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Tiana's Bayou Adventure Effects Status Watch

FigmentsBrightIdeas

FigmentsBrightIdeas

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EagleScout610 said:

Dear Bob - Look! At! This! Look! LOOOOKKK!!!
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“I knew I apparently said this ride was boring, but screw it. I don’t care, we had to open it anyway. Nobody cares. I’m surprised Disney fans take this stuff so seriously. I mean, I sure don’t care that much. Replacing a ride anyone could enjoy with a Disney Jr. one that makes no sense that preschoolers can’t even ride. That’s what I call some genius hustling. Little trick up my sleeve. Nonsensical Preschool writing +
Thrill, some needed subversion of guest expectations. On top of that, if we don’t care about show quality and let it run however, no pesky maintenance cost. Also, helps save the money we lost from our latest string of film & television failures. It’s more than clear to me, everyone wins here.”. “PS: Imagination works the best when you’re thinking upside down, it’s a different angle of thinking. I have a track record, I also fixed Tony’s Imagination ride in ‘02 with Kathy Mangum’s help. (oops, I actually meant Tony’s help, he created Figment right? Yeah..) See, we kept the Honey, I Shrunk the Audience theming for more modern audiences, but I brought Figment back for the fussy nostalgics, K? Please, don’t tell me he isn’t the same as he was, and Dreamfinder was old & creepy, K? Don’t ask for the rationality behind that thinking, cause I couldn’t tell you, also, Screw the revisionist history you may have heard that Eisner did it, it was
‘Me’ who answered folks at those shareholders meeting. Let alone those crazy rumors that it stinks. That skunk is a rose, I promise. That’s my saving grace right there. That’s why I made sure I brought it up at his Legends Award Ceremony.” - Iger LOL
 
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FigmentsBrightIdeas

FigmentsBrightIdeas

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“The only reason why people don’t like the new Tiana ride, clearly, is because they just don’t like change. Ya know, the nostalgia minded can never, ever be pleased. It’s not standards they’re after, they just can’t understand the concept of embracing change & moving on from our past. We can’t and don’t want to hold our legacy in any reverence. We “respect” it but don’t let it have much influence or “get in the way” on what we do going forward”. Say what you will about integrity, but it’s about pleasing our shareholders and embracing & finding a new & current day audience. The new audience that simply discovered this stuff as it was and loved it. That doesn’t exist, don’t argue facts with me. You’re wrong, I’m right, period. Splash Mountain was old and outdated and not well executed by today’s evolved standards. You gotta keep moving forward, you gotta keep up with the trends, no matter what. It’s what Walt stood for, he never looked back.” - Love, Papa Iger.
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dmc493

dmc493

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Rode this weekend on my trip, it was probably the best of all the (terrible) rides on this that I've had since it opened. All AA body movements were articulating correctly, but 4+ heads were not animating correctly at all - blinking eyes and head turns only, but no cheek/mouth/face movements. No fog in any of the originally seen locations (final lift hill and I think one other spot).

Not introducing anything new here but it just gets more disappointing by the ride
 
FettFan

FettFan

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dmc493 said:
No fog in any of the originally seen locations (final lift hill and I think one other spot).
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To be fair, this isn’t unique to Tiana; the fog machines are always one of the first things to cut out on almost any ride where they are installed.
Everest has multiple fog machines that have been dormant for at least a decade now.

Not sure if the machines are actually broken or just turned off as a cost-cutting measure, seeing as how Disney would need multiple drums of fog juice for each attraction for every day of the year, and that stuff ain’t cheap.

Let’s say every attraction with a fog effect uses just one of these drums of juice every day in a park that is open 365 days a year. That would be well over $500,000 a year per attraction in additional operational costs.

Tiana’s and other water rides with fog effects would be slightly less expensive, as they generally spend a chunk of the winter months down for maintenance.
 

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WorldExplorer

WorldExplorer

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I don't understand how it gets this bad without stopping. Are people lying about the ride continuing to operate? Are we just being biased and people can present me other instances of people being sent through entirely dark scenes and seeing extreme animatronic breakage like this from other rides?

This one keeps cooking up bizarre and horrific malfunctions. And supposedly they don't stop for them.

I mean, I've had times where I reported animatronics that were much less broken than this, and the ride shut down soon after. Just a coincidence?

I know Ariel's neck snapped, but they didn't keep operating, right? And no one's reporting being sent through in total darkness?
 
Tha Realest

Tha Realest

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FettFan said:
To be fair, this isn’t unique to Tiana; the fog machines are always one of the first things to cut out on almost any ride where they are installed.
Everest has multiple fog machines that have been dormant for at least a decade now.

Not sure if the machines are actually broken or just turned off as a cost-cutting measure, seeing as how Disney would need multiple drums of fog juice for each attraction for every day of the year, and that stuff ain’t cheap.

Let’s say every attraction with a fog effect uses just one of these drums of juice every day in a park that is open 365 days a year. That would be well over $500,000 a year per attraction in additional operational costs.

Tiana’s and other water rides with fog effects would be slightly less expensive, as they generally spend a chunk of the winter months down for maintenance.
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If only they had a special division with decades worth of accumulated experience that could spot this issue in the design and fabrication process.
 
Ayla

Ayla

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FettFan said:
To be fair, this isn’t unique to Tiana; the fog machines are always one of the first things to cut out on almost any ride where they are installed.
Everest has multiple fog machines that have been dormant for at least a decade now.

Not sure if the machines are actually broken or just turned off as a cost-cutting measure, seeing as how Disney would need multiple drums of fog juice for each attraction for every day of the year, and that stuff ain’t cheap.

Let’s say every attraction with a fog effect uses just one of these drums of juice every day in a park that is open 365 days a year. That would be well over $500,000 a year per attraction in additional operational costs.

Tiana’s and other water rides with fog effects would be slightly less expensive, as they generally spend a chunk of the winter months down for maintenance.
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How much does WDW make in DAILY gate admissions?
 
Animaniac93-98

Animaniac93-98

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Figments Friend said:
Remember when ‘Show Quality’ was important…?
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WorldExplorer said:
I don't understand how it gets this bad without stopping. Are people lying about the ride continuing to operate?
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With Big Thunder Mountain and Buzz Lightyear down for refurbishment and no immediate replacement for either the Riverboat or Tom Sawyer Island, it's likely Disney doesn't want to close anything else in MK for the time being.

Park ops is probably more concerned with capacity at the moment, and as long as the boats are cycling through the ride, that's probably seen as good enough.

Is that really acceptable though for the park's newest ride? The one that's received the most marketing in the past 2 years? Isn't running the ride continuously with poor show quality a bigger harm to guest satisfaction that just closing it outright?

Better to close and properly fix it now than just run it into the ground indefinitely while hoping it doesn't get worse.
 

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