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

[Disstevefan1]

I agree.

And it looks like the tops of their heads (where the eyes would be) are made of a different material than the bodies. This makes me think they might be animated/articulated in some way (at least the eyes, anyway).

Of course, I could be wrong.

Interesting. I hope you are right.

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

I agree.

And it looks like the tops of their heads (where the eyes would be) are made of a different material than the bodies. This makes me think they might be animated/articulated in some way (at least the eyes, anyway).

Of course, I could be wrong.

Educated guess - the eyes may light up at night.

That shot of the full area does make it look nicely done, to me. Makes me excited to see it filled with water.

 

[James Alucobond]

I really, really like the realistic trees and logs so much more than the briar patch. A shame about the fence mural, though. Kind of hoping they at least distress it a bit and maybe add some moss or something to the fence to tone it down. Both sets of murals have really been my one disappointment in what we can see so far.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

Kind of hoping they at least distress it a bit

I hope they distress it as much as it has distressed some of us!

 

[JD80]

Educated guess - the eyes may light up at night.

That shot of the full area does make it look nicely done, to me. Makes me excited to see it filled with water.

I can't wait to see it at night.

 

[UNCgolf]

That would have been a great use of the Shanghai pirates tech.

Potentially, although I'm afraid if they'd used the Shanghai pirates tech we'd have lost a lot of the detail that makes NRJ what it is. Shanghai Pirates has too many scenes that are just a movie playing on a screen.

I definitely want them to use the tech at WDW, but I think they can do much better than Shanghai Pirates with it -- Shanghai Pirates looks good, but I think it could be much improved with more physical set pieces and animatronics and less reliance on movies.

 

[_caleb]

I really, really like the realistic trees and logs so much more than the briar patch. A shame about the fence mural, though. Kind of hoping they at least distress it a bit and maybe add some moss or something to the fence to tone it down. Both sets of murals have really been my one disappointment in what we can see so far.

It's funny, the fence always looked temporary to me. What was its purpose?

 

[celluloid]

Potentially, although I'm afraid if they'd used the Shanghai pirates tech we'd have lost a lot of the detail that makes NRJ what it is. Shanghai Pirates has too many scenes that are just a movie playing on a screen.

I definitely want them to use the tech at WDW, but I think they can do much better than Shanghai Pirates with it -- not that Shanghai Pirates doesn't look very good, because it does, but it could be much improved with more physical set pieces and animatronics and less reliance on movies.

True. It would have had to show a lot of restraint and keep the pacing. My mind was one or two big scenes that keep it as a transfer to expand the world rather than try and keep it high action intensity.

 

[Pi on my Cake]

I really, really like the realistic trees and logs so much more than the briar patch. A shame about the fence mural, though. Kind of hoping they at least distress it a bit and maybe add some moss or something to the fence to tone it down. Both sets of murals have really been my one disappointment in what we can see so far.

Florida Sun and rain is going to distress is pretty quickly regardless. Colors and paints that are exposed like that are always intentionally done bright and more vibrant that is actually intended because of how they fade in the sun. There's a reason nearly everything built looks a lot more natural after like 2 years as the overly bright colors fade and new plants have time to grow in.

No doubt in my mind that the murals will look much more subdued in time and the lush artificial plants will feel more at home not long after opening, but if they do too much weathering now then they'll look washed out pretty quickly

 

[Bocabear]

I really, really like the realistic trees and logs so much more than the briar patch. A shame about the fence mural, though. Kind of hoping they at least distress it a bit and maybe add some moss or something to the fence to tone it down. Both sets of murals have really been my one disappointment in what we can see so far.

I completely agree with all these sentiments...And while I will always be sad about losing Splash, I think the exterior of this attraction is looking great (except for the anachronistic murals) I am hoping they distress it right back to the wood it is painted on...lol It would be interesting to see them add some of these trees to the riverside of the esplanade... SO as you approach it feels like you are within the Bayou country...

 

[Incomudro]

I completely agree with all these sentiments...And while I will always be sad about losing Splash, I think the exterior of this attraction is looking great (except for the anachronistic murals) I am hoping they distress it right back to the wood it is painted on...lol It would be interesting to see them add some of these trees to the riverside of the esplanade... SO as you approach it feels like you are within the Bayou country...

I'm with you.
Much as I loved Splash, the aesthetics on the outside of this ride work better for me.

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

It's funny, the fence always looked temporary to me. What was its purpose?

I'm not entirely sure of its purpose. But there is a little reservoir of water behind that fence, and there might be some mechanical stuff they don't want seen. Otherwise I don't know. Tokyo doesn't have this fence, though they also don't have the mill either. That lift goes up through a cavern instead. With a small house and rockwork on the side where the fence would have been. Disneyland doesn't have the fence either, though is also a different ride system than the others.

I'd advocate just removing the fence outright if it's possible to do. It never looked particularly "good" to begin with, but it looks even worse and stands out like a sore thumb with that mural.

 

[_caleb]

I'm not entirely sure of its purpose. But there is a little reservoir of water behind that fence, and there might be some mechanical stuff they don't want seen. Otherwise I don't know. Tokyo doesn't have this fence, though they also don't have the mill either. That lift goes up through a cavern instead. With a small house and rockwork on the side where the fence would have been. Disneyland doesn't have the fence either, though is also a different ride system than the others.

I'd advocate just removing the fence outright if it's possible to do. It never looked particularly "good" to begin with, but it looks even worse and stands out like a sore thumb with that mural.

Thanks. Yeah, I grew up going to Disneyland, and I remember that fence (and the two-abreast seating on the logs) being something that stood out to me as major difference when I started going to MK.

 

[celluloid]

WDW did not always have that fence. It was added for safety.

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

You're right, just checked some old videos from the early 90s and it's not there. There was a railing with rope instead. Though I wonder why there specifically. There are all kinds of areas where someone could conceivably jump out of the logs.

 

[celluloid]

You're right, just checked some old videos from the early 90s and it's not there. There was a railing with rope instead. Though I wonder why there specifically. There are all kinds of areas where someone could conceivably jump out of the logs.

There is, but the stairs alongside and other aspects made it a bit different.

I was on this site when that fence wall was added.

Yes, I am old.

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

Looking through old videos, it appears that it was added between 2004-2005. Again though, I wonder what sort of safety concerns there were with this particular spot. If it's absolutely necessary, then I wish there was some better looking solution.

I also wonder if that's one of the reasons why the fence didn't appear in the TBA render for WDW. Perhaps whoever created it had art references from WDW's Splash from before the fence was installed. I get the sense that the mural may not have been planned initially, but was just tacked on a the last second when someone noticed the fence. Speculation though...

 

[celluloid]

Looking through old videos, it appears that it was added between 2004-2005. Again though, I wonder what sort of safety concerns there were with this particular spot. If it's absolutely necessary, then I wish there was some better looking solution.

That spot's stairs were very obvious and it was more common for bold guests to leap out there.
A continuation of the safety changes of one of the nastiest theme park deaths of the property's history. Much later of course, lap bars were added as a guest deterrent to help out as a deterrent with all of the other spots.

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

I'd have figured the final lift before the big drop would be a favorite choice for people to to try and jump out (and any where before the drops). Either way, I still think there has to be some sort of more subtle and better looking solution to this. Disneyland never added such a fence to theirs, and they're even more careful about safety than WDW.

The lap bars were a much more recent addition at WDW. I think Tokyo had them for a lot longer (not sure if it opened with them or not). But they were only added to WDW in 2011.

 

[celluloid]

I'd have figured the final lift before the big drop would be a favorite choice for people to to try and jump out (and any where before the drops). Either way, I still think there has to be some sort of more subtle and better looking solution to this. Disneyland never added such a fence to theirs, and they're even more careful about safety than WDW.

Well remember the lift where this wood is, is clearly near beginning of ride and walkways are visible. It is the first big lifthioonof.the ride and after you see the big drop(,many guests presume it is next where it is not) and the staircase and caverns to the Adventureland and frontier land corner is very obtainable by comparison to someone making that choice.
Lawyers and compromise safety has varies things
Disneyland's never added deterrent lapbars either.
That 2000s incident and clientele habits changed many things.

That is interesting that you find Disneyland to be more careful about safety.