DarkMetroid567
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I finally made it onto MK Tiana and I can now understand why some dislike the pacing — it lacks some of the energy Splash had. But at worst it’s a mild/medium downgrade (unlike DL Tiana, which feels like an upgrade).
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MK Tiana's Bayou Adventure - latest details and construction progress
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HMF
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It would be amazing since they would have to actually pay to have the tracks repaired from the structural damage caused by the Rocket Rods. Which I highly doubt today's Disney would actually do.
I too preferred WDW's Splash but it was still fantastic at DL and I can't imagine Tiana being considered an upgrade there
Brer Panther
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Yeah, the fur does confuse me. Why DOES he have fur?
Bocabear
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Disney could do it...they could rebuild the ride from scratch too if the wanted to...sad thing is they are willing to just let it sit there....ruins of a past glory in the middle of an operating theme park. Sure it would cost money....everything does.... Universal opened with their overhead monorail train ride in Seussland which had problems and could not run properly... Years later they decided to go ahead and invest the money to rebuild the tracks and open the ride... Disney could do the same... They would probably have to update the entire ride system, and it would not be easy, but to have another attraction in Tomorrowland...an attraction of length, would be a great thing and add some fresh kinetics to the area... It would start to feel like "The World On The Move" the way it was designed to back in 65'...
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
No way in hell they ever spend a dime to reopen the TTA…sorry
aladdin2007
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were just lucky we still have ours, its time is probably coming, Vahle and minions loves to save a buck. Hence why stitch is still empty in my opinion. Whatever they can cut to have less to pay on and maintain they will. meanwhile the tiana abomination will continue to run poorly and just be a constant further downgrade, its not going to age well. Its only a year old and already a mess.
Bocabear
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I am sure they will not...but they could...
Bocabear
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I finally got to ride TBA this past weekend....
Overall it's ok... I mean the ride is still the ride... The storytelling is ridiculous. We had a delay stop just before Mama Odie makes you small so we watcjhed her video loop about 2o times....and it is not really clear that you are being miniaturized... you just do the drop and there is a spotlight that hits you in the face....
The interior is much darker now....more impressive animatronics when they work, but overall fewer storytelling moments. The finale scene, while full of stuff, seems flat without the Zip-a-Dee-Lady Riverboat.... Tiana was suffering from Bell's Palsey...her face was frozen... Which was kind of funny as her body was still making the correct motions...with a frightened expression on her non-moving face.
All in all it was ok...but all that food factory talk and backstory doesn't read...nor does it add anything to the actual attraction.
Overall it's ok... I mean the ride is still the ride... The storytelling is ridiculous. We had a delay stop just before Mama Odie makes you small so we watcjhed her video loop about 2o times....and it is not really clear that you are being miniaturized... you just do the drop and there is a spotlight that hits you in the face....
The interior is much darker now....more impressive animatronics when they work, but overall fewer storytelling moments. The finale scene, while full of stuff, seems flat without the Zip-a-Dee-Lady Riverboat.... Tiana was suffering from Bell's Palsey...her face was frozen... Which was kind of funny as her body was still making the correct motions...with a frightened expression on her non-moving face.
All in all it was ok...but all that food factory talk and backstory doesn't read...nor does it add anything to the actual attraction.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
…if wishes and buts were candy and nuts
They just don’t run the parks that way anymore…it’s not about the appearances or the consistency…it’s trying to maximize the cash cow now that they don’t have another viable option.
lightningtap347
Well-Known Member
It still feels like I'm riding the corpse of Splash Mountain.
Only made more apparent when staring at the darker voids once occupied by scenes, and accompanied by repetitive scenes that feel more like filler. Such a sorry excuse for an attraction. Corpse, how appropriate. Built on the bones of an attraction once teeming with life.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
The whole point of doing this was to reduce ops cost and put a more “acceptable” spin on the ride
I’m not sure what people expected to be honest?
WorldExplorer
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People expected Disney to understand the concept of storytelling and a visually interesting scene.
None of the explanations/excuses given, super positive or extremely cynical, has offered a convincing reason why they had to have such boring scenes and such a lame plot. That was completely avoidable.
Dreamer19
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Oh, I expected it to be this bad.
Even before diving into the ridiculous backdrop/setting and awful storyline, the motives behind replacing it were wrong and borderline nefarious, the Imagineering team were spiteful and cocky and the IP they chose to replace it with deserved its own attraction.
No one won.
The three people that were complaining about Splash Mountain are still miserable (they always will be) and now so are the rest of us.
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Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Your talking about a previous era…as long as Napoleon is the emperor…they’ll continue to run this way and miss the target
Can’t argue that…they ran for 10 years on a misguided philosophy that didn’t really reflect their market or the transition to the future the way they assumed
Thankfully they seem to be correcting somewhat
Bocabear
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I see no correction just more and more of the same...throw anything anywhere, it doesn't matter...there is no cohesion to the parks or design decisions...
Dreamer19
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Compare that with Universal’s Epic, who’s designers used a portal system to separate unconnected lands and IPs.
Were all of the good Imagineers poached by Universal?
Bocabear
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Evidently