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

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WondersOfLife

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mickEblu said:
Maybe I’m reading too much into the blog but it doesn’t sound like their will be any sort of conflict in this attraction. As in no Facilier (or the like) and none of his goons.
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Like I said when it was originally announced... It's just Frozen Ever After with Tiana.. But longer.

"We're having a celebration at Elsa's Ice Palace! See ya there!"

"We're having a Mardi Gras party in New Orleans! See ya there!"

Really sucks, from a story-arc perspective...
 
HauntedPirate

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yensidtlaw1969 said:
Reread my post. They have plenty they could show, they just aren't doing it. Yet.

Disney doesn't need to market heavily for an attraction that's opening in 2+ years. We'll see more when they want to show more.
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Or they’re afraid of the backlash they will inevitably receive by the removal of a beloved classic attraction, one that many feel is at or near the top of what Imagineering has done over the decades.

My opinion hasn’t changed:🤮🤮🤮 Marginalize Tiana by giving her a controversial retheme instead of building something new.
 
WondersOfLife

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yensidtlaw1969 said:
Reread my post. They have plenty they could show, they just aren't doing it. Yet.

Disney doesn't need to market heavily for an attraction that's opening in 2+ years. We'll see more when they want to show more.
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Correct... They only need to market heavily on attractions that open in 5+ years. ;-)
 
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SaucyBoy

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I hate the name but I continue to be super excited about this attraction. I just hope they do this better than Frozen Ever After.

It’s fun to still see people seething two years later, I have to admit 😂
 
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Doberge said:
I was so very wrong thinking they'd wait near the end on Sunday to announce to avoid possibly undercutting the rest of what they have going on this weekend.

Anyway, back to Frontierland, if you squint your eyes enough it'll be okay. A frontier is is a region that forms the margin of settled or developed territory and that, frankly, is not unlike a bayou especially in the Princess and the Frog time line. We can still drive less than 10 miles from downtown New Orleans and see Jean Lafitte National Park and it looks ... like a different kind of frontier. It's not *western* frontier that's top of mind with Big Thunder Mountain and Pecos Bill's sandwiches a Splash that isn't necessarily western itself.

Someone call me a doctor because I'm starting to talk myself into this.
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Yeah, Song of the South is set outside Atlanta, which is no more "frontier" than New Orleans. No, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense slapped in between Pecos Bill's and Big Thunder, but neither does Splash.
 
tanc

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Very underwhelming name, I hope we get more info though. Or at least more concept art, all this time we waited for barely any information regarding what is going on.
 
SpaceMountain77

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LittleBuford said:
I do hope the focus on New Orleans doesn’t come at the expense of a strong and enjoyable narrative. The video placed a lot of emphasis on locational “authenticity”, which doesn’t strike me as an especially important criterion for a Magic Kingdom attraction.
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After the Fodors article, exposing the Tenaya Stone Spa, I see these trips as nothing more than social media posting opportunities that give the appearance of "research."

Also, in case you missed the article:
www.fodors.com

Disneyland Just Opened a Wellness Spa That’s Stunning for All the Wrong Reasons

Fodor's provides expert travel content worth exploring so you can dream up your next trip. The world is a weird and wonderful place—we want to show you around.
www.fodors.com
 
LittleBuford

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Anteater said:
Told 'ya that a salt dome could be considered a "mountain" in Lousiana. They even toured my favorite one at Avery Island!

Of course, you don't want this ride to end up like the salt dome at Lake Peigneur!
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The bit about the salt dome was worrying to me, because it suggests a pedantic concern for so-called accuracy over plot. It doesn’t matter that the real Louisiana is basically flat; the drop needs no justification other than one rooted in a suspenseful climax to the attraction’s story. I really hope we don’t just get a simulated tour of the city and its environs.
 
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yensidtlaw1969

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Surferboy567 said:
This was announced in 2020, and is now opening in 2024. We still have nothing but two pieces of concept art, name, as well as a vague description. Even if this was thrown together last second, it’s still strange.

They didn’t even announce when Splash is closing, which I assume to be soon. The “research trip” is also really vague.
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Cosmic Rewind opened this spring, and we had, what, four pieces of concept art released over its development? TRON is on the cusp of opening and I think we've seen two.

I would love to see more art for this ride, but I'm not shocked that they didn't release any new pieces today. But the ride was announced two years ago and is now announced to open in about 2 years. It's silly to think they've been sitting on their hands for two years and have to rush it now to meet an arbitrary opening timeframe.

They're not guessing here - they know what they're trying to build and know how long it should take to do it.
 
SaucyBoy

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HauntedPirate said:
Disney’s stupidity is timeless.
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