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

[doctornick]

With who this is my question. I am a WDW guest mainly. I only visited DLR for the first time this year. For the several years leading up to my trip, I’ve seen nothing but positive things in Disney spaces and other non-Disney specific faces about it. The consensus I’ve seen is that it’s an improvement on the ride system of ToT and makes it more exciting with a more intense and fun drop sequence, even if the IP isn’t everyone’s favorite. The only contentious point I’ve seen after it opened and people experienced it was its outside appearance.

I think your description is pretty spot on. Now that there's a proper Marvel land around the attraction, most people are pretty happy with it. There's always going to be some people unhappy with such changes (especially in this case if they don't like Marvel or the GotG in particular) but it's nothing like the changes to Imagination for example.

I will say the other critique I have heard about the ride was the self-referential aspect (Rocket saying something like "hey is that Disneyland?") kind of breaking that 4th wall.

 

[doctornick]

Previews cancelled for whole day, some people were in line for 4 hours and then told to leave.

There's a rumor that were was a small fire somewhere on the attraction.

Tiana is closed rest of today...

The fire thing has to be a joke trying to reference the Tiki Birds, right?

 

[The Mom]

Last warning. Anyone arguing, straying into politics/social issues, or making negative remarks about other posters will not be allowed to participate.

 

[Brian]

Tiana's Foods Security has released a photo of the suspected arsonist. Last seen slowly fleeing the scene towards Liberty Square. If spotted, please dial pickup the phone, frantically turn the crank, and yell for the operator.

 

[tanc]

ROTR also breaks down, but that ride is infinitely more complex. I have no idea what they're doing, but makes me wonder if they are really going to meet their deadline or not. Having the ride shut down consistently like this is not a great look so far.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Wasn’t looking for a debate, was just asking a question since you seemed so sure of it’s controversy despite that going against literally everything DL locals have ever told me about it. Was interested in being pointed to the thoughts of the opposite if it’s out there since the DL forum and servers I’ve joined spoke so highly of it.

It was very heavily criticized when it was announced and built by the fandom.

I’m sure some very much like it…I’m sure others do not.

As far as the local fandom goes…I’ll take your word for it. I’m a wdw longtime (on many levels)…I enjoy Disneyland a lot in my limited experience.

The two fandoms are not the same - however. Not really at all. So my impressions of the reactions…which was ten years ago now…are probably lost in translation a bit

 

[Midwest Elitist]

Literally:

 

[Homemade Imagineering]

There is no possible way this wasn’t the original plan to include more advanced critters throughout the attraction and was scrapped into development. I’d imagine they realized some of it would be over budget spending so much of the cost on those A-1000s

 

[IanDLBZF]

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All the people that were gaslit for years saying that we were crazy for saying it won’t be as great as the predecessor, have finally been vindicated.

Does this remind me of the “sonic cycle“?

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[davis_unoxx]

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Sounds accurate yes!

 

[Brer Oswald]

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This is true for new Disney rides most of the time too

 

[EagleScout610]

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

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There is no possible way this wasn’t the original plan to include more advanced critters throughout the attraction and was scrapped into development. I’d imagine they realized some of it would be over budget spending so much of the cost on those A-1000s

These drawings are accurate to the figure as built.

 

[WorldExplorer]

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There is no possible way this wasn’t the original plan to include more advanced critters throughout the attraction and was scrapped into development. I’d imagine they realized some of it would be over budget spending so much of the cost on those A-1000s

I was searching back in this thread to try and get a handle on how much stuff we thought would be in the ride was a rumor and how much was confirmed, and I found this post, in response to a video that includes the otter;

Ted Robledo has also revealed that the Imagineer in the above video, Laura West, created the 17 original characters for Tiana's Bayou Adventure.

Here's what Ted had to say:

I’m SO proud of fellow Imagineer, project teammate, and creator of 17 original characters for TIANA’S BAYOU ADVENTURE. She is now part of an exclusive group of folks who’ve created brand new characters for the Disney parks. I’m absolutely certain the cute and adorable critters she’s created will capture the hearts of fans. GO LAURA!

I was thinking the animals and their personalities being dumped online with no trace of it in the ride was just an example of telling and now showing (and poor priorities), but this made me think they had more planned with them. There's no reason for them to "capture the hearts of fans" in the final ride, where they're just macguffins, unless they think the designs themselves are just that good.

(The video showcased six animals, so I don't know what the other eleven were.)

 

[Midwest Elitist]

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Oh, thank the Lord! I thought the right side upon entering the show building had nothing, but they put a screen of fireflies there. Whew!

 

[Mr. Sullivan]

ROTR also breaks down, but that ride is infinitely more complex. I have no idea what they're doing, but makes me wonder if they are really going to meet their deadline or not. Having the ride shut down consistently like this is not a great look so far.

I don’t know that its a matter of complexity but rather they’ve done a lot of updates to the ride’s technical system and we know that their modern systems are incredibly sensitive. Not to mention Splash itself was also prone to breaking down a lot. Those two things are likely colliding as they’re starting to properly cycle with full show all day with actual riders (which also introduces another element to mess with the safety systems, even if by accident). These are technical rehearsals so its good this is happening now rather than public opening.

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

These drawings are accurate to the figure as built.

From what I can tell in the video, they are not. That diagram shows a set of different facial expressions, including eyebrows, eye blinking, and mouth opening/closing. It would lead to the expectation of something similar to the Rocket Raccoon AA in Mission Breakout. The otter figure they built doesn't appear to have any facial movement whatsoever.

 

[JohnD]

Oh, thank the Lord! I thought the right side upon entering the show building had nothing, but they put a screen of fireflies there. Whew!

The "Darker Forest" also has firefly screens.

 

[Professortango1]

Wasn’t looking for a debate, was just asking a question since you seemed so sure of it’s controversy despite that going against literally everything DL locals have ever told me about it. Was interested in being pointed to the thoughts of the opposite if it’s out there since the DL forum and servers I’ve joined spoke so highly of it.

Spoke highly about Mission BO? I'd say I've seen about 60% favourable to the new attraction. The majority to be sure, but myself and many others do also feel it was a downgrade overall due to issues that all have pointed out (facade, rethemed queue, screens, exposed scenic elements, narrative structure and plot, etc).

Feel free to search the DLR forums or DM if you want to know more.

 

[Homemade Imagineering]

These drawings are accurate to the figure as built.

I do see it’s an artist concept only, which would make sense if this was to test different configurations of his design. Beyond that only 2 figures were made for him of the exact pose shown on the diagram, the other 2 motion profiles shown were not used, indicating they may have initially planned on making his character into a more complex AA.

He also appeared in that old boat concept art with some more side critters present which never made it in alongside Naveen. That and Bruno Campos being absent from the final product just makes me wonder how much was cut. This wasn’t a disaster by any means that some make it out to be, but it leaves alot to be desired when those original concept pieces hinted more than what we received in the end.