LittleBuford
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News Splash Mountain retheme to Princess and the Frog - Tiana's Bayou Adventure
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Epcot82Guy
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I say we go full Home on the Range... Anyone?
Or maybe they could theme it to a river expedition. Maybe in the West. Call it like "Western River Expedition" or something...
Or maybe they could theme it to a river expedition. Maybe in the West. Call it like "Western River Expedition" or something...
So you're saying they should retheme Test Track to include airplanes?
Goofy's Barnstormer retheme of Test Track is what you're implying, right???
Either that or the Astro Orbiter...
LittleBuford
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It’s a terrible film! Thematic fit isn’t everything; the quality of the IP should also matter.
Epcot82Guy
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Apologies - the sarcasm didn't transfer. Other than I don't believe in destroying creations, that film could never see the light of day in any medium and it may still be too soon.
ImperfectPixie
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I was subjected to months of "torture by Home on the Range" by my youngest for however long it was on cable a while back...it's flat-out awful.
LittleBuford
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Sorry, my fault for not recognising the sarcasm!
LittleBuford
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Have you seen Chicken Little? That’s even worse. It’s probably the only Disney animated film I would refuse to rewatch.
ImperfectPixie
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HA! I have the order reversed. I don't mind Chicken Little quite as much.
LittleBuford
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Interesting! Either way, we’re scraping the bottom of the barrel.
ImperfectPixie
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Absolutely.
Turtle
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I agree with this. You can much more easily turn Splash into Moana and re-align it to fit with Adventureland as opposed to Frontierland than do weird backflips to make New Orleans fit in Frontierland.
LittleBuford
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Just as Splash Mountain didn't entail making a Georgian plantation fit Frontierland, the rethemed version need not entail any overt references to New Orleans on the outside of the attraction (and the concept art showed none). We would be replacing one animal-themed Southern bayou setting with another.
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Animaniac93-98
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Song of the South, the movie, takes place in Georgia.
Splash Mountain, the WDW ride, does not. That's why they changed the landscape, the music, etc. Bears, foxes and rabbits live West of the Mississippi too. Even riverboats operated out west. They translated the story to a western setting because without any references to plantation life, it doesn't have to be set in the South East.
The proposed Tiana ride is about preparing for Mardi Gras. They're not even trying this time because the California designers wen't thinking much about WDW when they made the decision, only what would fit in "their" park.
Brer Panther
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How exactly does Moana fit into Frontierland?
Animaniac93-98
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Well it made more money, and we know that's what really matters to Uncle Bob.
Animaniac93-98
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Coming Soon to WDW!
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LittleBuford
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Can you describe anything specific about the concept art that you feel would thematically disrupt Frontierland? Looking at it, I see nothing that screams Mardi Gras or New Orleans.
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