JoeCamel
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I thought wishes was cancelled?
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News Splash Mountain retheme to Princess and the Frog - Tiana's Bayou Adventure
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Disney Glimpses
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No, I didn't. That is me saying for our sake may it not happen for many years or not at all. Of course it is going to happen. Scroll back in this thread, I've said it many times it is going to happen when people suggest it isn't, there is no stopping this train.
Remember back in August when we got the MK VP's take on Splash?
"Of course, our guests haven't seen any changes yet. That's going to take some time, but the sequence of these things is that sometimes decisions can be made many many months, even years before any of that will be seen on stage, so it's going to take us a little bit of time to reimagine Splash Mountain"
I think that pretty much confirms, at least to me, that they either announced this WAYY too early or just aren't telling plans.
They announced it in a time where thy did not predict the pandemic to go on for so long, and for travel bans to take place for as long as they did, among other setbacks.
This is why you see nothing further on it.
mysto
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I hope that means they're going to take the time to do this right, even call it off if they're unsure. Keep the removed animatronics just in case they need to reverse it.
They must realize they're dealing with a masterpiece and can't just bin it casually.
Dear Prudence
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I'd honestly rather them take as much time on it as they need since they've made so many, many egregious mistakes on every turn of the bend regarding both SOTS and PATF. Splash has been around for 30 plus years because it's a great piece of work: narrative, dynamic elements, show scenes, characters, etc. Something that should replace it should be as well constructed. It's never going to completely undo past transgressions, but I really hope they treat this as important as they're making it seem to be.
Indeed.
Additionally, while there were some artist concepts done in the past regarding Splash, none of that was finalized. So, after announcing the general re-theme, they had to scramble to actually pull a trigger on a design and then begin the process of drafting the engineering of it.
Based on the last round-table video we saw, it seems that they still haven't settled on an actual re-design yet.
Remember Pandora/Avatar? They announced: "We're going to do something with Avatar!" And then they turn to each other and say, "So... what are we going to do?" Years later...
Even when they try to put out big "Updates" it all still comes off as very early development. Two pieces of very very vague concept art, supposed 5 hour trip to New Orleans, everything about it.
Little development. It still felt like it was in an announcement stage.
Dear Prudence
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If they did so much research the first time, why did they put honey on the Beignets in the film? :x
GoneForGood
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I think most of us down here are still scarred from the infamous "gumbo" video.. from a few years back.
I mean... KALE?!? seriously??
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Disney Glimpses
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People from within say otherwise.
So those within the company circles are saying Disney has not had any setbacks at the Pandemic has stuck around longer with international travel bans being extended last year as we saw variants and spikes and or it has not affected the timeline of the project?
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I think this pretty much sums up why many of us are upset about the retheme:
Dear Prudence
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I don't think anyone wants it to fail. I think a lot of people are anxious about the possibility of its failure given the amount of effort and money they seem to be putting into it (which is not a lot) combined with the general state of the quality of products Disney has recently produced (whatever the heck that kite show is). Being so critical about it just means that people care. You can critique and be critical of something and still like it or want it to succeed (which so many people in this space cannot seem to comprehend). You see over and over again, even from those who are sad about Splash in its current form leaving, that they want the retheme to be as good as the Tokyo BATB attraction.
Vinnie Mac
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I for one will enjoy the re-theme regardless of how many people hate it so it's a win to me
Disney: We're removing the big drop to make the ride more accessible to smaller children. In it's place we're going to add a belt driven system that gently guides the log vehicle to the bottom, no splash.
Populous: Sounds great! I don't understand why some Disney fans hate it.
This is of course a silly, extreme example but I can't understand this blind acceptance. Especially when we know next to nothing about it at this point. By all means be optimistic but...
Populous: Sounds great! I don't understand why some Disney fans hate it.
This is of course a silly, extreme example but I can't understand this blind acceptance. Especially when we know next to nothing about it at this point. By all means be optimistic but...
Vinnie Mac
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And to address the sudden (and likely soon to be denied) hypocrisy of this statement, wouldn't it also be equally as silly to hate something while also knowing minimal details about it? If the supporters of this concept are silly then so are those with opposing opinions. Just sayin'
Not really, no. I can dislike the retheme because it's a retheme. I can also appreciate the end results of said retheme if I think it'll be successful based on released information or after having ridden it. But like you said:
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