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

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Stitch826

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I certainly haven’t read all the 576 pages of comments here about the retheme. I may be wrong, but has anyone considered the disconnect with creating a Tiana ride on an existing ride system with a 50-foot drop? I’ve always thought of Splash Mountain as a family ride, but one that is centered on slightly older kids. With a princess-themed ride, I’m sure Disney is going to try to market it more to younger kids (much like Frozen in Epcot). The question I’m wondering about is whether that younger crowd is going to ride a ride with that drop at the end?
 
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Stitch826 said:
I certainly haven’t read all the 576 pages of comments here about the retheme. I may be wrong, but has anyone considered the disconnect with creating a Tiana ride on an existing ride system with a 50-foot drop? I’ve always thought of Splash Mountain as a family ride, but one that is centered on slightly older kids. With a princess-themed ride, I’m sure Disney is going to try to market it more to younger kids (much like Frozen in Epcot). The question I’m wondering about is whether that younger crowd is going to ride a ride with that drop at the end?
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Because no child has ever ridden splash mountain, ever.
 
MisterPenguin

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Stitch826 said:
I certainly haven’t read all the 576 pages of comments here about the retheme. I may be wrong, but has anyone considered the disconnect with creating a Tiana ride on an existing ride system with a 50-foot drop? I’ve always thought of Splash Mountain as a family ride, but one that is centered on slightly older kids. With a princess-themed ride, I’m sure Disney is going to try to market it more to younger kids (much like Frozen in Epcot). The question I’m wondering about is whether that younger crowd is going to ride a ride with that drop at the end?
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Anything you can think of which *might* be problematic or need suspension of belief (as is needed for all other themed rides) has been mentioned many times and quite forcefully.
 
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Stitch826 said:
I certainly haven’t read all the 576 pages of comments here about the retheme. I may be wrong, but has anyone considered the disconnect with creating a Tiana ride on an existing ride system with a 50-foot drop? I’ve always thought of Splash Mountain as a family ride, but one that is centered on slightly older kids. With a princess-themed ride, I’m sure Disney is going to try to market it more to younger kids (much like Frozen in Epcot). The question I’m wondering about is whether that younger crowd is going to ride a ride with that drop at the end?
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Frozen Ever After's Drop is 28ft...
 
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Stitch826 said:
I certainly haven’t read all the 576 pages of comments here about the retheme. I may be wrong, but has anyone considered the disconnect with creating a Tiana ride on an existing ride system with a 50-foot drop? I’ve always thought of Splash Mountain as a family ride, but one that is centered on slightly older kids. With a princess-themed ride, I’m sure Disney is going to try to market it more to younger kids (much like Frozen in Epcot). The question I’m wondering about is whether that younger crowd is going to ride a ride with that drop at the end?
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Yes
 
Prince-1

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Trauma said:
When I read my above post a realized how it sounds so let me explain further.

Tiana is an extremely important princess for many reasons.

If you ask the imagineers in charge of this project if they would rather tell her story by

A: Shoehorning Tiana into Splash’s ride system forcing them to tell a story in a way that matches
whats already there

B: Decide what story they want to tell and how they want to tell it. Then create a ride system that gives Tiana the ride she deserves.

If the imagineers in charge of this would choose B that makes what Disney is doing truly disgusting.

The first African American Princess to have a ride in a Disney Park and she isn’t even worth doing to right.

Sad.
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Probably should have deleted that post so you don’t continue to sound so sad yourself.
 
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Kirby86 said:
It was really Dis-Twitter and some bloggers that said the ride being racist was the reason. However you are correct officially speaking Disney always said it was about bringing more Tiana into the parks. More princess real-estate more opportunities to sell Tiana merchandise. I have a feeling this this was more buisness driven then altruistic.
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But is it a smart business decision? They’re taking a classic ride that appealed to kids and adults alike and turning it into a princess-themed ride. Disney continues to lose ground to Universal, especially in attracting the teen and young adult crowd. I don’t have a problem with removing SOTS, more with shoving Tiana into the wrong type of ride.
 
MagicHappens1971

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Stitch826 said:
But is it a smart business decision? They’re taking a classic ride that appealed to kids and adults alike and turning it into a princess-themed ride. Disney continues to lose ground to Universal, especially in attracting the teen and young adult crowd.
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It’s a smart business decision. Tianas Bayou Adventure will print $$$$$$$. The princesses make Disney millions in merchandising, adding another princess to MK is great for them. I’m sure there will be speciality food offerings and much more when it opens. Also this was kinda discussed a while back, the thrill of Splash mountain isn’t changing. I think the thrill + water ride factor of the attraction means that it’s not in danger of turning guests away. Plus for the first few years, it’ll be a “brand new attraction”, and they didn’t have to actually build anything new. With the ILL revenue the refurb will pay for itself in a few short years. Your post also sticks to the belief that princesses are for girls, this ride will appeal to everyone.
 
Disney Glimpses

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Stitch826 said:
But is it a smart business decision? They’re taking a classic ride that appealed to kids and adults alike and turning it into a princess-themed ride. Disney continues to lose ground to Universal, especially in attracting the teen and young adult crowd. I don’t have a problem with removing SOTS, more with shoving Tiana into the wrong type of ride.
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Depends. It will have very long lines for at least the first couple of years. Since it's a log flume ride, it will continue to have very long lines during the day. If they release a really well made sequel film, it would cement the decision as "smart."
 
MagicHappens1971

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Disney Glimpses said:
Depends. It will have very long lines for at least the first couple of years. Since it's a log flume ride, it will continue to have very long lines during the day. If they release a really well made sequel film, it would cement the decision as "smart."
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I believe it was mentioned somewhere that it will tie into the new Tiana show coming to Disney+. Either a song or maybe just the outfits/adventures she’ll be having on that show
 
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