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

ToTBellHop

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I don't think they were lining up this specific attraction in 2015 but I do think the company was ready to wash their hands of the required show upkeep work for this ride before this new attraction went into development.
By replacing it with a ride that will be even more expensive to maintain? Make that make sense. People act like they bulldozed it for a Tiana M&G.
 

monothingie

Raising Prices Excites Me
Premium Member
Its so funny to me that everyone is a stickler for Fronteirland's location all of the sudden when Adventureland is an amalgamation of several different whole countries that have nothing to do and are no where near each other.
It's the same way that the HM area blends into the HOP and then blends to Frontier land. It's done so gradually and with attention to the transition.
 

monothingie

Raising Prices Excites Me
Premium Member
By replacing it with a ride that will be even more expensive to maintain? Make that make sense. People act like they bulldozed it for a Tiana M&G.
But will it be more expensive to maintain for the first 10 years? Splash had to have an extensive refurb done practically every other year to stay show ready. Likely the operating expense of a "new" attraction will be lower for the first several years of operation.
 

retr0gate

Well-Known Member
As much as other attractions have offices in their queue. It’s not something you promote usually. Seems strange the things they are promoting about this attraction. We still have no real idea what it’ll actually look like inside. But we’ve been told plenty how it’s an old salt mine that’s now a food production factory?
They aren't "promoting" it? This detail about the offices comes from an article in which a reporter is literally just explaining what he saw while touring the queue / part of the ride. We've known for months that this is a food production facility housed in an abandoned salt mine. I agree, the PR for this attraction has been questionable at best but let's not pretend like the concept is that hard to grasp.
 

monothingie

Raising Prices Excites Me
Premium Member
These AAs in a water ride will be very costly to maintain. And ride system maintenance will be the same.
WDI taking "new" AA and making them less reliable and more expensive to maintain than their 30+ year old predecessors.

But we all know they'll just turn them off and eliminate any maintenance costs.
 

wdrive

Well-Known Member
They aren't "promoting" it? This detail about the offices comes from an article in which a reporter is literally just explaining what he saw while touring the queue / part of the ride. We've known for months that this is a food production facility housed in an abandoned salt mine. I agree, the PR for this attraction has been questionable at best but let's not pretend like the concept is that hard to grasp.

I’m pretty certain anything a reporter puts out there is approved by Disney. He certainly wasn’t given free reign and free to report on anything he felt like.

I just find it all a bit odd
 

retr0gate

Well-Known Member
The exterior of the building was carefully and thoughtfully crafted to blend between BTMRR and the Pecos Bill Facade.

The current renovation does not not do that.
I think we often forget just how lush some parts of Frontierland actually are, especially along the Rivers of America. I mean you can make the argument that Big Thunder Mountain looks more out of place than Splash Mountain ever was considering all the foliage that surrounds it. Is this new look for TBA particularly distinct? Nope. But I wouldn't go as far to say that it's visually intrusive.
 

retr0gate

Well-Known Member
I’m pretty certain anything a reporter puts out there is approved by Disney. He certainly wasn’t given free reign and free to report on anything he felt like.

I just find it all a bit odd
You may be right, but again, what would you expect from an article documenting a tour of what's being built? They're just straight up describing what's there. Should they have just not brought it up at all? Genuinely asking
 

MerlinTheGoat

Well-Known Member
Based on what they've done to the exterior of the ride, it's likely that aspect of the ride will degrade quicker and more noticeably than Splash. For Splash, the degradation largely affected the paint. But with Tiana, there's a ton of fake greenery adorning the mountain now. Weathering has the potential of making it look pretty worn down and faded quite quickly. That will probably be more expensive and difficult to repair than painted red clay. Plus Tiana's mossy rockwork will ALSO still need to be touched up every few years to keep it looking decent.

These AAs in a water ride will be very costly to maintain. And ride system maintenance will be the same.
The AA maintenance cost is going to depend on a few things-

1- The quantity of expressive figures. As of yet, no one seems to know exactly how many AA's there are going to be. I highly doubt it will have more than Splash. And there have been a few concerning claims indicating that they would be reducing the number. Especially with the rumors about the finale scene.

2- Whether the new technology going into these is more or less problematic to maintain than what they're replacing. I believe the figures in Splash were the old school hydraulic type, whereas the new figures are probably going to be full electric.
 

wdrive

Well-Known Member
You may be right, but again, what would you expect from an article documenting a tour of what's being built? They're just straight up describing what's there. Should they have just not brought it up at all? Genuinely asking

Probably.

Disney would have arranged this, it’s not like the reporter would have approached Disney and asked to be shown around a ride. And they choose to discuss relatively mundane parts of the new ride. The whole promotion of this attraction has been strange and a departure from what they usually do. I just find it curious.
 

Brer Oswald

Well-Known Member
Of all things to complain about, this is a bit much. All of the details released today are consistent with the story we already were told about (and, frankly, need to deal with) but reveal the quality will be better than many expected.

It seems some will only be satisfied if they say, “they are secretly rebuilding Splash Mountain on the inside!”
The only thing the details of today revealed was the placements of the animatronics we already knew about it. Based on the account, they seem to be much further spaced apart than the Splash ones were (roughly one main one per scene). Not sure how this addresses any of the concerns?
 

MisterPenguin

President of Animal Kingdom
Premium Member
I’m pretty certain anything a reporter puts out there is approved by Disney. He certainly wasn’t given free reign and free to report on anything he felt like.

I just find it all a bit odd
He very carefully pointed out what they could show him and what they didn't.

He just mentioned in passing what he saw in the queue.

The conspiracy theory that Disney tells them what to write and what not to write would crumble under the first person to balk at that and report Disney is basically writing their copy.

You could have said, "Oops, I forgot that that was the reporters remarks and not Disney PR." But, instead you chose to back pedal, double down, and add in a conspiracy theory.

This thread is full of people assuming the worse. Then complaining bitterly about what they assumed was true whether it was true or not.
 

wdrive

Well-Known Member
You could have said, "Oops, I forgot that that was the reporters remarks and not Disney PR." But, instead you chose to back pedal, double down, and add in a conspiracy theory.

There’s no way Disney isn’t very very careful what on what info is released. All I’m saying is it’s very strange what they’ve released so far on this. It’s like promoting Expedition Everest before it opens and not mentioning the yeti but the office in the queue
 

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