Tiana's Bayou Adventure: Disneyland Watch & Discussion

[EagleScout610]

Clearly the spent most of the money on the finale and whatever was left on the old HDYD scenes. The imagineers then combined all the loose change they could find in their sofas and car cup holders to complete the old laughing place/ burrows lament scenes.

My friend rode a few weeks ago and he said he liked the first scenes and finale, but the "middle was kind of weird", in his words

 

[DLR92]

Found a video from a company that did work on DL's version of Bayou Adventure, complete with a construction shot of Burrow Lament that I feel perfectly sums up why this ride is a colossal nuke:

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It just illustrates how much nothing there is to look at Bayou, even with the lights on. Keep in mind, this exact spot would have had 15 figures to look at if you looked at Splash from this spot, even with the lights on.

Yes, according to Disney a single screen with 3D printed mushrooms and bottles is a much better sequnce than:

Brer Rabbit stuck in honey
Brer Fox sneaking up on him
Mama Possum and 2 babies
Mama Rabbit and 4 baby bunnies
Boothill Boys

I prefer the former scenes. Nothing in the ride currently flows in the new storyline.

 

[Professortango1]

Found a video from a company that did work on DL's version of Bayou Adventure, complete with a construction shot of Burrow Lament that I feel perfectly sums up why this ride is a colossal nuke:

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It just illustrates how much nothing there is to look at Bayou, even with the lights on. Keep in mind, this exact spot would have had 15 figures to look at if you looked at Splash from this spot, even with the lights on.

Yes, according to Disney a single screen with 3D printed mushrooms and bottles is a much better sequnce than:

Brer Rabbit stuck in honey
Brer Fox sneaking up on him
Mama Possum and 2 babies
Mama Rabbit and 4 baby bunnies
Boothill Boys

To be fair, the Brer Rabbit stuck in honey was replaced by the bongo frog. Still a downgrade, but you can't move the goalpost mid argument.

 

[Ghost93]

You can make a major overhaul to the story with some new dialogue, swapping out the LP or at least half of the LP scenes (which is just 2-4 frogs, the awful Tiana CGI screen and bare minimal theming) and some Facilier / ghoul projections and music changes on the lifthill with Mama Odie saving the day up top.

Although the old HDYD scenes would still be underwhelming you don’t really have to change anything story wise. And you can kind of look past the fact that it’s underwhelming if the ride is building to something. But it’s hard to do when the ride just so monotone and essentially flat lines the whole time.

Put Tiana in her real dress at the end. And it should be Louis playing a riff for us at the end (preferably the intro to Human again) right before unload instead of Mama Odie.

Yeah I don't think fixing TBA would be THAT expensive. I think the Disneyland version of Going Down the Bayou is perfectly paced (it's too dragged out in the Magic Kingdom version) and the finale is good. What kills the ride is the Dig a Little Deeper segment and the monotonous cheerfulness as riders go up the lift hill. There needs to be some suspense and a climax. They can swap out the screens with Dr. Facillier and do projection mapping for the shadows without spending a fortune.