Tiana's Bayou Adventure: Disneyland Watch & Discussion

[Too Many Hats]

On my (one and only, so far) ride, finale Tiana looked terrified. Standing completely motionless, arms at her side, cross-eyed and not smiling — amidst a joyous, kinetic party. Kinda like she pooped her pants during her karaoke turn.

 

[D.Silentu]

On my (one and only, so far) ride, finale Tiana looked terrified. Standing completely motionless, arms at her side, cross-eyed and not smiling — amidst a joyous, kinetic party.

That is exactly how she appeared the sole time I rode! We were joking afterwards that they turned it into some kind of Tennessee Williams attraction!

 

[Too Many Hats]

That is exactly how she appeared the sole time I rode! We were joking afterwards that they turned it into some kind of Tennessee Williams attraction!

I won’t pretend to know anything about AAs (or A-1000s), but shouldn’t an attraction’s most important AA have a B-mode? I’m not sure the ride should even be allowed to open if finale Tiana is frozen. Let every other effect break; this one AA really needs to be working. Otherwise it’s really, really bad show. So much more embarrassing than a broken Yeti or boulder or canons. People have been laughing at it.

 

[Castle Cake Apologist]

I won’t pretend to know anything about AAs (or A-1000s), but shouldn’t an attraction’s most important AA have a B-mode? I’m not sure the ride should even be allowed to open if finale Tiana is frozen. Let every other effect break; this one AA really needs to be working. Otherwise it’s really, really bad show. So much more embarrassing than a broken Yeti or boulder or canons. People have been laughing at it.

I've told this anecdote here before, but when I started with Tomorrowland Ops at Magic Kingdom back in the ancient times (almost 20 years ago now!), Carousel of Progress wouldn’t even open if Uncle Orville's fan wasn’t working. It was considered a key effect, and ensuring that all major effects and figures were working for paying guests was SoP. The tracking cannons in Stitch’s Great Escape! were another example—officially considered “key figures” since they were treated as animatronics (beautifully animated ones, at that!). If the cannons weren’t running, neither was the show.

Every attraction had official documentation detailing which animatronics and effects were critical for operation and which could remain non-functional until Maintenance could respond to our work orders (usually the same night).

Now? We have this. Show standards have slipped so far, it’s almost laughable. Almost.

 

[Misted Compass]

On my (one and only, so far) ride, finale Tiana looked terrified. Standing completely motionless, arms at her side, cross-eyed and not smiling — amidst a joyous, kinetic party. Kinda like she pooped her pants during her karaoke turn.

To me it looked more like she was dejected. Head down, arms to her side, even with a somewhat sad expression on her face almost like she's thinking "I got my own ride and it turned out like this?"

 

[EagleScout610]

Random thought - This shack would have been the perfect way to work Rufus the snoring bear into TBA. It would be a perfect 'If you know, you know' reference.