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

[Rich T]

You write that as if theme parks are insignificant and not worthy of our passion.

Maybe go to an art forum and suggest that painting over the Mona Lisa would be no big deal. It’s just some oil on a canvas after all.

You did not just compare the Mona Lisa to Splash Mountain. Yes you did. Look, any theme park ride that lasts as long as the Mona Lisa might conceivably be considered historically significant some day. But theme parks themselves, as a concept, aren’t even there yet.

We all love theme parks in these forums. It’s why we’re here. But theme parks are ever-changing entities at the mercy of the corporations that own them. Nothing is permanent. Enjoy them in the here-and-now, and cherish the good memories you make there. But don’t count on their attractions to stick around forever.

But I know, it doesn’t make the closing of a favorite any easier. At least this one isn’t being replaced by a candy store, a meet n’ greet, or a cheap C-ticket dark ride, all of which Disney has done to other attractions.

 

[tanc]

People are selling water from Splash Mountain on Ebay... the scalpers probably can't sell anything anymore.

 

[FettFan]

We need more Moana, so they will probably add Moana there too

No no no. Just as PatF was shoved into Splash because “Riverboat Scene”, we’re going to get Moana replacing Pirates because of the cavern scenes.

Just take out all the skeletons and replace them with an animatronic Moana holding a torch among the boats her father junked there.

 

[FettFan]

Also the concept art now shows Tiana hanging out with a beaver.

A beaver. Beavers don’t freaking live in Louisiana!

That’s why we have nutria rats; some fool decided to import them for the fur trade, specifically because Louisiana doesn’t have beavers!


These joke imagineers came here to “research” but obviously didn’t make it past Bourbon Street!

 

[Trauma]

You did not just compare the Mona Lisa to Splash Mountain. Yes you did. Look, any theme park ride that lasts as long as the Mona Lisa might conceivably be considered historically significant some day. But theme parks themselves, as a concept, aren’t even there yet.

We all love theme parks in these forums. It’s why we’re here. But theme parks are ever-changing entities at the mercy of the corporations that own them. Nothing is permanent. Enjoy them in the here-and-now, and cherish the good memories you make there. But don’t count on their attractions to stick around forever.

But I know, it doesn’t make the closing of a favorite any easier. At least this one isn’t being replaced by a candy store, a meet n’ greet, or a cheap C-ticket dark ride, all of which Disney has done to other attractions.

Yes I just compared Splash Mountain to the Mona Lisa.

To me it’s the finest themed attraction ever built.

 

[38053WDW]

Mama Odie's tree isn't in the ride so I'm already upset.

Well we at least know it's "Employee Owned"

 

[Incomudro]

Of course because Disney wanted it to go away quietly and without any fanfare.

They gave more attention to MSEP for the half dozen times it went glowing away "forever".

You know those ServPro commercials?
And their tagline: "Like it never even happened." ?
That's what Disney's going to do with the history of Splash.

 

[Rich T]

Yes I just compared Splash Mountain to the Mona Lisa.

To me it’s the finest themed attraction ever built.

I’d pick DL’s original Pirates of the Caribbean, followed by HM (either one). Then Horizons. Then WDW’s version of Splash Mtn. (when everything worked). Haven’t been on Tokyo’s yet.

 

[FigmentJedi]

Also the concept art now shows Tiana hanging out with a beaver.

A beaver. Beavers don’t freaking live in Louisiana!

That’s why we have nutria rats; some fool decided to import them for the fur trade, specifically because Louisiana doesn’t have beavers!

Google search indicates beavers are as much a nuisance in Louisiana as the nutria.

 

[danlb_2000]

Tiana would have been a wonderful character to build a new attraction for

If they really wanted to have Tiana represented in the parks a restaurant would have been a no brainer.

 

[Elijah Abrams]

I’m thinking that they should retheme MK's Frontierland into a Florida version of New Orleans Square (maybe Port Orleans?) and build a new version of Frontierland in the area "beyond Big Thunder Mountain", which I will explain in two other threads. Problem solved.

 

[Ghost93]

I’m thinking that they should retheme MK's Frontierland into a Florida version of New Orleans Square (maybe Port Orleans?) and build a new version of Frontierland in the area "beyond Big Thunder Mountain", which I will explain in two other threads. Problem solved.

Yeah, Pecos Bill can become Tiana's Palace.

 

[FettFan]

Google search indicates beavers are as much a nuisance in Louisiana as the nutria.

Google made a Goofle then, because I can tell you plainly that there aren’t any beavers here.

Now maybe up by Arkansas…

 

[Elijah Abrams]

Yeah, Pecos Bill can become Tiana's Palace.

Maybe something else instead? Diamond Horseshoe could become a sit-down Tiana's Palace.

 

[Ghost93]

Maybe something else instead? Diamond Horseshoe could become a sit-down Tiana's Palace.

Actually, that's a better idea.

 

[GhostHost1000]

If you they really wanted to have Tiana represented in the parks a restaurant would have been a no brainer.

Absolutely. A Tiana’s place New Orleans style sit down restaurant with an outdoor counter to serve beignets would have been amazing. With the riverboat in the area, they could have redone/made TSI a New Orleans themed area as well.

So many better ideas than redoing Splash

 

[BuzzedPotatoHead89]

Maybe something else instead? Diamond Horseshoe could become a sit-down Tiana's Palace.

The question is what would you do with the space occupied by CBJ if this becomes Port Orleans? Presumably a gift shop like Eudora’s I suppose if you can make up for the lost attraction capacity by doing the “Beyond Big Thunder attractions, possibly slicing into Rivers of America.

I know TDO planner would be absolutely thrilled to not have to maintain as many AAs and devote more space to merch and F&B spending.

 

[LittleBuford]

Google made a Goofle then, because I can tell you plainly that there aren’t any beavers here.

Now maybe up by Arkansas…

The state’s own institutions disagree with you:

Beaver Control - Louisiana Wildlife Federation

WHEREAS, there is an overabundance of beavers in Louisiana and they are rapidly destroying timber, and WHEREAS, prices on beaver pelts are not enough of an incentive for Louisiana trappers to adequately control the beaver population and curtail the damage they are causing, and WHEREAS...

lawildlifefed.org

beaver facts

Beaver habits and distribution

www.louisianafur.com

Their numbers were, however, much lower in the 1930s, when, because of hunting, they were “limited to small areas of the Amite and Comite river basins in East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, St. Helena, Ascension and Livingston parishes.”

https://lsuagcenter.com/~/media/system/8/3/e/f/83efe5757add6ad0113ccaae247c8a11/crittercornerjan2013.pdf

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

They should keep Country Bears and everything to its left. If you're going to mess with the surroundings of Tiana's ride, Pecos Bills and the transitional walkway into Adventureland is probably the least troublesome place to do it.

And no to docking the riverboat and renovating TSI. Disney already wants to do that crap, and it sucks. I think the Beyond Big Thunder plan is exactly what that entails...

 

[GhostHost1000]

The best idea IMO would have been to theme the riverboat to Tiana (music, etc)., redo TSI to New Orleans, build a Tiana’s place restaurant there, sell beignets, build a new attraction or 2.

Now you have better representation of Tiana in the parks, and expanded to help spread out the crowds

If Splash was still an issue, rename it to Frontier Falls or Critter Canyon…keep the AA’s and zip song, and just redo a few things that reference the movie/Uncle Remus or heck just come out with a Splash Mountain movie with a new story that represents the characters in a different way to separate them from the original movie