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

[splah]

man those murals don't fit anything

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

The pieces of art released are promotional material. They aren’t 1:1 reflective of what we are going to see in those scenes.

This should be rather clear when the reused Splash elements (ie. the dock) are on the wrong side, and we have multiple large figures in the water or pretty near close to it in the art.

In this case, I expect the concept art to be fairly accurate for the most part.

Cases where concept art heavily diverges from the finished product are generally due to said art being created when a projects is still many many years away and still in a very early state of development. Perhaps not even having a finalized budget. The initial art with Mama Odie's boat/tree house atop the mountain and Tiana/Louis out front is a good example of this. Other examples include early art for Toy Story Land, New Fantasyland (which went through multiple major revisions), Cosmic Rewind etc. Same situation is unfolding with the Beyond Big Thunder and Dinoland plans as well.

When a project is in a more finalized state with a locked in budget and construction is about to begin, concept art tends to be more accurate. An example of this was Frozen at Epcot, where the art was pretty much spot on with what was built. The two pieces of art we're discussing for Tiana are quite recent. They released them in July and November last year. When the attraction already had a finalized plan and locked in budget, with construction beginning not long after. As such, I suspect the art should be much more accurate to what ends up being built with only perhaps a few minor changes here and there such as positioning or whatnot. It would also not come as too big of a surprise if we actually do get some semi submerged AA's.

 

[Brer Panther]

Wasn't the concept art of Tiana and Naveen in the boat released in 2021?

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

Wasn't the concept art of Tiana and Naveen in the boat released in 2021?

No, it was July last year shortly before D23. Same time they announced the official name of the ride.

Tiana’s Bayou Adventure Coming to Disney Parks in Late 2024

Strike up the band because we’ve saved a seat for you on this musical journey with Tiana and friends! The name of the new attraction evolving from the reimagining of Splash Mountain was announced today during ESSENCE Fest in New Orleans: Tiana’s

disneyparks.disney.go.com

 

[Brer Oswald]

In this case, I expect the concept art to be fairly accurate for the most part.

Cases where concept art heavily diverges from the finished product are generally due to said art being created when a projects is still many many years away and still in a very early state of development. Perhaps not even having a finalized budget. The initial art with Mama Odie's boat/tree house atop the mountain and Tiana/Louis out front is a good example of this. Other examples include early art for Toy Story Land, New Fantasyland (which went through multiple major revisions), Cosmic Rewind etc. Same situation is unfolding with the Beyond Big Thunder and Dinoland plans as well.

When a project is in a more finalized state with a locked in budget and construction is about to begin, concept art tends to be more accurate. An example of this was Frozen at Epcot, where the art was pretty much spot on with what was built. The two pieces of art we're discussing for Tiana are quite recent. They released them in July and November last year. When the attraction already had a finalized plan and locked in budget, with construction beginning not long after. As such, I suspect the art should be much more accurate to what ends up being built with only perhaps a few minor changes here and there such as positioning or whatnot. It would also not come as too big of a surprise if we actually do get some semi submerged AA's.

Not trying to be that guy, but let’s look at the pieces.

This concept art is presumably of the opening scene for WDW considering it has the Florida logs. Instead of curving to the left, as it should, it’s curving to the right. You have Louis half submerged in water and the alleged Tiana A1000 standing on a tiny rock. The dock with the critters, presumably the same one from Splash in this very scene, is both enlarged and on the wrong side.

Then you have this piece of art.

This is of Disneyland’s former LP scene if Splash Archives is to believed. Unfortunately, we have a submerged Louis and Turtles directly in the ride path of the logs. So we already know this isn’t going to be a 1:1 layout of what the actual scene will be.

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

I didn't say that the art would be 100% accurate to all of their exact positions, I said I expect it to be mostly accurate to what the scenery looks like and I suspect that the characters in those pieces of art should also be present and will be legitimate AA's. Except maybe those submerged turtles and the recycled hanging possums from Splash, which will likely have limited motion due to their size.

 

[BrerFoxesBayouAdventure]

I'm hoping that the decoration is being painted on and that's just a reference on the left. But I wouldn't be surprised if they are just putting up a banner

man those murals don't fit anything

I'm pretty confident the murals are just giant posters being pasted onto the jaundiced barn. The way they cut off is just too "artificial" to be painted by hand.

 

[James Alucobond]

I'm pretty confident the murals are just giant posters being pasted onto the jaundiced barn. The way they cut off is just too "artificial" to be painted by hand.

What are you talking about? They're reference sheets for the painters.

 

[BrerFoxesBayouAdventure]

What are you talking about? They're reference sheets for the painters.

I'm saying it looks bad.

 

[James Alucobond]

You didn't say that; you said something completely inaccurate.

 

[harrisonm]

Forbidden site photo of Louis being painted:

 

[drizgirl]

Forbidden site photo of Louis being painted:
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So the site is forbidden. But it's OK to steal their photos?

 

[WaluigiTime]

So the site is forbidden. But it's OK to steal their photos?

I have no idea what the forbidden site is

 

[SplashJacket]

*checks thread to see if the greatest ever defunct ride has come back*

*GMR still hasn’t returned*

*cries self to sleep*

 

[harrisonm]

I have no idea what the forbidden site is

The name of the guy that runs it rhymes with “Mom Snorless”

 

[cranbiz]

So the site is forbidden. But it's OK to steal their photos?

Not like they have not stolen pictures from this site(or others). The difference is here they get credit for them even if it is referred to as the forbidden site. Almost all the regulars know exactly what the source is. The other site makes it a habit not to credit the source, which is one reason why it's the forbidden site.

 

[TeriofTerror]

So the site is forbidden. But it's OK to steal their photos?

I don't often (or almost ever) listen to his podcast, but he was spilling tea on the Disney fan community so I thought I'd have a guilty indulgence. He actually said some nice things about Steve.

 

[Tha Realest]

I don't often (or almost ever) listen to his podcast, but he was spilling tea on the Disney fan community so I thought I'd have a guilty indulgence. He actually said some nice things about Steve.

It was a great listen. I really enjoyed that one.

 

[drizgirl]

I don't often (or almost ever) listen to his podcast, but he was spilling tea on the Disney fan community so I thought I'd have a guilty indulgence. He actually said some nice things about Steve.

That's great. But I still think stealing photos is too far.

 

[Brer Panther]

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Wow, Louis is tremendously off-model there.