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News Splash Mountain retheme to Princess and the Frog - Tiana's Bayou Adventure
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Model3 McQueen
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Restaurant servers make less than minimum wage on the condition they can make up for it in tips. Restaurant staff have an unbelievably high turnover rate. What exactly does "employee owned" mean? Does every employee have a permanent share of Tiana's company?
That's just where my mind was going. What does Disney want us to believe here?
They had all the ingredients (eh?) for the perfect ride. Fireflies, a bayou, Mama Odie, friends on the other side....I'll reserve judgement until we know what will be inside, just not sure how that will all tie into...salt mines.
CaptainAmerica
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She's not a restauranteur in this timeline, she runs an agricultural conglomerate.
It's like... you own your farm, I own my farm, and we open a business together called "Cap's Corn," which sells corn from both of our farms.
ToTBellHop
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So it’s a Pinocchio ride, then? Where will Monstro be?They had all the ingredients (eh?) for the perfect ride. Fireflies, a bayou, Mama Odie, friends on the other side....I'll reserve judgement until we know what will be inside, just not sure how that will all tie into...salt mines.
DisneyDodo
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It’s hilarious on multiple levels that they shoved that irrelevant piece of info into the backstory. Firstly, there’s the irony of a gigantic, publicly traded media conglomerate implying that traditionally structured corporations are exploitative. And then there’s the fact that Disney is effectively apologizing in advance for a decision they are making now. They didn’t inherit this story. They could’ve kept Tiana as the successful small-business owner she always wanted to be in the film. But they so badly wanted to get the salt mine in there that they forced a story they anticipated garnering criticism, and are trying to shield themselves from it with nonsense explanations.
He got stuck in the salt mines. Our only way out is through his blowhole!
I've solved it!!!
ToTBellHop
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I don’t know why they are trying so hard to make the mountain make sense. It didn’t really make sense as Splash in Georgia swamps, either.
Tha Realest
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The original press release promised an experience which offered all the charms of New Orleans as a backdrop.They had all the ingredients (eh?) for the perfect ride. Fireflies, a bayou, Mama Odie, friends on the other side....I'll reserve judgement until we know what will be inside, just not sure how that will all tie into...salt mines.
Instead, it’s centered on a random salt mine located 138 miles away. That’s a lot of ground to cover in 1920’s/30’s era Louisiana. I’d say it’s a bait and switch but that presumes a lot more forethought than went into this.
DisneyDodo
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I heard that they’re just testing the waters (no pun intended) with the salt mine idea, and if people take issue with it, they’ll just change Tiana’s business to Plan B — a sweatshop
yensidtlaw1969
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You know this thread is unique with regards to what is and isn't permitted. But consider yourself reported.
PizzaPlanet
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Are they actually not using music from the movie?
tanc
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OC Register did a big spill of info regarding the ride. https://www.ocregister.com/2022/09/...e-tianas-bayou-adventure-details-at-d23-expo/
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure riders will ascend the lift hill through a mill house built into the side of the mountain powered by water troughs feeding a spinning water wheel.
Musical critters seen in the show scenes of the revamped log flume attraction will include an otter audio-animatronic playing a fiddle made from a tin can, tree bark and fishing line.
Magical lighting effects triggered by the film’s voodoo priestess Mama Odie will fill the hilltop cavern with glowing colors just before riders descend the log ride’s dramatic drop.
Tiana’s Splash Mountain land grab at Disneyland is expected to force the annexation of the Critter Country attraction into neighboring New Orleans Square."
the bolded text specifically has implictly led us to believe friends from the other side will not be in it. No one has super concrete evidence though so who knows.
UNCgolf
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Exactly what I said above -- it's a solution in search of a problem.
Alligators also don't play trumpets in Louisiana, nor do otters play fiddles. They don't need to explain a hill.
Tha Realest
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I think they’ll use some, but that’s not confirmed. They did announce there are going to be new songs
MadderAdder
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Time to mourn the obvious and better scenario..
Tha Realest
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We could quibble over whether or not forcing PATF into this ride was a good idea. But Facilier/Friends From the Other Side was a slam dunk. That they’ve moved away from that is…I just don’t get it.
Also, this is what the interior of the ride is shaping up to be:
“According to the backstory, the employee-owned food cooperative is housed inside the aging salt mine within the former Splash Mountain with growers planting crops along the waterway that flows around the famed mountain peak.”
Y’all they’re building LIVING WITH THE LAND
CaptainAmerica
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And lastly, 
, the ride based on the movie that everyone loves (including me), won't feature a "Princess" Tiana? Or Ray and Evangeline? Or Louis???
I don't believe that's possible - they will be there somehow. I'm going to go with - this will all work itself out somehow.
, the ride based on the movie that everyone loves (including me), won't feature a "Princess" Tiana? Or Ray and Evangeline? Or Louis???I don't believe that's possible - they will be there somehow. I'm going to go with - this will all work itself out somehow.
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