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!
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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!
matt9112
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The tiara really wrecks it…. Probably also wrecks some thematic components of the area more generally.
Tha Realest
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The designers have gone out of their way to craft a story fully separate and apart from the animated film. This is not the Tiana you’ve come to know- she’s better! if you like the animated film, it will always be there, with its iconic villain and timeless songs. This is an updated Tiana for more modern sensibilities.
yensidtlaw1969
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Before you go I'd appreciate you showing me where I said I liked it . . . because I didn't.
Feel free to leave if you're just gonna keep making up things to be mad at.
PS: Imagineering just confirmed the stars represent Ray and Evangeline. What was that about egg on your face?
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SaucyBoy
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And they've done a horrible job
FutureCEO
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Gag
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.