Tiana's Bayou Adventure: Disneyland Watch & Discussion

[Professortango1]

Here’s my prediction… Tiana’s Bayou Adventure will open without Facilier in the ride. They re going to hear the complaints and add him to a Halloween overlay that may or may not become permanent.

But Facilier is a racist stereotype. Disney can't embrace that now.

 

[mickEblu]

But Facilier is a racist stereotype. Disney can't embrace that now.

Last I checked he’s still around in the park as a walk around character, meet n greet character at Oogie Boogie and on merchandise. Doesn’t to make much to put a projection of his shadow with some music somewhere.

 

[Californian Elitist]

It kind of is. Not the beloved classic, but its bones and body and aesthetic, sure. Maybe they can call it Skrull Mountain to represent Marvel and the idea of it looking similar but not being an authentic thing.

It isn’t, though. It’s a different ride. That’s like still calling Mission: Breakout Tower of Terror.

 

[Consumer]

It isn’t, though. It’s a different ride. That’s like still calling Mission: Breakout Tower of Terror.

I mean, I do.

 

[mlayton144]

Isn't the stage area still called Tomorrowland Terrace and just the restaurant is called Galactic Grill?

One thing that bothers me is that they call it galactic grill, but is there an actual grill anywhere in the facility ? A griddle doesn’t count as a grill

 

[chadwpalm]

One thing that bothers me is that they call it galactic grill, but is there an actual grill anywhere in the facility ? A griddle doesn’t count as a grill

I would have guessed microwaves.

 

[PiratesMansion]

They're not going to call it Splash Mountain because the name now has a certain baggage attached to it. The degree to which this baggage is real or imagined likely varies depending on who you're talking to, but it's clear that Disney, at the very least, feels that there's enough baggage with some combination of the original name/OG ride/OG ride source material that they feel they need to call it something else, and since it's their park, their opinion is the one that matters.

 

[BrerFoxesBayouAdventure]

Technically the name "Splash mountain" has nothing to do with SOTS.

Eisner requested they put "Splash" in the name so that the attraction be used to help market Walt Disney Studios' 1984 film Splash.

The name was his idea but it just works more than "Zip-a-Dee-River-Run".

 

[Ghost93]

Here’s my prediction… Tiana’s Bayou Adventure will open without Facilier in the ride. They re going to hear the complaints and add him to a Halloween overlay that may or may not become permanent.

A Halloween overlay is actually a cool idea. Probably wouldn't be too costly either since Facilier's Friends on the other Side would utilize projection mapping instead of animatronics.

 

[Ghost93]

They're not going to call it Splash Mountain because the name now has a certain baggage attached to it. The degree to which this baggage is real or imagined likely varies depending on who you're talking to, but it's clear that Disney, at the very least, feels that there's enough baggage with some combination of the original name/OG ride/OG ride source material that they feel they need to call it something else, and since it's their park, their opinion is the one that matters.

I think the concern is that when people type in Splash Mountain nowadays "racist" and "Song of the South" sometimes automatically pop up in the Google search results. I think Disney went with a completely different name so that such subject matters wouldn't appear when people are googling a ride.

 

[D.Silentu]

Honestly I didn't even know they changed the name of the Tomorrowland Terrace until recently.

I just learned that reading your post!

 

[Parteecia]

It's no longer a mountain. At all. Of any kind.

 

[Californian Elitist]

I mean, I do.

And it’s still not HToT.

 

[Professortango1]

It isn’t, though. It’s a different ride. That’s like still calling Mission: Breakout Tower of Terror.

If they kept the drop as scary, it could have kept the the same name. But the ride isn't focused on terror or fear anymore, and Tower of Zero Stakes Party Time brought to you by Spirit Halloween and Atmosfesr Projections doesn't have the same ring to it.

 

[TomboyJanet]

Because Just like Elsa betrayed us by throwing us out of her castle and then having her creation throw us down a waterfall again, Mama Ode is going to turn traitor and say "DOWN YA GOOOOOO!!!" or some corny line and Attempt a homicide by h20 and gravity

 

[TomboyJanet]

If they kept the drop as scary, it could have kept the the same name. But the ride isn't focused on terror or fear anymore, and Tower of Zero Stakes Party Time brought to you by Spirit Halloween and Atmosfesr Projections doesn't have the same ring to it.

I swear Spirit Halloween now has superior Animatronics to most new Disney Rides. Oh wait what animatronics!!? hmm.....lemme think... in Orlando......... do scary mickey dolls with tvs for faces count? is this fallout New Vegas?

 

[Parteecia]

It's no longer a mountain. At all. Of any kind.

This demotion makes me wish I'd gotten the tshirt with the Disneyland range on it, except I didn't because it said "Mountain Man."

 

[MK-fan]

So what’s gonna happen with Winnie the Pooh next door? will the area just be a small subland and renamed “Hundred Acre Woods” with a possible small retheme of Hungry Bear restaurant? The Explorer Canoes can “relocate” to Frontierland. I can’t see them doing anything else?

 

[PiratesMansion]

So what’s gonna happen with Winnie the Pooh next door? will the area just be a small subland and renamed “Hundred Acre Woods” with a possible small retheme of Hungry Bear restaurant? The Explorer Canoes can “relocate” to Frontierland. I can’t see them doing anything else?

Apparently Critter Country is staying. I don't think anything really needs to happen to the area-as much as I'd love a menu refresh, Hungry Bear is always super busy. Explorer Canoes will probably stay put exactly as they are now.

 

[BrerFoxesBayouAdventure]

Apparently Critter Country is staying. I don't think anything really needs to happen to the area-as much as I'd love a menu refresh, Hungry Bear is always super busy. Explorer Canoes will probably stay put exactly as they are now.

I guess since Tiana's Bayou is outside of NOS, it still counts as being part of its own separate land.