TheCoasterNerd
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We expecting new Tiana's details during the super bowl?
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MK Tiana's Bayou Adventure - latest details and construction progress
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Disney Analyst
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Was it really hype? They posted on their blog about the installation of a new detail created authentically in New Orleans…
Whatever onus you’ve put upon them sharing that detail is totally on you.
MerlinTheGoat
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It looks like he ran out of inside information ages ago. He did accidentally stumble upon a pile of somewhat accurate information at the time he made his "claim to fame" post on some of the DEI changes. Though these were never big secrets in the first place, and he added his own personal additions and spin to the list as well. If he ever had a direct source, it wouldn't surprise me if they distanced themselves from him after the stuff he's said/done.
His comments on Tiana back in 2020 had some truth to them at the time. My source at the time posted a similar budgetary figure that Pro claimed, which was $30-35 million (I think Pro claimed $40 mil). The problem is that these figures aren't remotely accurate anymore as over time it received incremental and substantial budget hikes. I don't know an exact amount for the final approved plan, but they have been called "very impressive" by my source, whereas they called the original figure anemic and disastrous. Pro either doesn't know about these budget hikes, or he does know but won't acknowledge it because it would conflict with the agenda he's pushing (it's possible it's a bit of both).
He started to really lose it when he claimed Chapek was some kind of superhero genius who would dismantle Iger's legacy and save the company. Now he's just another Yellowflash/Quartering clone.
MerlinTheGoat
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The lack of substantive information on this ride is indeed strange and concerning. We usually know more at this point in development. That's based on standards Disney themselves usually adhere to. There's a reason people have certain expectations. The people behind the marketing of this ride are horrible at their job.
For comparison, here's a video Disney posted of Tokyo's BATB ride nearly two years before it opened. It has a bunch of the workshop props and setpieces for the interior, a sneak peak at the CGI ridethrough render, several fully completed and moving animatronics etc-
I would hope at bare minimum, they do something similar to that video this coming Tuesday, and not just another lengthy trip report of the project heads taking a trip to New Orleans and boating through a swamp...
bmr1591
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Tuesday
Incomudro
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Yes.
Incomudro
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Onus?
They're Disney.
They are re-themeing what has been called their most popular ride.
And they're mostly concerned about selling us on the people who created their weather vane and mural, rather than how fun, beautiful, technological etc. this ride may be.
I'm not saying authentic details don't matter, they do to me.
But it's where Disney puts the emphasis on things and where they don't that's dreadful.
Look how they marketed the Starcruiser.
Smiley/OCD
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Where is this preview for Tiana??
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trainplane3
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I've heard it should be a very well done. I described my concerns to someone and they said I should be happy with the final result. I have no reason to doubt them so I'm looking forward to it.
Even with a supposed date slip that might've happened.
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stitchangel
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Which date slip?
MaxDrake79
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Announcement opening tomorrow? Can you confirm it for me?
BrerFoxesBayouAdventure
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I've heard conflicting claims on whether or not that Belle animatronic will be repurposed as Tiana in TBA, mainly because of that one piece of concept art with Tiana holding a lantern.
Expect nothing myself, feel like Oliver Twist when it comes to Disney, Please Sir can I have something.......
MerlinTheGoat
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The Tiana model probably uses the same endoskeleton given that they're both A1000s and the characters are likely the same size. Assuming that particular figure of Tiana actually ends up in the final version. The facial structure will also be tweaked I assume.
It probably won't be the same physical figure though, unless they had extras made.
TheCoasterNerd
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Disney Unveils 'Princess and the Frog' Themed Mardi Gras Wallpapers
Ahead of Mardi Gras, Disney has released a trio of 'Princess and the Frog' wallpapers that will liven up any device!
mickeyblog.com
JoeCamel
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That is the announcement......Could this be further teasing for an announcement tomorrow?Disney Unveils 'Princess and the Frog' Themed Mardi Gras Wallpapers
Ahead of Mardi Gras, Disney has released a trio of 'Princess and the Frog' wallpapers that will liven up any device!
Sectorkeeper71
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That’s definitely a way you can guarantee you’re first in line for opening day!
yensidtlaw1969
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Disney doesn't make "extras" of figures this complex and expensive.
The Tiana figures for Bayou Adventure are scratch-built and designed for the ride. As are all the humanoid Animatronics in the ride. That both TBA and Tokyo's BatB rides feature a character holding a lantern aloft is little more than coincidence.
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MerlinTheGoat
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I know they're not the exact same figure. That was my point. And by "extras", I just meant if they had any prototype endos from the R&D phases left over. Which again, I wouldn't assume to be the case. There's actually money being put into the AA population of this ride, and the figures are said to be new and highly impressive. So I don't really think they're reusing anything at all.
The Belle and Tiana figures are similar in the sense that they're both A1000s. And it's quite plausible that some of the Tiana endos were fabricated directly from the same schematics of some of the Belle figures (which may also be the case for the ones in Frozen). But there's no reason to think that any of the figures from Tokyo were "repurposed", whatever that even means in this context. The Belle figures in Tokyo are still located in Tokyo.
One other thing to note. While i'm not 100% sure about this, I strongly suspect that the Belle figure holding the lantern doesn't actually even have a body below the hips. As in she's just a torso with no legs on some sort of moving platform to make it seem like she's walking forwards. Even the sneak preview didn't show far below the waist. She only appears on a balcony in the queue, and the railing is filled in so that you can't see her legs. Plus she's located on a high up platform so that you don't see anything below the hips. This for instance is what the two Beast figures on the balcony look like, that particular Belle figure is probably the same-
Assuming that the Tiana holding a lantern actually ends up appearing in the final ride, she would presumably have visible legs and therefore be quite a different animatronic figure. So even if they use some of the schematics from some of the Belle figures, it probably wouldn't be the one holding the lantern. It would likely be more similar to one of the full body AA's with legs.