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News Tiana's Bayou Adventure - latest details and construction progress
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yensidtlaw1969
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In fairness, it's not exactly out of character for the woman who redecorated an old sugar mill to look like a Riverboat. A Tiara on the water tower fits pretty squarely in Tiana's known sensibilities, whether we like how it looks or not:
JustInTime
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I agree!!Oh yeah - Ray's side-story with Evangeline is probably one of my favorite Disney side-character stories ever. I love it and cried when I watched it the first time!
neo999955
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I get people don't love it, but it does seem pretty hard to say this is doesn't make any sense. I think it looks fine, I do hope they add some lights to make it stand out a bit more.
I'm not saying it's all women/girls, but it's not out of the norm for a girl to add something sparkly to something industrial/boring. I can totally see Tiana topping it with a tiara. She bejeweled it!
TheMaxRebo
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TheMaxRebo
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I'm not saying it's all women/girls, but it's not out of the norm for a girl to add something sparkly to something industrial/boring. I can totally see Tiana topping it with a tiara. She bejeweled it!
They are using an IP that is part of their Disney Princess collection, having some sort of bling doesn't seem outlandish
LittleBuford
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It’s also worth noting that Tiana is shown wearing a tiara (albeit of simpler design) inside the restaurant:
Sir_Cliff
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Yes, I'm at peace with the ride changing and don't hate the water tower as such. It's just the tiara and little sparkles that I don't love, even if there is a story-based logic for them.
I'm also not someone who thinks the time and place of the ride is particularly jarring for its location. I do feel, though, that externally everything should more or less look like a credible cohesive whole. I put it in the same basket as the upcoming Coco-themed restaurant in Frontierland, Disneyland Paris. While it's out of time and place, putting a restaurant themed to a more contemporary Mexico-based IP in place of an existing tex-mex themed restaurant doesn't seem totally out of line for a Disney theme park. I just wish the sign looked like it actually belonged in Frontierland from the outside, rather than this:
I know it's focussing on small details, but that's kind of why many of us became fans of Disney parks in the first place.
yensidtlaw1969
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Notice also the Lily Pads and Lotuses throughout the architectural elements - even in the wrought iron railings. A lotus-shaped wrought iron Tiara to jazz up an existing piece of infrastructure seems pretty consistent with how the character would do things.It’s also worth noting that Tiana is shown wearing a tiara (albeit of simpler design) inside the restaurant:
Sir_Cliff
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Blog Mickey has some photos up that show it in greater detail:
blogmickey.com
This gives a better sense, I think, of how it looks in perspective. Thankfully, not too overpowering and, honestly, I think the tower itself looks fine if you can just airbrush out the tiara. Sometimes less is more!
DETAILED LOOK: Tiara-Topped Tiana's Foods Water Tower Installed at Tiana's Bayou Adventure in Magic Kingdom
Good morning from Magic Kingdom where the tiara-topped Tiana's Foods water tower has been installed at Tiana's Bayou Adventure
blogmickey.com
This gives a better sense, I think, of how it looks in perspective. Thankfully, not too overpowering and, honestly, I think the tower itself looks fine if you can just airbrush out the tiara. Sometimes less is more!
the_rich
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Yea, I actually like it. Too bad you can only have one opinion here otherwise you're deemed a pixie duster.Blog Mickey has some photos up that show it in greater detail:
DETAILED LOOK: Tiara-Topped Tiana's Foods Water Tower Installed at Tiana's Bayou Adventure in Magic Kingdom
Good morning from Magic Kingdom where the tiara-topped Tiana's Foods water tower has been installed at Tiana's Bayou Adventure
This gives a better sense, I think, of how it looks in perspective. Thankfully, not too overpowering and, honestly, I think the tower itself looks fine if you can just airbrush out the tiara. Sometimes less is more!
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Brian
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Perhaps my expectations were low, but I'm just glad there isn't a small ad space for whatever Disney+ original is coming out soon.
EricsBiscuit
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The tiara is out of place in Frontierland and the tower itself looks cheap.
yensidtlaw1969
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That you'll never, ever lose sight of whatâs really important.
The Princess and the Frog (2009) Family clip with quote That you'll never, ever lose sight of what’s really important. Yarn is the best search for video clips by quote. Find the exact moment in a TV show, movie, or music video you want to share. Easily move forward or backward to get...
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Related - it seems like the quote is meant to be visble to guests as the logs float around the corner on the upper level of the flume.
Exactly.
This ride is also meant for children, so I can see little girls/boys being very excited to see a giant Tiana tiara on top!
Mikomike12
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It's a tribute to her father, I don't see a problem with it. Not tacky at all IMO
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PREMiERdrum
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Tiana has a pretty obvious affinity for Art Nouveau style, which affords some some fun interplay with more traditional New Orleans wrought iron work. Plenty won't like the implementation, but from an art direction perspective it's quite appropriate.
matt9112
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Nothing about this project needs to be realistic even in the sense of a realistic decision she may or may not make. We know that there is a lot of liberty taken with things. It’s impossible to drill down and make something super realistic. We need fantasy and make believe. The parks are an escape from reality. Not an expensive place to see reality with rides.
In this case although I agree with you that she probably would be okay being this flamboyant with the decor of the water tower. Creative liberty for maintaining thematic cohesion within this area of the park should have taken precedence. Cherry picking plausibility and reality is something imagineering does and HAS to do to an extent. This was a poor spend of that capital.
LittleBuford
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I have no problem with the words or sentiment; it's the look of the inscription I object to. It has the same stencil-generated-from-a-Word-printout aesthetic as the spice-cart inscriptions at the Morocco pavilion.That you'll never, ever lose sight of whatâs really important.
The Princess and the Frog (2009) Family clip with quote That you'll never, ever lose sight of what’s really important. Yarn is the best search for video clips by quote. Find the exact moment in a TV show, movie, or music video you want to share. Easily move forward or backward to get...