Is this confirmation Charlotte is appearing in some capacity in the ride? I thought she was funny in the film and wouldn't mind seeing more of her.And the following paintings. These weren't done by an internal artist at Disney, but the artist seems to have been contracted by Disney to produce them. They claim to serve as "inspiration" for the imagineering team and were used to promote it in a video back in August. Some very Splash-like animal designs here as well.
All I was told is that the old animatronics are staying. So take that however you will. There might be some reskinning involved for some of them, but I really don't know.
Yeah, I get the feeling the America Sings animatronics will either be removed outright or reskinned to look more like the animals from PaTF. It's a shame, they tried for ages to find those animatronics a new home.I've said in the past that the animals from Splash are not really "appropriate" those of the PATF movie. Most of the animal characters in Splash (aside for some of the smaller frogs, turtles and a donkey from Disneyland's version) have larger human-like proportions that walk on two legs, similar to Robin Hood and Zootopia. Aside from Louis (whose entire character is him trying to fit in with humans) and Tiana/Navine (who ARE humans, and won't be frogs in the ride), most of the animals in PATF are proportioned like real animals.
That said, there was this piece of concept art showing silhouettes of instrument playing animals that seem like they probably have Splash like designs-
This is unironically effective advertising for me, because now I want saltines.
I’m gonna have to bring an extra suitcase down to fit that 50 lb. bag of rock salt to take back to NJ…I wonder if it’ll have any “magical” ice melting capabilities? Maybe they’ll call it Pixie Dust Ice Melt…
To me it seems the artwork we got is the version after the budget cuts. The expensive tree any reimagining of the top of the ride is gone from the art. The water tower is certainly the cheaper option, unfortunately.
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If the information given to me is correct, the budget for the current salt mine variant is actually far higher than it was when they first announced the ride. The initial art was the low budget "thrown together" version. The early rumors were in the $30-$40 million range. This was back when the "Lost Trumpet" variant was being tossed around. I'm also not sure they ever planned on using anything from that initial concept art, it was cobbled together on short notice with little thought. The Tiana and Louis figures certainly wouldn't have been placed in that area for instance. But even if they HAD built the tree/boat, that variant called for a very dark, empty and video-centric interior that would have ruined any hopes of it being an acceptable replacement for Splash.
Agreed. "Walt Disney World Park" isn't a thing. However, "a Walt Disney World park" is a thing! (MK is a WDW park.) Even that would still have been wrong, of course, in this case, not being in Anaheim, but a thing nonetheless.
"Ages"? America Sings closed little over a year before Splash Mountain opened. Those critters were out of work for a matter of weeks.
AS closed: April 10, 1988
The bigger problem is that the tag CLEARLY says “Reindeer” not “Brer Bear”…they clearly look like the “paws” of the reindeer in the MVMCP…are they part of a legit Disney costume? Possibly, but they’re definitely NOT part of the Brer Bear costume.
I am definitely excited for the interior. The exterior just seems like a massive downgrade from the current version that exists. And my concern is that it’s already cheap looking so if the rumors are true and the budget for the exterior has been cut, I’m hoping those cuts were made prior to D23.
I know when I think about New Orleans and the bayou, the first thing I think of is a Water Tower...
Have you heard any potential costs for this version of Tiana?
