Tiana's Bayou Adventure: Disneyland Watch & Discussion

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wdrive

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Rich T said:
It’s not a random outfit. It’s. It’s a cool new look that fits the story. The story is called Tiana’s Bayou Adventure.

You know what would be weird? Tiana standing in a swamp wearing ANY outfit that appeared in the movie.

This is a ride sequel to the Princess and the Frog. And I think it’s going to be a lot of fun and confuse absolutely no one.

Imagineering is full of talented storytellers, and I’ve got a good feeling about the possibilities here and their ability to make it work. If the ride opens and there are story clarity issues, then by all means let’s all discuss it—After we’ve all actually experienced it.
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It’s called Tiana’s Bayou Adventure and the main character does not resemble Tiana other than she’s a black woman.

Correct me if I’m wrong, it’s been a long time since I watched the movie, but isn’t the only time Tiana appears in her green dress in the movie in the swamps?

As I’ve said previously of course I want it to be a quality attraction. I just am seeing plenty of flaws so far.

As to your last sentence we might as well close this thread until the attraction opens if I’m not allowed to discuss new information that is released about it. Feel free not to reply to me until the attraction opens if you’d rather, I don’t mind. I’d gladly be proven wrong.
 
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wdrive

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Anywho I’m just regurgitating the same argument over and over here so I think I’m out.

I don’t think this outfit represents Tiana and I think guests will struggle to make the connection.

If anyone has anything new to add to this discussion I’ll gladly return
 
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Rich T

Rich T

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wdrive said:
Anywho I’m just regurgitating the same argument over and over here so I think I’m out.

I don’t think this outfit represents Tiana and I think guests will struggle to make the connection.

If anyone has anything new to add to this discussion I’ll gladly return
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You don’t think the outfit represents Tiana. I’m sure back in 1980 there were Star Wars fans who couldn’t accept Princess Leia in anything but her Ep. IV white robes and pastry hair.

People aren’t accustomed to new things in a fictional character until the new chapter is written. Tiana’s getting a new chapter.

You don’t have to like it. That’s fine. I don’t like most of what Disney’s done parkwise during the Bobs era.

I’m just pointing out that park guests will most likely be very familiar with the new Tiana outfit before they board the ride. Marketing, posters, merch and signage are part of the equation; I honestly don’t think confusion will be an issue.
 
Sir_Cliff

Sir_Cliff

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I, for one, am glad Disney doesn't design its attractions for the guest who would get on a ride named Tiana's Bayou Adventure and be so thrown by her new outfit that they would spend the whole ride asking "Where is Tiana and who is that random woman who keeps popping up all through the ride?"
 
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Californian Elitist

Californian Elitist

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wdrive said:
Exactly. They don’t need explaining, people already know them or can make a good guess as to who they are.

Tiana dressed in a random outfit needs explaining, which I find odd as a choice for an attraction .

I don’t think it’s me over complicating things. The team behind this new attraction has over complicated it.
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How do you know people already know who Wendy, John, and Michael are? It’s entirely possible that some out there don’t.

You are over-complicating it, for sure. Even if people are too dumb and idiotic to realize that the woman in the adventurous getup is still Tiana, as they board the vehicle for the ride that is literally named “TIANA’S BAYOU ADVENTURE,” it ultimately doesn’t matter.

I’m ready to agree to disagree. Let’s move on, yeah?
 
Consumer

Consumer

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I don’t think guests will be confused on the ride, but definitely in a meet n greet it seems odd to have her wear an outfit from a ride that’s not open instead of her iconic look. It makes no difference to me since I don’t even care for meet n greets, just a strange way to go about it.
 
Sir_Cliff

Sir_Cliff

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Consumer said:
I don’t think guests will be confused on the ride, but definitely in a meet n greet it seems odd to have her wear an outfit from a ride that’s not open instead of her iconic look. It makes no difference to me since I don’t even care for meet n greets, just a strange way to go about it.
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I guess we'll see how they roll out the new costume and how soon she starts appearing in the parks wearing it. Either way, she's not exactly going to be leaning against a lamppost in New Orleans Square waiting for people to recognise her; there will be a whole Tiana meet-and-greet set-up and it's not a bad way to start familiarising people with her new look if that's the direction in which they want to go for the ride and maybe the TV series.
 
TP2000

TP2000

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PiratesMansion said:
Luckily they have a whole queue before the attraction to explain to people who Tiana is, and that like any real person she owns more than one outfit.
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Can you also work in an employee-owned food cooperative, an important missing ingredient, and President Wilson's misguided policy on segregated troops in World War I into that queue? Before it splits in two to the front and rear loading areas, please. Thanks in advance.

Here's your space to work with. But the trash cans have to stay.

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BuzzedPotatoHead89

BuzzedPotatoHead89

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BrerFoxesBayouAdventure said:
It just seems more practical (and cost-effective) to reuse assets.
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I’m not sure about that.

It would certainly give a nice “value add” from an engineering/design perspective for the attraction to maintain a cast of simple AAs alongside the grander scale ones… but from an ops perspective assuming they are purpose building new sets/lighting rigs/scaffolding around new A100 quality AAs they may want these to be a new focal point. Also gives them a better base for budgeting future refurbishments or when AAs go down.

And if recent history is a guide they don’t want to invest resources into maintaining/updating old hydraulic AAs. They’d rather favor “flashy new” over quantity. Similar to Navi River Journey, Indy, RoTR, vs PoTC or Small World.
 
Disstevefan1

Disstevefan1

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Ne'er-Do-Well Cad said:
Yeah I figured they’d keep the riverboat, out of laziness & cheapness. Huh.
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The riverboat could have been removed out of laziness & cheapness.

What they put in its place could be much cheaper and easier to maintain.

From the start of this removal of Splash Mountain, I really thought it was about COSTS SAVING camouflaged as social justice.
 
TP2000

TP2000

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Consumer said:
I'm surprised anybody thought the riverboat would stick around. I expect, and hope, 0% of the interior to be recognizable from Splash Mountain.
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That reminds me of a thought I had. And forgive me if this has already been discussed as I have only popped into this thread about once per month or so. But...

I have long thought, and many folks tend to agree, that the only cloned ride at both WDW and Disneyland that was actually better at WDW was Splash Mountain. WDW's version got slowed down, paced better, set design and dialogue explained the story better, etc. There's actually a plot at WDW's Splash, whereas at Disneyland you kind of had to Google it to learn what was going on. And in most of the 90's we didn't have the Internet, so I had no idea what the heck Splash Mountain was about until I went on WDW's version.

But what if Disneyland's version of Tiana matches WDW's version when it comes to ride assessments? That would mean that Disneyland no longer had that one ride that was better at WDW. Instead, Disneyland would have rides that were clearly better than WDW or were at least on the same level of goodness.

So, a win for Disneyland? I would hope they're doing this right and will repace Disneyland's ride system a bit.
 

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