News Tiana's Bayou Adventure - latest details and construction progress

[Tha Realest]

These details are the entire reason the project was approved in the first place (and made it through the COVID cuts when things like Spaceship Earth and Play! were killed).

Talk about background details... the "problematic" elements of Splash Mountain were so-in-the-background that in order to even be aware of them, you had to find a bootleg copy of a film that hasn't been released in almost 40 years.

This wasn't a good-faith attempt to entertain guests that happens to be getting distracted with social commentary and political pandering. The social commentary and political pandering are the entire reason this exists.

One of Disney’s most welcomed and cultivated influencers just slandered Splash as a “racist — ride.” I don’t think she’ll be uninvited from future media events.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Most of the rides at Disney have tons of backstory elements to them that people only know if they want to uncover it. All of these details sound like that. But the ride will be able to be enjoyed on a surface level as well.

If these little details inspire people to want to lean more about this time I. History and the history of Louisiana / New Orleans the all the better. And they are down in New Orleans currently so makes sense to highlight those elements at this press conference/event

I think the big takeaways are the info on the folks behind the music and the reinforcing about the number of animatronics that will be in the ride

 

[Mike S]

 

[TDLFan]

I read those details about WW1 ect, and thought it was satire from an earlier post. I actually had a good laugh, but then I kept reading. I had to go back and see for myself if it was real. No wonder this company is in shambles.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

cynical and blinkered.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Is it me or does it seem like every update seems more and more vague? Like they are giving us concepts about how true they are being to New Orleans but nothing actually concrete about the actual attraction?

Maybe I’m expecting too much?

Also please take special note of this:


Could that rumor about the retheming of Frontierland be true?

Does bring up the question will the Tiana and Naveen look as good as these newer AA's they are rolling out lately..

I'm sure by Destination D they may show more details...

 

[JohnD]

Does bring up the question will the Tiana and Naveen look as good as these newer AA's they are rolling out lately..

I'm sure by Destination D they may show more details...

Or will they be the creepy faceless AAs with projections on them (Kristoff, Anna, Elsa, Olaf, Mickey, Minnie, Dwarfs).

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

This is a theme park ride based on an animated movie based on a centuries-old fairytale and set roughly in an actual historical place and time period. The entire endeavor is cultural appropriation. Cultural appropriation is good.

They could at least fit the Frontier vibe or are they going to have to add that Big Thunder is in the Bayou now?

 

[ToTBellHop]

Or will they be the creepy faceless AAs with projections on them (Kristoff, Anna, Elsa, Olaf, Mickey, Minnie, Dwarfs).

Don’t look into Tiana’s deadlights!

 

[GoneForGood]

One of Disney’s most welcomed and cultivated influencers just slandered Splash as a “racist — ride.” I don’t think she’ll be uninvited from future media events.

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Don't typically respond to this stuff but...

Maybe she thought going on the very evil thing would vanquish the evil within it?
Why ride it...then post a picture of you on it...and then call it racist...I just...HUH?

 

[ToTBellHop]

They could at least fit the Frontier vibe or are they going to have to add that Big Thunder is in the Bayou now?

There are plans that would remove TBA from Frontierland but they are purposely avoiding any statements on what they’ll do as we saw in this Q&A. Not sure why. They seem more focused on using this as a cultural showpiece rather than highlighting how it will look and feel in an actual theme park.

 

[Communicora]

Terence Blanchard is helming music arrangement for the attraction’s queue. Terence is working with us to select songs from “The Princess and the Frog,” as well as iconic themes from New Orleans.

This part sounds good to me. I'll try to reserve judgment about the rest.

Craig from DIS Unplugged was invited on a trip to New Orleans with the Imagineers. I haven't watched the video yet, but here is the link

 

[FettFan]

New representation of the other nationalities that make up New Orleans including Philippines, Mexico, Caribbean, nations of Africa and China

Wait…Mexicans? Filipinos?

There was only around 20,000 Hispanic folks (that is, combining all Hispanic ethnicities) in NOLA as of the 2020 census.

Or are they conflating “Spanish” (as New Orleans was briefly Spanish territory as part of Spanish West Florida) with “Mexican” again?


And why aren’t they featuring the Germans and Irish? Thousands of migrants came and made New Orleans home…that’s why we’ve got German Coast and Irish Channel.

There’s also a large Vietnamese population, however they wouldn’t have been there in the 1920s, as they mostly came as refugees after the Vietnam War.
PS - Dong Phuong bakery in NO East has a reputation for some of the best king cakes in the city. People will literally camp out there during carnival season.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

part of being a master story-teller is knowing how to edit and keep focus on the story....something that seems completely lacking in their own press releases... seriously....

If there's one thing we can agree on, the old-school Imagineers were master storytellers, and none of the rides designed by them had this much convoluted detail and scope condensed into a 10 minute theme park attraction. It truly is laughable.

 

[dreday3]

These types topics can be examples of when thoughtful discussion just isn't allowed.

There can be two things happening at once. The backstory of the ride was offensive and needed to be changed, but it can also be said the new ride is now creating a convoluted storyline just to prove how inclusive Disney is.

But people both sides of the issue deem every person must choose a side (their side) and if someone doesn't, then they are either racist or woke (woke being used as an insult).

God Bless America.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

So maybe one of the show scenes is Tiana and her mother discussing her father's experience as a WWI vet? While a random person plays the saxophone in their living room?

 

[LittleBuford]

There are plans that would remove TEA from Frontierland but they are purposely avoiding any statements on what they’ll do as we saw in this Q&A. Not sure why. They seem more focused on using this as a cultural showpiece rather than highlighting how it will look and feel in an actual theme park.

I’m sure it’s very obvious, but what’s TEA?

 

[CaptainAmerica]

I’m sure it’s very obvious, but what’s TEA?

I think it's just a typo and meant to be TBA.

 

[ToTBellHop]

I’m sure it’s very obvious, but what’s TEA?

Sorry, I meant to type TBA for the new ride.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

There are plans that would remove TBA from Frontierland but they are purposely avoiding any statements on what they’ll do as we saw in this Q&A. Not sure why. They seem more focused on using this as a cultural showpiece rather than highlighting how it will look and feel in an actual theme park.

So far the promotional stuff seems to be coming from research trips and this specific case is taking place in New Orleans so makes sense of where the focus has been in what shared

I would love to see more models and set pieces and stuff - I assume that will be more of the focus of what is covered at D23 in September, but guess we shall see