Tiana's Bayou Adventure: Disneyland Watch & Discussion

[Rich T]

Total disgrace. Nothing was wrong with Splash. The overlay, because that is what it is, will be fun because it has the same bones as Splash aka the same track layout and drops but the story and experiences and animitronics will all be subpar as a overall experience to what the show building and facade were made for.

It’s not a disgrace. It’s the retheming of an excellent log flume from being based on a property that has aged poorly (so poorly into realms of offensiveness that Disney hides the source material from the public) into something new that also involves good music, singing animals and a bayou setting.

And it’s nonsense to prematurely judge the new experience as subpar when Splash 1.0 was certainly not a perfect experience by any stretch of the imagination. When TBA opens to the public, we’ll see how well (or not) the Imagineers have pulled this off.

 

[BrerFoxesBayouAdventure]

Total disgrace. Nothing was wrong with Splash. The overlay, because that is what it is, will be fun because it has the same bones as Splash aka the same track layout and drops but the story and experiences and animitronics will all be subpar as a overall experience to what the show building and facade were made for.

You can tell there was supposed to be something at the top of the "mound" and it's not there anymore.

I don't know if they plan on adjusting the speed of the flumes for the DL version or not 'cause that version of the ride moves at a breakneck pace.

 

[Californian Elitist]

Total disgrace. Nothing was wrong with Splash. The overlay, because that is what it is, will be fun because it has the same bones as Splash aka the same track layout and drops but the story and experiences and animitronics will all be subpar as a overall experience to what the show building and facade were made for.

The ride isn’t open and the full details of the story haven’t been announced.

I thought Splash wasn’t closing??

 

[D.Silentu]

Bittersweet as it is to see the tree gone, I must say I'm pleased to see the project reach this step. Now that the most pronounced feature of the old facade is gone, it's turned my attention to curiosity about the mountain's new look. Beyond what a model can portray obviously.

 

[MisterPenguin]

You can tell there was supposed to be something at the top of the "mound" and it's not there anymore.

You know what they can put there to hide that?

A tiara!

 

[Mickey's Pal]

I have said plenty of times if I am wrong then I am willing to eat crow. I make no excuses for me holding out hope it did not close.

The ride isn’t open and the full details of the story haven’t been announced.

I thought Splash wasn’t closing

 

[Mickey's Pal]

And it’s nonsense to prematurely judge the new experience as subpar when Splash 1.0 was certainly not a perfect experience by any stretch of the imagination. When TBA opens to the public, we’ll see how well (or not) the Imagineers have pulled this off.

It is a disgrace to me. It is more than fair to judge it. And Splash '1.0' whatever that means, was the best log flume ride ever made by man.

 

[Californian Elitist]

I have said plenty of times if I am wrong then I am willing to eat crow. I make no excuses for me holding out hope it did not close.

Time to feast on the fattest crow ever, as those claims were beyond absurd.

Splash closed not even two months ago and here you go with more ridiculous claims based on nonsense. In this case, that nonsense is fake psychic abilities that give you glimpses into the future to be able to determine what the story, animatronics, and overall experience will be like. None of what you said holds weight because the ride doesn’t even exist yet. Logically, then, you have no clue what the full story, animatronics, and overall experience will be like, making your opinion moot and weightless.

 

[Californian Elitist]

Oh, and there was absolutely a problem with Splash: the movie that inspired it. We all know this by now.

 

[Rich T]

It is a disgrace to me. It is more than fair to judge it. And Splash '1.0' whatever that means, was the best log flume ride ever made by man.

Disagree; I think Timber Mountain at Knott’s (which greatly influenced Splash’s design), was and remains a better log flume, but that’s just my opinion. DL’s version of Splash has always had issues dating back to the problem that delayed its grand opening by months, but WDW’s version corrected those problems and was a significant improvement in most ways. It was one of the best rides on Earth, had a theme that has probably set some kind of record for aging poorly, and has the potential to remain great after the very understandable and necessary retheme… and I have high hopes for DL’s as well.

But, I’m sorry, judging any work of art before it’s complete is never fair (though people do it all the time). If you were creating a massive, complex piece of entertainment, would you want people calling it a disgrace before it was ready to unveil to the world? Voicing concerns and observations—that’s fine, that’s part of the experience. But, c’mon, give ‘em a chance to make it work.

 

[Homemade Imagineering]

 

[EagleScout610]

 

[Mickey's Pal]

Time to feast on the fattest crow ever, as those claims were beyond absurd.

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Splash closed not even two months ago and here you go with more ridiculous claims based on nonsense. In this case, that nonsense is fake psychic abilities that give you glimpses into the future to be able to determine what the story, animatronics, and overall experience will be like. None of what you said holds weight because the ride doesn’t even exist yet. Logically, then, you have no clue what the full story, animatronics, and overall experience will be like, making your opinion moot and weightless.

I am more than happy to eat it. I hope for the best with Tiana but it is going to be soo inferior to what was there before. That will be a fact.

 

[Mickey's Pal]

Disagree; I think Timber Mountain at Knott’s (which greatly influenced Splash’s design), was and remains a better log flume, but that’s just my opinion. DL’s version of Splash has always had issues dating back to the problem that delayed its grand opening by months, but WDW’s version corrected those problems and was a significant improvement in most ways. It was one of the best rides on Earth, had a theme that has probably set some kind of record for aging poorly, and has the potential to remain great after the very understandable and necessary retheme… and I have high hopes for DL’s as well.

But, I’m sorry, judging any work of art before it’s complete is never fair (though people do it all the time). If you were creating a massive, complex piece of entertainment, would you want people calling it a disgrace before it was ready to unveil to the world? Voicing concerns and observations—that’s fine, that’s part of the experience. But, c’mon, give ‘em a chance to make it work.

The 'work' is finished. The ride system is the same. The 'work' is cosmetic. I can tell you that adding projecting mapping and for sure adding screens and inferior songs from a movie that bombed and no where near the amount of animatronics Splash had is not going to hold a candle to the ride experience the facade and show building was built for. Its like keeping the ride system of haunted mansion but making the shows scenes rethemed to Chicken Little, another Disney animated film that bombed.

 

[Californian Elitist]

I am more than happy to eat it. I hope for the best with Tiana but it is going to be soo inferior to what was there before. That will be a fact.

Educate yourself on the difference between a fact and an opinion. A Google search will do it.

 

[Californian Elitist]

@Mickey's Pal This is specifically for you, but if anyone else does not understand the difference between an opinion and a fact, fear not. Here ya go.

 

[BasiltheBatLord]

Interesting video, he says in it that he "thinks there are a lot of figures that are going to be recycled for TBA". Although doesn't clarify if he has any concrete info on that or if he's just making an educated guess.

 

[Rich T]

The 'work' is finished. The ride system is the same. The 'work' is cosmetic. I can tell you that adding projecting mapping and for sure adding screens and inferior songs from a movie that bombed and no where near the amount of animatronics Splash had is not going to hold a candle to the ride experience the facade and show building was built for. It’s like keeping the ride system of haunted mansion but making the shows scenes rethemed to Chicken Little, another Disney animated film that bombed.

Well, at this point all I can do is shrug. You claimed a movie was a bomb that was not a bomb. Oh, well.

Sorry you’re angry. The ride is being rethemed because it was based on a movie Disney is, understandably, ashamed to show to the American public anymore. TBA could turn out wonderful and uplifting. I’m looking forward to seeing the results.

 

[BrerFoxesBayouAdventure]

Well, at this point all I can do is shrug. You claimed a movie was a bomb that was not a bomb. Oh, well.

I'm not sure how audiences at the time reacted to it, but I feel like Chicken Little was much more of a success than say Home on the Range or Atlantis: The Lost Empire.

 

[Phroobar]

...but making the shows scenes rethemed to Chicken Little, another Disney animated film that bombed.

Like what Disney animated film doesn't bomb now a days?