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News Splash Mountain retheme to Princess and the Frog - Tiana's Bayou Adventure
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Model3 McQueen
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Is the DLR now and forever the playground for the execs to dump their bad ideas into? Pixar Pier, hyperspace mountain, all of Tomorrowland and the garbage they put in the theater, guardians, PatF mountain.. (an enormous star wars land with only 2 rides, if that counts). I mean at least some of the changes at WDW make a shred of sense.
WDW Pro
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So you're saying I'm right more often than not. I appreciate your concession.
My concession is popcorn.
RSoxNo1
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Well Hopper is broken enough that it solves its own problem. But John Lasseter's name is on every Pixar movie, they're not going to pull all that from the parks any time soon.
This was a longer post but then I recognized I was way off base from "attraction discussion only". So um... lean into the Rivers of America theming and the Bayou fits I guess.
WildRide
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I’ve thought about this retheme for quite some time now....
I don’t particularly want either to go away, but of we ended up splitting the difference and only had Disneyland change it’s theme that wouldn’t be the worst compromise. Thematically you’re destroying Frontierland, but at least at DL you could stretch New Orleans square from pirates, through HM and over to a bayou themed area.
that’s less offensive at least to story and cohesion than just dropping the bayou next to thunder in Orlando
I don’t particularly want either to go away, but of we ended up splitting the difference and only had Disneyland change it’s theme that wouldn’t be the worst compromise. Thematically you’re destroying Frontierland, but at least at DL you could stretch New Orleans square from pirates, through HM and over to a bayou themed area.
that’s less offensive at least to story and cohesion than just dropping the bayou next to thunder in Orlando
LittleBuford
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The current ride is already described as “a colorful Southern bayou” by Disney:
Of all the objections that people have expressed about the retheme, the one about clashing with Frontierland makes the least sense to me given that the land is already geographically discordant.
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KevinPage
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But they can simply remove MOUNTAIN from the name of the attraction (which I’m sure they will).
And just because it has hills doesn’t mean it doesn’t “fit” Louisiana. I’m sure there are hills or up/down parts in those dang swamps.
The only issue is how to tie this into New Orleans with a big swath of Frontierland in between the two.
Maybe the characters went on trip or something? That’s something for WDI to figure out and really seems like the easy part. I’m much more concerned about the focus on the ride experience itself and making it as whiz bang and up to date as possible
_caleb
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Wait- so you don’t know the answer to this?
MickeyLuv'r
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It is also possible that the word mountain will be dropped from the name of the re-themed attraction.
The drop could be re-themed as time travel.
Maybe after the drop we get to see Tiana imparting her wisdom to the next generation.
The drop could be re-themed as time travel.
Maybe after the drop we get to see Tiana imparting her wisdom to the next generation.
Texas84
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I spent a year there working on a project. The closest thing to a hill is the Avery Island salt dome where they make Tabasco. And that's not much above sea level.
Already been said several times that there ain't no mountain in SotS, just a small hill which is more of a mound.
There ain't no flood or river journey in SotS.
The actual ride is not mountainous, it's only a 50' drop.
The drop in the ride represents being thrown into a briar patch, it is not meant to represent plunging down a mountainous river.
The name of the ride can (and most likely will) drop the "Mountain" appellation (which it shouldn't have had from the beginning, but was given just to mirror Space Mountain's name).
Space/geography is one aspect of a theme, what it evokes is another. The time period of princess and the frog is so far gone from the Frontier. It is actually closer to the present than Main Street USA. Mix the time and space both being off, you do not evoke the themes the way Frontierland current line up and it's content does. It may not make sense to you, but it has points to most.
Bocabear
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Who Cares about the reality of Mountains or hill in a bayou... Would you prefer it just be a lot of stanchions, steel support girders and an undressed show building? The mountain has always looked great and even with a re-dress, it will still look fine. I don't think anyone is looking for absolute location accuracy here...Remember the "Jungle" and"Caribbean" are about 100 yards away... It will all fit fine when finished... And if we want to be ultra picky, What is a "Space Mountain"? Why is the Beast's French Castle exist across the walkway from the 7 Dwarfs German Gem mine? lol
BuzzedPotatoHead89
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Agree. This will likely follow a similar track as with “Star Tours: The Adventures Continue“ or “Space Mountain: Ghost Galaxy”.
The more I’ve thought about it, I still think/hope given how synonymous Splash Mountain is with the park(s), we’ll likely get a new tag line tacked on like “Splash Mountain: Tiana and Louis’ Bayou Adventure” or whatever but I do think they’ll keep with the “Mountain” theme, regardless of whether it fully fits the “geography” or not.
LittleBuford
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The chronological argument doesn't work either when you consider the Country Bear Jamboree, which is very much a twentieth-century affair. As long as the exterior of the doesn't look modern or jazzy (and the concept art doesn't suggest it will), the thematic fit will be no worse than with the current version.
(For what it's worth, I will be very sorry to see Splash Mountain go, so I'm not posting this as someone opposed to the current version.)
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