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

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Cesar R M

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imagineer97 said:
The real reason Joe Rohde left Imagineering and joined Virgin Galactic was to venture to outer space to find a Yeti-like alien he could persuade to stand inside Expedition Everest all day long.
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Speaking of Imagineering guys.. Is there anyone left from the old guard that gave the excellent attractions?
 
Karakasa

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I fully expect screens to be utilized. The question is how much and for what purpose. If the majority of ride is screens that would be disappointing- I feel like for screens to work on an attraction with minimal animatronics it needs to be something incredibly cartoony and kinetic like M&M. Something slow-moving like Avatar River Journey where screens and projections seem to entirely replace AAs except for the one at the end doesn't work well- and 50% of Splash is a slow-moving water ride. Something like RotR where screens are used where they make sense but AAs are used everywhere else is what Disney should be going for.
 
Disgruntled Walt

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Karakasa said:
I fully expect screens to be utilized. The question is how much and for what purpose. If the majority of ride is screens that would be disappointing- I feel like for screens to work on an attraction with minimal animatronics it needs to be something incredibly cartoony and kinetic like M&M. Something slow-moving like Avatar River Journey where screens and projections seem to entirely replace AAs except for the one at the end doesn't work well- and 50% of Splash is a slow-moving water ride. Something like RotR where screens are used where they make sense but AAs are used everywhere else is what Disney should be going for.
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I will be shocked if they have more than five NEW high-quality animatronics. In fact, I'd set the over/under at seven. I'll take the under. They'll repurpose as many of them as possible and call it a day.
 
Kirby86

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imagineer97 said:
I will be shocked if they have more than five NEW high-quality animatronics. In fact, I'd set the over/under at seven. I'll take the under. They'll repurpose as many of them as possible and call it a day.
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I expect most of the non main animatronics to be recycled. Chances are a few new Tiana animatronics, Brer Bear will be re-skinned to the Lewis the alligator and a whole lot of critters staying the same
 
Disgruntled Walt

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Kirby86 said:
I expect most of the non main animatronics to be recycled. Chances are a few new Tiana animatronics, Brer Bear will be re-skinned to the Lewis the alligator and a whole lot of critters staying the same
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The real question is whether the new Tiana animatronics will be rear-projection faces like Frozen Ever After, or full animatronics like Tokyo's Beauty and the Beast. If they do rear-projection, it won't match the other animatronics, which will be another test of how much they really care.
 
Kirby86

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imagineer97 said:
The real question is whether the new Tiana animatronics will be rear-projection faces like Frozen Ever After, or full animatronics like Tokyo's Beauty and the Beast. If they do rear-projection, it won't match the other animatronics, which will be another test of how much they really care.
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Let's be honest the only reason Tokyo got those animatronics was because OLC was footing the bill. I'd be shocked if they didn't try to use the Frozen style animatronics.
 
UNCgolf

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imagineer97 said:
The real question is whether the new Tiana animatronics will be rear-projection faces like Frozen Ever After, or full animatronics like Tokyo's Beauty and the Beast. If they do rear-projection, it won't match the other animatronics, which will be another test of how much they really care.
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I hate those projection face animatronics. They look okay (albeit not as good as a face on a full animatronic like in BatB) from one specific angle, but horribly bad if you ever look back at them as you're passing by.
 
Disgruntled Walt

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Magicart87 said:
Whats your over/under on how many critters will be repurposed?
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Ha good question. A bit more complicated because I think they'll remove a fair number of them also. If the total number now is 58 animatronics, then I'd say the O/U for removal is 25 (extra geese, some of the dancing birds on the Zip-A-Dee Lady, and whatever else saves them an extra buck on maintenance costs). For repurposing, I think the O/U would be 14 (though I don't count removing clothes from an existing animatronic). For removal, I'll take the over. Between screens and cost-cutting, it just makes sense to me. For repurposing, I think I take the under, simply because they'll get rid of so many of them. The rest will either be stripped of their garments or reskinned altogether as characters. Even Brer Rabbit could be reshaped into a Tiana or Naveen frog (supposing they go that route and change them back at any point).
 
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