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

[Sir_Cliff]

I see what you’re saying, though I personally think “Tiana’s Place” sounds quite catchy and elegant. (I can’t say the same for “Tiana’s Foods”.)

I agree, the restaurant name sounds fine by itself to me too. When you find out she's called her next business venture the very literal and boring Tiana's Foods, though, it makes her sound like she isn't the most imaginative person!

 

[FettFan]

I'm not sure why, but it strikes me as kind of hilarious how unimaginative Tiana is when it comes to naming things.

She has Tiana's Place, now Tiana's Foods and I imagine her house has a sign reading Tiana's House out the front and everything in her pantry is labelled Tiana's paprika, Tiana's oregano, Tiana's garlic powder, etc.

Almost as unimaginative as when the imagineers who choose to fall back on [Character]-[Adjective]-Adventure

Tiana’s Bayou Adventure follows in the footsteps of

- Ariel’s Undersea Adventure
- Ellen’s Energy Adventure
- Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure
- Snow White’s Scary Adventure

The lazy naming convention has also infected Universal with Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure.
Uni Japan didn’t even bother with the adjective for Yoshi’s Adventure…which is actually an improvement.

If they were to any of the old hits these days, they’d probably saddle them with some crap like “Brer Rabbit’s Briar Patch Adventure”, “Master Gracey’s Haunted Adventure”, or “Figment’s Imagination Adventure”.

 

[LittleBuford]

If they were to any of the old hits these days, they’d probably saddle them with some crap like “Brer Rabbit’s Briar Patch Adventure”, “Master Gracey’s Haunted Adventure”, or “Figment’s Imagination Adventure”.

“Snow White and Her Adventures” goes back to Disneyland’s opening day.

 

[Californian Elitist]

“Tiana’s Foods” is quite reminiscent of the very basic names of popular food companies in the early 20th century. I think it’s fitting, considering they’re trying to be as authentic as possible.

 

[Smiley/OCD]

I'm not sure why it keeps striking me as kind of hilarious how unimaginative Tiana is when it comes to naming things.

She has Tiana's Place, now Tiana's Foods and I imagine her house has a sign reading Tiana's House out the front and everything in her pantry is labelled Tiana's paprika, Tiana's oregano, Tiana's garlic powder, etc.

Maybe Tiana just takes the place of Br’er…

 

[LittleBuford]

“Tiana’s Foods” is quite reminiscent of the very basic names of popular food companies in the early 20th century. I think it’s fitting, considering they’re trying to be as authentic as possible.

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I also think we’re supposed to imagine that her restaurant proved so successful that “Tiana’s” became a sort of brand name.

 

[Californian Elitist]

I also think we’re supposed to imagine that her restaurant proved so successful that “Tiana’s” became a sort of brand name.

That’s exactly what I thought. It’s a brand.

 

[FettFan]

Also, who’s broke here? Because it’s not Disney. You can guarantee absolutely nothing.

Technically, Disney’s broke and that’s why they ousted Chapek, are on a hiring freeze, and are rumored to be selling off select assets to Apple (NOT the whole company as was rumored by YouTube talking heads last week, but I’m fairly certain that 20th Century Animation and Searchlight Pictures will be sold off).

But that’s not really because of “woke”….it’s because Bob Iger went all supermarket sweep with the company credit card.

 

[Touchdown]

This seems premature and alarmist. We haven’t even seen the show yet—it could be amazing—and that the ride will tie in with it doesn’t mean it’ll be based on it as such.

What non Marvel/Star Wars fiction “Disney” Disney+ show or movie have you enjoyed? I can tell you that my list consists of one movie, Disenchanted that I would only grade as glad I watched, don’t need to again. Everything else has been on a scale of horrible to not good.

 

[FettFan]

“Snow White and Her Adventures” goes back to Disneyland’s opening day.

Aye and if it had stopped there, I wouldn’t be quite so hateful to the naming convention.

There’s always a first, then it gets repeated because those who come later suck at naming things.
It’s almost as horrible as the “Thesaurus” names; for a brief moment in time, we had both a Journey of the Little Mermaid AND a Voyage of the Little Mermaid.

 

[FettFan]

That’s exactly what I thought. It’s a brand.

Aye. Pretty much all Louisiana chefs do this.

They’re not just selling the spices, they’re selling the personality.

 

[Smiley/OCD]

I see what you’re saying, though I personally think “Tiana’s Place” sounds quite catchy and elegant. (I can’t say the same for “Tiana’s Foods”.)

That’s because Sysco Foods was already taken…

 

[JoeCamel]

Walt Disney was a real person, though.

And Tianna is not?

I have seen her surrounded by little children near the bridge in the MK, it was beautiful, you can't tell me she isn't real......

 

[WondersOfLife]

Almost as unimaginative as when the imagineers who choose to fall back on [Character]-[Adjective]-Adventure

Tiana’s Bayou Adventure follows in the footsteps of

- Ariel’s Undersea Adventure
- Ellen’s Energy Adventure
- Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure
- Snow White’s Scary Adventure

The lazy naming convention has also infected Universal with Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure.
Uni Japan didn’t even bother with the adjective for Yoshi’s Adventure…which is actually an improvement.

If they were to any of the old hits these days, they’d probably saddle them with some crap like “Brer Rabbit’s Briar Patch Adventure”, “Master Gracey’s Haunted Adventure”, or “Figment’s Imagination Adventure”.

The only attraction that should actually have the word "adventure" in it's name is Poseidon's Fury. Forever cursed of park guests always thinking it's a ride, when in fact, you are ACTUALLY adventuring through the ruins.. on foot.

All the other ones are bogus.

 

[LittleBuford]

What non Marvel/Star Wars fiction “Disney” Disney+ show or movie have you enjoyed?

The Imagineering Story
Earth to Ned
Prop Culture
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse (plus the associated seasonal/holiday specials)
Monsters at Work
Zootopia+
SparkShorts
Dug Days
Baymax!

There may be others I'm forgetting (and I've yet to watch everything anyway).

 

[Tha Realest]

This strikes me as making everything much worse. I really like PatF. I absolutely do not care about this D+ series. The fact that Imagineers and management would think it was a good idea to base the redo of a theme park masterpiece, the highest profile redo in Disney parks history, not on the company’s final hand drawn masterpiece, the capper to their traditional animation legacy, but on an episodic streaming cartoon of no particular significance seems to show in an almost caricatured way how little they understand the significance of the ride - or their theme parks in general.

This redo will likely stand for decades. The cartoon will likely be forgotten in a few years at best. Or perhaps that’s the source of my confusion - does Disney view this as a temporary overlay? What other Disney rides, let alone ones of this scale, are based on what amounts to a weekday afternoon cartoon?

I trust Merlin, but I simply cannot square their optimism with every… single… thing Disney is doing with and saying about this project.

At this point, just tear it down.

Does WDI have a good track record when it comes to preparing attractions before the films/series are completed? (Black Spire Outpost comes to mind). And I haven’t been enamored with the D+ animation series based on films so far. Huh. Seems like an odd design choice to not go with something proven, reliable, and liked, but maybe they’ll prove us wrong this time.

 

[Smiley/OCD]

The Baxter story sounds like just that, a story that sounds good that can be repeated in interviews. It's called media training.

Kinda like a Disney folk tale…or a back story…

 

[Smiley/OCD]

Just wondering if this has been brought up, or if anyone else here has had this thought (and yes, I’m going to nitpick )…
Song of the South is set in Georgia, which has plenty of mountains (Brasstown Bald being the highest at 4,784’) and streams/creeks, which fits thematically for Splash Mountain, even though the Frontierland location (at WDW) of the attraction is, technically, thematically off.
I’ve been to NOLA twice, and not only are there no mountains (or natural hills) even remotely close to anywhere near there, most of the city is below sea level (5% in 1895, 30% in 1935, etc.).
The highest point in Louisiana is Driskill Mountain at a whopping 535’, and it’s in northeastern LA, nowhere near NOLA or a bayou, and without a stream/creek anywhere near it.

There, I’ve picked the nits…!!!!!

In the 21st century, Disney chooses to be historically accurate when it fits their narrative.

 

[LittleBuford]

In the 21st century, Disney chooses to be historically accurate when it fits their narrative.

Historical accuracy has never been a feature of the Disney parks, whether today or in past decades.

 

[Touchdown]

The Imagineering Story
Earth to Ned
Prop Culture
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse (plus the associated seasonal/holiday specials)
Monsters at Work
Zootopia+
SparkShorts
Dug Days
Baymax!

There may be others I'm forgetting (and I've yet to watch everything anyway).

I enjoyed that one, but I’m disturbed you think it’s fiction