GhostHost1000
Premium Member
Can you imagine the backlash if this was half of what it is now, considering a lot of negative reviews today
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Tiana’s Bayou Adventure SPOILER Thread
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MagicHappens1971
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Yeah. I'm overall pretty happy with the retheme, I think it falls flat in a few spots, but am also holding full judgement until I can see it in person as I feel the video Disney posted was kinda choppy in some places. It's also hard to judge something through a screen, I am looking forward to riding Tiana's either way. At the end of the day, that's what Disney is banking on anyway, little children saying "Mommy I want to ride Tiana's!!!" and then following that up with plush purchases in Tiana's General Store.
Tom Morrow
Well-Known Member
Attractions do not need a narrative - there are plenty of examples of attractions without narratives that succeed. But what they DO need is flow and pacing.
The flow and pacing of the scenes in TBA are... not great. Whatever narrative they're trying to sell through the lifeless dialogue only makes it worse.
That said, Splash being a thrill ride that builds up to the big drop pretty much lends itself to a story with an antagonist/threat. A ride where it's just a vibe and not a narrative is better suited for traditional dark rides and not rides with thrill elements.
Bleed0range
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They don't want to bring back Dr Facilier since his character is gone....Yet we hear Raymond singing and his character is gone.
We could have made a "wrong turn in the bayou" and stumble across the shadow man's caverns as he's about to cast a spell on us ascending the lift to "are you ready?" But, somehow the spell backfires on him as you decend into the falls..
This is my only real gripe with the ride. The final lift hill lost its tension, conflict… it’s not scary. It should be scary it’s the final big drop! All good stories need some kind of conflict.
It was also obvious as hell. It fit perfectly. The whole ride could be nearly the same just changing the last little bit of it to be more frightening would make a world of difference.
I think that’s my only real disappointment with the ride.
Disneyland should take the feedback and delay opening long enough to correct this and make their version unique. Maybe add in a few other things in some “blank” spots.
GhostHost1000
Premium Member
Which is even more baffling to me why they didn’t stick to the movie storyline / theme.
Are they planning to sell spice racks to the kids? lol
Let him succeed he “gets us” at the Laughin place pulls us into the other side. Then up the lift we go friends playing and all the voodoo masks. At the last minute we are saved by odie going down the drop as the last stitch effort of escape.They don't want to bring back Dr Facilier since his character is gone....Yet we hear Raymond singing and his character is gone.
We could have made a "wrong turn in the bayou" and stumble across the shadow man's caverns as he's about to cast a spell on us ascending the lift to "are you ready?" But, somehow the spell backfires on him as you decend into the falls..
Finale is dig a little deeper though secret spice isn’t awful. Dig is better though.
HonorableMention
Well-Known Member
I’m curious what will be different in the DL version. I already noticed that the AA of Tiana sitting on the log with Louis stuck is split into two here, with her sitting on a stump and him separately stuck.
Wasn’t there a rumor that the retheme was originally designed with DL in mind?
Wasn’t there a rumor that the retheme was originally designed with DL in mind?
That got me to on that dialogue.
Captain Neo
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I knew it was going to be\ garbage and Disney proved me right
trainplane3
Well-Known Member
I'll preface this as being someone kinda bummed about Splash Mountain closing. Never rode it much but still liked it. Heard some interesting stuff about Tiana's and was looking forward to it.
- What's the story on this ride? I'm very tired of the whole "we got to do this thing and it aLl GoEs WrOnG" stuff Disney does on their latest rides but there has to be a story on this one?
- It feels like there's more empty spots? Again, didn't ride SM much but the POV feels that way?
Definitely not terrible but I'm actually just confused.
- What's the story on this ride? I'm very tired of the whole "we got to do this thing and it aLl GoEs WrOnG" stuff Disney does on their latest rides but there has to be a story on this one?
- It feels like there's more empty spots? Again, didn't ride SM much but the POV feels that way?
Definitely not terrible but I'm actually just confused.
mightynine
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Having ridden DL’s, if you told me this retheme was made for it, and then they had to stretch things out for WDW, I would buy it.
DL’s had a much quicker pace, IMO, compared to WDW, but maybe we didn’t have enough weight in the flume to slow things down!
MagicHappens1971
Well-Known Member
Tiana's throwing a party and we're looking for the "Special Spice" to make it complete? I believe is the jist, the critters get introduced and then invited as part of the band, then Mama Odie shrinks us down to look for the special spice? Whether or not we find it was kinda lost on me in the POV video.
Ghost93
Well-Known Member
I like Secret Spice as a song more, but "Dig a Little Deeper" would still work better as a finale as it's a bigger song.
Like I said spice isn’t bad. I actually enjoy it and think it works well in the attraction. Dig is just the obvious choice if I’m designing a PATF ride from scratch.
Ghost93
Well-Known Member
From what I can tell the story is:
Tiana wants to throw a party. Instead of hiring a band of human performers like a sensible person, she goes into the Bayou with Louis to recruit critters who play instruments to perform in her party. Mama Odie shrinks us into tiny people so that we can better communicate with fireflies and recruit them to join the party. Then Mama Odie unshrinks us and we all celebrate.
That’s the most concise summary I’ve read.
Also found this super funny it’s so true.
Chicken Little
Member
I think it doesn't look that bad but is very boring, no sense of peril or action.
They should have made the Voodoo man the one that shrinks us and added some animals trying to eat us or the hunters from the movie and also using his song for the drop. Then on the big drop you can keep the mama odie and she turns on big again.
They should have made the Voodoo man the one that shrinks us and added some animals trying to eat us or the hunters from the movie and also using his song for the drop. Then on the big drop you can keep the mama odie and she turns on big again.
Disgruntled Walt
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Oh my gosh, this is worse than I thought. I feel 100% justified in my fears for this attraction. Large amounts of dead space, a storyline that has ZERO stakes whatsoever. To each their own, but this is not my cup of tea.
It's so DARK in there. One of the reasons I liked MK's version of the previous ride better than DL's was that it took place in the daytime. My nephews are going to be terrified on this ride, and the PBS Kids dialogue doesn't help. There are also moments where the animatronics are just staring at you for a beat too long.
The CGI stinks. The limited-motion figures (which, to be clear, they're counting as animatronics) are almost insulting, considering what has now been scrapped.
Yikes, I was hopeful my soon-to-be 8 yr old niece would enjoy this, but this is bad. Really bad.
It's so DARK in there. One of the reasons I liked MK's version of the previous ride better than DL's was that it took place in the daytime. My nephews are going to be terrified on this ride, and the PBS Kids dialogue doesn't help. There are also moments where the animatronics are just staring at you for a beat too long.
The CGI stinks. The limited-motion figures (which, to be clear, they're counting as animatronics) are almost insulting, considering what has now been scrapped.
Yikes, I was hopeful my soon-to-be 8 yr old niece would enjoy this, but this is bad. Really bad.
Vegas Disney Fan
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I thought the ride felt “empty” but didn’t realize how empty it was until watching this.
It’s not so much the lack of animatronics but the lack of everything, Splash was full of tiny details, Tiana replaced all that with foliage.
Ghost93
Well-Known Member
Even if they didn't want to bring back Dr. Facillier or the Friends on the Other Side, the story needed at least SOME type of conflict. Maybe we are running late to the party and the bayou is a short cut? Maybe we took a wrong turn into a dangerous part of the bayou and the drop was are way back on track?
But this story has no rising action or climax. It's just flat from start to finish. I think they could easily retool the ride without major expenses. Just change some of the dialogue and rework the lead up to the drop.
But this story has no rising action or climax. It's just flat from start to finish. I think they could easily retool the ride without major expenses. Just change some of the dialogue and rework the lead up to the drop.