the_rich
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Mmrr is a great ride imo and better than what it replaced. FEA is one ride where I miss the original. Never went on the original figment so I can't miss it .
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MK Tiana's Bayou Adventure - latest details and construction progress
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Seems to indicate then that modern day WDI is a shadow of what it once was. I could only dream the results of classic Imagineering having access to the technology of today back then.
Bayou
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It's a step up from Splash Mountain overall, but the way they've integrated the music is just terrible. Why do the characters talk over their own music tracks? It's such an odd choice. They should have minimized the screens, included Naveen in areas where there's nothing but fireflies and foliage, and made more of the tunnel drop (though that effect might not come across well on camera). It's okay, but it doesn't hold a candle to Anna and Elsa's Frozen Journey or Rapunzel's Lantern Festival, which were executed with much more care. Still, considering it's a retheme of an existing attraction, it's not bad. My main gripes are Naveen's absence, the awkward dialogue over the music, and the missed opportunity for animatronics instead of screens. And in the finale, while I don't mind the screens, I wish we had figures that had a similar range of motion as the critters.
Vegas Disney Fan
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I think this will join the ranks of Tower of Terror to Mission Breakout, Maelstrom to Frozen, etc, it’ll still be popular, some will even prefer it, but most will miss the previous version and we’ll probably hear about it for decades.
plutofan15
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And there is nothing wrong to not like a change or be disappointed. Never said that. It is those who think they know more than anyone, think their opinion is the only one and attack those who disagree with them. For now, I am off to enjoy the wonderful weather and join a picnic.
Bayou
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WDI seems to be doing alright-- look at Fantasy Springs: it's evident that the American parks aren't given the budget necessary to match those kinds of experiences.
Mr. Sullivan
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This looks really great honestly, I'm very happy with it and cannot wait to get to experience it in person! It's not absolutely perfect, and I didn't expect it to be, but I've got no major complaints really. The scenes are so charming, the music is lovely, the AAs look out of this world, and the ride actually looks like it'll be fun to experience beyond the drops which is the primary complaint I always had with Splash (I found large sections of Splash to be frankly not all that interesting to move through).
WDI has introduced a lot of not great things into the parks this century like we've all mentioned like FEA, Smuggler's Run, and Mermaid. Even some of the good rides they've debuted recently have stopped short of being truly great like Remy's. But this really has the spark in it that I was hoping it would, and I am certain it's going to become just as beloved to the generations that are experiencing this as their first trip around this mountain as Splash was to those who experienced and loved it.
Congratulations to WDI and everyone who put in all the many months of hard work to make such a beautiful and--at least from the video--quite fun attraction.
WDI has introduced a lot of not great things into the parks this century like we've all mentioned like FEA, Smuggler's Run, and Mermaid. Even some of the good rides they've debuted recently have stopped short of being truly great like Remy's. But this really has the spark in it that I was hoping it would, and I am certain it's going to become just as beloved to the generations that are experiencing this as their first trip around this mountain as Splash was to those who experienced and loved it.
Congratulations to WDI and everyone who put in all the many months of hard work to make such a beautiful and--at least from the video--quite fun attraction.
Architectural Guinea Pig
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For an entire portion in a WDI episode of how good the sound was supposed to be on the ride, it's ironic. My thoughts are that the ride itself lacks that energy of Splash with the animatronic critters moving and dancing all around you, except for the New Orleans finale, which is seriously the only step up from Splash to TBA
Mr. Sullivan
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I'm not so sure most people prefer California's ToT to Mission: Breakout. Sure some Disney purists begrudged it but the general consensus I've always seen is that California's ToT was already inferior to Florida's and Mission Breakout made it a much more fun ride experience even if the IP itself isn't everyone's cup of tea. I can't think of any way that their ToT was better than Mission Breakout as it was already such a neutered, less thrilling version of Florida's.
Disney Glimpses
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Splash was iconic since it opened. A retheme never stood a chance in terms of ranking ahead of it. But I still think it looks really enjoyable.
I don’t think Mission Breakout is the same. The definitive versions still exists in the States so it’s not as big a downgrade to the parks.
Now we have to go to Japan to ride the superior version of this attraction.
Brer Oswald
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No it wouldn’t. And Mermaid doesn’t have cheap looking sets either.
MagicHappens1971
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Mermaid does. That whole attraction looks tacky and cheap. And they spent what 150M on it?
mightynine
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More I’ve churned it around in my head, as a flume ride based around the build-up to a big drop, it may not be a great re-theme.
But if it were a boat ride built from the ground-up to suit the storyline, it would be a great attraction.
But if it were a boat ride built from the ground-up to suit the storyline, it would be a great attraction.
Imagineers had shoestring budgets when they built the MK DLR and EPCOT. The results for the most part were unbelievable. The argument that the poor domestic parks get their budgets cut doesn’t fly. It’s a lack of talent and ambition. There is no comparison between WDI past and present.
Disney Glimpses
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I disagree.
Meeko77
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I'm glad I am not alone in how I felt after watching the ride-through. I didn't ride Splash all that often, but when I did, it kept my interest continually - this version - not so much. The highlight for me was the "dancing" okra - ha! This is a true disappointment compared to what it was previously - too many sections without critters and storyline.
Casper Gutman
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I supported the move away from SotS but this is a disaster. It amplifies all of Imagineerings worst tendencies. Perhaps worst of all, it confirms fairly definitively that Imagineering is incapable of producing the kind of rides that made Disney special.
There’s no edge, no tension, no highs and lows. We see the same thing, the same fancy, flailing Tiana figure, over and over. No scenes, no vignettes. Advanced AAs that do nothing, add nothing, punctuating empty space.
The plot, reminiscent of GotG, is an incoherent assemblage of bits with no narrative, tonal, or thematic unity. It feels like a dozen different story treatments smashed together, the whole mess sanitized by corporate censors.
MMRR is vastly superior. I miss Great Movie, but MMRR exists as its own entity in a way TBA and FEA don’t. Characters, even if only on screens, DO things. There’s tonal variety, a fun sense of tension, actual humor. It’s head and shoulders above pretty much anything else modern Imagineering has produced in Florida.
I was right when I said Splash should have been torn out and replaced from the ground up. This is just… sad.
There’s no edge, no tension, no highs and lows. We see the same thing, the same fancy, flailing Tiana figure, over and over. No scenes, no vignettes. Advanced AAs that do nothing, add nothing, punctuating empty space.
The plot, reminiscent of GotG, is an incoherent assemblage of bits with no narrative, tonal, or thematic unity. It feels like a dozen different story treatments smashed together, the whole mess sanitized by corporate censors.
MMRR is vastly superior. I miss Great Movie, but MMRR exists as its own entity in a way TBA and FEA don’t. Characters, even if only on screens, DO things. There’s tonal variety, a fun sense of tension, actual humor. It’s head and shoulders above pretty much anything else modern Imagineering has produced in Florida.
I was right when I said Splash should have been torn out and replaced from the ground up. This is just… sad.
mightynine
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The WDW queue writes a check the ride can’t cash. Having experienced Ariel first at DCA, the queue/show building there sets expectations for the ride appropriately, IMO.
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