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

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harrisonm

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More decor being added to the rocks, looks like the water tower came pre-installed with some already
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EagleScout610

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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.
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My theory is it's supposed to draw riders eyes away from the drop as you make the first two loops around the mountain
 
matt9112

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PREMiERdrum said:
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.
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If the surrounding area was New Orleans I would agree. If the tiara did not seem to wreck forced prospective. Granted I guess this is any easy way to make the mountain small and accessible. But that doesn’t really justify the decision. The surrounding area is not New Orleans and even if they did redo the general area (from pico bills to big thunder) than big thunder would be a massive incoherence. Granted you might argue that big thunder isn’t long for this world. I would say that’s a possibility with the beyond thunder mountain talk HOWEVER Disney's track record of redoing things and retrheming them isn’t great in my opinion.

There’s a lush Polynesian water/trail thing in the center of Epcot center for example.
 
Incomudro

Incomudro

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Bocabear said:
The whole thing is terrible...especially the "Tiana's Foods" logo. Whoever dreamed up this backstory for the ride should have been sacked.
It sounds unimaginative and joyless. No one wants to visit an "Employee Owned Foods Factory" ride. Visiting her beautiful dream restaurant after the ride would have been a must-do, but this corporatization twist in the storyline for the ride makes no sense and really ruins the simple sweetness of the story and characters. Maybe it will be like Tokyo Disney Sea's Sinbad attraction...and after a year, they will go back and make it a sweet magical adventure without the contorted food factory storyline.
I can't wait for Cinderella's Employee Owned Shoe Factory & Sweatshop ride!
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"Foods" is just awful.
It sounds bad.
It would have been better had they skipped the food conglomerate thing and stuck with the restaurant.
"Tiana's Place" would have been nice.
 
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matt9112

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EagleScout610 said:
My theory is it's supposed to draw riders eyes away from the drop as you make the first two loops around the mountain
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Possible however I don’t buy the demographic shift in the rides appeal that has been talked about…. A ride filled with cute cartoon like animals and a catchy song doesn’t seem to be any less for kids than a princess is. The height requirement already is low enough and is unlikely to change. The drop will still be there. In fact splash mountain made a point of having signs and such indicating the large drop from a transparency as well as marketing prospective. Not sure if guests being utterly surprised and upset the drop exists is a better option. IF you somehow made the drop ignorable when approaching and waiting for the attraction.

Maybe they can hide the screams too?
 
Incomudro

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TheMaxRebo said:
Really like it!

Out front, away from the hill a bit more than I was expecting - as mentioned I think it helps reduce the size of the mountain

Nice to see progress and this didn't sit backstage for a month or anything
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Reducing the visual size perspective of the mountain is a terrible route.
Part of the fun of Splash - and it should be the fun of Tiana's - is the slight sense of intimidation, and big sense of fun that the structure implies.
Just like space Mountain, just like Big Thunder, just like Expedition Everest.
 
Sir_Cliff

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LittleBuford said:
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.
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Just for comparison, I'm kind of interested to look at how they handled painted text in the original Splash. Interesting to know whether they look more authentic and, if so, why that is:

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PREMiERdrum

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matt9112 said:
If the surrounding area was New Orleans I would agree. If the tiara did not seem to wreck forced prospective. Granted I guess this is any easy way to make the mountain small and accessible. But that doesn’t really justify the decision. The surrounding area is not New Orleans and even if they did redo the general area (from pico bills to big thunder) than big thunder would be a massive incoherence. Granted you might argue that big thunder isn’t long for this world. I would say that’s a possibility with the beyond thunder mountain talk HOWEVER Disney's track record of redoing things and retrheming them isn’t great in my opinion.

There’s a lush Polynesian water/trail thing in the center of Epcot center for example.
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This is correct.

However, the same issue existed with Splash as well - the deep south is a far cry from the old west. We just didn't care because we grew up with it that way. If all goes as I think it will, the ride will fit its surroundings much better in the near future.
 
TheMaxRebo

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Incomudro said:
Reducing the visual size perspective of the mountain is a terrible route.
Part of the fun of Splash - and it should be the fun of Tiana's - is the slight sense of intimidation, and big sense of fun that the structure implies.
Just like space Mountain, just like Big Thunder, just like Expedition Everest.
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I get that and agree from a ride experience perspective.... But also seen a lot of chatter about how no mountains in Louisiana so then making the hill look lower makes sense thematically
 
retr0gate

retr0gate

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I like the Tiara more than I thought I would. Initially I was disappointed that we didn't get the one depicted in the WDW render, as I think it would've added some distinction between this one + the Disneyland one, but ultimately, I think the simplicity of this design works. Forgetting it's a tiara entirely, the lotus design is a nice embellishment and compliments the whimsy of the Splash structure nicely. I'd imagine it'll look even better once more "natural" elements are added to the facade.
 
Smiley/OCD

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PK2 said:
Looks quite nice though perhaps it needed a weathering pass. I get that it's a princess thing and we don't want it to look worn out and old either, but it could do with looking like it wasn't just made yesterday.

I also semi-expected the tiara to light up, even if it was just the sparkles, so I'm a bit surprised it seems like it doesn't.
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As soon as the yeti gets fixed, they’re bringing the strobe over…
 
Weather_Lady

Weather_Lady

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LittleBuford said:
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.
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I agree! Why couldn't they have done this in a style and font that matched the theme (as was done with the front of the tower)? This is pure laziness.
 

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