General Discussion of Tiana's Bayou Adventure

[Kirby86]

It really does seem like this will be a bifurcated experience between the queue and the actual flume. I don't really see much connection between the co-op storyline and the singing animals that will populate the majority of the indoor portions of the ride. Or how Mama Odie factors at all into the "secret ingredient" storyline...before subsequently throwing you off a 50-foot cliff.

Remember folks, Imagineering gave a convoluted Prince Charming backstory to the carousel of all things. They love doing needless information dumps. I wouldn't be surprised if the actual ride portion only pays lip service to the complex salt mine/co-op plot.

Yeah the backstory to the Carousel is ridiculous the prince training for jousting is an uneeded story point. Honestly if they wanted a backstory the simple thing to say is Cinderella wanted to open up the Castle to everyone and they bought the Carousel so people could have something to do.

I feel like Tiana's has a similar issue. The backstory is bogged down with so much information. She bought a salt mine, it's an employee owned co-op, she has local artists decorating, they make great hot sauce, she is teaching kids about gardening. Are there going to be book reports in the queue so we know all the ins and outs?

If they were dead set on the ingredients plot they didn't need to add all this superfluous information. Just have her need an ingredient and go on an adventure in the bayou to find it. Keep it simple.

 

[Trauma]

I asked in the other thread but it was locked.

Do salt mines have a history of being repurposed?

I know you can take tours of some, but I don’t know if any co-op restaurant/hot sauce factory/community meeting center/ female empowerment / diverse teaching kitchen thing has ever been attempted ?

 

[Doberge]

This Tiana story at least has potential to be more developed than the loose Splash story of Br'er Rabbit looking for his laughing place and Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear trying and failing to catch him before he escapes and realizes he could find it at home. Pretty simple story.

 

[LittleBuford]

I asked in the other thread but it was locked.

Do salt mines have a history of being repurposed?

I know you can take tours of some, but I don’t know if any co-op restaurant/hot sauce factory/community meeting center/ female empowerment / diverse teaching kitchen thing has ever been attempted ?

I don’t think we should be looking for realism in a Magic Kingdom attraction. That isn’t the problem here.

 

[SourcererMark79]

Too late for a salt joke? Na.

 

[LittleBuford]

This Tiana story at least has potential to be more developed than the loose Splash story of Br'er Rabbit looking for his laughing place and Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear trying and failing to catch him before he escapes and realizes he could find it at home. Pretty simple story.

Nothing wrong with simplicity in storytelling, particularly at a theme park.

 

[Drdcm]

Too late for a salt joke? Na.

We’re all pretty SALTY right now

 

[SourcererMark79]

We’re all pretty SALTY right now

Yep, it's assalting

 

[Drdcm]

Why can’t we just discuss it on its own merits? One doesn’t need to draw comparisons with Splash Mountain to opine on the backstory they released yesterday.

We can. I’ve been trying to. It’s just being so regulated in what we are allowed to discuss is disappointing.

 

[Drdcm]

One of the reasons this is a quality forum is that it’s moderated. Many of my posts have been deleted over the years, and I haven’t always understood why, but it’s a small price to pay for what is—overall and relative to other venues—a civil and productive space for discussion.

We are in agreement, this is a quality site because of the moderation. Im just voicing disagreement with closing all discussion of the old ride. Im willing to comply by the rules and have had posts deleted as well. I’m not offended, just saying it’s a BIG step a week after closing one of the most popular rides.

Rather than beat a dead horse over it, I’ll let it go though because I really don’t want to distract from the discussion.

 

[SourcererMark79]

We can. I’ve been trying to. It’s just being so regulated in what we are allowed to discuss is disappointing.

We now know what makes the salty smell in PoC.

Clearly this backstory is current with what has happened there in recent years. Remember the dialogue ahead of the galactic star cruiser?

 

[Joel]

Pretty much all of us who’ve ventured into the terrain of social and political commentary have had posts deleted, regardless of where we stand ideologically.

Walking the tightrope is part of the thrill.

 

[Drdcm]

We now know what makes the salty smell in PoC.

Clearly this backstory is current with what has happened there in recent years. Remember the dialogue ahead of the galactic star cruiser?

I wasn’t really engaged with this site until recently. I got fed up with the site that must not be named and came here and found the forums. Apparently I signed up a few years ago to get on RoTR, but I don’t really remember that. What happened with the star cruiser?

 

[GhostHost1000]

I wasn’t really engaged with this site until recently. I got fed up with the site that must not be named and came here and found the forums. Apparently I signed up a few years ago to get on RoTR, but I don’t really remember that. What happened with the star cruiser?

Ah the star cruiser. Topic for another post somewhere but that’s another example of a plan by Disney that is failing

 

[SourcererMark79]

I wasn’t really engaged with this site until recently. I got fed up with the site that must not be named and came here and found the forums. Apparently I signed up a few years ago to get on RoTR, but I don’t really remember that. What happened with the star cruiser?

Harsh criticism, and that it would be a flop before it opened. Time will tell.

 

[Kirby86]

The original attraction will still be brought up especially when they finally start showing us what the actual ride is. Right now they have told us virtually nothing about the ride. Once Disney shows some video of the stuff they're working on then we can honestly compare.

As for the backstory judging it on its own merits it has way to much information that we don't need.

 

[LittleBuford]

Ah the star cruiser. Topic for another post somewhere but that’s another example of a plan by Disney that is failing

Priced appropriately, it would be a great success. The reviews have been positive and there are many of us (myself included) who would jump at the opportunity to experience it if it weren’t so prohibitively expensive.

 

[GhostHost1000]

Priced appropriately, it would be a great success. The reviews have been positive and there are many of us (myself included) who would jump at the opportunity to experience it if it weren’t so prohibitively expensive.

That’s a good point. Not sure how often it would be a place for repeat guests however. But anyways back on the Tiana attraction. One bad decision at a time lol

 

[donaldtoo]

Plot twist…
“Tiana’s Star Cruiser Bayou Adventure”

 

[Communicora]

Plot twist…
“Tiana’s Star Cruiser Bayou Adventure”

Tiana's Salt Mine Externship Extravaganza