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

[GhostHost1000]

Spicy Louisiana style special edition cupcakes! Spicy popcorn in a must have bucket!

I'm certain this will be a "hit". Maybe not with parks fans who've ridden the original but a hit. I think this plot is OK and great execution may really make it work, but still not as fun as the original so far. It'll probably grow on us.

I wonder if Pecos Bill's will become Tiana's Palace? Apologies if someone already proposed that somewhere.

I like hot sauce.

I still wish they could have left splash and converted TSI into a New Orleans themed area with a new tiana attraction and restaurant and the riverboat (on the mississippi) could have helped with the theming around it as well

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

Exactly, I’d expect some understanding from the mods in this special case. We’re talking about one of the most popular attractions in Orlando.

Maybe we should offer some greater understanding as posters in this special case, given that this is one of the most precarious topics in the history of theme parks.

 

[HoustonHorn]

Disney Parks Blog story re: "New Storyline Details" for TBA: Friday after hours (a/k/a the dead zone to avoid media coverage)

Disney Parks Blog story re: the "Housekeeping Update You've Been Waiting For": Monday during the day (beginning of the weekly news cycle)

Disney's confidence in this overhaul is breathtaking.

 

[EagleScout610]

Honestly, I'm surprised they didn't sneak a Disneyland closing date into that last update. Even something as subtle as "Every May 12th Tiana and her team...."

 

[LittleBuford]

Honestly, I'm surprised they didn't sneak a Disneyland closing date into that last update. Even something as subtle as "Every May 12th Tiana and her team...."

It closed a few weekends ago according to an exclusive rumour.

 

[Nubs70]

With a potential Mardi Gras tie in to Tiana's Comunal Kitchen, will WDW be selling beads?

 

[EagleScout610]

With a potential Mardi Gras tie in to Tiana's Comunal Kitchen, will WDW be selling beads?

Flash Mountain lives on

 

[Disney Analyst]

Feels like WDI clarifying this is indeed queue backstory stuff.

 

[UNCgolf]

Feels like WDI clarifying this is indeed queue backstory stuff.

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This is kind of what I expected (and certainly what I hoped) -- that the queue would be full of items etc. showcasing that backstory but the ride itself would essentially be its own thing.

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

That's what i'm also expecting to be the case. The queue and a few areas of the exterior right before the first drop (even the front of the exterior though is still distinctly a swampy environment too). It appears like the ride transforms into a fairly different experience once you travel inside. I expect it to be a bit more Splash-like in that regard with the musical animals.

 

[aladdin2007]

after watching some online ride videos again, there are a lot of interior scenes of space and depth, its going to be interesting to see how they fill all of that, if they do. I just wonder how much of it will be rebuilt/redesigned in there and or altered/blocked off/shortened.

 

[Kirby86]

How much information are they going to have in the queue though? Even if the Co-op storyline is regulated to the queue it just seems unnecessarily complicated. If they wanted to do the ingredients story. All they had to say is she's looking for new ingredients in the bayou for new recipes for Tiana's Palace.

 

[Ghost93]

How much information are they going to have in the queue though? Even if the Co-op storyline is regulated to the queue it just seems unnecessarily complicated. If they wanted to do the ingredients story. All they had to say is she's looking for new ingredients in the bayou for new recipes for Tiana's Palace.

My guess is we may see newspaper clippings on the queue wall conveying the backstory of Tiana's Foods. Plenty of restaurants in real life have newspaper articles hanging on their walls that explain "our story." It would feel pretty natural and unforced.

As for the journey into the Bayou itself, we will probably have an animatronic near the beginning explaining that Tiana needs our help finding a special ingredient for Mardi Gras.

 

[Captain Neo]

shoving the “Employee owned“ food co op storyline even on the construction walls is hilariously bad. I can’t believe they are tripling down on this crap

 

[aladdin2007]

shoving the “Employee owned“ food co op storyline even on the construction walls is hilariously bad. I can’t believe they are tripling down on this crap

spot on!!

 

[WorldExplorer]

Honestly? I don't care where the described story is; it's boring, hamfisted, and condescending, even in a queue

 

[zipadee999]

Honestly? I don't care where the described story is; it's boring, hamfisted, and condescending, even in a queue

Spot on. This entire project is very condescending. The people have made it clear that we don’t want this, but Disney continues to act like we don’t know any better

 

[aladdin2007]

Spot on. This entire project is very condescending. The people have made it clear that we don’t want this, but Disney continues to act like we don’t know any better

Ive said this before but its becoming more and more apparent that I think Disney is going to have more problems with this than they ever (never) had with splash mountain. Tough road ahead PR wise and with guests, they have dug the hole themselves.

 

[Incomudro]

Feels like WDI clarifying this is indeed queue backstory stuff.

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Spot on. This entire project is very condescending. The people have made it clear that we don’t want this, but Disney continues to act like we don’t know any better

What I find the oddest is that Splash is being re-themed in part due to its tie with SotS and racial issues.
Yet they chose hot sauce and salt mines as a supposed remedy to this.

 

[drizgirl]

My guess is we may see newspaper clippings on the queue wall conveying the backstory of Tiana's Foods. Plenty of restaurants in real life have newspaper articles hanging on their walls that explain "our story." It would feel pretty natural and unforced.

As for the journey into the Bayou itself, we will probably have an animatronic near the beginning explaining that Tiana needs our help finding a special ingredient for Mardi Gras.

We can only hope the line doesn't move slow enough that you can actually read newspaper articles on the wall.