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

[networkpro]

Having seen this in person, the coloring and foliage is already an improvement. My concern is more for California's Splash which was artfully executed at the outset.

Not concerned one bit. With a dry Mediterranean climate naturally occurring there , everything is from another biome.

 

[DCBaker]

maybe they could add it to Laughing Place Ranch they are building at that Cotino, Storyliving by Disney

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For what it's worth, the name has now been removed from the official art on the website and promotions (it's still on the Disney Parks Blog though).

 

[ddisneyd]

What do we think about opening times based on the aerial photos this week?

 

[Dear Prudence]

What a miserable timeline we are all living in, lmao

 

[Dear Prudence]

Photos from today - looks like the weathervane has been removed from the queue barn.

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Call me a malcontent waxing about the halcyon days of Disney yore, but remember when they had enough class to hide construction projections from guests?

 

[peter11435]

Call me a malcontent waxing about the halcyon days of Disney yore, but remember when they had enough class to hide construction projections from guests?

You mean like when the built it originally?

 

[ToTBellHop]

You mean like when the built it originally?

Don't you remember the 200-foot tall construction wall blocking Tower of Terror in 1994 that they then moved to DAK to block Everest in 2006?

 

[Dear Prudence]

You mean like when the built it originally?

ew.

I don't know why asking for just a little bit more discretion and class is funny and respecting guests a little more is funny, but go off, I suppose.

Generally at Disneyland, projects, even larger scale ones, are more hidden from guests, but this just aligns with WDW having trash littered all over its parks I guess!

 

[MisterPenguin]

I concur with the ones 'going off.'

There is a wall there. A tall one. To hide any more would require ridiculously high walls.

 

[Dear Prudence]

And maybe for the layout of WDW's Frontierland, blocking the construction off is too difficult, but Disneyland has done a consistently better job with isolating projects from guests.

 

[J4546]

i dont even get complaining about construction imo I like looking at it, its fascinating to me. I cant wait for SSE to gets its major refurb cause that is gonna look awesome when its all open and apart

 

[ToTBellHop]

So Disneyland has big walls? I had read about their walls of steel back when Walt was in charge, but not recently. WDW really needs to grow a pair of walls.

 

[Disstevefan1]

i dont even get complaining about construction imo I like looking at it, its fascinating to me. I cant wait for SSE to gets its major refurb cause that is gonna look awesome when its all open and apart

SSE will be an awesome 3 year refurb.

 

[Bocabear]

SSE will be an awesome 3 year refurb.

Just three? Come now...they can do better than that! at least 4....or they can just shutter it indefinitely and roll some planters in...What ride? It is merely a sculpture! Look over there! It's a Meet N Greet building in a forest! Totally worth the 5 years of construction!

 

[UNCgolf]

Call me a malcontent waxing about the halcyon days of Disney yore, but remember when they had enough class to hide construction projections from guests?

While I agree that in general it's better to hide construction -- not just via walls etc. but also things like scheduling work overnight when the park doesn't have guests, to the extent that it's possible -- I honestly don't see how it would be feasible to hide something of this scale in this location.

 

[J4546]

its not, some people just like to cpmplain

 

[Dear Prudence]

While I agree that in general it's better to hide construction -- not just via walls etc. but also things like scheduling work overnight when the park doesn't have guests, to the extent that it's possible -- I honestly don't see how it would be feasible to hide something of this scale in this location.

Thank you! This is more along the lines of what I'd expect!

And, I absolutely get, WDW's location is less sequestered. They've managed to keep the Disneyland former Tarzan's Treehouse under wraps for nearly a year (or is it open yet?). I know when they do refurbishments on Matterhorn, even though that's in the middle of everything, they manage to shield it well enough. The effort is there.

 

[Disstevefan1]

Just three? Come now...they can do better than that! at least 4....or they can just shutter it indefinitely and roll some planters in...What ride? It is merely a sculpture! Look over there! It's a Meet N Greet building in a forest! Totally worth the 5 years of construction!

We joke about 5 years, but with TWDC you never know...

 

[peter11435]

ew.

I don't know why asking for just a little bit more discretion and class is funny and respecting guests a little more is funny, but go off, I suppose.

Generally at Disneyland, projects, even larger scale ones, are more hidden from guests, but this just aligns with WDW having trash littered all over its parks I guess!

Honestly I’m not even really sure what you’re referring to. Disneylands splash project looks just about the same as WDW’s, and It was just as visible during its initial construction. Large projects across Disneyland have consistently been visible to guests. This isn’t new and it’s not unique to WDW.

 

[ToTBellHop]

While I agree that in general it's better to hide construction -- not just via walls etc. but also things like scheduling work overnight when the park doesn't have guests, to the extent that it's possible -- I honestly don't see how it would be feasible to hide something of this scale in this location.

Plus, by Disney standards, they are doing this on a very short timeline. They need to work during the day unless we’d prefer a 3-year closure. I can just avert my eyes if it means this actually opens in 2024.