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

[HauntedPirate]

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After watching like a hawk I finally got an earlier time. Kind of ridiculous this ride is still VQ or LL at this point. Wonder if it will go under refurb or they will skip it until 2026.

The refurb it needs won't happen.

From my 2 rides in September - It's decent, at best. Mish mash of ideas that don't work together. Very thin story. Too many gaps in the main show.

It confirms what I said from the beginning - This should be its own ride building and area.

 

[co10064]

Wonder if it will go under refurb or they will skip it until 2026.

At this point I do not believe the yearly maintenance refurb will happen.

Credit where credit is due, they have done a great job improving this ride’s reliability. It seems like any downtime at this point is solely due to weather.

 

[tanc]

It’s conflicting for me, I got group 11 VQ and ended up changing my LL. I really dislike the use of screens, and also the animatronic at the end was broken. The finale is cool but the usage of screens again takes away from it to me. Some of the redo is nice, but using projections for fireflies doesn’t work. While I think using lights for fireflies is fine.

I could see why Disneyland is superior because I feel like there’s just not much going on at times. The critters are all well done I guess.

I think really it just doesn’t feel like it was made as a New Orleans sort of flume. It’s obvious it’s just a fresh coat of paint on the old building. In a way kind of baffled they didn’t make original buildings for the queue, idk just doesn’t look right to me.

 

[wdwmagic]

Tiana's Bayou Adventure Standby Line Returns for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party​

Tiana's Bayou Adventure Standby Line Returns for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party

Tiana's Bayou Adventure Standby Line Returns for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party

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[lightningtap347]

Not worth an hour wait on a normal day, I couldn't imagine waiting an hour during an event where time is that valuable...

 

[Disney Analyst]

The Disneyland opening certainly feels like a much bigger event.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

From far away it looks like funeral bunting.

 

[Disney Analyst]

 

[gerarar]

 

[celluloid]

That also once again confirms that design work was not in the works for many years before the announcement.

They are trying hard to make this a thing.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

Hmm. Sounds like we were right on the money:

The two versions are so different in length and pacing that I’m not sure how they’re going to design something that works well for both.

I predict they won’t.

Exactly. That's a huge strike against this project already. One or both of the versions of this are going to have some sizable gaps in which nothing is happening.

 

[WorldExplorer]

Imagine actually walking through the scenes of an iconic Disney attraction and going "hm...here I think we should put...some weeds".

 

[EagleScout610]

That also once again confirms that design work was not in the works for many years before the announcement.

They are trying hard to make this a thing.

They were literally hammering out the pacing for DL's the day Splash closed. Seems like something they would want nailed down before the ride closes.

 

[BrerFoxesBayouAdventure]

The Disneyland opening certainly feels like a much bigger event.

All the more reason why WDW shouldn't get rid of their riverboat. We can't get things like this with it gone.

 

[Disney Analyst]

All the more reason why WDW shouldn't get rid of their riverboat. We can't get things like this with it gone.

Have they used it previously like this? I know Disneyland does.

 

[Nunu]

Have they used it previously like this?

Yes, "Tiana's Showboat Jubilee" in 2009.

Liberty Belle decorated for Tiana’s Showboat Jubilee

Liberty Belle decorated for Tiana’s Showboat Jubilee

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[Disney Analyst]

Yes, "Tiana's Showboat Jubilee" in 2009.

Liberty Belle decorated for Tiana’s Showboat Jubilee

Liberty Belle decorated for Tiana’s Showboat Jubilee

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Didn't realize they also did it at MK

 

[Ayla]

Didn't realize they also did it at MK

We were there at that time and got to watch it as it went past BTMRR. It was so lively and fun to watch.

 

[IanDLBZF]

After Riding Tiana's Bayou Adventure at Disneyland and Disney World, One Is Clearly Better. Here's Why.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure is basically the same ride at Disneyland and Disney world, but actually one is better.

www.cinemablend.com

Another interesting read for you all - disclaimer: YMMV.

 

[Brer Panther]

Since the retheme was announced, I have said the following things...

"I'm fully convinced they're doing to trash the animatronics. They did it to the Universe of Energy and Great Movie Ride animatronics, I wouldn't put it past them."

Oh, they're definitely going to trash at least half of the animatronics.

I'm picturing plastic-y barely moving figures (a la the Little Mermaid ride) and entire spaces once occupied by an animatronic featuring nothing (as in, not even a screen).

Here's what I'm expecting the retheme to be like:

- Most of the America Sings animatronics are removed. Replacing them are... nothing! Just long stretches of no animatronics whatsoever. Mainly just empty scenery. There's the occasional screen here and there.
- There are SOME new animatronics, but the ones that aren't main characters (Tiana, Naveen, Louis, etc.) are primitive plastic-y ones that barely move a la most of the animatronics in the Little Mermaid ride.
- Brer Rabbit on the handcar isn't replaced by anything.
- The "Burrow's Lament" sequence has no animatronics or scenery whatsoever.
- Since Disney doesn't do hand-drawn animation anymore, all of the animation on the screens is outsourced and looks like crap.
- The scene of Brer Fox being attacked by Brer Gator is replaced by nothing.
- The retheme as a whole is cheaply-done and a massive downgrade...
- Disney World's retheme is even worse, with even LESS animatronics, even MORE long stretches of just empty scenery, and it being obvious that the retheme was designed with the Disneyland version in mind.

We're probably going to wind up with a bizarre fusion of the Little Mermaid ride and Frozen Ever After with a bit of Demented Hobo Goofy's Runaway Railway That Isn't So Much Running Away As It Is Slowly Crawling Away thrown in.

I'm guessing they'll be some little swamp critters (like the ones that were at the wedding) even if most of the animatronics already in the ride get trashed. They probably won't be very impressive, though... like, on par with the fish in the "Under the Sea" sequence of the Little Mermaid ride. Hard plastic figures with limited movement.

I'm guessing most of the animatronics will be replaced with less complex, plasticky-looking ones that barely actually move. Y'know all the sea creatures in the "Under the Sea" sequence of the Little Mermaid ride? Like those.

I'm expecting Tiana, Naveen, Louis, and Mama Odie to get fancy good-looking animatronics, but the "background" critters will be more plastic-looking figures that barely move (a la the sea creatures in the "Under the Sea" sequence of the Little Mermaid ride) as opposed to reused Splash Mountain animatronics, like @EricsBiscuit said.

If nothing else, if they're really going to turn the lift hill into Mama Odie's house, I think it's pretty safe to say the vultures aren't going to be reused. They'd be pretty out of place in Mama Odie's house.

Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if those frogs turned out to just be statues, too. I could see them thinking "They're small, nobody's going to notice if they don't move!".

I'd just like to take this moment to say "I told you so." Although some of these were in regards to the original storyline this was gonna have about Louis chasing his trumpet.