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

[solidyne]

I mean, maybe?

Trying to think if I "hated" any rides on my first trips to Disneyland and Walt Disney World. The closest I can come up with is Mission to Mars seeming very dated.

Oh, I haaaaaated Snow White in the 1970s. (You know, the version that "built character.") Nightmares for months. Of course, I was terrified by the Peoplemover's mere entry into Space Mountain—I thought I was going on SM—so I am on the "soft" side, LOL.

 

[Agent H]

Oh, I haaaaaated Snow White in the 1970s. (You know, the version that "built character.") Nightmares for months. Of course, I was terrified by the Peoplemover's mere entry into Space Mountain—I thought I was going on SM—so I am on the "soft" side, LOL.

I used to be scared of the peoplemover for that reason too! One time we got stuck in there and I started to flashback to some unpleasant memories.

 

[Disstevefan1]

I used to be scared of the peoplemover for that reason too! One time we got stuck in there and I started to flashback to some unpleasant memories.

Scared of the peoplemover?

Actually, its quite brave to admit that.

 

[Agent H]

Scared of the peoplemover?

Actually, its quite brave to admit that.

Hey! I had a nightmare when I was 6 involving the peoplemover space mountain and the alien from alien encounter.

 

[Disstevefan1]

Hey! I had a nightmare when I was 6 involving the peoplemover space mountain and the alien from alien encounter.

Oh boy what a Disney nightmare! Well, congratulations on going to WDW at age 6! My first visit was 24.

Now all our Disney nightmares are while we are fully awake as adults.

Alien encounter was very scary, especially for kids. I remember I helped plan my bosses Disney trip I made some notes for him with tips etc.

When the boss came back from his trip he commented how terrified his kid was at alien encounter and when they he got back to their room that day he checked my notes and they said, "Alien encounter - VERY SCARY"

 

[Splash4eva]

Oh, I haaaaaated Snow White in the 1970s. (You know, the version that "built character.") Nightmares for months. Of course, I was terrified by the Peoplemover's mere entry into Space Mountain—I thought I was going on SM—so I am on the "soft" side, LOL.

The “train” in Mr Toad may have scarred me life

 

[James Alucobond]

There are multiple planets that Star Wars fans love and adore, and honestly the simple answer was staring them in the face the whole time (cough *tatooine*). So much lore and attraction potential. People literally make pilgrimages to the original sets in Tunisia.

Instead they go with a planet that is original and average at best. And insist on “thematic” integrity to the detriment of the land. You can with a straight face say perhaps these locations and planets from the franchise aren’t “immersive” but they would have at least carried more attention then freakin Batuu the Bland.

Batuu is basically Mos Eisley in the mountains with less sand and sandstone. Tatooine as a setting is not really any more compelling.

 

[Agent H]

Oh boy what a Disney nightmare! Well, congratulations on going to WDW at age 6! My first visit was 24.

Now all our Disney nightmares are while we are fully awake as adults.

Alien encounter was very scary, especially for kids. I remember I helped plan my bosses Disney trip I made some notes for him with tips etc.

When the boss came back from his trip he commented how terrified his kid was at alien encounter and when they he got back to their room that day he checked my notes and they said, "Alien encounter - VERY SCARY"

I’ve been going consistently since I was 5 and went for the first time at 2. Cool story by the way.

 

[UNCgolf]

There are multiple planets that Star Wars fans love and adore, and honestly the simple answer was staring them in the face the whole time (cough *tatooine*). So much lore and attraction potential. People literally make pilgrimages to the original sets in Tunisia.

Instead they go with a planet that is original and average at best. And insist on “thematic” integrity to the detriment of the land. You can with a straight face say perhaps these locations and planets from the franchise aren’t “immersive” but they would have at least carried more attention then freakin Batuu the Bland.

Strongly disagree -- Tatooine would have been a horrible choice. It would have made for an incredibly bland and uninteresting theme park location. The only locations from the films that would make for an interesting theme park setting IMO are Coruscant and Naboo (well, maybe Cloud City/Bespin), but Coruscant would be incredibly difficult to pull off and I'm not sure Naboo would really work.

I don't think Batuu works well, and I definitely think they could have done better than Galaxy's Edge, but that's not really relevant to the point I was making. Star Wars just doesn't have anything comparable to Hogsmeade/Diagon Alley... or more importantly, Hogwarts, but Universal hasn't really taken advantage of that particular setting. Hogwarts has the same issue as some Star Wars settings would have, though, in that it would be pretty difficult to pull off.

The issue is that the number of Star Wars fans that desperately want to visit somewhere like Tatooine is much smaller than the number of HP fans who want to go to Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley, partially due to the nature of the IPs themselves.

Just noticed that this is the Tiana thread, though. Don't know how we ended up here but we're clearly way off topic.

 

[splah]

I have accepted this the new Disney. I don't like it at all. I'm not sure the IP focused way of things is going to have the nostalgia factor the original parks had. Look at Universal Hollywood and Nintendo. They go a big bump in attendance it's first year and since then have gone back down.

IMO it's the big issue with these IP lands. People will flock to see them once but they will lose their appeal after the first time.

it's also like movies and tv shows that make topical jokes. As soon as a reference is made to a specific pop culture moment they've put a date stamp on the work and it smacks you that it isn't timeless. With pirates and mansion and big thunder etc they live on their own timelines apart from the zeitgeist. their success is because they can't be pinned down. same with seinfeld it holds up because the vast majority of jokes are basic human interactions and not dependent on the moment.

i'm biased against mini lands. i don't think they'll hold up for decades as general theme lands which allow you to plug and play for ips within the broader theme

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

Now all our Disney nightmares are while we are fully awake as adults.

Just for you!

 

[Sir_Cliff]

Look at you; expecting the thing you paid money for to maintain the same level of quality as something made three decades and many technological achievements earlier.

Keep it up and your daughter might like she deserves quality entertainment. Might I suggest showing her Wish to lower to expectations?

Indeed. I think the best thing you could show her so as not to hate the ride would be the movie Wish. I mean, what else is there in this world that could suggest there could be anything lower for a human being to experience than having to ride Tiana's Bayou Adventure?

 

[Brer Oswald]

Indeed. I think the best thing you could show her so as not to hate the ride would be the movie Wish. I mean, what else is there in this world that could suggest there could be anything lower for a human being to experience than having to ride Tiana's Bayou Adventure?

No. There couldn’t be.

 

[Sir_Cliff]

No. There couldn’t be.

I hope that's true as it would give me a lot of hope for the future.

 

[Agent H]

it's also like movies and tv shows that make topical jokes. As soon as a reference is made to a specific pop culture moment they've put a date stamp on the work and it smacks you that it isn't timeless. With pirates and mansion and big thunder etc they live on their own timelines apart from the zeitgeist. their success is because they can't be pinned down. same with seinfeld it holds up because the vast majority of jokes are basic human interactions and not dependent on the moment.

i'm biased against mini lands. i don't think they'll hold up for decades as general theme lands which allow you to plug and play for ips within the broader theme

Okay you can never avoid dating something cause it’s always of the time it was made in. Frontierland was chasing a fad just as much as any minions based land today does. And most of the ips that have been chosen are actually pretty timeless. Harry Potter. Mario. Star wars. Frozen. Toy Story. Marvel. Jurassic Park.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

No. There couldn’t be.

Whoo you're on fire tonight!

 

[DarkMetroid567]

922 pages of the stages of grief, surely there will not be 922 more to go…

 

[Chi84]

922 pages of the stages of grief, surely there will not be 922 more to go…

I’m guessing the thread would have died a long time ago if the ride didn’t break down so often. Just adds fuel to the . . . whatever you call what’s going on.

 

[DarkMetroid567]

but eventually. Like. You gotta let go? Right? Even if you’re 100% right about how sad it is — how does it help to dwell? Everytime I open one of these conversations on here or Twitter I just feel real bad.

 

[Jedi14]

922 pages of the stages of grief, surely there will not be 922 more to go…

but eventually. Like. You gotta let go? Right? Even if you’re 100% right about how sad it is — how does it help to dwell? Everytime I open one of these conversations on here or Twitter I just feel real bad.

I wouldn’t get your hopes up. This is a Disney Parks fan forum, certain emotions tend to fester.