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News Splash Mountain retheme to Princess and the Frog - Tiana's Bayou Adventure
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That is not true. Song of the South is known and regarded there as a classic Disney film. Don't forget, it was not banned there either.
BasiltheBatLord
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This is simply not true and I don't know why people are repeating it.
This is exactly how I feel.
And it reminds me of my head scratching confusion when I found out the new Star Wars Land wouldn't include theming from the original trilogy. We just got back from WDW. Didn't step foot in Batuu.
Tha Realest
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The hubris to think they could come up with better original songs and that PATF 2.0 (or 1.5) could improve on the general storylines of the first film I think will be this attraction’s ultimate undoing.
But hey. Maybe I’m wrong. They say old ideas never die at WDI. Perhaps Food Co-op Rocks will win out over an appearance of Dr. Facilier.
Plenty of little kids are going to ride and come off very confused that Tiana isn't wearing her green gown.
1 hour til' Magic Kingdom closes and the line cuts off. The end it is a-coming quickly
Smiley/OCD
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Tiana’s Bayou Adventure featuring Tiana’s food co-op
Sponsored by Publix supermarkets
Sponsored by Publix supermarkets
Sorcerer Mickey
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We've got 200 minutes at 10PM. This ride will be operating all night.
BrerFoxesBayouAdventure
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At the very least, people probably know what it is there.
BasiltheBatLord
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I live here and have never met any non-online Japanese Disney fan who has ever seen or heard of SotS the film. Not saying my anecdotal experience is total, but given the heavy merchandising of Disney characters here I would expect to see more if it really was a known IP outside of Splash Mountain.
Vegas Disney Fan
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The bayou is a good fit, even with the lack of mountains, to what’s already there but I lost any hope as soon as they issued the D23 press release. Floating down the bayou sounds beautiful and exciting, going through farming caves from an employee owned food co-op sounds horrible and boring.
The Princess and the Frog has massive potential, unfortunately it sounds like they’re planning on ignoring the movie and going with a food co-op idea loosely based on Tianas restaurant instead. The idea sounds horrible.
LittleBuford
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I grew up in the UK, where Song of the South was also available on video. I had a copy and watched it frequently. Knowledge of the film among the general public, however, was negligible. Only one of my friends had seen it, and I never heard it referred to by anyone else.
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Midwest Elitist
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I think Disney actually Streisand Effected themselves (like all clueless entities do) and more people will look into the film. Heck, I did after all this news.
erasure fan1
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Of course they are. Can you imagine the outrage if they are frogs during the ride? They aren't going to make that mistake twice.
JohnD
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Several minutes ago it was 180. Now 170.
Actually, within Japan last year it has entered the public domain just recently in 2021. Before that it had Blu Ray Releases and various others over the years.
Living there, you also know that even if the context was known, it is not a societal thing to change based on the possible offense. That is not Japanese.
To your anecdotal, don't confuse classic with popular. Most HS students I talk to these days have no idea what The Great Gatsby or Alas Babylon are, but they are great classic works none the less.
Also, there is evidence that, it is not the reason Disney is changing it either. As if it was such a quick to end thing, you won't station Photopass there so guests can celebrate their final day in
front of the sign with the main character on it.
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