Generally I would agree... though if you look at the cars and all the hydraulics that make the fake bumps, those complications are going to increase downtime. Everything that gets added on to any ride increase the probability of it malfunctioning and going down.
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News Splash Mountain retheme to Princess and the Frog - Tiana's Bayou Adventure
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MerlinTheGoat
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Ah so that "late 2024" statement was from earlier in the year.
Not sure what your point is, I was responding to someone asking why they couldn't skip scheduled maintenance on a ride. Had nothing to do with whether they are closing for a refurb or not.
yensidtlaw1969
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You seem to have gotten away from your own point here . . .
yensidtlaw1969
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The point is that in the specific case that poster was referring to (Splash Mountain) there is no scheduled maintenance on the calendar, so introducing that hypothetical in this situation is confusing and unneccessary. I responded both to you and to that original poster clarifying that "scheduled maintenance" is no longer a thing in the case of WDW's Splash Mountain.
YOU are the villain, if you still have money in your wallet.
What you said makes complete sense. I think you’re 100% right. I was trying to understand where that scene was occurring. I was thinking maybe it was right as you go inside, but that angle wouldn’t give you enough time to appreciate the animatronics.
Buried20KLeague
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This will be correct. I thought the same thing when I saw that dock and where it’s positioned in that scene.
No chance…. Absolutely no chance…. Are they doing anything with the trough.
They’re not gonna move that DOCK, let alone the trough. Lol. This is a redressing of the ride and nothing more.
Animaniac93-98
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Which makes sense when the timeframe from closure to reopening is under 2 years.
Which is the logical thing to do
Oh hi Chapek. How's the post Disney life?
Buried20KLeague
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Well beyond that…. I wouldn’t know this for certain but that building was engineered around the weights and stresses of that trough. If you move that trough, you change those stresses.
Plus the most obvious point… There would be no storytelling reason that would make a trough change mandatory. If they can tell a story about catching a dinosaur and about Indiana Jones with the same ride path…
MerlinTheGoat
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I still wonder if they'll meet the deadline. Maelstrom to Frozen took a similar amount of time, just a couple months shy of two years. Granted, Frozen did slightly extend/alter the track right before the lift (I assume Splash's track isn't being altered), which might have extended the timeline. But on the other hand, the Frozen overhaul was otherwise very lackluster and basic. They gutted all of the interior scenes and didn't really put much back in afterwards, it's a lot of minimally detailed flat walls and video projection. If Tiana is supposed to be a more impressive and physically detailed overhaul, I wonder if it'll make 2024.
Animaniac93-98
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If they're not closing Disneyland's version until later in 2023, I don't expect it to be done by then.
For Florida? We'll see...
Elijah Abrams
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How about you don’t, because they might just merge Frontierland and Liberty Square into one Old America-themed area.
Neaunderhill
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I think people should keep an open mind in regards to the storyline of the ride.
Especially since everyone has been begging for some non ip rides and more original concepts.
While this is based on current ip it sounds like an original story concept.
Therefore this could be considered as a middle ground between ip use and unique storytelling.
Especially since everyone has been begging for some non ip rides and more original concepts.
While this is based on current ip it sounds like an original story concept.
Therefore this could be considered as a middle ground between ip use and unique storytelling.
gobstoper27
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This made me chuckle as it's very true. We just did a nightmare b4 Christmas cake smash photo session for my soon to be 1 year old. Our photographer mentioned that she didn't know the the guy wearing the sack and kept calling him Boo Man. Lol
Kirby86
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I get it however if you want to do an original attraction you have to commit to it. If you are makeing a ride using an IP that people already know you set an expectation of what people who are fans of the material want. It's the reason why Frozen in EPCOT while technically a sequel still has all the hits from the original movie.
MerlinTheGoat
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Disneyland's ride will mostly fit seamlessly into New Orleans Square. WDW's version is going to look VERY out of place unless there are some alterations to the immediate surroundings. WDW's Splash Mountain was modified to help it fit the Frontierland setting (scrapping the swamp setting, using red clay on the exterior, music remixed to country/bluegrass etc). This had the double benefit of also making WDW's superior to Disneyland's IMO. Tiana however isn't getting these sorts of alterations to help it fit. The Riverboat is the only thing that will look correct in the immediate area.
IMO, redoing Pecos Bill's is probably all they need to do to correct the most glaring issue with the ride's placement, being shoved in between two western environments. That restaurant is rather large and wraps around the corner reaching into Adventureland, so the coverage of this change would be both substantial yet also not really encroach on much beyond tha. No need to mess with Country Bears, that's suitably far enough away that it wouldn't clash.
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