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

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MisterPenguin

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Disney fan who says they heard facts

We tend to want off-board rumors to be linked to evaluate them. There are *a lot* of rumors out there that are false. Some laughably so.

E.g., you'll still see people on the internet saying the black box in The Dolphin was for a monorail station, when it couldn't possibly be, because a train is longer than the width of the tower.
 
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ToTBellHop

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We tend to want off-board rumors to be linked to evaluate them. There are *a lot* or rumors out there that are false. Some laughably so.

E.g., you'll still see people on the internet saying the black box in The Dolphin was for a monorail station, when it couldn't possibly be, because a train is longer than the width of the tower.
And yet I wouldn’t accept a room in the box. It’s clearly designed to slide out...the next Tropical Storm could be the one to do it.
 

MickeyMouse10

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If rumors work lets start a new one that Splash is staying. ;)

"I heard from a husky guy with a unibrow, who was wearing a tuxedo. That Splash Mountain is staying. Oh yeah he also had a patch and was smoking a cigar."
 

EagleScout610

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From who? That seems to be the originally proposed timeline.
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Found the comment in the Save Splash Facebook group
 

Brer Oswald

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Why not Tangled? Pinocchio can be added to Italy at EPCOT.
I think it fits better in Magic Kingdom, what with the main theme being so ingrained with the park. I also think the boat ride system works better due to the third act of the film taking place in the sea and inside Monstro.

A lot of people go to Tangeled because of the tower that isn’t too far away. But I raise you the Pinocchio restaurant that’s attached to the building.
 

brb1006

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I didn't like Tangled either, but I actually do think it could make an excellent ride. Just because a movie is bad doesn't mean a ride based on it is going to also be bad. And likewise not all good movies sound like good ride concepts.

For example, I absolutely adore Ratatouille. But I never thought it would lend itself well to a ride format. It has an incredible story and characters, but the environments aren't very visually interesting. It's predominantly quite bland industrial kitchens and other ordinary looking buildings (only with some brief flashes of more classical Parisian architecture). Ratatouille is a movie I love watching, but had no interest whatsoever in seeing adapted into a theme park environment. And as it turns out, the ride confirmed my assumptions. There are plenty of Disney movies that I really love but don't think have much potential as rides.

On the opposite side of the coin, I dislike Tangled and don't like revisiting its story. But visually I think it lends itself VERY well to a theme park ride. It has lovely environments. If given to talented imagineers with a good budget, it could be an incredible ride. They're currently building a Tangled ride at Tokyo Disneysea as part of the Fantasy Springs expansion. It's a boat ride with a relatively smallish show building (38,900 reportedly, similar to Epcot's Mexico ride, but I dunno how many levels it has or if there are any drops). So it doesn't seem like a full-on E ticket. Even still, the Asian parks often get assigned larger budgets and far more talented imagineers than the other parks, so hopefully it'll be a fun little ride regardless. We'll see.

Avatar turned out to be a similar situation to how I feel about Tangled. I don't like the movie at all but the visuals were gorgeous and lent themselves well to a theme park experience if well executed. And thankfully the land ended up being gorgeous as well. I have some issues with the rides, but that's largely because I don't care for simulators and the over saturation of video screens in modern rides. And consider the boat ride too short and lacking in animatronics. Not really the IP's fault though, there's still a ton to love about the land as a whole.
At least Tangled: The Animated Series was surprisingly good. The last season wrapped up recently.
 

brb1006

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Or a Villains dark ride.
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I’m still salty over losing SWSA.


I still think my Tom Sawyer Island -> Ile D’Orleans plan would be a great addition to Magic Kingdom.

Brand new land, plenty of space to build a Louisiana Bayou walk-thru, a PATF ride, Tiana’s Palace restaurant, and plenty of street food stalls/counter service.
The closest to an actual Villain's Attraction is "Villain's Grove" that was introduced at last year's "Oogie Boogie Bash" at DCA. Apparently the Halloween overlay was very popular with guests.
 

Brer Panther

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Okay, so apparently that "Bob Chapek doesn't want Splash Mountain to be rethemed, he and Iger are going at it and Chapek is winning" thing wasn't true? Or was it?
 
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