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

[LittleBuford]

As before, there seems to be a curious disconnect between the verbal framing of the ride’s (back)story, which is earnest in the extreme, and the actual concept art, which is fun and festive. I’m taking this to mean that the seriousness of the verbiage won’t be felt when actually experiencing the ride. That’s my hope anyway, because a Magic Kingdom log flume isn’t the appropriate venue for (questionable) lessons in history and geography.

 

[DisneyDean97]

We all wish.

Cut the best character in the movie but give us the Ralphie we never knew we needed or wanted (because he’s not needed and unwanted).

lol yup, sounds like current WDI to me

 

[PizzaPlanet]

The part about WW1 feels like satire. How could that possibly be conveyed on a 10 minute log ride?

 

[CaptainAmerica]

earnest in the extreme

This is my new favorite phrase and I'm going to steal it.

100% nailed it. Spot-on.

The people driving this project are not entertainers. They're not even artists. Entertainment and art are too pedestrian, too vulgar. They see themselves as educators and agents of social change. And when you try to bundle social commentary into the innocuous package of a theme park ride (or, dare I say, a feature-length animated motion picture), that's when it comes across as propaganda.

 

[ToTBellHop]

As before, there seems to be a curious disconnect between the the verbal framing of the ride’s (back)story, which is earnest in the extreme, and the actual concept art, which is fun and festive. I’m taking this to mean that the seriousness of the verbiage won’t be felt when actually experiencing the ride. That’s my hope anyway, because a Magic Kingdom log flume isn’t the appropriate venue for (questionable) lessons in history and geography.

Then maybe they should focus more on the ride experience. Can we send Zach out with some paint samples they are using for the fake leaves to get all us fans turned on? Their posts, as they are, leave me searching for gratification elsewhere on the internets.

 

[erasure fan1]

In the new Canon Facilier was a WW1 vet who was dishonorably discharged for attempting to voodoo the enemy into surrender.

Yes, you have to give the villain a backstory that they're just misunderstood. I'm pretty sure that was passed into law.

 

[EagleScout610]

Yes, you have to give the villain a backstory that they're just misunderstood. I'm pretty sure that was passed into law.

It was his evil twin Pharmacist Facilier

 

[DisneyDean97]

This is my new favorite phrase and I'm going to steal it.

100% nailed it. Spot-on.

The people driving this project are not entertainers. They're not even artists. Entertainment and art are too pedestrian, too vulgar. They see themselves as agents of social change.

We should have seen this coming when they added the "Inclusion" key... unfortunately they seem to value this key more than the "Show" and "Efficiency" keys...

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Yes, you have to give the villain a backstory that they're just misunderstood. I'm pretty sure that was passed into law.

I absolutely guarantee that if PatF were made today, there'd be a flashback of a child Facilier getting bullied (or worse) by the two banker brothers which is what drove him to take up dark magic.

 

[Bocabear]

but most importantly, does this now mean that Tiana's Palace will also be serving a good Chicken Adobo as well as Dim Sum and GUmbo?

 

[CaptainAmerica]

but most importantly, does this now mean that Tiana's Palace will also be serving a good Chicken Adobo as well as Dim Sum and GUmbo?

God willing.

 

[Mike S]

This is my new favorite phrase and I'm going to steal it.

100% nailed it. Spot-on.

The people driving this project are not entertainers. They're not even artists. Entertainment and art are too pedestrian, too vulgar. They see themselves as educators and agents of social change. And when you try to bundle social commentary into the innocuous package of a theme park ride (or, dare I say, a feature-length animated motion picture), that's when it comes across as propaganda.

And they wonder why Super Mario took them to the cleaners and whose single box office is bigger than Lightyear and Strange World combined and quadrupled. Pretty soon we might see Elemental added to that mix and maybe even Wish as well though that’s a Princess movie so maybe not.

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

The part about WW1 feels like satire. How could that possibly be conveyed on a 10 minute log ride?

It'll be a newspaper clipping hung in an office in the queue. Or something like that.

People are just dying to blow this stuff out of proportion when 2 seconds of thought would be enough to realize it'll be background detail there for only the initiated to pick up on.

 

[LittleBuford]

This is my new favorite phrase and I'm going to steal it.

100% nailed it. Spot-on.

The people driving this project are not entertainers. They're not even artists. Entertainment and art are too pedestrian, too vulgar. They see themselves as educators and agents of social change. And when you try to bundle social commentary into the innocuous package of a theme park ride (or, dare I say, a feature-length animated motion picture), that's when it comes across as propaganda.

I don’t agree with your post at all. This is not my stance, and I’d like to make that very clear.

 

[Bocabear]

If it would be a tiny detail in a queue, why talk about it in a press release? Unless you wanted people to talk about it.....
I want to know more about Ralphie's back story and what his hopes and ambitions are for the future...And what about their cousins?

 

[LittleBuford]

Then maybe they should focus more on the ride experience.

I understand why they’re focusing on other aspects of the ride, even if I share your sentiment.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

It'll be a newspaper clipping hung in an office in the queue. Or something like that.

People are just dying to blow this stuff out of proportion when 2 seconds of thought would be enough to realize it'll be background detail there for only the initiated to pick up on.

The creative executives in charge of the project are the ones putting out this information, it's not something the fans made up.

If it's going to be a newspaper clipping hung in an office in the queue (and you're probably right), then why talk about it in your press events?

The issue isn't the detail per se. The detail isn't going to ruin the ride. But the detail shows that the creative focus is being spent on the most trivial crap.

 

[ToTBellHop]

I understand why they’re focusing on other aspects of the ride, even if I share your sentiment.

It makes sense now because of the goal of the project but I hope, eventually, we turn to the actual ride and not the coffee table book content.

 

[LittleBuford]

It'll be a newspaper clipping hung in an office in the queue. Or something like that.

People are just dying to blow this stuff out of proportion when 2 seconds of thought would be enough to realize it'll be background detail there for only the initiated to pick up on.

I agree to an extent, but the PR surrounding the ride has itself given outsize attention to these background details.

 

[Bocabear]

part of being a master story-teller is knowing how to edit and keep focus on the story....something that seems completely lacking in their own press releases... seriously....