GimpYancIent
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As for splash the theming SoS or the P&F do not matter. It's a fun ride regardless.
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News Splash Mountain retheme to Princess and the Frog - Tiana's Bayou Adventure
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owlsandcoffee
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Honestly if they just replaced the Br'ers with Muppets it miiiiiight work. Maybe.
Movielover
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RSoxNo1
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Just throwing this out there, could Disney "re-district" Splash Mountain and Pirates of the Caribbean to be a New Orleans Square section? The PatF entrance can be relocated (I believe it was located just past the bridge at one point), restaurants can be rethemed.
owlsandcoffee
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Could they? It would be very difficult, to say the least. Would they? Never. Is it cool to think about? Yeah sure!
It's valuable I think to remember that once upon a time, when there was only one Magic Kingdom (in Anaheim) and WED Enterprises decided to build a new one, they left out NOS because they figured New Orleans wouldn't be that interesting to Floridians. In this day and age, with Disney-goers coming from every corner of the Earth that's much less of a barrier. All that being said though, there is a 0% chance Disney ever puts NOS in Disney World.
RSoxNo1
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They've committed to a Splash Mountain overhaul, that's been stated. Changing surrounding theming is a bigger ask. The other issue is the facade and queue for Pirates doesn't exactly scream New Orleans either.
GimpYancIent
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The splash re-theme has become a Meh! To re-theme the entire area because of it, well, in Pirate jargon that would be going overboard.
jt04
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Diamond Horseshoe is located very close to Liberty Square. These thematic transitions don't need a tremendous amount of real estate. NOS is possible without overwhelming effort. Management is probably the hindrance and not Imagineering. If PatF get the final approval, I'd give NOS (or something very similar) even odds.
If they weren't so dang committed to the Splash overhaul they could do something like this: (armchaired prior to Splash announcement) https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads...hough-disneys-love-of-ip.955685/#post-8745072
A NOS area would be nice. And for Fronterland and Splash... they could definitely use an IP like the Muppets. It could work. Most anything would but of course they aren't going to do that. Because $$$. Alternatively, I had also spitballed an idea of putting Tiana and Co further up Adventureland in a mini-NOS area that would see the removal of the Aladdin Spinner and Agrabah Market which always felt out of place anyway. But alas, it seems they're still committed to this ridiculous Splash overhaul. IMHO, without retheming the surrounding area it's just going to feel out of place. DL gets a pass. WDW's going to need some assist.
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GimpYancIent
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Come on. Everything goes better with Muppets!
They can be universally transplanted into practically any attraction unlike most other IPs?!
They're underutilized. It's "likely" something parks-related is in the works.
The Aracuan Bird
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I don’t get it either
jt04
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I don’t get it either
I think they are underutilized but some of the suggestions recently are just "off".
IMO.
999th Happy Haunt
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So can Mickey and friends but I don’y see nearly the same demand for them
Kate F
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I think you’re confusing Splash for Dudley Do-Right, a ride people ACTUALLY ride just for the sake of thrills and getting wet. If theming doesn’t matter, why are you even going to a Disney park?
They can't do a "Cut/Paste" retheme with Splash. That's why most people are worried about the results
Disney Glimpses
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I urge those people to watch a POV of Splash Mountain on YouTube. Watch from exterior, through queue, through the attraction and then through the exit. It is quite possibly the most extensively themed attraction inside and out on property with exception of the newer attractions (namely Flight of Passage and Rise of the Resistance).
Even a "cheap" re-theme would be extraordinarily expensive. The attraction alone is half a mile long. Then you have to deal with the mountains of theming on the exterior.
I have no idea how they plan to do this at Magic Kingdom anytime soon. Seriously, no idea.
I guess once they finish the current in progress projects, and then allow the 50th anniversary to finish that will be around early-2023. But then that is busy season. So I can see them closing it after the 2023 holidays in January 2024 to start the re-theme. I suppose finances should allow for it by then.
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