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

[LittleBuford]

And you gotta figure if they left the boat, similar voices on here would be like "SEE, they cheaped out! Didn't even change out the finale".

Indeed. Every new piece of information occasions anger and derision, regardless of what it is.

 

[mickEblu]

problem with that thinking is assuming there will be a lesson learned.... I think today's Disney is less concerned about failures as they seem to happen a lot more often... they eventually move on to something else or just leave it and stop talking about it.
The ride really can't be a failure...at the worst, people will like the old version better but it will still be mobbed...The overall structure and design of the ride system will always be great...the rest is storytelling and set dressing.
I am sure they will do a decent job... just won't be what it was....

Yeah I know. I’ve literally said everything you’ve said above in various posts through the last few years. Splash’s bones are so good it can’t fail per say but it has the opportunity to be showstopper or it could be a sad reminder of once was that doesn’t move the needle and perhaps becomes the last straw for many people on the fence.

 

[Disstevefan1]

Indeed. Every new piece of information occasions anger and derision, regardless of what it is.

 

[LittleBuford]

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I mean, that's not far off! It's a frenzy of doom and gloom here, and that's on a good day.

 

[Disney Analyst]

I mean, that's not far off! It's a frenzy of doom and gloom here, and that's on a good day.

That's the internet in general. People live off doom. Doom scrolling. Rage farming. It seems to be manys only thrill in life.

If they do the ultimate in stupidity and mess with the original ride track to make it more "inclusive", all bets are off.

There is nothing being done to the ride track, as far any insider has stated. Ride stays the same, new interior / scenes / AAs.

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

And you gotta figure if they left the boat, similar voices on here would be like "SEE, they cheaped out! Didn't even change out the finale".

Cheapening out is decapitating the mountain and not putting anything on top to replace it. Or reducing the AA population, or substituting physical props with video screens. Or not building a new ride that can better stand on its own merits and meaningfully expands park capacity.

Once this retheme became an inevitably though, many of us entered the bargaining phase and hoped it would at least reopen as similar to Splash as possible, within reason. Removing the riverboat is out of that scope of reason, it was an element that does not and should not be removed because it fits Tiana perfectly, better than it did for SOTS. it is simply wasteful and foolish. Throwing away resources that would have been better spent elsewhere. And will probably guarantee the finale will be of lower quality.

 

[Disney Analyst]

Cheapening out is decapitating the mountain and not putting anything on top to replace it. Or reducing the AA population, or substituting physical props with video screens. Or not building a new ride that can better stand on its own merits and meaningfully expands park capacity.

Once this retheme became an inevitably though, many of us entered the bargaining phase and hoped it would at least reopen as similar to Splash as possible, within reason. Removing the riverboat is out of that scope of reason, it was an element that does not and should not be removed because it fits Tiana perfectly, better than it did for SOTS. it is simply wasteful and foolish. Throwing away resources that would have been better spent elsewhere. And will probably guarantee the finale will be of lower quality.

I didn't know you could see the future. I also didn't know keeping the old riverboat prop was the only thing spelling this re-theme from full disaster.

Well now that it's a total wash, and the world is officially ending, I guess we won't see you in the queue?

 

[JD80]

Yall are too emotionally invested in this ride. Can we keep it to construction updates?

 

[Disstevefan1]

There is nothing being done to the ride track, as far any insider has stated. Ride stays the same, new interior / scenes / AAs.

Thank goodness. With the same track this attraction will be as popular as ever.

Can't wait for it to reopen in two or three years.

 

[mickEblu]

I have said it before and I will say it again, when this reopens, it will BE MOBBED, (guaranteed a virtual queue) because its NEW and folks are starved for NEW things.

Then after the newness wares off, it will be as popular as before because it's a fun log flume ride.

If they do the ultimate in stupidity and mess with the original ride track to make it more "inclusive", all bets are off.

I don’t think anyone disagrees with your first two paragraphs. There is a culture war going on in this country and Disney is not immune. If they don’t knock it out of the park with Tiana, people will be reminded of how and why we lost a classic attraction. Replacing the riverboat finale (if true) with Tiana’s palace and 6 AAs is not it. It would feel so empty regardless of how good the 6 AAs are.

They are stupid enough to mess with the ride track but fortunately they re losing their @$$ right now and can’t afford it.

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

Do we know if the new animatronics will be like the (amazing) Beauty and the Beast ones? I was watching a video of 7 dwarfs and am praying the projected faces trend has ended, they just never look right.

 

[Bocabear]

The style of the finale riverboat is very different from the riverboat style from the P&TF movie... I can understand them changing it for that reason... I am hoping it will have a riverboat in it somewhere... If it doesn't it doesn't, I guess.
I am in the final phase of DABDA...lol now at Acceptance.
doesn't mean I am happy about it...but I can accept and be hopeful....

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Do we know if the new animatronics will be like the (amazing) Beauty and the Beast ones? I was watching a video of 7 dwarfs and am praying the projected faces trend has ended, they just never look right.

everything I have seen is they will be the higher end ones - whether that good or as good as the River Journey Shamen, not sure but they are the A1000 or whatever

obviously speculation at least some of them will be like the BatB ones given the concept art for Tiana is in a very similar pose holding a lantern to one of the Belle AAs in BatB

And seems like Disney is done with the projection faces - the Frozen Ride in Hong Kong is using regulat physical moving faces and haven't seen any of the projection ones in a while

 

[Bocabear]

Disney loves to promote...so if there are great animatronics made for the ride there will be some sort of a press release when they appear... Like the B&TB animatronics... And those are wonderful...but the ride looks a bit less than fabulous...lots of repetition and half empty rooms.... but the animatronics look great!

 

[mickEblu]

Can they afford to keep spending 100s of millions of dollars on movies (Lightyear, Strange World) and ride rethemes (Tiana, Pixar Pier, Mission Breakout) that lose money or don’t move the needle?

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

I didn't know you could see the future. I also didn't know keeping the old riverboat prop was the only thing spelling this re-theme from full disaster.

Well now that it's a total wash, and the world is officially ending, I guess we won't see you in the queue?

There are a lot of things that will need to be done correctly to prevent it from being a disaster. Screwing up the finale and reducing the animatronic population to 6 is pretty high up on that list given how impactful that scene is to the ride.

If the ride sucks, I indeed won't be getting in line. Did you think you had some sort of "haha gotcha" with that question? If I don't enjoy a ride, I don't ride it. And that number is rapidly growing as of late. Lay off the troll juice, thus far I have been far more charitable to this retheme than the vast majority of people here due to having heard some good things. I hope for everyone's sake that the tweet is incorrect though because it would destroy a lot of the hope I had for it.

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

Do we know if the new animatronics will be like the (amazing) Beauty and the Beast ones? I was watching a video of 7 dwarfs and am praying the projected faces trend has ended, they just never look right.

I was specifically told months ago they will be proper physical figures, not projected. Some will be A1000s. There will be some less advanced but still high quality AA's as well.

Then again, I was also told they would be reusing the America Sings characters too. So we'll see.

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

Can they afford to keep spending 100s of millions of dollars on movies (Lightyear, Strange World) and ride rethemes (Tiana, Pixar Pier, Mission Breakout) that lose money or don’t move the needle?

Technically yes, they ”can” afford it because they are still making billions in profit, the bigger question is how long will the executives last because they used to make tens of billions.

 

[Joel]

mess with the original ride track to make it more "inclusive"

What does this even mean?

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

What does this even mean?

I’m guessing he means making the drops less intense to make it more appealing to little kids.