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

[Smiley/OCD]

Might as well just add `Adventure` to all the rides' names.

• Avatar Flight of Passage the Adventure
• Na'vi River Journey Adventure
• Star Wars: Millenium Falcon – A Smugglers Run and Adventure
• Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance's Adventure
• Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway Adventure
• Remy's Ratatouille Adventure
• Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind Adventure
• Tron Lightcycle Run Adventure
• Moana: Journey of the Adventure of Water
• Tiana's Bayou Adventure

You forgot Carousel of Progress Adventure

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

You mean like this frontier?
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or this one?
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or this one?
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or this one?

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or this one?
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I see frontier mountains in all of them.

Yeah . . . the issue with Splash isn't whether or not mountains exist in the Frontier.

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

The name Splash Mountain still works, regardless of the adventure inside!! Grrr Disney.

Again, Disney does not want the shadow of Splash Mountain cast over this ride. Keeping the name would be a big reminder of the ride it is now, which goes completely against their reasons for redoing it in the first place.

 

[Smiley/OCD]

Not that I want to join the naysayers, but I have to say that the latest update has me worried about the story, or rather lack thereof (and I was largely optimistic till now). I really hope the ride lives up to its name and features some kind of adventure.

Welcome to the dark side…

 

[Trauma]

Again, Disney does not want the shadow of Splash Mountain cast over this ride. Keeping the name would be a big reminder of the ride it is now, which goes completely against their reasons for redoing it in the first place.

Until Disney realizes how much $$$ they can make selling Splash merch after it’s been closed a few years.

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

Because its not even plausable.

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Splash Mountain is itself 89 feet high, or about 27 meters - and that's from the lowest point of elevation, which is well below where most guests percieve it from. Well within plausibility.

 

[Br0ckford]

You forgot Carousel of Progress Adventure

Club Cool Adventure has a nice ring

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Let's be honest here and acknowledge that Disney would never spend the money to just change MK's Splash and this whole project is happening in Florida only because, in their minds, they're splitting the cost between two versions.

MK's Splash changing is simply a matter of convenience and brand consistency. They do not care one bit about the differences between the two versions and why they were not built exactly the same to begin with. You could change the theme of MK's Splash to something that better fits its surroundings, but that would cost extra and this is a park that has abandoned attraction, retail and dining space because the most popular theme park in the country wants to avoid any kind of investment.

The New Orleans theme is being pushed because it fits at Disneyland, which is the only thing that matters to California-centric WDI. MK is the junk park in the swamps and they know that park's fans are so starved for anything new they'll be happy with whatever they get.

 

[Sir_Cliff]

Let's be honest here and acknowledge that Disney would never spend the money to just change MK's Splash and this whole project is happening in Florida only because, in their minds, they're splitting the cost between two versions.

MK's Splash changing is simply a matter of convenience and brand consistency. They do not care one bit about the differences between the two versions and why they were not built exactly the same to begin with.

The New Orleans theme is being pushed because it fits at Disneyland, which is the only thing that matters to California-centric WDI. MK is the junk park in the swamps and they know that park's fans are so starved for anything new they'll be happy with whatever they get.

I don't necessarily disagree that Disney likely didn't likely put a huge amount of thought into the differences between both versions when announcing this, but isn't the reason it's set in New Orleans more a function of them deliberately choosing PatF as the overlay for fairly clear reasons?

I find it hard to imagine a scenario where they would have announced a PatF version for Anaheim and then something completely different or no change for Florida because it would have undercut the logic of why they were doing it at all.

 

[networkpro]

Welcome to the dark side…

Next up: Finding Nemo in the Sahara.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

I don't necessarily disagree that Disney likely didn't likely put a huge amount of thought into the differences between both versions when announcing this, but isn't the reason it's set in New Orleans more a function of them deliberately choosing PatF as the overlay for fairly clear reasons?

Absolutely.

They chose a movie that has a black lead, an official Disney Princess and is set in New Orleans.

It makes perfect sense...if you're only thinking of Disneyland in California.

I find it hard to imagine a scenario where they would have announced a PatF version for Anaheim and then something completely different or no change for Florida because it would have undercut the logic of why they were doing it at all.

Ideally, WDW would get a PatF offering of some other kind, plus a change to their Splash. However, that would require extra time and money, which would be seen as a waste by corporate (like tearing down Communicore to build...another version of Communicore)

 

[EricsBiscuit]

Genuine question, is there any mound of dirt 30, not evens 50, feet high around New Orleans? I mean, most of the city is UNDER sea level! How does this attraction fit into NO??

 

[Kirby86]

Absolutely.

They chose a movie that has a black lead, an official Disney Princess and is set in New Orleans.

It makes perfect sense...if you're only thinking of Disneyland in California.

Yup even the original "research" and interviews video they mentioned Disney's rich history with New Orleans because of New Orleans Square which is in one park.

 

[FettFan]

Genuine question, is there any mound of dirt 30, not evens 50, feet high around New Orleans? I mean, most of the city is UNDER sea level! How does this attraction fit into NO??

Monkey Hill.

Monkey Hill

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[EricsBiscuit]

Monkey Hill.

Monkey Hill

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First thing on the site: constructed by the WPA in the 1930s. Try again

 

[FettFan]

First thing on the site: constructed by the WPA in the 1930s. Try again

You never specified that, just asked for a mound of dirt.

 

[FettFan]

Genuine question, is there any mound of dirt 30, not evens 50, feet high around New Orleans? I mean, most of the city is UNDER sea level! How does this attraction fit into NO??

Perhaps this is more to your liking:

https://untappedcities.com/2011/09/09/the-highest-point-in-new-orleans-not-monkey-hill-2/

 

[Disney Analyst]

You’re “sure”?

Of what?

That more will be heard at D23.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Genuine question, is there any mound of dirt 30, not evens 50, feet high around New Orleans? I mean, most of the city is UNDER sea level! How does this attraction fit into NO??

Correct…New Orleans is built below sea level…

That could be problem if they’re ever hit by multiple global sea warming fueled tropical storms in rapid succession…

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

That more will be heard at D23.

Yeah…sorry I misread that. My bad