News Splash Mountain retheme to Princess and the Frog - Tiana's Bayou Adventure

[Brer Oswald]

This thread is looking more and more like it should go under the Imagineering forum. The point of the Splash re-theme is two-fold. 1) Remove any reference to Song of the South, no matter how distant and 2) AND purposely theme it to Princess and the Frog whose protagonist (i.e. Princess Tiana) is an African-American to celebrate rather than be embrassed about. (Uncle Tom, er, Remus).

Any other discussion of what you could do to Splash outside of Princess and the Frog is just blue sky and belongs in Imagineering.

Reddit moment.

 

[Parker in NYC]

The Imagineering forum? But then the masses won't find it! If no one sees a post, does it still fall in the forest? Will the dopamine effects of group confrontation even exist?

 

[JohnD]

Reddit moment.

Lighten up, Francis

I'm just saying what is. You aren't discussing the attraction which is what I thought this thread was supposed to be about. Nor am I arguing for or against. "No politics", remember? We're beyond that. Instead, I'm reading pointless wishful thinking about a Western river attraction or it needs proper theming or whatever.

 

[Brer Oswald]

I'm just saying what is. You aren't discussing the attraction which is what I thought this thread was supposed to be about Nor am I arguing for or against. We're beyond that. Instead, I'm reading pointless wishful thinking about a a Western river attraction or proper theming or whatever.

Well, if recent rumours are to go by, there’s a chance the tether could be something else, not PatF. So we are just discussing some alternatives that could fit the land and that Tokyo might like.

There isn’t much else to discuss regarding what was announced in June.

 

[Ldno]

To be honest I honestly have no idea how they will re do this ride, unlike Maelstrom a favorite of mine and a ride I knew the track layout of, this ride will require heavy theming, it’s like 4 minutes long, that’s a lot of content I feel Princess and the frog does not contain to entertain us for that long, UNLESS they shorten it. Leave it Imageering to wow us but I wish it was something else although it will be hard to see it go...

 

[Brer Oswald]

To be honest I honestly have no idea how they will re do this ride, unlike Maelstrom a favorite of mine and a ride I knew the track layout of, this ride will require heavy theming, it’s like 4 minutes long, that’s a lot of content I feel Princess and the frog does not contain to entertain us for that long, UNLESS they shorten it. Leave it Imageering to wow us but I wish it was something else although it will be hard to see it go...

4 minutes? It’s 10 minutes long. It’s the longest “thrill” ride on property.

 

[Riverrafter21]

I'm just saying what is. You aren't discussing the attraction which is what I thought this thread was supposed to be about. Nor am I arguing for or against. "No politics", remember? We're beyond that. Instead, I'm reading pointless wishful thinking about a Western river attraction or it needs proper theming or whatever.

Kind of an easy way to prevent this undue stress you're under...or should I spell it out since you went to FSU

 

[Ldno]

4 minutes? It’s 10 minutes long. It’s the longest “thrill” ride on property.

See, hahaha I was being modest, 10 minutes long, exactly, that’s a lot of entertainment that needs to keep flowing, according to the image ring in a box training, we should keep the guests moving and not backed up other wise the story won’t flow that well hehe

 

[Parker in NYC]

4 minutes? It’s 10 minutes long. It’s the longest “thrill” ride on property.

I was stuck on Test Track once for 20 minutes. And I hear that's rather swift.

 

[JohnD]

Kind of an easy way to prevent this undue stress you're under...or should I spell it out since you went to FSU

Actually, I got my Bachelor's at Stetson. Be careful there. An imagineer went to FSU and included a reference in Splash. Which won't be there for much longer.

 

[Riverrafter21]

Actually, I got my Bachelor's at Stetson. Be careful there. An imagineer went to FSU and included a reference in Splash. Which won't be there for much longer.

Yeah, I look for that ceiling gopher every time. I'm sure I'll see him again

 

[Parker in NYC]

Yeah, I look for that ceiling gopher every time. I'm sure I'll see him again

My favorite, along with the gospel-singing chickens.

 

[KaliSplash]

Personally, I like the jumping fish. When they jump. But I do always look for the gopher, too!

 

[RSoxNo1]

I’ll suggest it again. Disney could purchase Banjo-Kazooie (or set up an agreement with Microsoft, ie. Avatar) and retheme it to “Spiral Mountain”. You keep the antrho animals, the bluegrass music, and the set design.

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Wouldn't creating their own characters be easier than buying a low level IP unnecessarily?

 

[Brer Oswald]

Wouldn't creating their own characters be easier than buying a low level IP unnecessarily?

When was the last time Disney created a character for a stateside attraction?

 

[Brer Panther]

When was the last time Disney created a character for a stateside attraction?

I think it was the Yeti from Expedition Everest.

 

[RSoxNo1]

When was the last time Disney created a character for a stateside attraction?

When was the last time they bought a low level IP solely for integrating it into an attraction?

 

[Brer Oswald]

When was the last time they bought a low level IP solely for integrating it into an attraction?

Twilight Zone, Aerosmith, Avatar.

 

[UNCgolf]

Twilight Zone, Aerosmith, Avatar.

Avatar wasn't a low level IP at the time. We may think of it as one now, but it was the highest grossing movie of all time.

Aerosmith and Twilight Zone were also much bigger at the time they were licensed than Banjo-Kazooie is now (or ever was, really). And they were both licensed over 20 years ago; it's hard to imagine Disney doing any kind of licensing agreements today.

 

[RSoxNo1]

Twilight Zone, Aerosmith, Avatar.

I'll give you Twilight Zone, so '94 there. But if you're comparing Aerosmith to a kids show that I've never heard of, you're delusional. Even then that's 1999. Avatar was the highest grossing movie of all time at the time of the arrangement.

I'm sure more negotiations have taken place under Iger for theme park rights, but the only ones we know about were Potter definitely and Lord of the Rings probably.

But if you'd like to keep being a contrarian I'd be happy to continue to engage.