I’ll take that bet. I’m betting Critter Country stays as is. I mean it seems safer to go with the spiel Disney has on the Mark Twain than to go against it no? Lol you guys are too much.
Pooh isn’t going anywhere nor are they changing the facade/ exterior. The Pine trees aren’t going anywhere and if Hungry Bear survived Tiana’s Palace it most likely isn’t going anywhere anytime soon either. Critter Country will look more or less as it does today outside of whatever they are planning for the TBA entrance. The mural will look out of place. Now whether it will be a blink and you miss type thing remains to be seen. That’s an argument I’m willing to hear. That it won’t matter because there are one thousand other things at a theme park grabbing your attention. Hardly what we’ve come to expect from Disney standards though but that’s been slowly changing for the worse which you seem to acknowledge everywhere else except when it comes to TBA because you’re excited about the change. It’s ok, we’re all biased in one way or another.
I don’t bet.
I could be wrong, sure. But, again, Critter Country was created to house two attractions that no longer exist (and the canoes—I feel guilty that I keep forgetting them). If the main purpose of the area now is as a holding tank for TBA, why keep the Critter Country theme? For one restaurant? (Pooh’s entry can be themed to a community library and the canoes can adapt to anything).
At least DL has some choices here that kinda make sense. MK is the one that’s really going to be interesting to see if and how they pull it off.
Re: my perceived pro-TBA “bias”, (and, yes, I’m aware I keep speaking up for it while criticizing other aspects of today’s Disney.): Yes, I’m glad about the change but—also—yes, I’d currently be happier if it was sticking with the perfect-for-Splash’s-layout movie plot. And I don’t care much for the new backstory… but it’s just a backstory.
I keep speaking up for TBA because I’m bothered by the onslaught of hate and doom-speak that erupts over the pieces of a puzzle that have yet to be assembled into a whole and readied for an audience. If I was directing a major play, I sure wouldn’t want social media dissecting every prop, background and drone footage through a window of rehearsals.
I waited until I actually rode Frozen Ever After to make my final judgement call, and now I can say with a clear conscience that I personally think it is the dumbest ride I have ever been on (great queue, though!)
I could wind up thinking TBA is an awful retheme. Or I could love it. I’m looking forward to finding out, and seeing completely unexpected things appear such as that mural (which I’m starting to love just because of the reaction it’s getting), has me intrigued because they are clearly not sticking to the traditional here.
And, y’know, if the flume still soaks passengers I won’t ride it more than once either way.
I am DONE with the soaking, theme parks everywhere!
