TomboyJanet
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I wonder if anyone working on this ride has actually ridden the original ride and enjoyed it. I'd hate to think it's all just a bunch of haters. I know Baxter is involved but to what extent?
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News Tiana's Bayou Adventure - latest details and construction progress
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Ayla
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Like I said earlier in the thread when someone else complained about things looking bad, nothing looks good mid-construction.
Sir_Cliff
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I'm kind of curious whether anyone disliked the original ride on its own merits. There are different views on the intelligibility of the storyline, exactly where it sits in the pantheon of Disney attractions, and I am among those who understands why it is changing. I don't think I've ever heard anyone say it was just a "meh" attraction, though!
James Alucobond
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I’m not sure why you’d think they hadn’t ridden it and had fun. Obviously, teams working on overlays will be intimately familiar with the ride they’re modifying. We saw many instances of them doing ride-throughs prior to closing as they hammered out details, and they clearly found the ride generally enjoyable enough to keep the entire system and just overlay scenes.
TomboyJanet
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I don't think the ride system is what I'm afraid of them replacing, it's the feelings evoked by the ride. I don't want it to be like a happy sappy nursery story as I've said many times. It just makes the drops seem so out of place. That's why The Frozen ride to me is just meh because it has no plot it's just you doing ordinary things but more sparkly. But we live in a world where lights and flashy things are everywhere so it's not THAT farfetched of an experience. Other than that it's just a meet and greet on boats with computer faces. I need more
James Alucobond
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“Feelings” are abstract. I suppose they might hit on them for you or they might not. Personally, I never felt there was anything particularly special or evocative about the original Splash narrative; it was more that it was impressive in terms of scope and detail.
TomboyJanet
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I think it was the fear created before the drop. I appreciate the narrative of everything getting a bit more scary the closer you get to it and then celebration after it. From Tranquil to adventurous to comic mischief to real danger. It almost seems like a lesson on the dangers of over indulgence, they have fun in the laughing place but let their guard down. It's something I can relate to for reasons I wont get into. But it also helped me conquer my fears as a kid by turning them into an adventure so that I look back on it as this sort of kickbutt attraction that had that "cool scary" feel. It's hard to describe. It's like things that scare you as a kid become awesome as an adult, or even an older kid. It also kinda feels like someone took my old childhood neighborhood and put up a whole foods on top of where my house was...so that kinda stinks...
AFAWK, he was involved as a consultant in the planning stage.
And now that the planning stage is done, and they're just implementing what has been planned, it seems he is no longer working with the team as a consultant.
Kamikaze
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So its your giant brain theory that no one in Imagineering that's working on TBA liked Splash Mountain? Do I have that right?
I don't think they should have replaced Splash, but saying that there are just 'haters' working on the replacement is one of the worst takes I've ever seen.
Goofy Ninja
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This is such a dumb idea, I wish they were doing something else for MK.
Brer Panther
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I wouldn't be surprised if Anika Noni Rose or Michael Leon-Wooley enjoyed Splash Mountain and were upset to see it go but still looking forward to Tiana because they love the movie and characters (which I can understand). I recall Josh Gad said that he was sad when they closed Maelstrom but he was still looking forward to Frozen Ever After.
From the site we don't say. More foliage has been added to the mountain
TomboyJanet
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I caught Brer Rabbit Sneaking out before the ride closed in Cali
SEEMS LIKE HES TRYING OUT ANOTHER WATER ATTRACTION!
SEEMS LIKE HES TRYING OUT ANOTHER WATER ATTRACTION!
TomboyJanet
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Brer Rabbit sends his Love from a Galaxy Far Far Away!!
LittleBuford
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You what?
GhostHost1000
Premium Member
nothing says salt mine like more green foliage
Disgruntled Walt
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- In the Parks
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Perhaps they will put in some more of these animatronics to tell people what it is:
We know that backstory contains "salt mine."
We don't know how it figures into the actual ride. It's very possible, if not likely, that the outside is not an actual salt mine... which is usually underground... which usually has normal vegetation on top of it at ground level.
They won't be shooting salt rapids.
Brer Oswald
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They’ve said the “mountain” is now a salt dome. I figure the Laughing Place section will become the salt mine considering it was themed to an underground mine shaft in WDW (not sure how this’ll work in Disneyland).