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

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What if: In order to "save" Splash Mountain at WDW (and Frontierland as a whole) Imagineering decided to rework the attraction to feature the Country Bears? (Nah, I'm serious!)

I was thinking about this the other night. Based on the information gathered in this thread it seems apparent that Disney is looking to shed some of it's more problematic attractions. I can't think of any-one-land that has more "issues" than those presented in Frontierland. Given that "Country Bears" has been on/off rumored for closure (Anyone know the latest?) and with Splash presumably on the chopping block for it's subject matter; the solution for change could very well be a massive overhaul of Frontierland; a complete retheme of the entire land.
It's been armchaired here numerous times. Seems a good solution but would we lose Fronterland's identity in the process?

I might have a compromise. What if Imagineering in their quest to salvage Fronterland could somehow combine the Country Bear AAs with Splash creating an entirely new Splash Mountain attraction? In the likelihood (because I do think it likely) that Country Bears is shuttered; it would be a great disservice to see the AA bears gone forever. The same could be said for much of Splash Mountain's AAs.

Excluding for a moment that WDW's Splash Mountain will likely receive a Princess and the Frog overlay, doesn't it make more sense to create a two-birds, one-stone fix for Frontierland by developing a new Splash story one that keeps most of it's AAs? One that keeps the Country Bears in Frontierland? One that keep "Fronterland" Fronterland? That's what I stay up a night thinking about. :/

In doing this however, Disney will have merged two attractions down to one. Not a great idea but it beats an outright closure of Country Bears. (But there's a fix for that hypothetical too!) So then... what to do with the now vacant Country Bears building? Enter another often-suggested armchair idea of converting that little area (a no-man's land comprised mainly of footpaths) between Frontierland and Liberty as WDW's own little New Orleans District. Guests can get their PatF fix via a subtle N.O. Riverboat retheme, an AA show or more budget conscious M&G (vacated Country Bears building) and a new Tiana's Palace restaurant retheme.

The idea of this however all hinges on Disney's ability to address the problem areas in Frontierland while still keeping it's core themes. Is any of this doable? :shrugs: Would such a re-theme and land overhaul be possible? And more importantly is the idea Satisfactual for everyone?
 
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Magicart87 said:
What if: In order to "save" Splash Mountain at WDW (and Frontierland as a whole) Imagineering decided to rework the attraction to feature the Country Bears? (Nah, I'm serious!)

I was thinking about this the other night. Based on the information gathered in this thread it seems apparent that Disney is looking to shed some of it's more problematic attractions. I can't think of any-one-land that has more "issues" than those presented in Frontierland. Given that "Country Bears" has been on/off rumored for closure (Anyone know the latest?) and with Splash presumably on the chopping block for it's subject matter; the solution for change could very well be a massive overhaul of Frontierland; a complete retheme of the entire land.
It's been armchaired here numerous times. Seems a good solution but would we lose Fronterland's identity in the process?

I might have a compromise. What if Imagineering in their quest to salvage Fronterland could somehow combine the Country Bear AAs with Splash creating an entirely new Splash Mountain attraction? In the likelihood (because I do think it likely) that Country Bears is shuttered; it would be a great disservice to see the AA bears gone forever. The same could be said for much of Splash Mountain's AAs.

Excluding for a moment that WDW's Splash Mountain will likely receive a Princess and the Frog overlay, doesn't it make more sense to create a two-birds, one-stone fix for Frontierland by developing a new Splash story one that keeps most of it's AAs? One that keeps the Country Bears in Frontierland? One that keep "Fronterland" Fronterland? That's what I stay up a night thinking about. :/

In doing this however, Disney will have merged two attractions down to one. Not a great idea but it beats an outright closure of Country Bears. (But there's a fix for that hypothetical too!) So then... what to do with the now vacant Country Bears building? Enter another often-suggested armchair idea of converting that little area (a no-man's land comprised mainly of footpaths) between Frontierland and Liberty as WDW's own little New Orleans District. Guests can get their PatF fix via a subtle N.O. Riverboat retheme, an AA show or more budget conscious M&G (vacated Country Bears building) and a new Tiana's Palace restaurant retheme.

The idea of this however all hinges on Disney's ability to address the problem areas in Frontierland while still keeping it's core themes. Is any of this doable? :shrugs: Would such a re-theme and land overhaul be possible? And more importantly is the idea Satisfactual for everyone?
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Problem is, the Country Bears aren't an IP. And in Bob Iger's Disney, non-IP based attractions are dangerous.
 
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