Tiana's Bayou Adventure: Disneyland Watch & Discussion

[mickEblu]

Goodbye Cafe Orleans or Goodbye Hungry Bear? I’m guessing Cafe Orleans.

Don’t lose it MickEblu. We’ve been through this a million times.

 

[mickEblu]

Hey no cartoon tree on top!!

 

[Kirby86]

Well it looks like Splash but with more plants on the mountain. Someone on Twitter said Brer Rabbit is still on the front of the logs of the model.

 

[Californian Elitist]

No, not Cafe Orleans. Please.

Let it be Hungry Bear or French Market (and I don’t even want that going either). Also, 16 new characters? I bet they’re counting random animals that aren’t really characters.

 

[Kirby86]

No, not Cafe Orleans. Please.

Let it be Hungry Bear or French Market (and I don’t even want that going either). Also, 16 new characters? I bet they’re counting random animals that aren’t really characters.

Oh without a doubt that's what they mean by characters. Same way Brer Roadrunner and Porcupine are characters on the current ride.

 

[mickEblu]

No, not Cafe Orleans. Please.

Let it be Hungry Bear or French Market (and I don’t even want that going either). Also, 16 new characters? I bet they’re counting random animals that aren’t really characters.

I’d actually prefer it be Cafe Orleans over Hungry Bear. The former would be more of change in name only. I wouldn’t anticipate huge changes to the decorations/ setting or menu. Hungry Bear on the other hand we’d be losing something more unique to the park.

Possibly it’s neither and they carve out some space elsewhere? Probably not.

 

[Californian Elitist]

I’d actually prefer it be Cafe Orleans over Hungry Bear. The former would be more of change in name only. I wouldn’t anticipate huge changes to the decorations/ setting or menu. Hungry Bear on the other hand we’d be losing something more unique to the park.

Possibly it’s neither and they carve out some space elsewhere? Probably not.

Cafe Orleans is historic, though. I don’t want Hungry Bear going either, but I’d prefer that one to be the one to go.

If anything, let Pooh’s Corner go. I wouldn’t blink an eye.

 

[mickEblu]

Cafe Orleans is historic, though. I don’t want Hungry Bear going either, but I’d prefer that one to be the one to go.

If anything, let Pooh’s Corner go. I wouldn’t blink an eye.

Yeah but if it goes in Pooh Corner than that probably means Critter Country as we know it gone

 

[Californian Elitist]

Yeah but if it goes in Pooh Corner than that probably means Critter Country as we know it gone

Right. So no matter how we look at it, it’s not good.

Great.

 

[GoneForGood]

Coming back from the "other side" to share some of the story tidbits. Won't be posting frequently, just thought I'd share.

 

[Disney Analyst]

Coming back from the "other side" to share some of the story tidbits. Won't be posting frequently, just thought I'd share.

Salt mine confirmed.

 

[Kirby86]

Salt mine confirmed.

Yup it was weird that there was any doubt when they mentioned it in the research video but for a while people here got really defensive about that when people assumed one would be part of the ride.

 

[Too Many Hats]

Kind of hoping the "Tiana grows her business!" stuff is just, like, subtext. That blurb makes it sound like there'll be an interactive scene where she adds you on LinkedIn.

 

[Dr.Cheeto]

It’s just a model, but the night version is beautiful.

The WDI models are always beautiful and technically well done, but I’m not sure how to feel about the night time look. The illuminated water tower seems to be the main focal point now and not the actual drop on the ride? I still have high hopes for this re-theme, but right now it’s hard to adjust to the new look. It feels like there should be something iconic above the final drop, like the original Chickepin Hill tree or the first concept rendering of the boat in the tree from PATF.

 

[Midwest Elitist]

The WDI models are always beautiful and technically well done, but I’m not sure how to feel about the night time look. The illuminated water tower seems to be the main focal point now and not the actual drop on the ride? I still have high hopes for this re-theme, but right now it’s hard to adjust to the new look. It feels like there should be something iconic above the final drop, like the original Chickepin Hill tree or the first concept rendering of the boat in the tree from PATF.

The night looks fantastic. The water tower is dumb. It's like they thought " we need to add a weenie!" after removing the tree, so they decided to block the view after the first lift with an eyesore.

 

[waltography]

Don't love the look but maybe it'll grow on me. Feels very company town-y.

Spoke too soon here hearing the employee-owned co-op angle.

 

[Californian Elitist]

The WDI models are always beautiful and technically well done, but I’m not sure how to feel about the night time look. The illuminated water tower seems to be the main focal point now and not the actual drop on the ride? I still have high hopes for this re-theme, but right now it’s hard to adjust to the new look. It feels like there should be something iconic above the final drop, like the original Chickepin Hill tree or the first concept rendering of the boat in the tree from PATF.

This is definitely a case where we’ll really have to wait until it opens and see it with our eyes. I doubt any final concept artwork will help us truly understand what it’ll look like.

 

[Californian Elitist]

I don’t like the crown on top of the water tower. It looks very strange.

What are the odds that our version will look differently from the one out east? What if ours won’t look like this at all? Lol.

 

[Dr.Cheeto]

I feel like they could have gotten away with keeping the original Splash Mountain tree as the weenie. Just add the colorful bottle lights and it already feels like a nice update. The water tower just feels like it’s taking over. Maybe they could have scaled it down and added a small forced perspective water tower towards the top of the mountain. In my opinion, the giant tower kind of makes the overall “mountain” feel much smaller, but maybe that’s what they were going for…

 

[mickEblu]

Kind of hoping the "Tiana grows her business!" stuff is just, like, subtext. That blurb makes it sound like there'll be an interactive scene where she adds you on LinkedIn.

Very very cringey and what’s up with that celebration bit on the entrance of the barn? And why the tower? We’re doomed. Ugh

Maybe I should just go to Disneyland and get a couple rides on Splash in.