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

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Anteater

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crazy4disney said:
Oh its sarcasm. Guess you havent seen any of my old posts….
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Disney Glimpses

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I have no idea if this actually happened I do know that Disney would absolutely announce an opening date with absolutely zero intention of actually hitting it. Everything you saw/heard last weekend was a knee jerk response to Anika Noni Rose's 2024 claim. All of it. They had no prior plans of making any Splash Mountain announcements this past weekend.

So, I would consider the late 2024 date to be basically nonsense. That being said, expect the attraction to close after the winter holidays. If they are actually serious about it, it would be closing at the end of August and we'd have a closing date.
 
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When Disney does finally announce a closing date, will they bring back merch for one last time? It would be the nice thing to do, but I doubt they will.
 
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disneyglimpses said:
I have no idea if this actually happened I do know that Disney would absolutely announce an opening date with absolutely zero intention of actually hitting it. Everything you saw/heard last weekend was a knee jerk response to Anika Noni Rose's 2024 claim. All of it. They had no prior plans of making any Splash Mountain announcements this past weekend.

So, I would consider the late 2024 date to be basically nonsense. That being said, expect the attraction to close after the winter holidays. If they are actually serious about it, it would be closing at the end of August and we'd have a closing date.
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We riot if it closes before i get there this summer lol.
 
Ghost93

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disneyglimpses said:
An unannounced closing would not surprise me in this case. If they are truly trying to avoid any attention on the existing attraction at all, that would be the way to do it.
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I can maybe see a very short-notice announcement just to confirm that the ride is gone for good. Maybe a "Splash Mountain to permanently close next week!" type of announcment.
 
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disneyglimpses said:
An unannounced closing would not surprise me in this case. If they are truly trying to avoid any attention on the existing attraction at all, that would be the way to do it.
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They have kept this ride open for this long. If they close it down before years end to hep w the Christmas and New years crowds they should be ashamed. I dont care if Tron opens toMorrow. And ive gone every year for Thanksgiving etc. its far from too cold to ride it so thats excuse isnt going to fly either…
 
yensidtlaw1969

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crazy4disney said:
They have kept this ride open for this long. If they close it down before years end to hep w the Christmas and New years crowds they should be ashamed. I dont care if Tron opens toMorrow. And ive gone every year for Thanksgiving etc. its far from too cold to ride it so thats excuse isnt going to fly either…
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It's been said many times that the liklihood of closing it before year's end is slim.
 
Haymarket2008

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A full fledged, nation wide, social and TV media promotion with an official time frame opening is “a knee jerk reaction”?

I don’t buy that at ALL.
 
yensidtlaw1969

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Haymarket2008 said:
A full fledged, nation wide, social and TV media promotion with an official time frame opening is “a knee jerk reaction”?

I don’t buy that at ALL.
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Especially because they barely expanded on it - like, we know the attraction's name now, but the only other thing they added to what we knew was that it's coming in LATE 2024. People are acting like Anika Noni Rose's 2024 mention forced their hand or something. They barely told us anything that we didn't already know, it's not like they're doing damage control.

If this is reactionary, it feels way less like "QUICK, now we HAVE to throw something together!" and more like "IDK, we might as well make it official since it's already out there".
 
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yensidtlaw1969 said:
Especially because they barely expanded on it - like, we know the attraction's name now, but the only other thing they added to what we knew was that it's coming in LATE 2024. People are acting like Anika Noni Rose's 2024 mention forced their hand or something. They barely told us anything that we didn't already know, it's not like they're doing damage control.

If this is reactionary, it feels way less like "QUICK, now we HAVE to throw something together!" and more like "IDK, we might as well make it official since it's already out there".
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Since when do Disney dates mean anything?
 
Tha Realest

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Haymarket2008 said:
A full fledged, nation wide, social and TV media promotion with an official time frame opening is “a knee jerk reaction”?

I don’t buy that at ALL.
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Correct me if I am wrong, but the location of this promotion was 1) at the Essence Fest, and 2) on their social media channels. I don't think they purchased commercials or started advertisements or anything of the like. It's like they were posting ads during the F1 races. Not to suggest this means they don't currently have a plan, but it's not on the same level as a massive ad buy.
 
Sir_Cliff

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yensidtlaw1969 said:
The queue at MK is indeed longer, more richly themed, and transports you before the ride even begins in a way that Disneyland's does not. Unfortunately, it is one of the places where WDW's Pirates has had a noticeable decline over its lifespan, but it is still also the place where a Disneylander would likely be most impressed by the Florida Pirates. Even having lost some of its richness, the WDW Pirates Queue is still worthy of envy.

Disneyland Paris got nearly the best of both worlds in this regard - their queue is remniscent of WDW's (a bit shorter, I think, but even more richly themed), and then the ride proper is a restructured version of Disneyland's attraction (I think also slightly shorter, or perhaps just a little faster), featuring both the full Town scenes as well as a Cavern sequence at the end that is closer to Disneyland's in substance than WDW's shortened caves. They also have a great Fortress Facade that outdoes the WDW exterior, and the Adventureland surrounding the attraction absolutely adds to the feel of the whole thing.
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This is wandering off topic, but I think I'm one of the few who might even rate the DLP version of Pirates a little below the MK version. The facade and whole area around it is fantastic and the queue is also great. For me, though, the Paris version feels more like a theme park ride and lacks the atmosphere of the other versions that seem to unfold in a more meandering, mysterious fashion. One big flaw in Paris is that they take you up a lift hill early on and you can look down on scenes unfolding later in the ride. That kind of blows the whole thing for me as where are you supposed to be? The upper ocean looking down on a town that sits on the lower ocean?
 
yensidtlaw1969

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crazy4disney said:
Since when do Disney dates mean anything?
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That's . . . all the more reason my point stands.

Anika Noni Rose said the retheme was coming in 2024 in her interview. Disney knows that's either gonna happen or it isn't, and that these days more than ever dates and timelines are subject to change. So why would her comment make them feel the need to rush to respond, and how on earth would them being like "Yes, it's gonna be late 2024, and BTW here's the new name" qualify as a knee-jerk reaction?

Some people are acting like there's a conspiracy here, but they basically just said "Yep" and kept moving.
 
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