ToTBellHop
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I think it’s more realistic than Splash Mountain ever was given it’s supposed setting.Lots of mountains covered in flowers in the bayou ....
I think it’s more realistic than Splash Mountain ever was given it’s supposed setting.Lots of mountains covered in flowers in the bayou ....
You just can’t see them as they are blocked by the countless employee owned food co-ops from the 1920’s.Lots of mountains covered in flowers in the bayou ....
Unlike this one, I don’t think it was ever trying to be “realistic”. It was just trying to blend in (and it did).I think it’s more realistic than Splash Mountain ever was given it’s supposed setting.
I think it looks great. Not sure what else they could do to make it look different.My thoughts exactly.
Seeing Splash minus the briars with just a bit more greenery on it, plus a water tower placed in front, would have been troubling.
Modern WDI literally removed the tension from Disneyland's Snow White ride.
Splash looked like it was supposed to though. It looked like the red clay hills depicted in the artwork for the story it was based upon.I think it’s more realistic than Splash Mountain ever was given it’s supposed setting.
The upper portion is supposed to be reminiscent of the flowers from this scene:Splash looked like it was supposed to though. It looked like the red clay hills depicted in the artwork for the story it was based upon.
TBA doesn't look like a bayou. It also doesn't look like anything in PatF. It just looks like they fired the groundskeeper for Splash Mountain and so the weeds grew in.
But the top doesn't look like that. That looks like the green banks of the bayou with shrubs and trees in a lush flat landscape. The TBA mountain looks like a mountain covered with ivy.The upper portion is supposed to be reminiscent of the flowers from this scene:
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The area at the base, assuming the model is accurate, is intended to bring in a bit more of the bayou feeling, with cattails, trees covered in Spanish moss, logs, lilies, etc.
Maybe they could have rethemed the Matterhorn to become Tiana's Bayou Adventure! All that Abominable Snowman needs is a taste of some kickin' gumbo!!Also just because here’s a picture of the Matterhorn I took this year.
I mean, world of motion was torn down to create Fast Track. Horizons was destroyed to make Mission Space. Country Bear Jamboree looks nothing like Pooh, other than the covered bridge in the queue. Big Thunder wasn't fitted onto the bones of Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland.Such is the problem inherit with redressing an existing ride instead of starting from scratch, either in a different location or tearing the whole thing down (which was never going to happen).
First, scaffolding looks to be coming down on the left of the flume. Secondly, regarding the mural, could you tell if it looked purposeful (aging, making it not look brand new) or on accident?From today. No pics but the mural that they painted outside the entrance to the queue has already started to get faded and smudged up top.
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Weirdly enough, I don’t think it looks that out of place next to Thunder… At least in these pictures and vantage points.From today. No pics but the mural that they painted outside the entrance to the queue has already started to get faded and smudged up top.
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My opinion is that it is not intentional because if it was intentional the weathering would be consistent throughout the whole piece, not just the top.First, scaffolding looks to be coming down on the left of the flume. Secondly, regarding the mural, could you tell if it looked purposeful (aging, making it not look brand new) or on accident?
It could be cheapness or laziness, I suppose. It could also be because this redesign was undertaken in response to a fundamentally unique problem. The ride system was not seen as outdated or boring; it remained much beloved. Rather, the change revolves around Disney’s desire to distance themselves from the IP the ride was originally based on. From that perspective, I’m not sure this approach is all that surprising. It’s a matter of keeping what they know works well.I mean, world of motion was torn down to create Fast Track. Horizons was destroyed to make Mission Space. Country Bear Jamboree looks nothing like Pooh, other than the covered bridge in the queue. Big Thunder wasn't fitted onto the bones of Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland.
Disney does have a capability and history to build a new attraction from the ground up or significantly change the facade. It's just the recent Disney is extremely cheap and lazy.
And Mission Breakout looks substantially different than what came before, and no one will ever confuse Cosmic Rewind for Universe of Energy.I mean, world of motion was torn down to create Fast Track. Horizons was destroyed to make Mission Space. Country Bear Jamboree looks nothing like Pooh, other than the covered bridge in the queue. Big Thunder wasn't fitted onto the bones of Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland.
Disney does have a capability and history to build a new attraction from the ground up or significantly change the facade. It's just the recent Disney is extremely cheap and lazy.
And Mission Breakout looks substantially different than what came before, and no one will ever confuse Cosmic Rewind for Universe of Energy.
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