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

[pigglewiggle]

Perhaps everyone's opinion of Splash is going to be the deciding factor.

In our family, Splash was not in our top 10 favorite rides. We liked it, but there were visits where we would even skip it.

That could be why we like the looks of this new version and aren't having these seemingly very emotional feelings about it.

 

[IMDREW]

Im happy a lot of people like what theyve done with it. I personally dont. As someone whose favorite disney animated movie is Princess and the Frog, this doesnt scratch that itch. Moving on.

 

[Bayou]

Neither is World of Frozen.

Modern Disney can build beautiful IP-based lands. They can’t build rides.

They cant build rides? That's absurd. Tiana's Bayou Adventure, although having a plethora of flaws, is higher quality then any dark Universal has ever produced.

 

[pigglewiggle]

Im happy a lot of people like what theyve done with it. I personally dont. As someone whose favorite disney animated movie is Princess and the Frog, this doesnt scratch that itch. Moving on.

This is another aspect. We aren't huge Princess and The Frog fans. We like it, but not like a Little Mermaid for us.

That could be another reason we like this new ride. Not emotionally invested.

Now if they screw up Moana...

 

[Meeko77]

I ended up watching the movie today on Disney+ which I admittedly hadn’t seen since the day I saw it in the theater. I have to admit I appreciated the ride a bit more, but there were so many moments during the movie that made me wonder why they couldn’t have included even more (and yes, I know this is all supposed to take place after the events from the movie).

 

[aladdin2007]

wdwmagics comments were interesting regarding the pov : As Tiana's Bayou Adventure prepares to open, it remains to be seen how the attraction will be received by the wider public. For now, the mixed reactions from the official POV video highlight the challenges Disney faces in reimagining beloved attractions while meeting the high expectations of its fans.

I think, that this is why Disney does not want fans anymore, and have been trying to rid of "us-them" for awhile now. They want to do what they want to do at a lesser cost for a different audience all together, mainly people from overseas. Who will fork out the money no matter what. They are starting to turn this park into a model of Shanghai's park,,,and I dont like that. Keep taking away for shiny more barren things that don't stand up to the quality and art and skill and story that they use to infuse in everything they did. Won't matter the tourists will pack the place anyway. Just an observation on how Disney may be thinking/treating its parks here.

 

[Surferboy567]

Pirates has stakes

The poachers were gonna kill Big Red on the safari!

 

[WondersOfLife]

No stakes?

Ok.

Carousel of Progress has no stakes.
Teacups has no stakes.
It's a Small World has no stakes.
Speedway has no stakes.
People Mover has no stakes.
The railroad has no stakes.
Dumbo/Carpets/Carousel/all spinners have no stakes.
Space Mountain has no stakes.
7DMT has no stakes.
Enchanted Tales with Belle has no stakes.
Pirates of the Caribbean has no stakes (for the guests).
Soarin' has no stakes.
Living with the Land has no stakes.
Test Track has no stakes.
Festival of the Lion King has no stakes.
K. Safari has no stakes.
RnRC has no stakes.
Navi RJ has no stakes.

Not a single one of those rides were DESIGNED to have stakes. Splash's track was.

 

[pigglewiggle]

What if the tilapia from LWTL ends up as my fish and chips???

But really, I do feel sad when we float past those guys.

 

[Surferboy567]

Tangled. We have a bathroom.

I know it's overseas, but that's not in the cards for us right now.

Yeah, another great movie that can obviously be made into a pretty good (but small scale) dark ride.

 

[LittleBuford]

I caveated it at that point because we hadn't seen the full attraction, but now that we have it's still totally superfluous.

Not merely superfluous, but inappropriate. It feels somehow insulting to invoke the cause of labour welfare for an attraction focused on musical animals.

 

[Tha Realest]

The POV release itself is so odd, and a conversation seperate altogether.

What is going on?

Was this an attempt to put the fanatics who were going to try and show up expecting a standby or still put thousands who are ok not trying to book a virtual queue every morning at bay for a bit until they let the larger revenue-based guests ride?

It’s a tried and true tactic in PR. Get out ahead of the bad news.

 

[WondersOfLife]

Educate me please. Why is this funny?

Nah. YOU tell ME why you think that.

 

[SuddenStorm]

Not merely superfluous, but inappropriate. It feels somehow insulting to invoke the cause of labour welfare for an attraction focused on singing animals.

I hope those performers were union and that they were fairly compensated for their gig by Tiana.

Perhaps a copy of their contract should be by the exit for guests to examine?

 

[mightynine]

Not a single one of those rides were DESIGNED to have stakes. Splash's track was.

It’s Penguin. Him being critical of Disney is as rare as a week with two Mondays.

However, remove the tracks and Speedway would have a heck of a lot of stakes real quick!

 

[aladdin2007]

I wonder if any of this depending on how its received by the company, would result in last minute changes to California or too late?

 

[Surferboy567]

I wonder if any of this depending on how its received by the company, would result in last minute changes to California or too late?

Likely too late, already well along with that version. They did enclose their Slippin Falls though for some reason.

 

[pigglewiggle]

Not a single one of those rides were DESIGNED to have stakes. Splash's track was.

I thought there were stakes with Mama Odie at the end, but more lighthearted than Splash.
I wrote why in another post but it got buried and I'm too lazy to type it out again.

 

[SuddenStorm]

I wonder if any of this depending on how its received by the company, would result in last minute changes to California or too late?

I fundamentally believe that even if they wanted too, they couldn't design something better or fix the issues with this. The knowledge just isn't there.

Maybe if they gave Baxter a year and a healthy budget, brought Feiten in to fix the animation, and were willing to acknowledge this ride isn't perfect.

But when their entire marketing was around how authentic and researched this ride is, and how groundbreaking it is for Tiana to have her own ride, Disney can't, and won't, admit failure. To them this isn't just an attraction, it's a PR statement.

 

[Incomudro]

They cant build rides? That's absurd. Tiana's Bayou Adventure, although having a plethora of flaws, will be higher quality then any dark ride in Epic Universe. Disney still makes the best rides.

Secret Life of Pets is so much better than this.