News Splash Mountain retheme to Princess and the Frog - Tiana's Bayou Adventure

[Midwest Elitist]

That's what I thought as well since they are still playing Zip-A-Dee -Do -Dah and Laughing Place in Florida at the entrance.

are they really?

I heard they took it off the Opening show, but supposedly that was because they were running B Roll as the characters aren't meet and greeting.

 

[Basil of Baker Street]

I just wanted to write an essay during my lunch break (lol). So a couple things:

I'm not incredibly sad about the remake news, except for one thing: the music. I think Splash at MK has some of the best queue music in the whole resort. The country / bluegrass covers of the songs in the movie are fantastic (I love the acoustic Zip version). I would hope Disney would keep the music playing in Frontierland, but it seems like they are going full on stupid and removing all of it anyways. That's the part that hurts the most. The ride is one thing, but the music is what I truly remember. Space Mountain still has the best queue music, but Splash's is so good at setting the theme.

Another thing I hadn't realized, since I haven't been to parks in 3 years (but I will in 2 weeks ), the entrance to Splash Mountain is on the complete other side of the train tracks. This is kind of a theming problem, but what I think could work is if they have two versions of music again, like current Splash between DL / MK. If they actually put in the effort (we know they won't) to cover some of the PATF songs in that same bluegrassy style, that would ease the theme a bit and I can totally see how they can do that as I'm listening to the songs right now.

So they can make this work if they try, but I'm wondering how difficult it will be to basically raze all of the interiors. It's sad that us Disney nerds know so much more about this stuff in comparison to the executives who run the company, I don't think they understand fully what they are doing.

I agree. The music is the best part.

I don't really care one way or another about a re-theme I suppose though I'd rather it stay if I had a choice. My problem is I know it won't be done right.

 

[Midwest Elitist]

This is the track I'm talking about in the above comment:

 

[Disney Analyst]

Delayed I don’t know but it certainly won’t be ready this year. Or next. Or next.

I was mostly surprise to see them saying they have confirmed WDW will start first. I know many on here thought Disneyland would be the first to go under the knife.

 

[celluloid]

I was mostly surprise to see them saying they have confirmed WDW will start first. I know many on here thought Disneyland would be the first to go under the knife.

Which is sooner, never or not happening?

 

[Kirby86]

are they really?

I heard they took it off the Opening show, but supposedly that was because they were running B Roll as the characters aren't meet and greeting.

Last time I went in August both were playing at the entrance. I heard Zip while waiting to get on the Ferry to enter and Laughing Place on it while I was leaving.

 

[Incomudro]

Delayed I don’t know but it certainly won’t be ready this year. Or next. Or next.

Great to know!
I've finally re-booked our family trip for March '22, in place of our previous booking that we had to cancel when th epark closed due to covid.
Hard to believe that'll be close to two years ago when our trip roll around.
I'm glad Splash will still be there, so I can savor what is one more time.

 

[dig311dug]

Delayed I don’t know but it certainly won’t be ready this year. Or next. Or next.

every "or next." makes me exponentially happier.

 

[doctornick]

I was mostly surprise to see them saying they have confirmed WDW will start first. I know many on here thought Disneyland would be the first to go under the knife.

I don't think that Mousechat generally has good information about WDW, so at this point I'd take it with a grain of salt.

 

[GimpYancIent]

I will take all this serious when the ride shuts down and the construction walls / scrim go up.

 

[matt9112]

So when can the folks who want the retheme start complaining that disney is taking too long?

 

[LittleBuford]

So when can the folks who want the retheme start complaining that disney is taking too long?

In this thread at least, most of the complaints about Disney's slowness have come (derisively) from those opposed to the retheme ("How hypocritical of Disney! They say the ride is racist yet sit on their hands and continue to operate it!"). As someone who loves the current version but also understands why the retheme is happening, I'm more than happy to let things unfold slowly. Quality, and not speed, is of the essence for me.

 

[EagleScout610]

Delayed I don’t know but it certainly won’t be ready this year. Or next. Or next.

Disney fan media outlets in 2025 when Splash still exists:

 

[Animaniac93-98]

"Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the announcement of our intent to change Splash Mountain by riding Tiana's Bayou Splash, opening this week!"

 

[EagleScout610]

"Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the announcement of our intent to change Splash Mountain by riding Tiana's Bayou Splash, opening this week!"

Disney talking about the project:

 

[DisneyDodo]

By the time the first ladders go up for this retheme, we’ll be pining for the good ol’ days when Disney could build brand new attractions like GotG:CR and Tron in only 4-5 years.

 

[celluloid]

By the time the first ladders go up for this retheme, we’ll be pining for the good ol’ days when Disney could build brand new attractions like GotG:CR and Tron in only 4-5 years.

Sadly by the time this happens, those will still be the new attractions.

 

[tanc]

I was thinking, given that Splash has horrible maintenance, what are the chances in 30 years it gets rethemed again? If they didn't take care of it the first time, what makes you think they'll properly retain it when they retheme it.

 

[MisterPenguin]

I was thinking, given that Splash has horrible maintenance, what are the chances in 30 years it gets rethemed again? If they didn't take care of it the first time, what makes you think they'll properly retain it when they retheme it.

It's not getting rethemed due to maintenance issues.

 

[DisneyDodo]

I was thinking, given that Splash has horrible maintenance, what are the chances in 30 years it gets rethemed again? If they didn't take care of it the first time, what makes you think they'll properly retain it when they retheme it.

30 years is a very long time. It wouldn’t imply the PatF retheme was catastrophic if it lasted 30 years. That’s how long DHS has been around and not a single opening-day attraction remains.