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

[yensidtlaw1969]

Now that's an interesting point. Splash's entire marketing campaign was that it was a thrill ride with a huge drop.

With this- they have to downplay the drop as much as possible, as Tiana is a property that appeals primarily to elementary school girls, a completely different demographic than those attracted to a giant, scary drop.

That's not really true. The height requirement is staying the same no matter what. It's not like "downplaying" the drop would get anybody on the ride who couldn't have gone on it before. The drop is also self-advertising, so even if you got smaller children hyped for the ride by excluding the drop from promo materials they'd still see it on their way to line up and either be scared of it or not.

Not that Disney targets much of their parks promo to young children anyway. They're not the ones buying the park passes.

 

[LittleBuford]

My comment wasn't about the ride itself, but how it was marketed.

Here's an example- this commercial has a whole 5 seconds of the cute singing animals and 25 seconds of the drop.

That’s a fair point. They haven’t given us any real sense of how the thrill element will be integrated into the new theme.

 

[Bocabear]

you follow the production of a bottle of hot sauce and thrillingly drop down into the shipping and receiving warehouse where you will be boxed and labeled for the next shipment. Commercial food production is fun!!

 

[JoeCamel]

you follow the production of a bottle of hot sauce and thrillingly drop down into the shipping and receiving warehouse where you will be boxed and labeled for the next shipment. Commercial food production is fun!!

so replace the waterfall with a conveyor roller slide?
That's why they are doing so much work in the brake area!

 

[Disstevefan1]

you follow the production of a bottle of hot sauce and thrillingly drop down into the shipping and receiving warehouse where you will be boxed and labeled for the next shipment. Commercial food production is fun!!

COMING SOON TO EPCOT - Living with the Land to be rethemed to "Tiana's hot sauce adventures"

 

[mysto]

so replace the waterfall with a conveyor roller slide?
That's why they are doing so much work in the brake area!

you follow the production of a bottle of hot sauce and thrillingly drop down into the shipping and receiving warehouse where you will be boxed and labeled for the next shipment. Commercial food production is fun!!

Right, the bottles break at the bottom and the ride water has red dye, salt, and capsicum in it!

I think you two have finally found the 'thrill' theming. Everyone will leave in tears.

 

[Smiley/OCD]

Right, the bottles break at the bottom and the ride water has red dye, salt, and capsicum in it!

I think you two have finally found the 'thrill' theming. Everyone will leave in tears.

And it will keep the gators out…

 

[JoeCamel]

And it will keep the gators out…

Not the Louisiana ones, they like hot sauce on everything

 

[Smiley/OCD]

Not the Louisiana ones, they like hot sauce on everything

I hope they like it salty too…

 

[JoeCamel]

I hope they like it salty too…

If you have delicate sensibilities you shouldn't hang out near their locker room......

 

[EagleScout610]

Bye bye Br'er Fox’s tree

 

[TomboyJanet]

With this- they have to downplay the drop as much as possible, as Tiana is a property that appeals primarily to elementary school girls, a completely different demographic than those attracted to a giant, scary drop

It seems the target audience is too short to ride this ride in the first place

 

[EPCOT-O.G.]

It seems the target audience is too short to ride this ride in the first place

If Disney cared about making this attraction accessible to its intended target audience it wouldn’t be building it in its most expensive and exclusive theme park

 

[TomboyJanet]

I believe the term is "princessfy"

Princesses could be so cool if they just made them do more than stand around their rides and look pretty. Its insulting.

If Disney cared about making this attraction accessible to its intended target audience it wouldn’t be building it in its most expensive and exclusive theme park

Its like a really bad parody but its real. UGHHHH Corporations are so slow to realize their mistakes

 

[EagleScout610]

More pics from That Site ™

 

[Disstevefan1]

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Bye bye Br'er Fox’s tree

We got some sledgehammer video, can we get some chainsaw video ?

 

[tcool123]

To all those wishing for one last piece of Splash Mountain merchandise:

This mystery pin pack was spotted at Celebrity 5 & 10 at Hollywood Studios. Brer Fox is still not guaranteed but for those who want something to remember the old attraction - it’s an option.

 

[DCBaker]

Scaffolding is wrapped around the tree today.

 

[GhostHost1000]

Every time a new photo appears of them tearing apart a piece of splash mountain, of piece of me tears apart with it

 

[EagleScout610]

Every time a new photo appears of them tearing apart a piece of splash mountain, of piece of me tears apart with it