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Tiana’s Bayou Adventure SPOILER Thread
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easyrowrdw
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There are criticisms of the ride for not having characters where there used to be ones. And there are criticisms for having characters where there used to be none. I think the ride is good, not great. I also think Disney was never going to win with this change.
Brer Panther
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I saw somebody on Micechat point this out - did every Tiana actually need to be a super-advanced A100 animatronic? She doesn't actually do much, just stand there and flail her arms. Maybe if they had her be less advanced but still capable of moving her mouth and blinking, they could've had more money in the budget for better animatronics of the animals.
Bocabear
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or enough money to add Facilier and forget getting shrunk...take us to The Other Side......That is what everyone is missing.....
OR...
Before the shrinking scene, it's a shadow of The Shadow Man himself who appears (and not Mama Odie) and says something to the effect of:
"So, Naveen and Tiana's friends are invited to a party. <sarcasm> My invitation must've been lost in the postal service. </sarcasm> But I still have friends on *both* sides. So how about their guests experience first hand their frog-inization and shrink on down to become 'gator bait.'"
<background music is Friends on the Other Side, as guests shrink>
In the log with the giant frogs scene, Tiana appears on screen:
"Now how did *this* happen? Must've been the work of shadows. Don't you worry, I'm gonna get Mama Odie to get you back to your right size!"
Mama Odie shows up on screen.
"Hoo wee. Look a' y'all the size of frogs. I know a way to remove that spell. But beware. When you suddenly become big, you're bound to make a big splash!"
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aladdin2007
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something anything, they purposely didn't even try. This just proves that shoehorning things into spaces that weren't designed for it don't work. The biggest fail is the lift, its like they didn't even know it was there, and they knew fine well. they just dont care now as long as their boxes were checked. This attraction has the worst story telling if one can even call it that, than anything they have ever done. just my opinion of course. It all should have been based off the movie and only the movie. I dare say it I think the book report route would have worked better here.
Scuttle
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After watching Princess and the Frog yesterday it made me realize just how bad they botched this redo. That movie has incredible source material to use and arguably the best music in any Disney movie, ever. What an epic whiff to not follow the movie plot. What in gods name were they thinking? What an embarrassment, not to just Splash, but to Princess and the Frog too.
Edit. I’ve listened to the entire soundtrack multiple times since watching the movie. Jim Cummings, Doctor John, Keith David, Jennifer Lewis all under the direction of Randy Newman. Disney struck gold with that soundtrack. Imo, hands down the best they’ve ever put together.
Edit. I’ve listened to the entire soundtrack multiple times since watching the movie. Jim Cummings, Doctor John, Keith David, Jennifer Lewis all under the direction of Randy Newman. Disney struck gold with that soundtrack. Imo, hands down the best they’ve ever put together.
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Scuttle
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They could have even used projection mapping since that’s kind of how he appears in the movie at times. That actually would have worked really well for something low budget. Man what a repugnant, atrocious, uncreative pile of dump this redo is.
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Bocabear
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I was thinking like the witch in the Seven Dwarfs Mine Ride...a few figures half tucked behind things....watching and snickering to himself... Something a lot of little ones might miss...but adding a layer to the ride....Plot cpuld have been as simple as we are all going down river to Tiana's Mardi Gras party...She has some last minute details to take care of ...So we will meet up with her there. The rest is our own adventure traveling through the bayou to the party...No searching for a band or a missing ingredient...It is not necessary... The Shadow man tries to send us to the other side and we are rescued by Mama Odie and sent off to the party finale... done. simple, understandable, and related to the movie....
WorldExplorer
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Looks like Tiana's is running relatively smoothly now.
And so, we exit the era of "Funny Disaster" and begin the main lifespan of "Aggressively Mediocre at Best".
And so, we exit the era of "Funny Disaster" and begin the main lifespan of "Aggressively Mediocre at Best".
Soon we will have DL for that first phase potential.
But at any rate, no matter. The show elements are already choppy and heading for neglect as figured with current operation standards.
I don't think we will ever be at the point where Disney uses the attraction's original song frequently or people are singining it easily in the park are elsewhere. So aggressively Medicore at best, may even be a compliment. As worse, it is not exciting many.
Mr. Sullivan
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Do we think they’re gonna immediately start following Splash’s January close schedule? I thought for a bit with it’s downtime issues that they just might but that has been steadily improving.
I’ll be at WDW for my birthday Jan 3-10 and want to ride this badly, and am just hoping since it’s new it will skip a January refurb this year.
I’ll be at WDW for my birthday Jan 3-10 and want to ride this badly, and am just hoping since it’s new it will skip a January refurb this year.
Mr. Sullivan
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I agree it’s extremely telling but not for the same reason you’re saying so.
I also rode it for the first time this week. I would also describe it as mediocre-to-decent. The attraction has gone from a must-do as Splash to a “we might as well do it if we’re here and it’s hot.” It is definitely no longer an E-ticket, which is a testament to how much storytelling and theming matter and not just ride system/thrill.
Moth
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My current feelings are
-yearly Splash January closure, maybe some touch ups on show elements
-right as it's done, Big Thunder closes for the prophesied retrack
Mr. Sullivan
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I was really hoping that since it was new it'd survive getting to skip a 2025 refurb.
I just hope it stays open for at least a little bit of time while I'm there. We planned these dates around my birthday (January 9) but also doing it early enough in January that we get ahead of most of the historical dates for things closing for their annual refurb. I want to experience this badly.
It looks like historically in the last handful of years of Splash's life they didn't close it until around a week and a half into the new year, so I'm hoping if they must, then that'll be the same case. Even if it's just open for a day while we're there that'll be enough. I just need to get on it once.
Here's to hoping they give it at least a week into the New Year. Ideally once the Marathon weekend is done.
Tell your contacts to tell Disney to wait for me Moth!!
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if nothing else I hope they address the lift. probably won't and definitely not how I would prefer it but anything would be better than the current "true bayou magic" wimpy wisps of fog.