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News Splash Mountain retheme to Princess and the Frog - Tiana's Bayou Adventure
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It took them about a decade and a half to get Princess Tiana her own attraction and 30 years to get an entire Star Wars Land going, their creativity and drive have little to do with it as they miss the obvious all of the time.
Disney Glimpses
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This project will almost certainly be delayed by a considerable amount of time.
UNCgolf
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At both Disneyland and Disney World or just at WDW?
It's hard for them to delay it much longer at WDW unless they're going to actually spend money on the current attraction. It's essentially falling apart.
CaptainAmerica
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I thought I just saw a "hey look they fixed some effects on WDW Splash" ride-through video somewhere.
UNCgolf
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That would be good news, especially if the changeover is delayed. I don't know if they'd be able to keep running it for another year or two in the state it was in.
Smiley/OCD
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Yes there’s many AA’s that are either not working or not 100%, but it’s NOT essentially falling apart…it’s not in danger of killing anyone like El Toro at Six Flags/GA by me…I understand you’re making a point, but now you’re exaggerating just a tad.
Show-wise, yes it's falling apart. I think that's what they meant
Smiley/OCD
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Again, it’s an embarrassment to TWDC, but it’s not falling apart…you’re not riding a regional park’s flume ride with no lights, no music and NO AA movement…I’d give it a C- not an F
This is true. It is really not at all different from lot of other attractions at the domestic parks right now.
Tha Realest
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You could say that Splash Mountain (1989) performing far better than Rise of the Resistance (2019) and the former doesn’t cost $20 per ride and is 30 years older!
I can imagine that opening of Tiana can be delayed from "Late 2024" to beyond, but I don't think closing of Splash will be delayed
Surferboy567
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Are we expecting them to announce a closing? Or is it just going to unceremoniously not be around after the January closure/refurb?
I don’t see how Splash lasts past the January closure/refurb.
I don’t see how Splash lasts past the January closure/refurb.
UNCgolf
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I'm not exaggerating -- the effects on the ride are (or at least were) essentially falling apart. I wasn't talking about the ride system itself or suggesting it was dangerous.
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gerarar
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Surprisingly (when it shouldn't be), they are actively fixing the effects on Rise as they come up, like overnight or within a day or two at most. Kylo AA has become much much reliable in recent months that it's in A-mode more than B-mode. This is the way it should be, for any ride.
Only exception is the cannons of course lol.
Also seems like majority of the issues with Dinosaur was eventually resolved, only took like a couple months..
Really sad to see how Splash has been left to rot tho, show-wise.
They have many more hours a night to fix it. Not to mention all the after-hour events MK has in comparison.
I am sure there is less care to bring Splash back up to any big par than good faith as they know the end is likely near, but its no different really than the state of affairs that Carousel of Progress, Big Thunder and many other MK situations are in.
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