RSoxNo1
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I would argue that Liberty Square and the American Adventure Pavilion are also redundant.
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News Splash Mountain retheme to Princess and the Frog - Tiana's Bayou Adventure
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FettFan
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Apparently, now someone is calling for the removal of the hanging Ghost Host corpse in the Haunted Mansion.
But there are folks in ITM's comment section that are treating it like it's a good idea.
If these folks seriously believe that a dark suicide joke is too much, God help them should they realize that WDW used child murder as a game in the interactive queue.
PS - Those two are TOTALLY caricatures of Brad Bird.
https:///2020/06/hanging-body-haunted-mansion-kc1/
Whether they're being serious or it's another case of sarcastic hyperbole, I know not.But there are folks in ITM's comment section that are treating it like it's a good idea.
If these folks seriously believe that a dark suicide joke is too much, God help them should they realize that WDW used child murder as a game in the interactive queue.
PS - Those two are TOTALLY caricatures of Brad Bird.
Haymarket2008
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I can see where you are coming from there. I happen to love both shows. Both of which aren't wrong to delve into the complications of a "new country", imho. Every country has its dark side. These shows are highlighting the positives and weaknesses and do so effectively. Definitely not reason to remove Liberty Square. Disneyland/WDW IS Americana.
Brer Oswald
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And it’s already a Disney IP. One of their oldest.
Haymarket2008
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I'm team Western River Expedition or a log flume version of the Disney American Tall Tale cartoons. Both would be excellent.
Bleed0range
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To me, logically, it makes the most sense to retheme the area directly around it to New Orleans Square snd modify Pecos Bill to a New Orleans style restaurant. Then they can utilize the Frontierland expansion pad and build a new attraction there later.
_caleb
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Not that Tomorrowland is without its problems, but you're saying that Frontierland is perfectly themed?
Model3 McQueen
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For the same reason they put a warehouse fortress powerplant in Hollywood land.. and a chase-a-baby roller coaster in a pier about Pixar
FettFan
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Because a re-theme of an existing ride (especially if they decide to rely 75+% on projectors) is cheap.
Plus, with the much smaller queue, they can change the courtyard area into Tiana's Palace Dance Party.
And because they don't care about the Frontierland theme, you'll see stupid crap like the Mary Poppins penguins running around alongside Clarice.
And the defenders will all be like "Well, PatF had talking animals too!" because they rationalize everything even though PatF is set in New Orleans and THERE ARE NO MOUNTAINS IN NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS IS A GIANT LAND-BOWL THAT NEEDS 24/7 PUMPING TO KEEP THE WATER OUT.
^^ Not even Katrina. This was just a couple of years ago during a heavy storm.
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Concept art for the Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn and Cafe retheme? The detail is incredible!
#immersive
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FettFan
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PS - If I were building a Louisiana themed log flume ride, instead of logs, I'd have the vehicles designed as caskets.
That's why older cemeteries in South Louisiana (such as during the time of PatF) inter the dead in above-ground mausoleums, and why newer cemeteries (1960s-to today) rely on heavy concrete vaults to hold them down.
Too much groundwater from a flood will take grandpa or grandma on one last fishing trip.
That's why older cemeteries in South Louisiana (such as during the time of PatF) inter the dead in above-ground mausoleums, and why newer cemeteries (1960s-to today) rely on heavy concrete vaults to hold them down.
Too much groundwater from a flood will take grandpa or grandma on one last fishing trip.
JohnD
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Doubtful. There may be subtle reference to Splash Mountain in the ride but that will probably be it.
I just hope this statue can stay in some way.
For sure, right next to this guy
Although they look more like a Hitchhiking Trio to me...
JohnD
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Putting aside "problematic" (that's a discussion for the politics forum), even if Liberty Square were changed to New Orleans Square, HM exterior would have to be changed to the one from DL and Princess/Frog is all the way on the other side in Frontierland outside of the new New Orleans Square. I'll just say this -- I see nothing "problematic" about Liberty. The worst that can be said of HOP is that it's boring. But so is COP. But maybe, just maybe, those attractions have a loftier goal? Just saying.
JohnD
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Tim Lohr
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In the past our family's problem with WDW is that we have 4 little girls, so I spend a lot of time waiting to meet princesses on my WDW vacation, not that I mind, but there really isn't a lot to do there with little kids ...as crazy as that sounds... but they also want to meet "ALL" the Princesses. So making Splash Mountain into a Princess ride is going to be a problem for us, because not everyone is tall enough for it at the moment, and I'm wondering if little boys will want to ride it at all.
For us it would be better if Splash Mountain didn't have the big drop at the end, all the kids could ride it, they all love the signing animals. At the moment everyone is under 10 years old but Splash is their favorite ride... so my personal vote would be keep the America Sings animals and replace the Song of the South characters with something "gender neutral" and unoffensive.
And since there is so much undeveloped land around the Rivers of America why not make the same Tiana Mardi Gras ride with out the big drop at the end? Why not do something for Pocahontas and Tiana in the north end of Frontierland, that's similar to the theme areas for Beauty and the Beast and Little Mermaid in the north end of new Fantsayland?
Have a kind of Tiana boat ride, but also combine it with a Tiana's Place restaurant, the same way Blue Bayou and Pirates are in Disneyland, and have live jazz music there. Have a "magical meet and greet" for Tiana, like Belle, Ariel and Tinker Bell have, and have something like Gaston's Tavern for Dr. Facilier in between the Haunted Mansion and the Tiana area... and do a little Pocahontas area/boat ride next to it?
This seems like a "quick fix" for Disneyland's Splash Mountain, but a big missed opportunity for WDW's Magic Kingdom, because Disneyland has plenty of attractions but MK doesn't
FettFan
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If you were paying attention in the queue, there's actually an explanation as to why the animals started calling Chickipin Hill "Splash Mountain".
And like all good stories, it starts with liquor.
Here lie Brer Rabbit, Fox and Bear,
In Chick-apin they lived, until
Disney said "Get those three outta there"
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