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

[Kirby86]

I thought the ride wasn't supposed to open until around December 2024?

They said late 2024. I'm assuming they are aiming for a September or October opening to work out any kinks the ride may have before the Thanksgiving to Christmas crowd's show up.

 

[Brer Oswald]

They HAVE plenty more to show from what I've heard. They've already got a substantial amount of the new critter AA's completed. I'd also bet some of the human figures are already done too, more standard A1000s apparently. For some reason, they're keeping a ton about this ride a secret.

I also suspect this may be an older video. An "amazing state of the art Louis AA" was one of the first ones I heard was in testing last year. It sounded like it was in a mostly complete state at the time (at least the internals). Unless this particular Louis figure is different than the one they tested. But then again, why not show the one they were testing if so? It's pretty weird.

And as I said, myself and others are aware that a CGI ridethrough exists. They showed one of those for Beauty and the Beast and 7DMT years before opening. So they could show the one for Tiana as well.


It's a vague "late 2024", no specific month. Though they do seem to be going at a fairly swift pace based off what it appears. I also heard there was a desire from imagineering to get it done much earlier, some of the more aggressive people even pushing for mid-late summer. But it's up to corporate to allow it, dunno if they did.

I know they have more. That’s why it’s weird. They sound confident on the ride, but their actions don’t really show it’s. It’s been vague talk and a bunch of renders of the exterior.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

I know they have more. That’s why it’s weird. They sound confident on the ride, but their actions don’t really show it’s. It’s been vague talk and a bunch of renders of the exterior.

Ok, let's see that CGI thing that @SplashMountainArchives is sitting on. Time for some answers!

 

[Brer Panther]

I'm sure the Louis animatronic will look mighty impressive once it's completed, but seeing its inner workings or whatever is really creepy.

Remember when everyone was guessing that they'd reskin a Brer Bear animatronic or two for Louis?

 

[BrerFoxesBayouAdventure]

I'm kind of on the side of those who find Tiana's Palace a bit of a miss.

It's obvious why they put it there and it is how it is because it is a retrofit of an existing restaurant.

The one thing I get from this is Tiana's not good enough for anything built from the ground up, she gets hand-me-downs.

 

[James Alucobond]

The one thing I get from this is Tiana's not good enough for anything built from the ground up, she gets hand-me-downs.

A lot of attractions are hand-me-downs. You’re just particularly bitter about the one Tiana got.

 

[BrerFoxesBayouAdventure]

A lot of attractions are hand-me-downs. You’re just particularly bitter about the one Tiana got.

I liked Runaway Railway and even I'll admit that one is an inferior hand-me-down from TGMR, they reused the same ride vehicles and kept the layout similar.

 

[Chi84]

The one thing I get from this is Tiana's not good enough for anything built from the ground up, she gets hand-me-downs.

I get that she’s good enough to succeed one of the park’s best attractions. Quite an honor!

 

[JoeCamel]

I get that she’s good enough to succeed one of the park’s best attractions. Quite an honor!

If the Brer boys had bought more merch and come up with a princess story we could still be splashin'

 

[Chi84]

If the Brer boys had bought more merch and come up with a princess story we could still be splashin'

Disney does love its princesses.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

Disney does love its princesses.

If I owned a $40B franchise, I would too.

 

[JoeCamel]

Disney does love its princesses.

A princess in every pot makes Bob a happy boy

 

[Rich Brownn]

The one thing I get from this is Tiana's not good enough for anything built from the ground up, she gets hand-me-downs.

Splash Mountains animatronics were hand-me-downs at Disneyland (from "America Sings")

 

[7982Brick]

The Louis animatronic looks impressive but are we to believe that Disney is gonna put more than 2 Louis animatronics in the ride.

 

[mickEblu]

The Louis animatronic looks impressive but are we to believe that Disney is gonna put more than 2 Louis animatronics in the ride.

I’d imagine 3 minimum. Maybe 4.

 

[Mike S]

Shall we start a betting pool for how long it takes before Louis is most often seen in B mode?

 

[Smiley/OCD]

Shall we start a betting pool for how long it takes before Louis is most often seen in B mode?

I’ll take the under 90 days…

 

[wdwmagic]

The Louis animatronic looks impressive but are we to believe that Disney is gonna put more than 2 Louis animatronics in the ride.

Well, according to Josh "they're hard at work on all the figures that we're just packing into this attraction"

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

You’re just particularly bitter about the one Tiana got.

This isn't remotely true, there are still people bitter to this day over what they did to Horizons, World of Motion, Imagination and now Great Movie Ride. I'm one of them. Tiana is not unique in that regard.

What is different about Tiana is that Disney poked an immensely larger hornets nest this time, angering far more people than normal. The other examples I mentioned above were all massive mistakes as well and i'm every bit as disgusted by those as Splash. Perhaps even moreso as there's at least a potential chance that Tiana won't be as much of a downgrade as what happened with the others. That said, Splash is far more well known and more popular among the general public than anything they've destroyed before. It's more similar to losing Haunted Mansion or Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean. As a result, a lot more people than usual took notice and expressed their anger over this than with past closures.

The Louis animatronic looks impressive but are we to believe that Disney is gonna put more than 2 Louis animatronics in the ride.

I don't know how many copies of Louis they'll have, but he's a major character and i'd imagine he would probably be one of (if not the) biggest merch pushers. I suspect he'll appear more than twice.

I'm curious if some of his variants will be partially submerged like one of the pieces of art showcased. If there are some that are underwater and others that aren't, then there may also be different technologies at play between the Louis figures. Perhaps some will be more advanced than others as well.

Shall we start a betting pool for how long it takes before Louis is most often seen in B mode?

I’ll take the under 90 days…

I'm guessing a lot of these new A1000 figures will start having lengthy breakdowns within the first few months of operation. They have serious trouble maintaining far smaller quantities of these types of AA's in entirely dry attractions. Imagine how a much larger quantity in a very wet environment would do. I don't want to think about what it will look like after a year or so, they'll probably just be abandoned outright same as Splash's figures. And it may even end up in worse condition due to the figures being so advanced.

 

[James Alucobond]

This isn't remotely true …

I think it is absolutely true for the user I quoted. I wasn’t speaking generally.