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

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danlb_2000

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GhostHost1000 said:
I know Disney is all about return on investment but I feel like when building a Tiana attraction they are missing out big time by not building a Tiana’s place cajun/New Orleans style table service restaurant along with a snack location that sells beignets.
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This would be great in WDW, but what do you do in Disneyland since they already have a New Orleans style restaurant and re-theming it to Tiana wouldn't really fit with Pirates.
 
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Rich T said:
PSA: If anyone here is considering a trip soon to L.A. to ride DL’s Splash Mtn., do take a side trip to nearby Knott’s Berry Farm to ride Timber Mountain, a fantastic, historic Log Flume that greatly influenced Tony Baxters design for Splash.

Timber Mountain is wonderfully, fully themed to a working lumberjack town, from the Garner Holt AAs to the sets, authentic props, CM costumes and catchy theme song that plays in various forms throughout. It also was the first to do the enter-a-pitch-dark-cave-and-plummet-down-a-surprise-drop-into-underground-caverns thing.

And I actually think it was and still is, overall, the best log flume on Earth.
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My second favorite behind WDW Splash, DL Splash sits at #5 (3 is Dudley, 4 is Paul Bunyan Log Chute aka northern Timber Mtn at the Mall of America.)
 
Ayla

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MisterPenguin said:
There's been a lot of armchair suggestions for a wider revamp of Frontierland to make TBA fit better.

I do hope that comes about.

Heck, fans, even those not crazy for PatF have been left scratching our collective heads why there hasn't been a Tiana's Place in the parks long ago. At least she got her franchise going on the cruise lines.
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If they make it too New Orlean ish, then BTMRR won't fit, though. It's kind of a no-win situation.
 
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doctornick

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If they are serious about "beyond thunder mountain" - and depending on how that is configured - it would make a lot of sense to use the space after the railroad underpass to be a New Orleans or Bayou themed area with a Tiana restaurant. And then they can continue that path north to connect to new areas if they are built.
 
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doctornick

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I know there is not much to it, but I wonder if they will keep/replace the "Laughing Place" play area that's under the Railroad.
 
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celluloid

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doctornick said:
I know there is not much to it, but I wonder if they will keep/replace the "Laughing Place" play area that's under the Railroad.
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It would be unwise to destroy that as it is a great place for those not willing to ride/too short to ride to set up a base and play to spend some time.
 
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celluloid said:
It would be unwise to destroy that as it is a great place for those not willing to ride/too short to ride to set up a base and play to spend some time.
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That's actually what I was thinking, especially for those little tykes who are excited about Tiana but unable (or too scared) to ride. It's a nice alternative distraction when perhaps other members of the family go and ride. It's such a small thing that I think she would easily build a New Orleans version of something similar for the spot and hope they do.
 
HauntedPirate

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celluloid said:
It would be unwise to destroy that as it is a great place for those not willing to ride/too short to ride to set up a base and play to spend some time.
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No worries. It's going to be rethemed and renamed to "Tiara's Tiny Playground", a ginormous sandbox where children of all ages can play and dream about one day owning their own food conglomerate if they just dig a little deeper...
 
Sir_Cliff

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Stupido said:
This always comes off as so tacky to me. It’s huge “pick me” energy, and makes both parks come off as super desperate.

Maybe try using your handles to promote your own parks, as opposed to commenting on everything Disney does.
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I also think the snarkiness of UO's social media toward Disney has grown a bit tiresome, but joking about people selling Splash Mountain water seems more like... well, joking about people selling Splash Mountain water than taking a shot at Disney.
 
dovetail65

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FigmentFan82 said:
And make it a dinner show thing! Why WDW doesn't have more dinner shows is beyond baffling.
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Money is the main issue plus dinner shows are tough to run and make money on over time without change. Hoop De Doo is a miracle really. The effort and talent needed to run a dinner show day in and day out is one of the toughest things to do.

WDW has always had issue with the Equity actors too.
 
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