas Foods” angle and I was so disappointed. A salt mine? Store bought food chain? Or food ingredient supplier? I’m not sure but it feels generic. What happened to the restaurant full of warmth & down home New Orleans soul food?
I immediately thought it was an attempt to “correct” the movie narrative, which I don’t think there is anything wrong with. It got a ton of criticism for having the 1st black princess being in “frog” form for the majority of the movie giving her less visibility which has some merit. Then the new age we live in, where princesses *need* to be a success in work without love or a prince by their side. (There is a lot to unpack there on both sides so I’ll leave it alone). No matter the problems with movies from the past, I don’t like the rewriting of stories to change the narrative to new mindsets.
Now I read your blog and I am ready to jump in and hate the story, but you gave me a different perspective. The idea that just doing a “book report” on the movie, which I admit is what I had in mind, actually makes it less engaging never occurred to me.
I have that deep nostalgia for PP like everyone else. What wrong with being *in* the movie?? But then I think of what they could do with it now, to board a pirate ship, explore hangmans tree, or have an adventure at mermaid lagoon!!? You do get glimpses of this of course and get to “fly”, but one of the best parts of the ride is actually the que. Visiting the Darling home, seeing all the nuggets of nostalgia in the nursery, to get to interact with Tink! What fun it is. Maybe that’s why it remains beloved all these decades later.
Then I think of Little Mermaid or Frozen Ever After, they are a bit boring and I can watch that “ride” anytime I want by turning on the movie. You are right, it IS less engaging! While fun and filled with the music that made the movies such a success, the rides maybe won’t stand the test of time.
Diving into your imagination in a different or new adventure with your favorite characters, expanding their world, is something you would only be able to get at WDW and therefore, MAGICAL. Like peering into those little critter houses as a child and letting my imagination soar. (I hope it stays loaded with critters!)
I’ll wait to see if they create a world that captures our imagination and heart, one we wish we could stay in and can’t wait to visit again. Or if it’s a *too quick* overlay on top of a beloved story; replaced with a rewritten or flat version of a beloved princess that misses by a mile. A missing food ingredient doesn’t excite my imagination, & it feels like a missed opportunity. I so want to be proved wrong though.
I’m wanting a jubilant and musical adventure on the bayou, and now I have new hope, thanks to you, that this *new chapter* angle can actually give it more depth rather than just a shallow attempt to appease critics of the film.
Like you, I’ll wait to decide, I sure am rooting for it!
Totally agree. I’m still very nervous about this, but hoping that Imagineering is given the time and resources to make TBA something special.
And just to be clear, it’s not me who is right–it’s Tony Baxter. If you have the chance, it’s worth finding and listening to old podcast interviews with him. I don’t recall which one (sorry!) but it was around 2009 or 2010, and he did a great job explaining why Peter Pan’s Flight is the original “interactive” ride and how putting guests in the middle of the story is so much more compelling than having them be passive observers of it.
Thanks for the recommendation, will do! This is my favorite blog because you have the ability to be objective and biased at the same time, which I don’t know how you do. The real appreciation I have for you, is that your fascination with this park is coupled with deep knowledge of its history and desire for understanding of its inner workings. Thanks for sharing it with us all.
and we were worried that the new ride wouldn’t be as good. congratulations it looks like this one will be about as good as stitch attraction
“I’d personally prefer the queue become a Spinal Tap-style documentary…”
I assume you’re a Best in Show fan as well. Since becoming a Disney parks fan, I’ve come to believe there is so much fodder for a great mockumentary in the Disney parks realm.
I’m a fan of just about anything with Fred Willard and Eugene Levy, and of course John Michael Higgins is a Disney pre-show legend.
With that said, I didn’t love Best in Show. I don’t dislike it, just expected a bit more.
It’ll be interesting. Some rides I hate to see changed, but this one I have no feelings either way. After reading this, I’m looking forward to seeing the ride but I’m pretty sure I’ll be calling it splash for years and years to come. It’s a lot easier than the lengthy new name.
For whatever reason, my brain has decided that this attraction is called “Tiana’s Bayou Bash.” Every time I edit a new article, I have to remove instances of that name that I’ve accidentally written.
I’d thus propose a new name: Splash Mountain ~ Tiana’s Bayou Bash!
That way, you and other existing fans can call it Splash Mountain and I can call it Tiana’s Bayou Bash. (Honestly shocked that they didn’t do something like this–Splash Mountain is such an iconic brand and that would’ve been a best of both worlds approach.)
I agree. Disney marketing has done a poor job of name selection lately. This. Lightning lanes, individual lightning lanes, Genie+, etc. Eveything is a mouthful to say, or doesn’t have a good flow or catchiness to it. Splash mountain is easy to say. Tina’s Bayou adventure is not. I still will say splash and I still say fastpass.
The way Disney has been naming things lately, I’m honestly surprised they didn’t call it “Tiana’s cooperative missing ingredient caper and bayou adventure where you may get wet”
Every time Tom writes ILL my internal monologue reads Illegal Lightning Lanes for some reason.
“Every time Tom writes ILL my internal monologue reads Illegal Lightning Lanes for some reason.”
They should be!