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

[Pi on my Cake]

So have they removed any ‘peril’ from the drop, so we think? Is the drop now more celebratory?

I get the sense it's going to be sorta like Mission Breakout vs Tower of Terror. Instead of using scares to add to the thrill, they're using the thrill to add to the fun

An approach I was pretty skeptical about until I actually rode Mission Breakout, but now I'm a fan. I wish we got more of a balance between "scary thrill rides" and "fun thrill rides" but I feel like the fun angle will work better here

 

[AJT607]

I agree that a "fun thrill" can definitely work here and the suggestions in the previous few posts could make it all work out great at the end of the day, but I can't help the feeling that a surprise return of Facilier in the old 'Laughing Place' space before the drop with the "are you ready" song as you are going up the final hill would be a perfect fit.

 

[_caleb]

I think those lighted colored glass bottles are going to look really nice at night.

 

[Dear Prudence]

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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Honestly, that's would be so cringe and corny of them....

.....but 10000% what would happen

 

[_caleb]

Does anyone know the extent of work done to the infrastructure that supported the old America Sings AAs? Did they rip out the controls and hydraulic and pneumatic systems? I'm assuming TBA's AAs will all be electric, so that would mean any re-used figures would need to be converted and upgraded, right?

 

[Brer Panther]

Take it with a grain of salt, but rumor has it that the America Sings animatronics were all trashed.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Take it with a grain of salt, but rumor has it that the America Sings animatronics were all trashed.

It only it weren't for all those other sources that said otherwise...

 

[MK-fan]

Anybody think this will actually open this year?

 

[MisterPenguin]

Anybody think this will actually open this year?

Disney does. Why would anyone think otherwise?

 

[MagicHappens1971]

Anybody think this will actually open this year?

Why wouldn’t it? Disneys track record is murky, but if you’re following this thread you can see the swift progress they’re making.

 

[Brer Oswald]

Does anyone know the extent of work done to the infrastructure that supported the old America Sings AAs? Did they rip out the controls and hydraulic and pneumatic systems? I'm assuming TBA's AAs will all be electric, so that would mean any re-used figures would need to be converted and upgraded, right?

Practically nothing is getting reused so that won’t be much of an issue.

It only it weren't for all those other sources that said otherwise...

What sources? The ones that said the boat was being reused?

 

[MagicHappens1971]

Practically nothing is getting reused so that won’t be much of an issue.

Many sources have refuted otherwise.

 

[Brer Oswald]

Many sources have refuted otherwise.

They were likely going off of outdated plans and information. Most of what has come out since suggests that everything being used for this attraction was fabricated specifically for it. I’d love to be proven wrong but it’s not looking likely. 10 at most for Disneyland, and only the possums (and a frog or two) at WDW if anything.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

They were likely going off of outdated plans and information. Most of what has come out since suggests that everything being used for this attraction was fabricated specifically for it. I’d love to be proven wrong but it’s not looking likely. 10 at most for Disneyland, and only the possums (and a frog or two) at WDW if anything.

That’s fair, and I don’t personally know anything so I can’t speak to it…. Although it would be odd to not try to repurpose some of the more static figures.

 

[Brer Oswald]

That’s fair, and I don’t personally know anything so I can’t speak to it…. Although it would be odd to not try to repurpose some of the more static figures.

It’s odd that they aren’t reusing a good chunk of the figures in Disneyland given the fact that most of them still worked well. Would’ve been an easier way to pad out the roster than having a bunch of new static figures, and it would make fans of the old attraction happy.

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

It only it weren't for all those other sources that said otherwise...

I'm the only one who said that, and it's an older claim that may or may not be true. They've gotten quite a lot of other stuff about the ride right, but not 100%. Specifically Tony Baxter's involvement turned out to be incorrect.

Two other people here (cupofchai and Splash Archive) have said they're scrapping the vast majority of the old figures. And both of them ended up being correct about scrapping the riverboat and implementing a new show scene with the facade of Tiana's Palace. Archive had official renders to back that claim up. Archive says only about 7-8 of the old America Sings AA's are being reused. And that the finale would be a lot emptier than Splash. I believe this information on the reused figures is also specific to DL, so i'm not sure all of it applies to WDW.

The only group of reused figures that are likely fairly certainly confirmed at this point are the tiny hanging possums. Since they appeared in one of the pieces of concept art of the ride. Not technically animatronics though, they're more animated props.

What sources? The ones that said the boat was being reused?

That was also me, though I did state that my riverboat comment wasn't based on information from a source. I just assumed that they would reuse the boat because it didn't make any sense to me to get rid of it in the context of the IP being used (which would have justified the inclusion of a riverboat far better even than Splash did). But it only my own assumption, nothing I was told. I did make that clear when I posted it.

The America Sings figures on the other hand I WAS told would be reused back in 2022. So if i'm wrong about that, it's because of a misinformed source. Like I said, Splash Archive claimed that maybe 7-8 would be reused at DL. But I was under the impression it would be a much larger number. And again, also not sure if Archive's number applies to WDW.

Many sources have refuted otherwise.

To be fair, I think i'm the only person who has claimed that such a large quantity would be reused. If there's another source who also did so, i'd like to hear it.

 

[EagleScout610]

The only group of reused figures that are likely fairly certainly confirmed at this point are the tiny hanging possums. Since they appeared in one of the pieces of concept art of the ride. Not technically animatronics though, they're more animated props.

It's also heavily speculated the giggling Br'er Rabbit will be reused as the rabbit playing the washboard, as well as the bullfrogs from Splash. Of course these would most likely be the mechanics/internals reused, as the PATF Frogs in the concept art are much different than the Marc Davis/Baxter frogs, and obviously they wouldn't plop Br'er Rabbit laughin in the middle of Bayou.

 

[mickEblu]

It's also heavily implied the giggling Br'er Rabbit will be reused as the rabbit playing the washboard, as well as the bullfrogs from Splash. Of course these would most likely be the mechanics/internals reused, as the PATF Frogs in the concept art are much different than the Marc Davis/Baxter frogs.
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Kind of a side note but I’d imagine they’re going to have to have all the critter AA’s staged up very close in the foreground like the above concept art as (aside from Louis) they are not going to be larger anthropomorphic animals but will be closer to real world scale and as they are shown in the movie. I wonder if that will create a loss of depth if all the animals are right on the flumes edge.

That was another advantage of Splash being human free. You could kind of Runaway with the fantasy aspect.

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

It's also heavily implied the giggling Br'er Rabbit will be reused as the rabbit playing the washboard, as well as the bullfrogs from Splash. Of course these would most likely be the mechanics/internals reused, as the PATF Frogs in the concept art are much different than the Marc Davis/Baxter frogs, and obviously they wouldn't plop Br'er Rabbit laughin in the middle of Bayou.
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I'm not sure there's anything that "heavily implies" that.

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

Kind of a side note but I’d imagine they’re going to have to have all the critter AA’s staged up very close in the foreground like the above concept art as (aside from Louis) they are not going to be larger anthropomorphic animals but will be closer to real world scale and as they are shown in the movie. I wonder if that will create a loss of depth if all the animals are right on the flumes edge.

That was another advantage of Splash being human free. You could kind of Runaway with the fantasy aspect.

I think there will probably be a mixture of small and large critter AA's. This isn't information given to me, but it's consistent with artwork they've shown of the ride. One of of which includes a number of shadowy silhouettes of larger animals in the background. Particularly what appears to be bears and big cats (bobcats do live in Louisiana). And possibly dogs or wolves. These were also present in the "inspirational artwork" created by Sharika Mahdi.