TomboyJanet
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Yeah I know I'm just being very...Janet again. But I would like to see what's inside It seems like they are like look.....A NEW CHAIRR!! and it's like snooze
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News Splash Mountain retheme to Princess and the Frog - Tiana's Bayou Adventure
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FettFan
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Kirby86
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Iger is standing at a corkboard looking at the progress and suddenly goes " Dear God, what have we done?" He drops his coffee and takes his sunglasses off for dramatic effect. Then he walks away a janitor has to clean up the mess while Iger goes about his day.
Dear Prudence
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They were never going to cancel this project, but it is sort of laughable how over-congratulatory they are towards themselves (and how it's rewarded by the mindless stans). Not to be overly critical (but I think appropriately critical) how low-effort everything is..is...something, isn't it? Why go through the process of making a cheap-looking painting on the side of the barn, when you can just build something else? Why use less-than-200-dollar-home-decor anyone can buy in the process of several clicks in Disneyland's Briar Patch shop when they've known they were going to do this since 2019, and they've had the time to hire artisans (pandemic or no)?! They keep stressing how "important" this project is, so, why not treat it like it's important?
EPCOT-O.G.
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Is there anyone at WDI that has the requisite wood carving skills? Those are tough to gin up in Photoshop or export to a 3D printer.
Eric Graham
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Oil is so passe now... it's all about renewable energy (i guess)
TomboyJanet
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And to be honest I'm really getting tired of them talking about food as if this whole thing is a grift to sell the restaurant. I don't go to Disney for some boring foodie trip where everyone takes pictures of their plates as if its a masterpiece that they are about to completely destroy primordially with their teeth. I go there to visit other realms that are fully adventurous and fantastical and maybe even pumped full of nostalgia. If they keep doing this I'm just going to sit home and do shrooms or something because that will be more exciting than riding "Moana's Gallery of Plasma Screens From the Early 00s With One Showing Binary Code For Some Reason. " (MGOPSFTE0WOSBCFSR for short)
Eric Graham
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Off to watch the hummingbirds and butterfly!
Dear Prudence
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They have a couple of carvers on their roster who do their limited edition wooden collections, one of whom did the carvings that were in the Briar Patch shop and did the recreations for the 30th Splash Anniversary. I am certain they could have done something nice. And, again, like I said in the DLR thread, it's nothing against the Blackforest website or artists, it's the low-effort and cost on Disney's part. Heck, even a good 3D printed rendering could have been better than that they put in. I have a few 3D printed Disney recreations from Etsy, and they're fantastic. Disney has more money than God, they could stand to be a smidge less cheap!
Eric Graham
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Etsy is pretty wonderful, aren't they!
Dear Prudence
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much better than the quality of merch coming out of the parks, that's for sure! Plus, they give the people (me) what they really want (sign replicas)!
EPCOT-O.G.
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T
hank you for letting me know. What are some good Etsy options? You can DM me if you want to
Incomudro
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If I see one more person swoon "Beignets!" as if that's a reason to celebrate this re-do...
Disstevefan1
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If I see one more person swoon "Beignets!" as if that's a reason to celebrate this re-do...
WaltsTreasureChest
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This redo was a waste of money 
WorldExplorer
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If I see one more person swoon "Beignets!" as if that's a reason to celebrate this re-do...
It's become a running joke in my family that Tiana's sole personality is now "I make beignets". I don't know if they intentionally changed the training, if their current Tianas are just all boring, or if I'm just unlucky, but that's all she ever talks about when you meet her.
If they set up an actual stand it's going to feel like you stood in line to meet a walking advertisement.
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Incomudro
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Yes.
On any number of WDW/Disney Pages I'm on from Facebook to Instagram, there are always a number of people excitedly exclaim "Beignets!"
I've been excited for a ride because of some food item that might be associated with it.
TomboyJanet
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I think to get to the heart of it, for a lot of us these rides were among the first wonderful things we ever saw in our lives and to watch them tear them down is kinda like having your most positive axioms hacked at with a mining pick so it generates such a visceral response
FettFan
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If I see one more person swoon "Beignets!" as if that's a reason to celebrate this re-do...
1. As if you couldn't get them at other places on property.
2. Disney "beignets" are beignets in name only. Yes they're a fried pastry made of dough and given a coat of powdered sugar.
Alas, they're too sweet, too light and airy, and my honest guess is that Disney is just using regular doughnut batter because they realize that most of the customers won't know or care that they just paid for a Mickey-shaped unglazed Krispy Kreme.