News Tiana's Bayou Adventure - latest details and construction progress

[DCBaker]

Photos from around the area today. Some vines and moss have been added to the rockwork on the left side, along with the windows being blocked out at the shop.

 

[Doberge]

Do we know if Te Fiti has a cousin on da bayou?

 

[mpaulam]

Do we know if Te Fiti has a cousin on da bayou?

I definitely got Moana vibes from some of those pictures!

 

[jpinkc]

Still not as good looking as Splash. IMHO

 

[EagleScout610]

Still not as good looking as Splash. IMHO

That's the truth. That's actual.

 

[dmw]

That's the truth. That's actual.

not satisfactual?

 

[Magicart87]

It needed a striking willow tree.

While it's not regionally accurate, a weeping willow does lend itself to the bayou vibe.
*Ignore the smokestack shack, I was just toying around with an idea that didn't quite land.

 

[JoeCamel]

Is that a hidden mickey or Sylvester the cat above the drop or am I too deep in the cups?

 

[Magicart87]

Great pic but Ugh! Like a green puckered... bundt cake.

 

[MisterPenguin]

While it's not regionally accurate, a weeping willow does lend itself to the bayou vibe.

My quick interwebbing says that weeping willows were introduced in the U.S. in the late 1700s.

They are 'hardy' in zones 4-10, which includes all of Louisiana.

Finding other pictures of weeping willows in the region is exhausting since the Spanish Moss makes every tree look like a weeping willow.

 

[Magicart87]

My quick interwebbing says that weeping willows were introduced in the U.S. in the late 1700s.

They are 'hardy' in zones 4-10, which includes all of Louisiana.

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Finding other pictures of weeping willows in the region is exhausting since the Spanish Moss makes every tree look like a weeping willow.

I guess it would makes sense to add a few throughout. Maybe they'll add some to the queue.

 

[SilentWindODoom]

“They’re going to fix the logs” feels wish-casty in the same way that the salt mine stuff was just going to be negligible backstory which wouldn’t manifest in or near the attraction.

Who on earth cares if the existing caves have white crystals on the walls or not?

While it's not regionally accurate, a weeping willow does lend itself to the bayou vibe.
*Ignore the smokestack shack, I was just toying around with an idea that didn't quite land.

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That looks cool, but it would have the opposite of the effect. A small tree makes it look taller and it needs to look smaller.

 

[Magicart87]

Who on earth cares if the existing caves have white crystals on the walls or not?



That looks cool, but it would have the opposite of the effect. A small tree makes it look taller and it needs to look smaller.

Agreed.

 

[MisterPenguin]

and it needs to look smaller

Why?

 

[JustInTime]

Why?

Because salt mines typically aren’t super tall and don’t match NOLA scenery. They are dwarfing the “mountain” on purpose.

 

[Bocabear]

Because salt mines typically aren’t super tall and don’t match NOLA scenery. They are dwarfing the “mountain” on purpose.

it doesn't actually look smaller...but honestly, it's a ride...in order for this ride to actually work, it needs to be tall... that is the fact. I don't think it really matters... Splash was supposed to be a hill in rural Georgia...and we, the riders were supposed to be the size of critters... (hence the giant thorns in the briar patch)... so the height at this point isn't really an issue... it is what it is...

 

[Incomudro]

Because salt mines typically aren’t super tall and don’t match NOLA scenery. They are dwarfing the “mountain” on purpose.

????

 

[Magicart87]

it is what it is...

Imagineering 202whatever.

 

[Brer Oswald]

Who on earth cares if the existing caves have white crystals on the walls or not?



That looks cool, but it would have the opposite of the effect. A small tree makes it look taller and it needs to look smaller.

Why does it need to look smaller? Isn’t that counter intuitive to the type of ride this is? They should be trying to make a retheme that is as appealing of a flume ride as the previous version, if not moreso.

If they wanted to make an “accurate” New Orleans Bayou, then they would need to level the whole thing and start from scratch.

 

[SilentWindODoom]

Why?

Because then nobody can whine that there are no mountains in Louisiana.

Why does it need to look smaller? Isn’t that counter intuitive to the type of ride this is? They should be trying to make a retheme that is as appealing of a flume ride as the previous version, if not moreso.

If they wanted to make an “accurate” New Orleans Bayou, then they would need to level the whole thing and start from scratch.

Of course. But that would be a waste of resources and the outcry from those who were against the change would be overwhelming. But the large trees and water tower installed in the foreground seem to be classic forced perspective, reversing what was initially installed with the rockwork and trees getting smaller on the way up.

We've discussed a lot how the drama of the plunge is not in any way hindered by this. It still looks high, fast, and screamy.