Tiana's Bayou Adventure: Disneyland Watch & Discussion

[No Name]

So apparently all that "it's been canceled" talk was malarkey?

And no, I have no faith in them pulling this off. Especially not in just TWO YEARS. Disney World's Ratatouille ride took five years, and their Guardians of the Galaxy ride took six. I believe Mickey's Runaway Railway took four.

You must be in pain from pulling all of these numbers out of your !

Ratatouille took less than 4, Guardians took less than 5, and Runaway Railway took around 2.5. Furthermore, the first two were paused completely due to Covid and had completely new buildings and ride systems, which isn’t the case here. A much better comparison would be Frozen Ever After or Mission Breakout, the first took around 2 years and the second took a mere 10 7 months? They can move quickly when they decide to.

 

[Californian Elitist]

What else can you do at this point?

Not do that? Lol but it’s entertaining for me, so carry on.

 

[mickEblu]

I had originally been looking forward to the ride’s PatF retheme because the movie’s storyline and music fit the flume layout so perfectly. I thought a scary Dr.Facilier rework of the Laughng Place and climbing the big lift to the “Are you ready” chant would be fantastic. And who knows… maybe that’s still “in the cards.”

But the idea of the storyline centering around “Louis lost his trumpet” just sounds so stupid and unimaginative. As others have pointed out: Just *what* is the intended audience for a project that combines the scariest drop in DL with a Playhouse Disney-level plot?

Is it for five foot tall toddlers?

Is it for adult Disney addicts with bottomless bank accounts who keep spending no matter how little effort the corporation puts into new offer—

Oh.

It would be a huge missed opportunity not to have “Are you ready” playing as you go up the final lift hill with shadow projections on the walls. I think the first half of Laughin place would be better suited paying homage to the bees with fireflies +another show scene of two and then the back half of Laugin Place be where the voodoo stuff starts. Just bugs me to think that they might get this wrong. It’s bad enough that Splash is going but then to exclude the best stuff/ songs from the movie and not keep the attraction with the emotional arc that it currently has is even more bothersome.

 

[Kirby86]

Not do that? Lol but it’s entertaining for me, so carry on.

Ehh it's fun and until we get anything official it's fun to make light of the rumored lost Trumpet plot.

 

[Rich T]

Great, a ride about a missing trumpet first half with a scary 2nd half. The perfect ride that is too childish for teens and adults and too scary for children. WTG Disney!

To be fair, nothing about Splash’s singing plushies has ever screamed, “for teens and adults.” It’s always been an odd mashup of thrill ride and Build-a-Bear.

 

[Professortango1]

To be fair, nothing about Splash’s singing plushies has ever screamed, “for teens and adults.” It’s always been an odd mashup of thrill ride and Build-a-Bear.

It treated its characters with maturity though. Rabbit running away from home, Fox and Bear trying to capture and eat Rabbit. We weren't searching for a missing trumpet.

 

[Centauri Space Station]

It treated its characters with maturity though. Rabbit running away from home, Fox and Bear trying to capture and eat Rabbit. We weren't searching for a missing trumpet.

What's immature about a trumpet? Its not like a missing rattle or something.

 

[Brer Panther]

Ratatouille took less than 4, Guardians took less than 5, and Runaway Railway took around 2.5. Furthermore, the first two were paused completely due to Covid and had completely new buildings and ride systems, which isn’t the case here.

Construction on all three of those started in 2017, didn't they? Ratatouille opened in 2021 - that's five years. Guardians opened in 2022 - that's six years. Runaway Railway opened in 2020 - that's four years.

And Covid hasn't gone away completely yet.

There's also the fact that Splash Mountain on both coasts is an incredibly large, highly-detailed attraction with rockwork, a lot of animatronics, and sets that probably can't just be removed like a LEGO brick from a sculpture made out of them. I have my doubts that they'll be able to do this in just two years, especially if they plan on doing both at the same time.

 

[Rich T]

What's immature about a trumpet? Its not like a missing rattle or something.

It’s the storyline itself—removing a threat/villain and replacing it with a Playhouse Disney-level scavenger hunt. If, indeed, that’s the ride’s plot.

It’d be like removing all the First Order characters from Rise of the Resistance and making the whole ride into a race to deliver a cake to Batuu in time for Rey’s surprise birthday party.

“Oh no, the caaaake!”
“Don’t drop the cake!”
“The cake will be ruined!”
“You saved the cake! Now Rey will have the best birthday everrrrr!”

 

[Rich T]

It treated its characters with maturity though. Rabbit running away from home, Fox and Bear trying to capture and eat Rabbit. We weren't searching for a missing trumpet.

Agreed. It’s almost as if there’s someone in charge who has decreed all rides involving animated characters must be devoid of any dramatic tension whatsoever.

 

[EPCOTCenterLover]

I’m skeptical. I can’t think of a single attraction reImagining that’s better than the original. Can you?

 

[Rich T]

I’m skeptical. I can’t think of a single attraction reImagining that’s better than the original. Can you?

Superstar Limo to Monster’s Inc., but that’s about it.

 

[Kirby86]

Superstar Limo to Monster’s Inc., but that’s about it.

To be fair it would have been hard to do worse than superstar limo.

 

[smooch]

To be fair it would have been hard to do worse than superstar limo.

I believe in the current management, they can do it!

 

[Midwest Elitist]

I believe in the current management, they can do it!

I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not, but it is 2022.

 

[Professortango1]

Superstar Limo to Monster’s Inc., but that’s about it.

Even that's a mixed bag. Superstar at least fit the land. And it was unique. Monsters Inc is a better attraction, but I might ironically enjoy SSL more just due to how bonkers it was while MI is one of the safest and flavorless darkrides.

 

[Brer Panther]

Here's how I'm expecting the retheme to more or less go.

- Nothing different about the outside portions at the beginning of the ride aside from the removal of the owl animatronic and the Brers' houses. In their place - nothing.
- Geese are removed and replaced by... I dunno, some other type of animal. That, or they're all replaced by humans and the bayou setting is replaced by a New Orleans neighborhood or something (with Disney hoping that no one will question why there's a city inside a mountain).
- Brer Frog and Brer Gator fishing is replaced by nothing.
- Brer Bear in the rabbit trap and Brer Fox yelling at him is now Tiana and Naveen in a boat, greeting us and giving us some exposition about Mardi Gras.
- The donkey nearby is removed and replaced by nothing.
- Brer Rabbit outside his briar patch is replaced by Louis looking for his trumpet, which just so happens to be nearby and he doesn't see it because he's suddenly an idiot, nyuck nyuck nyuck.
- Roadrunner, baby possums, and Brer Rabbit on the handrail cart are replaced by nothing, with the possible exception of some static figures of animals.
- The hitchhiking alligator either survives but is given new dialogue relating to Mardi Gras or (far more likely in my opinion) is replaced by nothing.
- Brer Rabbit giggling in the flowers is replaced by nothing.
- Brer Bear's butt is replaced by Louis'.
- The bees in the Laughin' Place are now intended to be fireflies.
- The Laughin' Place has been stripped of animatronics, all the lights are turned off, and there are some projections and lightbulbs scattered about to represent fireflies.
- Brer Fox catching Brer Rabbit is replaced by Louis stuck in the prickler bushes screaming. If the Imagineers decide to go "to heck with continuity", Dr. Facilier is peeking out behind him and laughing evilly. If not, nothing replaces Brer Fox.
- The Burrow's Lament scene is full of projections of the voodoo spirits. The giant mushrooms and scenery are either painted black in an attempt to hide them or covered by giant black tarps.
- The vultures either survive but get new dialogue or are removed and replaced by nothing, or maybe another projected effect of the voodoo spirits.
- Brer Fox's shadow is replaced by Dr. Facilier's, and Brer Rabbit is replaced by Mama Odie holding a torch.
- The briar patch at the bottom of the waterfall is torn out and replaced by nothing.
- The raccoon and porcupine are replaced by nothing.
- The fox, cats, and wolf in the donkey cart are replaced by static figures of animals.
- Maybe the Swamp Boys survive, but I'm doubtful.
- The finale is redressed to look like New Orleans.
- Tiana and Naveen are on the riverboat with some other humans. Maybe the physical riverboat is torn out and replaced by another screen.
- Mr. Bluebird is replaced by nothing.
- Brer Fox being attacked by Brer Gator is replaced by nothing.
- Brer Rabbit is replaced by Louis looking for his trumpet again, which once again JUST SO HAPPENS TO BE NEARBY AND HE DOESN'T SEE IT, LOL.
- Professor Barnaby Owl (is he even still there?) is replaced by nothing.
- All the animation for the projections is crude flash animation farmed out to another animation studio.

 

[J4546]

again im all for the PATF retheme in DL but in MK give it a muppets reskin with new audio

 

[No Name]

Construction on all three of those started in 2017, didn't they? Ratatouille opened in 2021 - that's five years. Guardians opened in 2022 - that's six years. Runaway Railway opened in 2020 - that's four years.

And Covid hasn't gone away completely yet.

There's also the fact that Splash Mountain on both coasts is an incredibly large, highly-detailed attraction with rockwork, a lot of animatronics, and sets that probably can't just be removed like a LEGO brick from a sculpture made out of them. I have my doubts that they'll be able to do this in just two years, especially if they plan on doing both at the same time.

You’re just bad at math! How is November 2017 to October 2021 five years? That’s less than 4. You don’t just get to add up the each numbered year construction takes place in.

By your version of math, they have three years to do this, not two. 2022, 2023, and 2024.

 

[Too Many Hats]

again im all for the PATF retheme in DL but in MK give it a muppets reskin with new audio

Prior to the PATF announcement, I always thought the Muppets would be perfect for Splash.

“Movin’ Right Along” instead of “How Do Ya Do.” “Rainbow Connection” instead of “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah.” Very little in the way of sets or infrastructure would need to change.