diff --git a/encodings/dict/src/array.rs b/encodings/dict/src/array.rs
index 255355f198..1427921c35 100644
--- a/encodings/dict/src/array.rs
+++ b/encodings/dict/src/array.rs
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ impl ValidityVTable<DictArray> for DictEncoding {
 
 impl VisitorVTable<DictArray> for DictEncoding {
     fn accept(&self, array: &DictArray, visitor: &mut dyn ArrayVisitor) -> VortexResult<()> {
-        visitor.visit_child("values", &array.values())?;
-        visitor.visit_child("codes", &array.codes())
+        visitor.visit_child("codes", &array.codes())?;
+        visitor.visit_child("values", &array.values())
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/vortex-array/src/data/mod.rs b/vortex-array/src/data/mod.rs
index 11918ca8b1..8c6a0e999b 100644
--- a/vortex-array/src/data/mod.rs
+++ b/vortex-array/src/data/mod.rs
@@ -185,13 +185,19 @@ impl Array {
             InnerArray::Owned(_) => self,
             InnerArray::Viewed(v) => Array::try_new_owned(
                 self.vtable().clone(),
-                v.dtype.clone(),
+                self.dtype().clone(),
                 v.len,
-                v.flatbuffer()
-                    .metadata()
-                    .map(|bytes| v.flatbuffer.clone().into_inner().slice_ref(bytes.bytes())),
-                Some(v.buffers.iter().cloned().collect()),
-                Some(self.children().into()),
+                // v.flatbuffer()
+                //     .metadata()
+                //     .map(|bytes| v.flatbuffer.clone().into_inner().slice_ref(bytes.bytes())),
+                self.metadata_bytes().map(|b| ByteBuffer::copy_from(b)),
+                Some(self.byte_buffers().collect()),
+                Some(
+                    self.children()
+                        .into_iter()
+                        .map(|a| a.into_owned_array())
+                        .collect(),
+                ),
                 self.statistics().stats_set(),
             )
             .vortex_expect("Failed to create owned array"),
diff --git a/vortex-array/src/data/owned.rs b/vortex-array/src/data/owned.rs
index 4b6ccf9d79..26e7383ee6 100644
--- a/vortex-array/src/data/owned.rs
+++ b/vortex-array/src/data/owned.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::sync::RwLock;
 
+use itertools::Itertools;
 use vortex_buffer::ByteBuffer;
 use vortex_dtype::DType;
 use vortex_error::{vortex_bail, VortexResult};