doombuggy999
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He's not a real doctor, but he is a real worm.
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MK Tiana's Bayou Adventure - latest details and construction progress
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Castle Cake Apologist
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Wait, stop, I'm sorry. Are you kidding me? The big amazing swamp fog (or whatever) effect they touted for months that turned out to just be poorly positioned mist machines is just... gone?? So, like, the main lift is just... colored lights now? Good lord.
Disgruntled Walt
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- In the Parks
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An actual worm. He lives like a worm.
Brer Panther
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I doubt they ever considered making the attraction a book report (I think Frederick Chambers' pitch was, but unless he somehow got his hands on the original plans for the retheme before it was announced and claimed that he came up with it himself...). The most frequent complain about the film I see is that the first black princess is an animal for most of it. Chances are they wouldn't have had her be an animal for most of the ride too.
Tha Realest
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They should hear that dude out and do the opposite next time.
California still has the mist but it looks like WDW's is gone for good.
PizzaPlanet
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Courtesy of ChatGPT:
Name: Dr. Worm
Species: Earthworm
Occupation: Self-taught Bayou Musicologist & Accordion Virtuoso
Instrument: Button Accordion (custom-built for worm anatomy)
Backstory:
Deep beneath the mossy floor of the bayou lives Dr. Worm — not a doctor in the traditional sense, but a passionate scholar of bayou beats and backwoods boogie. Ever since he wriggled into an old music box buried in the mud, he’s been obsessed with learning every kind of rhythm that echoes through the Louisiana wetlands. Cajun, zydeco, jazz, even old riverboat tunes — Dr. Worm knows them all, and he’s got the footnotes (and wormholes) to prove it.
Dr. Worm crafted his own tiny accordion out of bottle caps, fishing line, and a discarded harmonica reed. He might not have hands, but that’s never stopped him from bringing soulful squeezebox melodies to every critter gathering from dawn 'til dusk.
Though he’s soft-spoken and polite, Dr. Worm is full of surprising wisdom and unexpected grooves. He joins Tiana’s Mardi Gras mission not just to play — but to document the rhythms of joy, community, and celebration.
Fun Fact: He insists on being called “Doctor” out of respect for his lifelong study of music (and because he says, “Professor Worm just didn’t have the same swing to it”).
Catchphrase: “Now that’s a rhythm worth wrigglin’ for.”
Tha Realest
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“Splash needs to be replaced because it’s in such bad shape.”
WorldExplorer
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Can't wait to see what Tiana's looks like in thirty years! Off to a great start!
solidyne
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Well, the effects and lighting would be broken by now...
It really is quite impressive how they've neglected this IP with a namesake attraction that's riddled with issues and lacks any resemblance to the movie. Can't fix it so they're just letting it slowly waste away.
Incomudro
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"Come ride the ride, where you'll see almost nothing you recognize from the film you love!"
(And some of it won't be working.)
Brer Oswald
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If it even makes it that long!
Fox&Hound
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I don’t know when, maybe ten-fifteen years, but I have hopes that some executive will come along and say “this does not work” and make some strong story choices to enhance this ride. The ride is not irreparable it just needs someone with a stronger vision at the helm.
Brer Panther
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It still baffles me that Naveen, one of the film's main characters, is a non-entity in this ride while Mama Odie is the most focused-on character from the film in the ride aside from Tiana and maybe Louis. It's like doing an Aladdin ride where the only characters who even so much as talk are Jasmine, the Genie, and Iago while Aladdin only makes a brief cameo near the end.
LittleBuford
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It would be closer to having Jasmine absent. In your analogy, Aladdin is equivalent to Tiana.
Tiana - 7 appearances (4 animatronic, 1 limited movement figure, 1 screen, 1 voice only)
Louis - 7 appearances (3 animatronic, 2 limited movement figure, 1 screen, 1 voice only)
Mama Odie - 5 appearances (2 animatronic, 2 screens, 1 voice only)
Juju - 3 appearances (1 limited movement figure, 2 screens)
Ray - 2 appearances (2 screens)
Naveen, Charolette, Tiana's Mother - 1 (Limited movement figure)
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Brer Panther
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I said Jasmine because she's the marketable princess who sells dolls and Halloween costumes like Tiana - ergo, Disney would probably be more likely to give her a greater presence in the ride than Aladdin (unless it was a book report).
Isn't it only one voice only appearance? We hear her shouting at us just before we go down Slippin' Falls, then we get two screens, then the two animatronics... am I forgetting something?
You're correct. I was mistaking her dialog at the top of the big plunge for a 2nd disembodied Odie.