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News Splash Mountain retheme to Princess and the Frog - Tiana's Bayou Adventure
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Tha Realest
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i think they’ve done a good job on the latter point - asserting the new ride will be impressive. But none of their statements acknowledge the greatness and significance of the ride. It’s being memory holed, when it comes to the song, the merchandise, or the film itself.
To the extent they’re not giving the impression they care about how important the ride, I believe it’s because they don’t believe it is a ride that should be celebrated or honored.
I don't think it's "Splash shouldn't be honored because we hate it", more "If we mention the old theme again things are gonna just flare up again and we don't wanna deal with that"
WondersOfLife
Blink, blink. Breathe, breathe. Day in, day out.
At least they still have the penny press machines for splash souvenirs. I got all of them my last trip
BasiltheBatLord
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I'm curious if the Tiana ride is going to have a hidden Splash Mountain easter egg reference or if it's going to be so memory holed that they won't even consider it deserving of that.
WorldExplorer
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I would love to know how much Disney had made off of those Splash pennies in the past year. Sales have to have sky rocketed.
Memory holing. I'd bet anything.
_caleb
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If eagle-eyed guests know just where to look, they might be able to spot the hidden mountain, drop, ride layout, and logs from Splash Mountain.
RSoxNo1
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There's plenty of frog AAs to repurpose.
I had this recently brought to my attention, it's possible they're gonna use *Dig a Little Deeper* on the lift hill. Think about this screenshot, the angle of the shot, and the bottles we saw on the model at d23.
WondersOfLife
Blink, blink. Breathe, breathe. Day in, day out.
Well they made 8 bucks out of me alone... And those penny press machines specifically in the gift shop and next to the playground for Splash had people loitering around waiting for other people to move away from the machines. They are definitely in constant use.
On a side note -- I don't see pressed penny machines used nearly as often anywhere else as they are for Splash, and ironically, Country Bear Jamboree. Its kinda funny.
Tha Realest
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It’s being redone because of guilt by association. There will be no memorials or head nods.
_caleb
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This site needs to add </opinion> tags for posts like this
Animator_Alex
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100% That's what they're doing. I don't see any way that the entire laughing place section isn't this scene.
WorldExplorer
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I hope people aren't skipping the one next to the photo previews. It's convenient that they happened to put in three of the things for this one ride.
I think those are the only two right now where you have no alternative merchandise options at all. Hopefully they go back to selling some Country Bears stuff. As for Splash...they've even cut off the artists in Art of Disney from drawing the B'rers.
BrerFoxesBayouAdventure
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we were robbed of having a dr. facilier-themed drop
California's Tiana's Place was announced. I wonder how long until WDW follows suit and announces one of their own.
Ayla
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Where's it going to go? Pecos Bills?
yensidtlaw1969
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I still maintain they should build one back where the Restrooms are now, and retheme the whole Splash Queue Courtyard to a Mini New Orleans Square - best way to commit to the theming without disrupting the existing thematics of Frontierland's main drag.
Sketch is mine, not Disney's:
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Stupido
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This is beautiful!
But is there enough space there for a full restaurant without further impacting the railroad?
yensidtlaw1969
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That space wouldn't be impacted by the Railroad, unless you mean Big Thunder, which has a maintenance bay nearby but could be avoided. There's also a retention pond that might need to be moved along with the restrooms, and who knows if they'd be open to any of that.
Personally I'd rather see a Tiana's Palace built in this space at Walt Disney World than see it take over The French Market at Disneyland. That feels like a shame to lose. But they didn't ask me.
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