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

[Disgruntled Walt]

So the custom weathervane is going on the lift hill... So what will be placed where the Brer Rabbit weathervane was??

That video was...so informative. Divinity of Mother Earth? Adinkra? A bird looking back on its tail? They need to rethink their marketing strategy, because honestly, this is the strangest promotion of an attraction I have ever seen.

Show us an animatronic! Anything to make me excited for this!

 

[celluloid]

AAs, or static? Can you tell?

These days with current management, no, you really can't. ;-)

Expect a bit of movement and winking.

 

[The Lochness Monsta]

They went from standing on the shoulders of giants to.... ruining many of the things they created. No wonder they've got so many movie flops recently.

Just get the best people for the jobs. That's all that matters.

 

[celluloid]

Just get the best people for the jobs. That's all that matters.

Truly, Walt's greatest professional quality.

 

[JohnD]

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…
You would’ve thought a short video would’ve been done showing the new (or refurbished) logs…

Anyone remember how much before GOTG opened that they showed a video of the new cars for that ride? Would be an interesting comparison.

 

[celluloid]

The money is being spent only where it "has to" and this is more like Frozen.

Don't expect the logs to change other than a scrub refreshing.(and hopefully new bolts as we found loose and ones falling out on more than one occasion in our final rides.

Look to Frozen for comparison of what level of changes in ride vehicles to expect.

 

[Joel]

The money is being spent only where it "has to" and this is more like Frozen.

Don't expect the logs to change other than a scrub refreshing.(and hopefully new bolts as we found loose and ones falling out on more than one occasion in our final rides.

Look to Frozen for comparison of what level of changes in ride vehicles to expect.

You mean we're not getting a state-of-the-art omnilog experience?

 

[celluloid]

You mean we're not getting a state-of-the-art omnilog experience?

They will be able to be dangerously submersible if they are anything like the condition, they were at in the final months.

 

[_caleb]

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.

Not like these frogs would be particularly advanced anyway. They're small and can get away with fairly primitive motion. And therefore probably less expensive mechanics. But still, I wouldn't count on them moving at all. Happy if i'm wrong.

Almost definitely just static statues. They were in process of painting them.

No big deal, I was just curious.

I'm a HUGE fan of outdoor/exterior animated set pieces in the parks. When they do things like outdoor AAs, kinetic pieces, and the scavenger hunt interactive elements, it just really helps the entire area come alive rather than keeping it all inside a show building. Some of my favorites are little things many people don't even notice:

• Everest's Bird on a stick (when it's working)
• Big Thunder billy goats
• A Pirate's Adventure interactive elements in MK's Adventureland
• Juan, the Barker Bird at DL's Tiki Room, now Rosita at Tropical Hideaway
• The new ostrich at the DL treehouse (haven't seen this one in person yet)

If not some movement in the frogs, I'm hoping they do at least something like this on the exterior of TBA. Combined with jazz background music in the queue and the continuous flow of logs over the drop, I think it would really make the area come alive.

 

[Smiley/OCD]

The money is being spent only where it "has to" and this is more like Frozen.

Don't expect the logs to change other than a scrub refreshing.(and hopefully new bolts as we found loose and ones falling out on more than one occasion in our final rides.

Look to Frozen for comparison of what level of changes in ride vehicles to expect.

I want to see the video of new plugs being installed so they don’t sink and the video of the designers with a hacksaw cutting Brer Rabbit off each log…THAT video, I’d watch…

 

[celluloid]

I want to see the video of new plugs being installed so they don’t sink and the video of the designers with a hacksaw cutting Brer Rabbit off each log…THAT video, I’d watch…

Plugs are being crafted by the number one Flex seal seller in Louisiana and that guy from the infomercial that put them on swamp air boats.

 

[Ayla]

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.

Everything they’ve released would be interesting as secondary marketing, but none of it feels like primary marketing.

It hasn't even been a year of construction.

 

[TheCoasterNerd]

 

[Lirael]

I would never thought there would be so much lush greenery on the top of a salt mound.

That's because the salt will be mined from the guests once it opens

 

[celluloid]

It hasn't even been a year of construction.

The ride did not have to be closed and worked on for them to have shared things of construction of the new items.

The ride dynamic was already built in this case. It has been announced and dragged out since 2020.

 

[Smiley/OCD]

Plugs are being crafted by the number one Flex seal seller in Louisiana and that guy from the infomercial that put them on swamp air boats.

 

[JohnD]

They went out of their way to eradicate anything Splash Mountain from the ride. But then they reopen the gift shop and it's still The Briar Patch? I would expect a quick sign change to Tiana's Gift Shop or something like that. Throw in some Tiana plushes and dresses. Keep the other stuff. Very odd.

 

[_caleb]

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.

Everything they’ve released would be interesting as secondary marketing, but none of it feels like primary marketing.

Because it is only secondary marketing! Despite what self-proclaimed marketing experts here are claiming, I believe much of what we've seen about TBA so far is a result of the social media team hovering around the WDI team looking for something–anything–they're allowed to show about the project to turn into TikTok/vlogging content while avoiding major reveals.

This is why all we've really seen are secondary things like the backstory, the inspiration in New Orleans, spotlight on the Imagineers, etc.

I think Disney knows this attraction is going to be scrutinized even beyond what we've seen with others, so they're intentionally being tight-lipped about actual details. The primary marketing effort has hardly begun. All this secondary stuff is for uber fans and to prime the social media machine.

 

[𝐌𝖆𝖓 𝖎𝖓 𝐖𝖊𝖇]

Still think it's too much greenery but opinions and all.

 

[Honeycomb]

Well this isn’t an official Disney video.

I know, but the line humored me.