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

[Smiley/OCD]

I'd wager they don't want a kid wearing a helmet to headbutt another one by accident.

That’s a 15 yard personal foul penalty…the second one gets you tossed…think Disney will trespass a family with an unruly kid??

 

[EagleScout610]

Is the Splash Mountain barn sign still there or has that come down?

 

[Tha Realest]

It will all come down to how much is budget cut from this project.

Let’s see what happens. We will have (at least) 18 months to debate. Probably more.

I don’t know. Giving a blank check to Rodhe and Baxter but hamstringing them with an existing track and a convoluted salt mine backstory while having to come up with a new story and not use the main villain or his song seems to be a very difficult task.

Point being, all the money in the world can’t necessarily overcome those considerable hurdles.

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

I don't think Rohde is involved. Just that Tony Baxter and Bob Weis (before he left) were.

I don't think coming up with an original story will be a challenge for seasoned imagineers. But having to shove a new ride into an existing space it wasn't designed for could be a problem. The absence of a villain may also point towards a lack of any tension or dark moments too, which is also a possible concern. Remains to be seen.

 

[Disstevefan1]

I don’t know. Giving a blank check to Rodhe and Baxter but hamstringing them with an existing track and a convoluted salt mine backstory while having to come up with a new story and not use the main villain or his song seems to be a very difficult task.

Point being, all the money in the world can’t necessarily overcome those considerable hurdles.

I am not talking about blank checks or overcoming hurtles.

I am talking about the creative folks come up with super plans for the existing space and are not allowed to do that due to budget cuts.

This is a real possibility.

 

[MisterPenguin]

My takeaway from this thread is that the new retheme does indeed have a villain.

It's the salt mine.

 

[J4546]

When they redid tot with the gaurdians retheme I thought they did a good job so I'm hopeful this will be very well done

 

[Kirby86]

When they redid tot with the gaurdians retheme I thought they did a good job so I'm hopeful this will be very well done

No offense to the guardians retheme but a drop tower is a little bit easier to do a switch over then a 9 to 10 minute log flume.

 

[_caleb]

I don’t know. Giving a blank check to Rodhe and Baxter

Neither is in charge, and only Baxter is reported to have been involved.

but hamstringing them with an existing track

You know for sure that changes to the track or logs was off the table?

and a convoluted salt mine backstory

You think it was executives, and not Imagineers who came up with this?

while having to come up with a new story

So Execs. came up with the backstory but not the story?

and not use the main villain

You know this was a requirement?

or his song

And this, too?

seems to be a very difficult task.

Point being, all the money in the world can’t necessarily overcome those considerable hurdles.

Which may not even exist.

 

[jpinkc]

I don't think Rohde is involved. Just that Tony Baxter and Bob Weis (before he left) were.

I don't think coming up with an original story will be a challenge for seasoned imagineers. But having to shove a new ride into an existing space it wasn't designed for could be a problem. The absence of a villain may also point towards a lack of any tension or dark moments too, which is also a possible concern. Remains to be seen.

The ONLY seasoned and PROVEN imagineer I have seen mentioned is Tony Baxter. They dont have any current ones that I can think of since Rhode left Disney. Its too bad Wally Crump and Bob Gurr are in there 90's.

 

[Elijah Abrams]

I think they should've rethemed Splash Mountain from Song of the South to Country Bears (not the 2002 movie), so we wouldn't have to complain about changing MK Frontierland.

 

[JohnD]

My takeaway from this thread is that the new retheme does indeed have a villain.

It's the salt mine.

I have a bad taste in my mouth just thinking about it.

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

The ONLY seasoned and PROVEN imagineer I have seen mentioned is Tony Baxter. They dont have any current ones that I can think of since Rhode left Disney. Its too bad Wally Crump and Bob Gurr are in there 90's.

I wasn't going on info that Disney has claimed. I didn't believe Baxter was actually substantially involved until an independent source verified it for me (the source itself also didn't believe it either at first until they did some digging). Same source also said Weis was involved too, something Disney never stated publicly.

 

[_caleb]

The ONLY seasoned and PROVEN imagineer I have seen mentioned is Tony Baxter. They dont have any current ones that I can think of since Rhode left Disney. Its too bad Wally Crump and Bob Gurr are in there 90's.

Asa Kalama, Kim Irvine, Charita Carter? Just because you can think of any doesn't mean they don't exist.

 

[J4546]

I think they should've rethemed Splash Mountain from Song of the South to Country Bears (not the 2002 movie), so we wouldn't have to complain about changing MK Frontierland.

I woulda gone with Muppets

 

[JohnD]

Just got my new Chase Disney Premier Visa Card. Apparently, Chase didn't get the memo:

 

[BrerFoxesBayouAdventure]

Just got my new Chase Disney Premier Visa Card. Apparently, Chase didn't get the memo:

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This makes me think, was Splash stuff considered for the 50th but put on the chopping block after what happened? Because this design lines up with the art they did for the anniversary merchandise.

 

[Midwest Elitist]

This makes me think, was Splash stuff considered for the 50th but put on the chopping block after what happened? Because this design lines up with the art they did for the anniversary merchandise.

Supposedly, WDW wasn't supposed to get a retheme until 2020 happened.

 

[Dream23]

I just saw an old add for Splash and it made me remember a question I’ve had.
When looking at the drop, directly to the right is a path/que. Wasn’t this used as an entrance at some point? I remember as a kid right after 9/11 going up that way.

 

[Midwest Elitist]

I just saw an old add for Splash and it made me remember a question I’ve had.
When looking at the drop, directly to the right is a path/que. Wasn’t this used as an entrance at some point? I remember as a kid right after 9/11 going up that way.

yep