Maybe I'm not the focus group, but to me the coy tactics do the opposite of drumming up interest. If every time I hear "news about the ride!" and I go check and it's some silly detail and not anything relevant... I'm going to stop clicking on Tiana news. Like the boy that cried wolf situation
AAs, or static? Can you tell?
Agreed. No real issue with the weathervane if it was just another random prop being added with no fanfare. It's fine. It just baffles me what they're choosing to hyper focus on in marketing.
I'd be pleasantly surprised if they move. Perfectly doable of course, but it's rare these days that Disney makes animatronics that operate completely exposed to the outside elements. The only recent example I can think of is the Witch from 7DMT, and she's still standing underneath a structure to minimize rain beating down on her. Though there are ample examples from old attractions such as Big Thunder, Jungle Cruise (which even has a number of aquatic figures) and the Native American village along the railroad.
Also Wheezy the penguin at slinky dog. But I’m with you, I doubt that these frogs move.
I think they have to become frogs in order to get the ingredient.
Well this isn’t an official Disney video.
I think these are probably just random frogs, not Tiana and Naveen.
A stationary or limited motion fig with rear-projected faces.
Projection requires specific and dark lighting conditions. These will be in the sun for most of the operating hours.
Again, a clip about the vane (that most guests either won’t notice or won’t care), but yet the one detail EVERY guest will see EVERYTIME they ride, the vehicles, the logs…crickets…
I love hearing about the little details, because that’s what sets Disney apart, but it’s amazing we know next to nothing about the actual ride. A couple years into construction and all we know is it’s an employee owned co-op in a salt mine
and we’ll be looking for a missing ingredient.
