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

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erasure fan1

erasure fan1

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LittleBuford said:
There’s a lot of grey between these two alternatives. For example, the ride might turn out well but still be considered inferior in some respects to the previous version.
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If the new ride is in any way inferior to splash that is a fail in my book. Splash is, as has been stated, one of the most beloved attractions in the world. So anything less than as good or better is a fail. If it's not, than not only is it a slap for fans of splash, but it's a slap to princess and the frog which deserves something great.

I've said many times, I hope it blows all expectations out of the water. PatF is my favorite Disney feature animation since lion king. But let's be real, the confidence in Disneys ability has to put expectations at mediocre at best in my opinion.
 
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Definition of word Classic:

adjective
  • 1.judged over a period of time to be of the highest quality and outstanding of its kind:"a classic novel"

If you post in this forum and say that Splash Mountain is not a classic, than you are direct opposition with this website's (as well as Imagineering and theme park industry's) take on Splash Mountain.
 
GhostHost1000

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erasure fan1 said:
If the new ride is in any way inferior to splash that is a fail in my book. Splash is, as has been stated, one of the most beloved attractions in the world. So anything less than as good or better is a fail. If it's not, than not only is it a slap for fans of splash, but it's a slap to princess and the frog which deserves something great.

I've said many times, I hope it blows all expectations out of the water. PatF is my favorite Disney feature animation since lion king. But let's be real, the confidence in Disneys ability has to put expectations at mediocre at best in my opinion.
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Even if it’s better than splash it’s a fail. They need to expand the parks. Splash was already popular
 
DisneyDebRob

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SpectroMagician said:
Goodbye dear friend. You were one of my favorite rides and always will be.

I am not excited about throwing a new IP on an existing track. Also its absurd it is going to take almost 2 years to just re-skin it. Disney is useless in getting projects done now.
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2 years is extremely fast for Disney. Whether it’s a reskin or a new food cart. We should be happy it’s not pushed out 3-4years. Of course, we will see.
 
Rich T

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SpectroMagician said:
Goodbye dear friend. You were one of my favorite rides and always will be.

I am not excited about throwing a new IP on an existing track. Also it’s absurd it is going to take almost 2 years to just re-skin it. Disney is useless in getting projects done now.
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I’m an old geezer, and If I had a quarter for every time Disney shuttered an attraction I loved, I could buy a $10 pretzel at Epcot.
 
UNCgolf

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Trauma said:
This is the single greatest mistake in the History of theme parks.
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The destruction of EPCOT (not just the recent changes; the slow destruction over decades) is much worse.

Splash Mountain was an amazing ride. I'm not sure it was any more amazing than several of the EPCOT classics that are now gone, though. Even Jaws at Universal, while full of technical difficulties, was an incredible attraction that's now gone.

The Great Movie Ride is in that category as well, and in the grand scheme of things, its removal was probably worse than Splash's removal. I do think Splash is a better attraction than GMR overall, but Splash doesn't affect the whole theme of its park the way GMR did.
 
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UNCgolf said:
The destruction of EPCOT (not just the recent changes; the slow destruction over decades) is much worse.

Splash Mountain was an amazing ride. I'm not sure it was any more amazing than several of the EPCOT classics that are now gone, though. Even Jaws at Universal, while full of technical difficulties, was an incredible attraction that's now gone.
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The differences is, even if you say it is comparable to those other great works of the art, is the company is not afraid to reference those. This is a different treatment.
 
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celluloid said:
The differences is, even if you say it is comparable to those other great works of the art, is the company is not afraid to reference those. This is a different treatment.
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And there are reasons for that -- it's not like they just randomly decided to do this on a whim.

I wish Splash was staying, and I don't have much faith that the Tiana attraction will live up to what it's replacing, but I think everyone should be able to acknowledge there are other factors here. It's not the same as closing/replacing most other attractions even if someone doesn't personally agree with the reasons.
 
Incomudro

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Trauma said:
I know I’m going to be laughed at for saying this but I don’t care it’s my opinion.

This is the single greatest mistake in the History of theme parks.
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It's a crime if you ask me.
I hope it turns out great, but looking back on Splash - it's history, early publicity, it's attention to detail...
Killing it - even if Tiana's turns out great - is a disgusting thing to do.
 
MerlinTheGoat

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This isn't based off of information, but personally i'd be surprised if they meet the deadline. I think it will probably be pushed into 2025. Even if "late 2024" meant the literal last day of the year, that's still less than 2 years. Even with them having an existing facility to repurpose, seems too tight.

Maelstrom took over a year and eight months to convert to Frozen. And it was a far tinier and lower budget project with minimal effort put in (a huge chunk of its money apparently went into the new facility next door). It also ended up being a very empty and unfinished looking ride as a result.

It's also odd that they would target such an opening date for a ride that soaks at least half of the seats. Unless they intend to alter the track and jets in a way that further controls the soaking.

I think late spring or summer 2025 will be closer to the actual opening date.
 
Rich T

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Trauma said:
I know I’m going to be laughed at for saying this but I don’t care it’s my opinion.

This is the single greatest mistake in the History of theme parks.
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I’d list Epcot’s dumbification, the decision to go with the too-short version of 7 Dwarf’s Mine Train, Rocket Rods, the shortening of DL’s River to build a boring Star Wars Land, tearing out DL’s Country Bears for a C-ticket dark ride, building a Yeti that breaks and can’t be easily fixed, tearing out MK’s Snow White for a meet n greet, letting DL’s PeopleMover tracks rot in public view for 22 years (and counting), Harmonious, Light Magic, Habit Heroes, too many hotels at EuroDisney’s debut, Disney Studios Paris, and nearly all of DCA 1.0 as worse.
 
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