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

[Tinkwings]

Princess and the Frog Themed Boutique Now Open at Disneyland. Will it be Coming to Disney World?

Check the brand new Eudora's Chic Boutique and speculate with us about whether the adorable shop could be coming to Disney World!

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I was wondering if the Briar Patch sign has been removed, and if it has closed, which I assume so. Curious they already opened a boutique themed for ride at DLR........guess that will be moving in to the retail space.....we used to love just sitting in there, and looking at the details.....

 

[Midwest Elitist]

Ok, hear me out. So we don't need to change the name of the ride, AGAIN in 20 years, just call it "Problematic Mountain"! That way when it's eventually rethemed again for being problematic and is no longer a money generator, they don't have to change the name!

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

The silver lining: we live in an age where one can pull up a high-resolution POV video of the entire original attraction and revisit it, at least visually and aurally, any time they want.

Kind of, though the ride hasn't been in decent working order for a number of years now. So you have to go back a long while to find a video where there's not a ton of broken figures and other problems. 2013 is the last substantial refurb where it was brought back to something reasonable close to opening day condition. It was kept in good shape for a few years after. But even in the couple of years leading into Covid, it was starting to deteriorate again.

Also, watching a video of a ride is certainly not a suitable substitute for riding it in person. Useful for documentation, preservation and fun for reminiscing. But if it was an acceptable substitute, no one would ever need to pay to visit the parks.

 

[SNS]

The silver lining: we live in an age where one can pull up a high-resolution POV video of the entire original attraction and revisit it, at least visually and aurally, any time they want. I already have!

While it's not the same, at least it is better then some other rides have like Horizons where the video tech wasn't quite there yet. Or even older like If You Had Wings.

I also imagine there's some good 360 recordings for VR headsets (I need to get a good one of those).

 

[ToTBellHop]

No listings for shirts worn on the ride the last day yet? Maybe socks?

I’m currently wearing ladies size 14 underwear warn last night in row 2 of the third from last log.

 

[Weather_Lady]

Also, watching a video of a ride is certainly not a suitable substitute for riding it in person. Useful for documentation, preservation and fun for reminiscing. But if it was an acceptable substitute, no one would ever need to pay to visit the parks.

I didn't mean to suggest it was anywhere close to the real thing. It's just nice as a reminder. We don't live anywhere near WDW, Universal, or Disneyland, so taking a little virtual "visit" to those places through Youtube on the bigscreen TV is still a fun way to remember old memories (e.g., Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, 20,000 Leagues, etc.) or daydream about new ones, between trips.

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

Also, watching a video of a ride is certainly not a suitable substitute for riding it in person. Useful for documentation, preservation and fun for reminiscing. But if it was an acceptable substitute, no one would ever need to pay to visit the parks.

It only is if you’re in a laundry basket and your dad moves you in sync to the video.

 

[Midwest Elitist]

It only is if you’re in a laundry basket and your dad moves you in sync to the video.

I remember how cute that was and the internet was like "OMG HOW DARE YOU NOT TAKE THEM TO THE REAL THEME PARK".

 

[SNS]

I didn't mean to suggest it was anywhere close to the real thing. It's just nice as a reminder.

Yeah, at least we get all these fancy 4K, low light recordings. Some other rides aren't fortunate enough to even have HD recordings of them.

 

[Lilofan]

Right......Selling snake oil to the masses and it could have been a scoop from the Splash Bathrooms...

Some one said

There is a sucker born every minute.

 

[GhostHost1000]

I’m currently wearing ladies size 14 underwear warm last night in row 2 of the third from last log.

TMI lol

 

[ToTBellHop]

TMI lol

I know. I should edit it to remove the row number. Know one needs to know that.

 

[doctornick]

Also, watching a video of a ride is certainly not a suitable substitute for riding it in person. Useful for documentation, preservation and fun for reminiscing. But if it was an acceptable substitute, no one would ever need to pay to visit the parks.

Granted, but I'll also point out that the particularly good thing about this case is that the ride will continue to exist in some sort for the time being - in Tokyo. That at least is better than a situation like the Epcot classics, etc which were unique rides to that location.

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

While it's not the same, at least it is better then some other rides have like Horizons where the video tech wasn't quite there yet. Or even older like If You Had Wings.

I also imagine there's some good 360 recordings for VR headsets (I need to get a good one of those).

I've looked at a few of those 360 recordings. They have particular trouble recording anything other than well lit environments (though also have the opposite problem too of overly bright settings). The recordings i've seen for Splash are incredibly low res, absurdly grainy and dark/washed out. The quality is sort of comparable to traditional videos from 15+ year old camera tech.

They're useful for analyzing surrounding scenery and detail that traditional cameras might miss due to not pointing that direction, but the raw detail they can capture is still way behind regular cameras.

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

Granted, but I'll also point out that the particularly good thing about this case is that the ride will continue to exist in some sort for the time being - in Tokyo. That at least is better than a situation like the Epcot classics, etc which were unique rides to that location.

To an extent. And Tokyo's version is still kept in immaculate condition due to the corporation running that park still adhering to standards that have been gone from Disney for many decades now.

That said, no version of Splash is identical to another. And during the years in which WDW's was in good working condition (like the first decade of its life as well as the couple years after its 2013 refurb), I consider it to be the best version of them all. Particularly the exterior detail and choice of background scenery on the interior.

 

[SNS]

I've looked at a few of those 360 recordings. They have particular trouble recording anything other than well lit environments (though also have the opposite problem too of overly bright settings). The recordings i've seen for Splash are incredibly low res, absurdly grainy and dark/washed out. The quality is sort of comparable to traditional videos from 15+ year old camera tech.

They're useful for analyzing surrounding scenery and detail that traditional cameras might miss due to not pointing that direction, but the raw detail they can capture is still way behind regular cameras.

Well, that's unfortunate. I was hoping that if I ever invested in one of those Quest Pro VR headsets for $1,500 that I would have an amazing VR experience with these videos.

 

[JD80]

It was her first major project. Hopfully this redo is better since I was severely underwhelmed by MMRR

Personally, I thought MMRR was fantastic. Family favorite here. One of the best attractions on property.

 

[Disney Glimpses]

It was her first major project. Hopfully this redo is better since I was severely underwhelmed by MMRR

In fairness, many expect every new attraction that Disney produces to be "E-ticket." MMRR wasn't designed as E-ticket and that's why it is not an E-ticket. There are still fair criticisms of the attraction but through the lens of a D-ticket, I think it is fine.

 

[Midwest Elitist]

Bit of a different question here: do any of you think they will move the queue music into the normal Frontierland loop to update the 1981 version?

 

[wdwmagic]

Princess and the Frog Themed Boutique Now Open at Disneyland. Will it be Coming to Disney World?

Check the brand new Eudora's Chic Boutique and speculate with us about whether the adorable shop could be coming to Disney World!

www.disneydining.com

I was wondering if the Briar Patch sign has been removed, and if it has closed, which I assume so. Curious they already opened a boutique themed for ride at DLR........guess that will be moving in to the retail space.....we used to love just sitting in there, and looking at the details.....

The Briar Patch didn't reopen from COVID, but the sign remains there today.