MK Tiana's Bayou Adventure - latest details and construction progress

WorldExplorer

WorldExplorer

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lentesta said:
Disney obviously knows the amount of downtime. There's a nightly spreadsheet ("Attraction Downtime Report") produced with per-ride downtime across property. And it includes pre-opening "ramp-up" downtime, when the CMs are trying to bring a ride up for the day.

Here's a sample:

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This survey is measuring the guest perspective of what Disney already knows. So it answers the question "How much of this do guests notice?"

They've run similar surveys for Rise of the Resistance.

Whatever the results are, the internal debate is around the perverse incentive of Lightning Lane revenue.

The last time I compiled those nightly reports into an annual number, Rise was averaging around 2 hours of downtime per day. But it probably generates $25MM in LLSP revenue.

So the internal debate is "How does Park Ops convince Jackie Swisher to fail at her annual performance appraisal goal for Lightning Lane revenue by bringing Rise down for the 6 months it needs to fix its issues?"

Jackie, as most people would, has to this point looked at those survey results, looked at her career path and performance bonuses, and decided that the survey results aren't that bad.

Same debate for Tiana's at MK.

This is what I mean when I say Disney doesn't need to artifically inflate wait times to sell Lightning Lane. All it needs to do is not spend the time and money to fix these reliabilty problems.

The downtime, by itself, will convince people to buy Lightning Lane. And nobody's doing a nickle up at Folsom for fraud. Plus they save money on maintenance. It's a win/win.

Also, Tiana's is in the top 3 of highest-rated rides in the MK, along with TRON and Space. It'll be #1 by June.

ETA: Link to WSJ story about internal data from Disney with LL revenue numbers.
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Remember everyone: this company likes to present itself as a moral authority.
 
Disstevefan1

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lentesta said:
This is what I mean when I say Disney doesn't need to artifically inflate wait times to sell Lightning Lane. All it needs to do is not spend the time and money to fix these reliabilty problems.

The downtime, by itself, will convince people to buy Lightning Lane.
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And here we are.

It PAYS to NOT spend time and money to fix things.

Disney wins again.
 
Incomudro

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monothingie said:
Instead of having the mindset of "How can we enhance offerings to boost guest satisfaction and attract both new and returning visitors", it's "How much can we get away with before the guests get ticked off and don't come back".

This mindset doesn't stop when (if?) Bob leaves. It's infected the entire company.
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Unfortunately you are 100% correct.
The old way is almost completely gone.
 
WorldExplorer

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^ Actual footage of Imagineers working on Tiana's Bayou Adventure.
 
Disgruntled Walt

Disgruntled Walt

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Disstevefan1 said:
Oh good. When the ride is down we can listen to the door.

Unless they turn off the audio when the ride is down. ;)
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I can't make out what they're saying. So I'll fill in the blanks (forgive me, I think the recent weirdness of some of the other threads is rubbing off on me):

"It's so strange how our boss can only move when the logs in the river through the middle of our factory start floating towards her."

"Yes, and she keeps talking about how great those animals can play. Like, that's literally all she says. I'm a little concerned, because she ought to be discussing our company budget—how can we afford to let all these animals run loose in our food factory?"

"I know, right! The incident with the bear sniffing up all the powdered sugar a couple months ago...I don't think the lawsuits have been settled yet, but it's not gonna be cheap."

"Well, I ain't payin' for it. I say we charge the alligator that hangs around all day between his trumpet gigs. That in itself is weird, because alligators don't have lips!"

"Well, maybe we should get back to work."

"What are we even doing here, cooking? Packing food? Making beignets that will definitely not taste good by the time they get to where they're going?"

"That's true. Who in 1927 is bulk ordering crates of beignets to be shipped somewhere? It doesn't actually make sense. You know what, I quit."

"Me too. I'd say we could hitch a ride out of here on one of the company logs, but they're down for maintenance."
 
WorldExplorer

WorldExplorer

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Bocabear said:
That would make a great running post...."Things overheard from Tiana's Sweatshop Foods Factory Break Room".....
I'll start: "if we can get the critters to play music for a party for free, can we also get them to pack boxes and run the factory for free?
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"Divorce? Isn't that a little extreme?"

"She barely acknowledges he exists. It's been a long time comin' if you ask me."
 
Tha Realest

Tha Realest

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Bocabear said:
That would make a great running post...."Things overheard from Tiana's Sweatshop Foods Factory Break Room".....
I'll start: "if we can get the critters to play music for a party for free, can we also get them to pack boxes and run the factory for free?
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“Why aren’t we invited to the party?”

“I don’t know. Guess she doesn’t care about her employees that much after all.”
 
Disgruntled Walt

Disgruntled Walt

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In the Parks
No
Bocabear said:
That would make a great running post...."Things overheard from Tiana's Sweatshop Foods Factory Break Room".....
I'll start: "if we can get the critters to play music for a party for free, can we also get them to pack boxes and run the factory for free?
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"Don't we sell meat products here? Do all these animals running around know that we plan to slaughter them?"
 

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