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

[aladdin2007]

after watching some online ride videos again, there are a lot of interior scenes of space and depth, its going to be interesting to see how they fill all of that, if they do. I just wonder how much of it will be rebuilt/redesigned in there and or altered/blocked off/shortened.

 

[Kirby86]

How much information are they going to have in the queue though? Even if the Co-op storyline is regulated to the queue it just seems unnecessarily complicated. If they wanted to do the ingredients story. All they had to say is she's looking for new ingredients in the bayou for new recipes for Tiana's Palace.

 

[Ghost93]

How much information are they going to have in the queue though? Even if the Co-op storyline is regulated to the queue it just seems unnecessarily complicated. If they wanted to do the ingredients story. All they had to say is she's looking for new ingredients in the bayou for new recipes for Tiana's Palace.

My guess is we may see newspaper clippings on the queue wall conveying the backstory of Tiana's Foods. Plenty of restaurants in real life have newspaper articles hanging on their walls that explain "our story." It would feel pretty natural and unforced.

As for the journey into the Bayou itself, we will probably have an animatronic near the beginning explaining that Tiana needs our help finding a special ingredient for Mardi Gras.

 

[Captain Neo]

shoving the “Employee owned“ food co op storyline even on the construction walls is hilariously bad. I can’t believe they are tripling down on this crap

 

[aladdin2007]

shoving the “Employee owned“ food co op storyline even on the construction walls is hilariously bad. I can’t believe they are tripling down on this crap

spot on!!

 

[WorldExplorer]

Honestly? I don't care where the described story is; it's boring, hamfisted, and condescending, even in a queue

 

[zipadee999]

Honestly? I don't care where the described story is; it's boring, hamfisted, and condescending, even in a queue

Spot on. This entire project is very condescending. The people have made it clear that we don’t want this, but Disney continues to act like we don’t know any better

 

[aladdin2007]

Spot on. This entire project is very condescending. The people have made it clear that we don’t want this, but Disney continues to act like we don’t know any better

Ive said this before but its becoming more and more apparent that I think Disney is going to have more problems with this than they ever (never) had with splash mountain. Tough road ahead PR wise and with guests, they have dug the hole themselves.

 

[Incomudro]

Feels like WDI clarifying this is indeed queue backstory stuff.

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Spot on. This entire project is very condescending. The people have made it clear that we don’t want this, but Disney continues to act like we don’t know any better

What I find the oddest is that Splash is being re-themed in part due to its tie with SotS and racial issues.
Yet they chose hot sauce and salt mines as a supposed remedy to this.

 

[drizgirl]

My guess is we may see newspaper clippings on the queue wall conveying the backstory of Tiana's Foods. Plenty of restaurants in real life have newspaper articles hanging on their walls that explain "our story." It would feel pretty natural and unforced.

As for the journey into the Bayou itself, we will probably have an animatronic near the beginning explaining that Tiana needs our help finding a special ingredient for Mardi Gras.

We can only hope the line doesn't move slow enough that you can actually read newspaper articles on the wall.

 

[orky8]

We can only hope the line doesn't move slow enough that you can actually read newspaper articles on the wall.

Disney's newest marketing, buy genie+ for lightning lane or we make you walk slowly through a convoluted and improbable backstory.

 

[drizgirl]

after watching some online ride videos again, there are a lot of interior scenes of space and depth, its going to be interesting to see how they fill all of that, if they do. I just wonder how much of it will be rebuilt/redesigned in there and or altered/blocked off/shortened.

No need to fill it if you keep it dark enough!

 

[Ayla]

Ive said this before but its becoming more and more apparent that I think Disney is going to have more problems with this than they ever (never) had with splash mountain. Tough road ahead PR wise and with guests, they have dug the hole themselves.

There is a teeny, tiny minority still talking about this. Most everyone else has moved on and accepted the change, whatever may come. It's still going to be the same flume ride with a big drop, that's all anyone will care about once it's opened.

 

[drizgirl]

There is a teeny, tiny minority still talking about this. Most everyone else has moved on and accepted the change, whatever may come. It's still going to be the same flume ride with a big drop, that's all anyone will care about once it's opened.

Curious how you quantified that.

 

[UNCgolf]

There is a teeny, tiny minority still talking about this. Most everyone else has moved on and accepted the change, whatever may come. It's still going to be the same flume ride with a big drop, that's all anyone will care about once it's opened.

I agree with the first two sentences, but the last one is wild.

Why would you think that? That's clearly not the case and never has been; if it was, there'd be no reason to theme it at all. It's like suggesting Expedition Everest would be the exact same experience if they tore down the whole mountain around it and turned it into an exposed track coaster in the open.

 

[Ayla]

I agree with the first two sentences, but the last one is wild.

Why would you think that? That's clearly not the case and never has been; if it was, there'd be no reason to theme it at all. It's like suggesting Expedition Everest would be the exact same experience if they tore down the whole mountain around it and turned it into an exposed track coaster in the open.

They're getting rid of the 50 foot drop? Funny how that was never mentioned...

 

[LittleBuford]

They're getting rid of the 50 foot drop? Funny how that was never mentioned...

I can’t speak for others, but the drop was only a small part of why I enjoyed Splash Mountain. The copious theming and fun story were the major draws for me. If Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is lacking in either, I for one will consider it a downgrade.

 

[drizgirl]

They're getting rid of the 50 foot drop? Funny how that was never mentioned...

Indiana Jones and Dinosaur are the same ride system. Indy is one of my favorite rides and I don't even care if I ride Dinosaur when we visit AK.

 

[Epcot82Guy]

If story and setting truly don't matter to the vast majority of guests, why is this much effort going into all this on Disney's side?

 

[Tha Realest]

Indiana Jones and Dinosaur are the same ride system. Indy is one of my favorite rides and I don't even care if I ride Dinosaur when we visit AK.

Yeah. This is like saying Nemo & Friends == 20K Leagues because it’s the same track, or Haunted Mansion is the equivalent to Horizons (which I loved) because they had an Omni mover track with directional POV changes