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News Tiana's Bayou Adventure - latest details and construction progress
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YouMakeTheWorldGoRound
Active Member
Splash and most other classic Disney attractions worked so well because it was self contained. You could go in having no knowledge and you will come out knowing pretty much what happened. I have never low expectations TBA will be 1/10 as clear and concise.
Simply retelling PATF while not ideal would have fit decently. But this? Yikes.
Simply retelling PATF while not ideal would have fit decently. But this? Yikes.
Just a FYI:
There are now three Splash/TBA threads:
WDW's Construction Thread - Limited to the actual construction
WDW's General Discussion of TBA - For everything else related to TBA except rehashing why Splash was replaced, and of course, no politics or social commentary.
WDW previous discussion thread of the retheme is now closed and locked.
DL's Splash Being Replaced by TBA - Since construction hasn't started in DL, this is a catch-all thread for the DL retheme.
There are now three Splash/TBA threads:
WDW's Construction Thread - Limited to the actual construction
WDW's General Discussion of TBA - For everything else related to TBA except rehashing why Splash was replaced, and of course, no politics or social commentary.
WDW previous discussion thread of the retheme is now closed and locked.
DL's Splash Being Replaced by TBA - Since construction hasn't started in DL, this is a catch-all thread for the DL retheme.
SpectreJordan
Well-Known Member
Man, that post about the ride's backstory is something else. How bland & non-exciting.
After reading it, something donned on me about this ride. Why isn't the plot something about Tiana & friends going out west to find ingredients or to build a new restaurant? The adventure writes itself there & then you can have an actual mountain.
After reading it, something donned on me about this ride. Why isn't the plot something about Tiana & friends going out west to find ingredients or to build a new restaurant? The adventure writes itself there & then you can have an actual mountain.
How did that work out for Galactic Starcruiser ?
Basil of Baker Street
Well-Known Member
I wonder if they will construct a 50' log drop into a giant barrel of pickled peppers then dump you off in a hot sauce gift shop.
danlb_2000
Premium Member
Corrected that for you....
WDW's Construction Thread - Anything to do with the ride
WDW's General Discussion of TBA - Anything to do with the ride
WDW previous discussion thread of the retheme is now closed and locked.
DL's Splash Being Replaced by TBA - Anything to do with the ride
nor'easter
Well-Known Member
The Disney "imagineers" who came up with this ride description are an absolute travesty. Who gives a fig about that convoluted backstory screed? Maybe someone should remind them that they are developing a ride in a theme park, not a sociology paper.
Same as Shanghai, they keep lowering expectations and denial.
JordanBach_95
Member
Are they forgetting this story is for a log ride? It's hilarious how deep they're trying to make this.
MrPromey
Well-Known Member
Agreed.
Mk is not the place for that.
Save The Deep stuff for The Living Seas and maybe for an eventual Amazon Prime spinoff series.
I've seen that ride drained plenty of times and there can't be even three feet of water under those boats for most of it.
JordanBach_95
Member
The paragraphs of information that guests are required to read will be the queue entertainment.
SplashJacket
Well-Known Member
No, Imagineering still has immense creative talent, as evidenced by modern gems like Rise of the Resistance and Shanghai pirates.
The issue with modern Imagineering is there are too many chefs in the kitchen and not a firm grasp on a collective direction coinciding with an inflated sense of universal importance, and you get a jumbled attraction preaching nonsense down your throat.
Riding a ride about an employee-owned co-op staffed by underpaid employees and exploited college students will undoubtedly be a highlight.
Smiley/OCD
Well-Known Member
Justifying those trips to NOLA
This is true for sure, although a bit of column A and B. Many that helped with Rise and such have since retired. A lot of the old guard that were a part of things up until Shanghai finally left or retired. Shanghai's pirates was designed nearly a decade ago.
Rise of the Resistance was a lot of Scott Trowbridge and what he had originally planned for a Daily Planet ride for DC Island before Marvel was pushed for IOA.
The sensibilities are a lot gone, and the ones who are left as you say, have very little influence or trust because synergy is more important than creating something great in the medium first. Hence it being based on a series that has not even premiered yet.
And to bring it back to construction, we see this in the walls. The story of the series is being told, not necessarily the attraction.
jeanericuser001
Well-Known Member
Trash mountain is certainly starting to get its name as the story already sounds like something pulled out of the trash can.
_caleb
Well-Known Member
I think this overly-detailed, "convoluted" backstory is typical for most thoughtfully-designed themed attractions. The main difference here is that they're sharing it with the public like this so early in the process. Someone upthread shared the backstory document for Pandora, and it was similarly filled with details and in-world jargon while being short on narrative or emotional connections.
Based on other things we've seen, I don't think the document represents the storyline of the Tiana's Bayou Adventure. The ride seems like it will have a cute critters, a fun party story, and, well, some sort of adventure. The backstory might be better understood as a framework the actual stories of the ride, restaurants, and shops should fit into.
In the parks, they are retheming the mountain. They want to sell hot sauce and beignets, have a restaurant, a kitchen/cooking/baking shop (Eudora's), offer cooking classes, sell gardening/homesteading merch, brand all these things as being under the ownership of Tiana, and tie it into the Disney+ series and its characters.
This backstory document can serve to unify all these efforts in time/place/story. WDI teams are gathering props and sourcing materials and beginning to build out TBA, and this document can help provide context for things like blueprints, checklists, and plans.
It also seems clear to me that Disney is trying to nurture the fandom by sharing things like the "Beyond Thunder Mountain" blue sky presentation at last years' D23 and documents like this backstory. The goal of releasing this was probably to get us talking about the ride, to signal what's coming, and to appeal to those of us who like to be in on the process as it's happening. I could be wrong, but I don't think the document was designed to be a press release or a summery of the ride.
Based on other things we've seen, I don't think the document represents the storyline of the Tiana's Bayou Adventure. The ride seems like it will have a cute critters, a fun party story, and, well, some sort of adventure. The backstory might be better understood as a framework the actual stories of the ride, restaurants, and shops should fit into.
In the parks, they are retheming the mountain. They want to sell hot sauce and beignets, have a restaurant, a kitchen/cooking/baking shop (Eudora's), offer cooking classes, sell gardening/homesteading merch, brand all these things as being under the ownership of Tiana, and tie it into the Disney+ series and its characters.
This backstory document can serve to unify all these efforts in time/place/story. WDI teams are gathering props and sourcing materials and beginning to build out TBA, and this document can help provide context for things like blueprints, checklists, and plans.
It also seems clear to me that Disney is trying to nurture the fandom by sharing things like the "Beyond Thunder Mountain" blue sky presentation at last years' D23 and documents like this backstory. The goal of releasing this was probably to get us talking about the ride, to signal what's coming, and to appeal to those of us who like to be in on the process as it's happening. I could be wrong, but I don't think the document was designed to be a press release or a summery of the ride.
nor'easter
Well-Known Member
Oh, we're in on the process alright. And it's very sad and painful.
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EPCOT-O.G.
Well-Known Member
If you do much more heavy lifting for Disney I’m calling OSHA
He is trying to make a mountain out of a mol- Salt Dome.
And so did what is left of WDI.