Preface
I do not agree with the decision to retheme Splash Mountain you can check my post history if you do not believe me. The reality of the situation is that it will be rethemed. So, instead of campaigning to save Splash Mountain when we know Disney will likely not reverse their decision at this point is pointless. I would like to share how I would go about retheming the attraction from start to finish. This is my first attempt at something like this so it’s rough around the edges but it get’s the job done.
I do NOT want this thread to turn into one of the main threads into a debate if they should or shouldn’t they are plenty of other threads for that. Please be respectful. Want to have a nice civil discourse about how the community would undertake such a task
Last night, I watched Princess and the Frog for my second time ever last night (I think, it felt like the first time to be honest). Quick review wasn’t a fan of the beginning but it got really good toward the middle and ending. I wanted to give PATF (princess and the frog is WAY too long) a fair shot. I enjoyed the movie but something I really enjoyed was the music. Almost all the songs in the film were awesome very catchy besides one or two. With my quick thoughts out of the way let’s get to the retheming.
Some Ground Rules
- No changes may be done to the ride system itself
- I know budget is a hot button issue here but I really can’t account for that
- I must follow the story laid out by Disney Parks Blog
Part 1 The Queue
Guests enter a New Orleans style setting where they walk though a town (similar to BTM). In this town, they see posters advertising a mardi gras party peformance by Tiana and Co. The queue would have instrumentals of music from the film. The spiel would be done by Louie.
Part 2 The Ride
Guests move out of the station and ascend the first small lift hill (the one where you can see the drop) Tiana is floating outside on a barge with Louie (they are both new models of AA) they talk with you about their first Mardi Gras celebration and how excited they are to be preforming. She needs to make preparations at Mama Ode‘s house and then she will perform. We are invited for the performance and to accompany Tiana.
After this small brief scene guests ascend the bigger lift hill to where (How Do You Do?) is played now. Here the song “Down in New Orleans ” is played the song does a great job of setting up the world as it is the prologue. They can add some trees and bits of scenery to make it look swampy as you get closer to the bayou.
You then splash down the first drop (Slippin’ Falls) and head into the first show scene. You have arrived at the beginning part of the bayou and see a bunch of AA animal figures singing “Going Down the Bayou” they are also with Louie. Fireflies are also present in this scene as it has been changed to be a bayou. You can see Mama Ode’s House up ahead!
Toward the end of the scene you see a shadow form into a creature (using projection mapping) and the creature drags your log down the second drop (Laughin Place) into a dark cave. You hear drums banging and creepy masks are represented by a mix of projection mapping and AA mouth’s and then you hear “ARE YOU READY, ARE YOU READY ARE YOU REEEEDY”. Then an extremely lifelike AA of the shadow man himself as he taunts guests by telling them that it was his plan to get revenge on Tiana by ruining her Mardi Gras performance. He casts a Vodoo spell on your log (using projection mapping) and you start ascending ”friends on the other side” continues to play with ominous music. On the left you see Mama Ode trying to stop the log from going over the edge of the top of her tree house (this part I had problems with finding a justification for) but it is too late.
Side Note: They probably won’t do this but this is where I would insert a nod to Splash Mountain at this point. ”Time to be turning around if only you could” should be said by the shadowman as a small nod to Splash Mountain.
After the final drop, we hear some very jazzy music up ahead. We enter the final show scene and the scene is of New Orleans at night from the water. This is achieved using projection mapping, we see a riverboat modeled after the one in the film and all key characters from the film and some animal AA’s sing “Dig a little deeper”. After this we see another impressive Tiana and Navine AA bidding us good bye and guests exit though the New Orleans streets they came from.
What does the community think of this idea for fitting PATF into Splash Mountain? What are your ideas?
I do not agree with the decision to retheme Splash Mountain you can check my post history if you do not believe me. The reality of the situation is that it will be rethemed. So, instead of campaigning to save Splash Mountain when we know Disney will likely not reverse their decision at this point is pointless. I would like to share how I would go about retheming the attraction from start to finish. This is my first attempt at something like this so it’s rough around the edges but it get’s the job done.
I do NOT want this thread to turn into one of the main threads into a debate if they should or shouldn’t they are plenty of other threads for that. Please be respectful. Want to have a nice civil discourse about how the community would undertake such a task
Last night, I watched Princess and the Frog for my second time ever last night (I think, it felt like the first time to be honest). Quick review wasn’t a fan of the beginning but it got really good toward the middle and ending. I wanted to give PATF (princess and the frog is WAY too long) a fair shot. I enjoyed the movie but something I really enjoyed was the music. Almost all the songs in the film were awesome very catchy besides one or two. With my quick thoughts out of the way let’s get to the retheming.
Some Ground Rules
- No changes may be done to the ride system itself
- I know budget is a hot button issue here but I really can’t account for that
- I must follow the story laid out by Disney Parks Blog
Part 1 The Queue
Guests enter a New Orleans style setting where they walk though a town (similar to BTM). In this town, they see posters advertising a mardi gras party peformance by Tiana and Co. The queue would have instrumentals of music from the film. The spiel would be done by Louie.
Part 2 The Ride
Guests move out of the station and ascend the first small lift hill (the one where you can see the drop) Tiana is floating outside on a barge with Louie (they are both new models of AA) they talk with you about their first Mardi Gras celebration and how excited they are to be preforming. She needs to make preparations at Mama Ode‘s house and then she will perform. We are invited for the performance and to accompany Tiana.
After this small brief scene guests ascend the bigger lift hill to where (How Do You Do?) is played now. Here the song “Down in New Orleans ” is played the song does a great job of setting up the world as it is the prologue. They can add some trees and bits of scenery to make it look swampy as you get closer to the bayou.
You then splash down the first drop (Slippin’ Falls) and head into the first show scene. You have arrived at the beginning part of the bayou and see a bunch of AA animal figures singing “Going Down the Bayou” they are also with Louie. Fireflies are also present in this scene as it has been changed to be a bayou. You can see Mama Ode’s House up ahead!
Toward the end of the scene you see a shadow form into a creature (using projection mapping) and the creature drags your log down the second drop (Laughin Place) into a dark cave. You hear drums banging and creepy masks are represented by a mix of projection mapping and AA mouth’s and then you hear “ARE YOU READY, ARE YOU READY ARE YOU REEEEDY”. Then an extremely lifelike AA of the shadow man himself as he taunts guests by telling them that it was his plan to get revenge on Tiana by ruining her Mardi Gras performance. He casts a Vodoo spell on your log (using projection mapping) and you start ascending ”friends on the other side” continues to play with ominous music. On the left you see Mama Ode trying to stop the log from going over the edge of the top of her tree house (this part I had problems with finding a justification for) but it is too late.
Side Note: They probably won’t do this but this is where I would insert a nod to Splash Mountain at this point. ”Time to be turning around if only you could” should be said by the shadowman as a small nod to Splash Mountain.
After the final drop, we hear some very jazzy music up ahead. We enter the final show scene and the scene is of New Orleans at night from the water. This is achieved using projection mapping, we see a riverboat modeled after the one in the film and all key characters from the film and some animal AA’s sing “Dig a little deeper”. After this we see another impressive Tiana and Navine AA bidding us good bye and guests exit though the New Orleans streets they came from.
What does the community think of this idea for fitting PATF into Splash Mountain? What are your ideas?
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