Tiana's Bayou Adventure: Disneyland Watch & Discussion

[mickEblu]

If the marketing for this ride is any indication, the team that was in charge of this lacked humility. I mean it was years of constant "This is very important and authentic". It's actually absurd to compare the marketing vs the product delivered.

When I rode it today, it really hit. It felt like an amateur production- scenes were disjointed and didn't flow with only one thing to see at a time.

Inconsistent music in the queue- some areas you can't hear any music, including the station!

The interior show felt cramped. Splash's felt huge by comparison.

The initial drop into a dark bayou (formerly HDYD) with nothing happening was jarring. Where you once fell into a scene with great music, great lighting, and great set design- you now fall into a dark room with plastic plants and projectors.

The finale just sort of fizzles out. Mama Odie was broken when I rode, but

It felt like something someone would design in Planet Coaster, but definitely not the level of quality we should be getting from Disney in the 21 century.

Agree on all counts. We knew the music would be a huge loss. We knew it would be near impossible to top the finale. You just couldn’t predict how much they would miss the mark. Putting Splash aside for a second - they didn’t even do PatF any justice. Today it occurred to me that a grand total of one “scene” is reminiscent of the movie. Good point on Splash feeling huge compared to PatF. I don’t think thats been discussed enough. Not only did it feel bigger but also richer and full of life. To save money they just turned off the lights, covered set pieces with greenery, put some projections of fireflies on the walls and pointed the spotlights at the clusters of cheapy figures. But then again writing a good story and recording some adequate dialogue doesn’t take a lot of money.

 

[Architectural Guinea Pig]

Agree on all counts. We knew the music would be a huge loss. We knew it would be near impossible to top the finale. You just couldn’t predict how much they would miss the mark. Putting Splash aside for a second - they didn’t even do PatF any justice. Today it occurred to me that a grand total of one “scene” is reminiscent of the movie. Good point on Splash feeling huge compared to PatF. I don’t think thats been discussed enough. Not only did it feel bigger but also richer and full of life. To save money they just turned off the lights, covered set pieces with greenery, put some projections of fireflies on the walls and pointed the spotlights at the clusters of cheapy figures. But then again writing a good story and recording some adequate dialogue doesn’t take a lot of money.

Just letting you know man, you've been spending way too much time on this thread harping about how bad TBA is. At this point, you're just writing essays to vent out to everyone how much you hate it, but considering you've basically restated the same stuff about 50 times, it's pointless. You can continue to keep spending your nights on a thread that nobody bothers to argue with you on, or maybe just move on and accept that Splash is gone and be optimistic about TBA's future. Your choice.

 

[mickEblu]

Just letting you know man, you've been spending way too much time on this thread harping about how bad TBA is. At this point, you're just writing essays to vent out to everyone how much you hate it, but considering you've basically restated the same stuff about 50 times, it's pointless. You can continue to keep spending your nights on a thread that nobody bothers to argue with you on, or maybe just move on and accept that Splash is gone and be optimistic about TBA's future. Your choice.

Thanks man. Good looking out. Lol

Nobody is arguing with me for a reason.

Lol also funny timing considering I was responding to someone.

 

[SuddenStorm]

Agree on all counts. We knew the music would be a huge loss. We knew it would be near impossible to top the finale. You just couldn’t predict how much they would miss the mark. Putting Splash aside for a second - they didn’t even do PatF any justice. Today it occurred to me that a grand total of one “scene” is reminiscent of the movie. Good point on Splash feeling huge compared to PatF. I don’t think thats been discussed enough. Not only did it feel bigger but also richer and full of life. To save money they just turned off the lights, covered set pieces with greenery, put some projections of fireflies on the walls and pointed the spotlights at the clusters of cheapy figures. But then again writing a good story and recording some adequate dialogue doesn’t take a lot of money.

How did the people on your log react?

My log was surprisingly dull. No one seemed overly enthused with what they were experiencing

 

[mickEblu]

How did the people on your log react?

My log was surprisingly dull. No one seemed overly enthused with what they were experiencing

I honestly can’t remember outside of the predictable reactions after the big drop. I was more focused on taking in all the show scenes.

 

[mickEblu]

One good thing - they re allowing people to sit in row 6/7 together again. Meaning one child and one adult. They stopped doing that the last few years Splash was in operation.

Also found out from my experience this past weekend that you are able to have two ride VQs simultaneously. You just can’t try for both Haunted Mansion and TBA at the same time at 7am. You can get one at 7am and the other at Noon even if you haven’t used the first one yet.

 

[Jedi14]

I finally rode it and overall it was a good ride. The happy/joyful vibes honestly worked for me as it was a fun time. The plot was easy to follow, but not juvenile, which worked for the ride. I also liked the reveal of the bayou with the firefly trails on the wall and ceiling. My brother and I both ended up liking it slightly more than Splash after riding it. We’re going to try to ride again on Friday.

 

[EPCOTCenterLover]

I finally rode it and overall it was a good ride. The happy/joyful vibes honestly worked for me as it was a fun time. The plot was easy to follow, but not juvenile, which worked for the ride. I also liked the reveal of the bayou with the firefly trails on the wall and ceiling. My brother and I both ended up liking it slightly more than Splash after riding it. We’re going to try to ride again on Friday.

Well, that's great! I'm hoping to have a more positive view of it than I do now from reading reports on it. But who knows when I'll ride it.