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

[McMickeyWorld]

I honestly think the secret ingredient is going to be music. Since they keep hyping up the musical aspect of the attraction and one of the plot points listed is that Tiana needs to find a band. If I had to guess, the finale will be "We found the band! Yay!! We love music thanks for helping us find it!" But, I could be wrong.
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That really makes a lot of sense.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

I honestly think the secret ingredient is going to be music. Since they keep hyping up the musical aspect of the attraction and one of the plot points listed is that Tiana needs to find a band. If I had to guess, the finale will be "We found the band! Yay!! We love music thanks for helping us find it!" But, I could be wrong.
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If there's one thing New Orleans has, it's music and bands! On Royal Street when I was there, there were people playing on almost every street corner.

But on Avery Island, probably not so much.

 

[SuddenStorm]

When I say that Disneyland cares more about safety than WDW, I am referring to only after Pressler/Harriss era. And more specifically, not so much Disney itself but rather OSHA. Generally known for being much more demanding about safety regulations than Florida.

Though it does surprise me that Disneyland never redid their logs to implement SOME sort of restraining feature. Whether lap bars or seat belts. Unless that's not possible to do for some reason. I don't know whether there exists any other traditional log flumes with such restraints.

I know it closed a few years ago but the log flume at Six Flags Magic Mountain didn't have seatbelts, and their flume ride that is still operating doesn't.

 

[SuddenStorm]

In an ironic twist, the enormous backlash they got over the announcement (and lukewarm support from people they thought would support it) seems to have been what motivated a change in the effort behind it.

You know, most companies would reconsider the project altogether with this reaction from their fans.

 

[Sir_Cliff]

I honestly think the secret ingredient is going to be music. Since they keep hyping up the musical aspect of the attraction and one of the plot points listed is that Tiana needs to find a band. If I had to guess, the finale will be "We found the band! Yay!! We love music thanks for helping us find it!" But, I could be wrong.
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That just strikes me as a bit too specific in that it's hard to imagine the message of the ride being that the one ingredient every meal/gathering needs is music. I still think it's going to be something along the lines of love or friends and family, however corny that may sound.

 

[Fox&Hound]

That just strikes me as a bit too specific in that it's hard to imagine the message of the ride being that the one ingredient every meal/gathering needs is music. I still think it's going to be something along the lines of love or friends and family, however corny that may sound.

I agree.100% the missing ingredient will be “you”. Then they will say “thanks for coming, y’all”

But if the bulk of the ride is them hurrying around looking for something lost, I kind of like the message: slow down, look around, you already have what you need.

It would certainly fit the most with “Dig a Little Deeper”!

 

[Sir_Cliff]

I agree.100% the missing ingredient will be “you”. Then they will say “thanks for coming, y’all”

But if the bulk of the ride is them hurrying around looking for something lost, I kind of like the message: slow down, look around, you already have what you need.

It would certainly fit the most with “Dig a Little Deeper”!

Both "you" and the "Dig a Little Deeper" message actually sounds like they would fit perfectly for this ride!

I agree, though, that "you" seems the most plausible as it's really the easiest to communicate.

 

[SamusAranX]

The missing ingredient will be iodine.

 

[ToTBellHop]

The missing ingredient will be iodine.

Finally, we understand where the suspense comes from—the constant existential threat caused by thyroid goiter.

As we all know, in salt mines, heavier iodized salt sinks below regular salt. We will have to “dig a little deeper” to save our new bayou friends and ourselves.

 

[mickEblu]

I agree.100% the missing ingredient will be “you”. Then they will say “thanks for coming, y’all”

And that’s when you the lights go down and you see the Hannibal Lecture AA. The fence mural at the barn/lift hill makes so so much sense now.

 

[zipadee999]

And that’s when you the lights go down and you see the Hannibal Lecture AA. The fence mural at the barn/lift hill makes so so much sense now.

All of the Brer Fox animatronics are reskinned as Hannibal Lecture and Brer Rabbit is reskinned as an unassuming tourist. Tiana’s is just a front. What we’re actually getting is Silence of the Lambs: The Great Dinner Adventure

 

[UNCgolf]

Both "you" and the "Dig a Little Deeper" message actually sounds like they would fit perfectly for this ride!

I agree, though, that "you" seems the most plausible as it's really the easiest to communicate.

Also gives them a chance to repurpose "You Are the Magic"!

 

[Mike S]

And that’s when you the lights go down and you see the Hannibal Lecture AA. The fence mural at the barn/lift hill makes so so much sense now.

“I ate his liver with a turkey leg, and a nice dole whip.”

 

[Disstevefan1]

I honestly think the secret ingredient is going to be music. Since they keep hyping up the musical aspect of the attraction and one of the plot points listed is that Tiana needs to find a band. If I had to guess, the finale will be "We found the band! Yay!! We love music thanks for helping us find it!" But, I could be wrong.
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[ToTBellHop]

They want to be more kid friendly so the secret ingredient is

?
I’m so confused.

 

[Brer Oswald]

No but apparently the overall quantity is impressive. Lots of animated characters in addition to the AAs like Splash.

What do you mean by “animated characters” vs AAs?

 

[ToTBellHop]

What do you mean by “animated characters” vs AAs?

I should have said animated figure. Lower range of motion than an AA. Splash had tons of animated figures.

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

What do you mean by “animated characters” vs AAs?

Put simply, Animatronics are more complex and programmable, where Animated Figures are simpler and mechanically driven.

Compare a figure like The Auctioneer in Pirates, whose motions are dictated by digital inputs that could be altered to design a different performance for the figure (they used to be controlled by Audio input, hence the name Audio Animatronics), versus something like a Jungle Cruise Elephant, whose individual movements are more cyclical and tend to loop based off the motors and mechanics to create movements that are intentional but not necessarily timed to run together in exact sequence.

Basically, if the performance is the result of carefully crafted programming then it's an Animatronic, but if the performance is the result of carefully crafted mechanics then it's an Animated Figure. It's not always easy to tell the difference just by looking, since Attractions will sometimes use both within the same scene (Little Mermaid uses Sebastian and Ariel Animatronics in the Under the Sea scene, but all the other characters in that room are Animated Figures that mostly have simple rocking motions to them).

Now, Animated Figures can have some pretty complex motions, so it's not automatic that they're worse than an Animatronic, they just tend to move in ways that are more general rather than specifically timed. One of the biggest tells is that if a character is accurately lipsynching it pretty much automatically has to be an Animatronic, since Animated Figures can't do that given how they're built.

 

[zipadee999]

Put simply, Animatronics are more complex and programmable, where Animated Figures are simpler and mechanically driven.

Compare a figure like The Auctioneer in Pirates, whose motions are dictated by digital inputs that could be altered to design a different performance for the figure (they used to be controlled by Audio input, hence the name Audio Animatronics), versus something like a Jungle Cruise Elephant, whose individual movements are more cyclical and tend to loop based off the motors and mechanics to create movements that are intentional but not necessarily timed to run together in exact sequence.

Basically, if the performance is the result of carefully crafted programming then it's an Animatronic, but if the performance is the result of carefully crafted mechanics then it's an Animated Figure. It's not always easy to tell the difference just by looking, since Attractions will sometimes use both within the same scene (Little Mermaid uses Sebastian and Ariel Animatronics in the Under the Sea scene, but all the other characters in that room are Animated Figures that mostly have simple rocking motions to them).

One of the biggest tells is that if a character is accurately lipsynching it is automatically an Animatronic, since Animated Figures can't do that given how they're built.

Wow. Mind blown. I had no idea there was a difference. So for splash that would be something like one of the laughin place turtles versus the rabbit trap Brer Fox

 

[EagleScout610]

Wow. Mind blown. I had no idea there was a difference. So for splash that would be something like one of the laughin place turtles versus the rabbit trap Brer Fox

Pretty much.