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

[MrPromey]

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

Wouldn't the heavy salt concentration from the abandoned mine kill the plants?

Or is that what plants crave?


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[CaptainAmerica]

Wouldn't the heavy salt concentration from the abandoned mine kill the plants?

Splash Mountain x Living With the Land is the crossover event of the summer.

 

[MrPromey]

Splash Mountain x Living With the Land is the crossover event of the summer.

Not without a Marvel or Star Wars tie-in, it won't be.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Glad the Earful Tower has found a new home

 

[Animaniac93-98]

The model and renderings underscore why it's difficult to make a structure specifically designed for one use, look like another.

Like Mission: BREAKOUT, there's only so much you can do with paint and decoration. In both cases, the end result doesn't look great.

The profile of Splash Mountain and position of its flume was designed to highlight the drop and make it look taller and scarier than it really was. Now they want to do the opposite by placing taller trees in the foreground and removing the pointy petrified tree on top and the briar patch at the base...but it still looks like a mountain with a prominent waterfall in the middle.

 

[JohnD]

"Why am I still here?Just to suffer?"
How Do You Do?

• Second frog not moving
• Third goose leaning too far over
• Brer Fox out of sync with audio
• Brer Raccoon barely moving
• Second sweeping bunny not moving
• Brer Fox jaw broken, barely moving while yelling at Brer Bear
• Brer Bear not raising or lowering in trap
• Million Dollar Bunny not moving
• Brer Frog only moving mouth
• Many many lights out after Brer Frog
• Brer Roadrunner has a massive air leak
• Brer Fox not lifting Brer Bear in hole
  • Fox jaw broken as well
• Brer Bear audio sounds blown out
• Brer Rabbit in tree not working

Laughin’ Place/ Burrow’s Lament

• Brer Bear with beehive barely moving
• One spinning beehive broken
• Laughing Brer Rabbit moving slowly
• Brer Fox with beehive barely moving
• No water effects working
• Both turtles and frogs not working
  • Water only working under one turtle
• Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox before big drop moving properly
• Brer Fox audio stuck on loop, no gap between phrases
• Right vulture broken
• Brer Fox shadow out of sync with dialogue.
  • Animation played after dialogue was already said
• Brer Rabbit not moving

Zip A Dee Doo Dah

• Zip a Dee Lady not rocking back and forth
• Organ pig not moving
• Captain of ZADL not moving
• Brer Toad only moving head
• Audio out of sync on boat
  • One group begins That hungry gator while another sings Wonderful feeling.
• Brer Fox dialogue not working with gator
  • Brer Fox looking very dirty and unkempt
• Brer Gator barely moving
• Mr. Bluebird dialogue not playing.
• Lights in load return out.

Look. We get it. But they're no longer going to refurb the ride as it currently exists anymore. They usually take it down for refurbishment during the winter. This year, that's about the same time Tron is likely to open. At that time, they'll take it down not only for refurbishment but also for the announced re-theme.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Splash Mountain x Living With the Land is the crossover event of the summer.

It is not the synergy machine activation I was expecting

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

“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.”

When reading this I pictured a group of perplexed imagineers, sitting in a boardroom after a meeting with Chapek, trying to figure out how to fulfill Bobs command to “turn Splash into Tiana and make sure it’s not offensive to anyone”.

This reads like a parody, it would have been right at home in the onion printed to mock the transition.

 

[JohnD]

Glad the Earful Tower has found a new home

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Huh?

 

[CaptainAmerica]

“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.”

When reading this I pictured a group of perplexed imagineers, sitting in a boardroom after a meeting with Chapek, trying to figure out how to fulfill Bobs command to “turn Splash into Tiana and make sure it’s not offensive to anyone”.

This reads like a parody, it would have been right at home in the onion printed to mock the transition.

If reports are to be believed (which... you know... who knows?) Bob C. is actively trying to protect the company from this bullcrap that was planted by Bob I., but that something like this was already too public with too much momentum to do anything about.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Huh?

It's a joke about the new ride's water tower.

 

[JohnD]

It's a joke about the new ride's water tower.

Oh

 

[lentesta]

"Whew, boy, hottest summer we have had here on the bayou in years! But not as hot as the Jazz music down in New Orleans! But up here at the salt mine, we are finding new ways to grow crops so we can truly be living with the land! But the good news is the stock market continues to progress forward with no sign of slowing down ... Well, some say a crash could happen, whatever that means. Speaking of crashing, you'll never guess who crashed my dinner party last night ... That's right, Uncle Orville! Well, as long as that Shadow Man don't come slinking around we'll be right as rain, why? Because there's a great big beautiful tomorrow.... "

You're five minutes away from a very funny podcast episode, man. This is awesome.

 

[Captain Neo]

"Why am I still here?Just to suffer?"
How Do You Do?

• Second frog not moving
• Third goose leaning too far over
• Brer Fox out of sync with audio
• Brer Raccoon barely moving
• Second sweeping bunny not moving
• Brer Fox jaw broken, barely moving while yelling at Brer Bear
• Brer Bear not raising or lowering in trap
• Million Dollar Bunny not moving
• Brer Frog only moving mouth
• Many many lights out after Brer Frog
• Brer Roadrunner has a massive air leak
• Brer Fox not lifting Brer Bear in hole
  • Fox jaw broken as well
• Brer Bear audio sounds blown out
• Brer Rabbit in tree not working

Laughin’ Place/ Burrow’s Lament

• Brer Bear with beehive barely moving
• One spinning beehive broken
• Laughing Brer Rabbit moving slowly
• Brer Fox with beehive barely moving
• No water effects working
• Both turtles and frogs not working
  • Water only working under one turtle
• Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox before big drop moving properly
• Brer Fox audio stuck on loop, no gap between phrases
• Right vulture broken
• Brer Fox shadow out of sync with dialogue.
  • Animation played after dialogue was already said
• Brer Rabbit not moving

Zip A Dee Doo Dah

• Zip a Dee Lady not rocking back and forth
• Organ pig not moving
• Captain of ZADL not moving
• Brer Toad only moving head
• Audio out of sync on boat
  • One group begins That hungry gator while another sings Wonderful feeling.
• Brer Fox dialogue not working with gator
  • Brer Fox looking very dirty and unkempt
• Brer Gator barely moving
• Mr. Bluebird dialogue not playing.
• Lights in load return out.

whoa it’s almost as if Disney should maintain their attractions!

 

[Sir_Cliff]

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.

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.

Yes, that is exactly where I am, too. It seems a bit backward to be focussing on how to thematically explain why the ride takes place in a mountain rather than what would make a fun Princess & the Frog thrill ride. This, of course, doesn't mean that what they've come up with can't also be fun, but it just seems so laboured and not intuitive in any sense. For a start, will there really be anyone who was suspicious of the ride because it took place in a mountain who is reassured because "of course! It takes place in one of those Louisiana salt mines!"?

 

[Tha Realest]

For a start, will there really be anyone who was suspicious of the ride because it took place in a mountain who is reassured because "of course! It takes place in one of those Louisiana salt mines!"?

140 miles away from New Orleans...

 

[JohnD]

Yes, there is exactly where I am, too. It seems a bit backward to be focussing on how to thematically explain why the ride takes place in a mountain rather than what would make a fun Princess & the Frog thrill ride. This, of course, doesn't mean that what they've come up with can't also be fun, but it just seems so laboured and not intuitive in any sense. For a start, will there really be anyone who was suspicious of the ride because it took place in a mountain who is reassured because "of course! It takes place in one of those Louisiana salt mines!"?

Reminding everyone of Splash isn't a good idea, period. It just reminds everyone of what used to be there. Obviously, fans and Pepperidge Faaahms remembers (ha ha) but its like it pokes you right between the eyes. Just retheme and move on.

 

[larryz]

The Avery Island Salt Mine.

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Looks pretty darn flat

 

[Br0ckford]

Wow, this looks great. Much better then Splash Mountain. Can't wait for it to happen.

 

[HauntedPirate]

To be announced by Josh on Sunday: A new booth outside the exit - "Own your very own 'Tiana's Palace' franchise! It's better than DVC!"