diff --git a/web/js/containers/tour.js b/web/js/containers/tour.js
index 5a9e1c4d7a..42c5d20022 100644
--- a/web/js/containers/tour.js
+++ b/web/js/containers/tour.js
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ import {
 import {
   clearCustoms,
 } from '../modules/palettes/actions';
-import { BULK_PALETTE_RENDERING_SUCCESS } from '../modules/palettes/constants';
+import {
+  BULK_PALETTE_RENDERING_SUCCESS,
+  BULK_PALETTE_PRELOADING_SUCCESS,
+} from '../modules/palettes/constants';
 import { stop as stopAnimation } from '../modules/animation/actions';
 import { onClose as closeModal } from '../modules/modal/actions';
 import { LOCATION_POP_ACTION } from '../redux-location-state-customs';
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@ import { changeTab as changeTabAction } from '../modules/sidebar/actions';
 import ErrorBoundary from './error-boundary';
 import history from '../main';
 import util from '../util/util';
+import { promiseImageryForTour } from '../modules/map/util';
 
 const { HIDE_TOUR } = safeLocalStorage.keys;
 
@@ -51,6 +55,14 @@ const getTransitionAttr = function(transition) {
   return '';
 };
 
+const prepareLayersList = function(layersString, config) {
+  let layers;
+  layers = layersParse12(layersString, config);
+  layers = uniqBy(layers, 'id');
+  layers = layers.filter((layer) => !layer.custom && !layer.disabled);
+  return layers;
+};
+
 class Tour extends React.Component {
   constructor(props) {
     super(props);
@@ -138,7 +150,7 @@ class Tour extends React.Component {
 
   selectTour(e, currentStory, currentStoryIndex, currentStoryId) {
     const {
-      config, renderedPalettes, selectTour, processStepLink, isKioskModeActive, isEmbedModeActive,
+      config, renderedPalettes, selectTour, processStepLink, isKioskModeActive, isEmbedModeActive, preProcessStepLink, promiseImageryForTour,
     } = this.props;
     if (e) e.preventDefault();
     const kioskParam = this.getKioskParam(isKioskModeActive);
@@ -165,6 +177,11 @@ class Tour extends React.Component {
       config,
       renderedPalettes,
     );
+    preProcessStepLink(
+      `${currentStory.steps[1].stepLink}&tr=${currentStoryId}${transitionParam}${kioskParam}&em=${isEmbedModeActive}`,
+      config,
+      promiseImageryForTour,
+    );
   }
 
   fetchMetadata(currentStory, stepIndex) {
@@ -243,7 +260,7 @@ class Tour extends React.Component {
       currentStoryId,
     } = this.state;
     const {
-      config, renderedPalettes, processStepLink, isKioskModeActive, activeTab, changeTab, isEmbedModeActive,
+      config, renderedPalettes, processStepLink, isKioskModeActive, activeTab, changeTab, isEmbedModeActive, preProcessStepLink, promiseImageryForTour,
     } = this.props;
     const kioskParam = this.getKioskParam(isKioskModeActive);
 
@@ -264,6 +281,13 @@ class Tour extends React.Component {
         config,
         renderedPalettes,
       );
+      if (currentStep + 2 <= totalSteps) {
+        preProcessStepLink(
+          `${currentStory.steps[newStep].stepLink}&tr=${currentStoryId}${transitionParam}${kioskParam}&em=${isEmbedModeActive}`,
+          config,
+          promiseImageryForTour,
+        );
+      }
     }
     if (currentStep + 1 === totalSteps + 1) {
       this.toggleModalInProgress(e);
@@ -522,6 +546,33 @@ const mapDispatchToProps = (dispatch) => ({
       dispatch({ type: LOCATION_POP_ACTION, payload: location });
     }
   },
+  preProcessStepLink: async (search, config, promiseImageryForTour) => {
+    search = search.split('/?').pop();
+    const parameters = util.fromQueryString(search);
+    let layersA = [];
+    let layersB = [];
+    const promisesParams = [];
+
+    if (parameters.l) {
+      layersA = prepareLayersList(parameters.l, config);
+      promisesParams.push({ layers: layersA, dateString: parameters.t });
+    }
+    if (parameters.l1) {
+      layersB = prepareLayersList(parameters.l1, config);
+      promisesParams.push({ layers: layersB, dateString: parameters.t1, activeString: 'activeB' });
+    }
+    preloadPalettes([...layersA, ...layersB], {}, false).then(async (obj) => {
+      await dispatch({
+        type: BULK_PALETTE_PRELOADING_SUCCESS,
+        tourStoryPalettes: obj.rendered,
+      });
+      const promises = [];
+      promisesParams.forEach((set) => {
+        promises.push(promiseImageryForTour(set.layers, set.dateString, set.activeString));
+      });
+      await Promise.all(promises);
+    });
+  },
   startTour: () => {
     dispatch(startTourAction());
   },
@@ -561,6 +612,7 @@ const mapStateToProps = (state) => {
     screenHeight,
     renderedPalettes: palettes.rendered,
     activeTab: sidebar.activeTab,
+    promiseImageryForTour: (layers, dateString, activeString) => promiseImageryForTour(state, layers, dateString, activeString),
   };
 };
 
@@ -582,6 +634,7 @@ Tour.propTypes = {
   isActive: PropTypes.bool,
   isKioskModeActive: PropTypes.bool,
   processStepLink: PropTypes.func,
+  preProcessStepLink: PropTypes.func,
   renderedPalettes: PropTypes.object,
   resetProductPicker: PropTypes.func,
   screenHeight: PropTypes.number,
diff --git a/web/js/map/layerbuilder.js b/web/js/map/layerbuilder.js
index 280807ea5a..d4bd1b4ae7 100644
--- a/web/js/map/layerbuilder.js
+++ b/web/js/map/layerbuilder.js
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ export default function mapLayerBuilder(config, cache, store) {
       previousDate,
     } = getRequestDates(def, options);
     const date = closestDate;
-    if (date) {
+    if (date && !options.date) {
       options.date = date;
     }
     const dateOptions = { date, nextDate, previousDate };
diff --git a/web/js/modules/map/util.js b/web/js/modules/map/util.js
index 5e1cdc65ee..c4bd264e1b 100644
--- a/web/js/modules/map/util.js
+++ b/web/js/modules/map/util.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import OlRendererCanvasTileLayer from 'ol/renderer/canvas/TileLayer';
 import Promise from 'bluebird';
 import { encode } from '../link/util';
 import { getActiveVisibleLayersAtDate } from '../layers/selectors';
+import { tryCatchDate } from '../date/util';
 
 /*
  * Set default extent according to time of day:
@@ -305,3 +306,43 @@ export async function promiseImageryForTime(state, date, activeString) {
   selected.getView().changed();
   return date;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Trigger tile requests for all given layers on a given date.
+ * @method promiseImageryForTour
+ */
+export async function promiseImageryForTour(state, layers, dateString, activeString) {
+  const { map } = state;
+  if (!map.ui.proj) return;
+  const {
+    cache, selected, createLayer, layerKey,
+  } = map.ui;
+  const appNow = lodashGet(state, 'date.appNow');
+  const date = tryCatchDate(dateString, appNow);
+  await Promise.all(layers.map(async (layer) => {
+    if (layer.type === 'granule' || layer.type === 'ttiler') {
+      return Promise.resolve();
+    }
+    const options = { date, group: activeString || 'active' };
+    const keys = [];
+    if (layer.custom) {
+      keys.push(`palette=${layer.custom}`);
+    }
+    if (layer.min) {
+      keys.push(`min=${layer.min}`);
+    }
+    if (layer.max) {
+      keys.push(`max=${layer.max}`);
+    }
+    if (layer.squash) {
+      keys.push('squash');
+    }
+    if (keys.length > 0) {
+      options.style = keys.join(',');
+    }
+
+    const key = layerKey(layer, options, state);
+    const layerGroup = cache.getItem(key) || await createLayer(layer, options);
+    return promiseLayerGroup(layerGroup, selected);
+  }));
+}
diff --git a/web/js/modules/palettes/constants.js b/web/js/modules/palettes/constants.js
index a843678b0f..0fed270830 100644
--- a/web/js/modules/palettes/constants.js
+++ b/web/js/modules/palettes/constants.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export const CLEAR_CUSTOMS = 'PALETTES/CLEAR_CUSTOMS';
 export const SET_CUSTOM = 'PALETTES/SET_CUSTOM';
 export const LOADED_CUSTOM_PALETTES = 'PALETTES/LOADED_CUSTOM_PALETTES';
 export const BULK_PALETTE_RENDERING_SUCCESS = 'PALETTES/BULK_PALETTE_RENDERING_SUCCESS';
+export const BULK_PALETTE_PRELOADING_SUCCESS = 'PALETTES/BULK_PALETTE_PRELOADING_SUCCESS';
 
 export const PALETTE_STRINGS_PERMALINK_ARRAY = [
   'palette',
diff --git a/web/js/modules/palettes/reducers.js b/web/js/modules/palettes/reducers.js
index 8bd01dc404..1bc7f31ade 100644
--- a/web/js/modules/palettes/reducers.js
+++ b/web/js/modules/palettes/reducers.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   SET_THRESHOLD_RANGE_AND_SQUASH,
   LOADED_CUSTOM_PALETTES,
   BULK_PALETTE_RENDERING_SUCCESS,
+  BULK_PALETTE_PRELOADING_SUCCESS,
   CLEAR_CUSTOM,
   SET_DISABLED_CLASSIFICATION,
 } from './constants';
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ export const defaultPaletteState = {
   active: {},
   activeB: {},
   isLoading: {},
+  tourStoryPalettes: {},
 };
 export function getInitialPaletteState(config) {
   const rendered = lodashGet(config, 'palettes.rendered') || {};
@@ -46,6 +48,10 @@ export function paletteReducer(state = defaultPaletteState, action) {
       return update(state, {
         rendered: { $merge: action.rendered || {} },
       });
+    case BULK_PALETTE_PRELOADING_SUCCESS:
+      return update(state, {
+        tourStoryPalettes: { $merge: action.tourStoryPalettes || {} },
+      });
     case REQUEST_PALETTE_SUCCESS: {
       const isLoading = update(state.isLoading, { $unset: [action.id] });
       return lodashAssign({}, state, {
diff --git a/web/js/modules/palettes/selectors.js b/web/js/modules/palettes/selectors.js
index 08d317456b..48362bee5b 100644
--- a/web/js/modules/palettes/selectors.js
+++ b/web/js/modules/palettes/selectors.js
@@ -350,15 +350,16 @@ export function getKey(layerId, groupStr, state) {
     return '';
   }
   const def = getPalette(layerId, undefined, groupStr, state);
+  const { values } = getPalette(layerId, 0, groupStr, state).entries;
   const keys = [];
   if (def.custom) {
     keys.push(`palette=${def.custom}`);
   }
   if (def.min) {
-    keys.push(`min=${def.min}`);
+    keys.push(`min=${getMinValue(values[def.min])}`);
   }
   if (def.max) {
-    keys.push(`max=${def.max}`);
+    keys.push(`max=${getMinValue(values[def.max])}`);
   }
   if (def.squash) {
     keys.push('squash');