Brer Panther
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I hope this focus on the salt mine/food co-op crap doesn't mean Louis is going to have a small role. I like Louis.
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News Tiana's Bayou Adventure - latest details and construction progress
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Ghost93
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I'm still optimistic that the co-op stuff is just backstory conveyed in the queue and that Louis and the other talking animals will play a big part in the ride itself.
There's definitely going to be some magical element as we know Mama Odie will appear in the attraction shortly before the drop.
MerlinTheGoat
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Louis isn't going to be sidelined. He's the most merch-pushing character in that movie and has been in every piece of art for the ride thus far.
I still think the exterior and queue is where most of this backstory will be pronounced. While the interior of the ride will largely skew towards showcasing musical animals having a Mardi Gras party in the bayou. Which again is why I said it looks like there are two different clashing visions for this ride (and neither one was scrapped).
I still think the exterior and queue is where most of this backstory will be pronounced. While the interior of the ride will largely skew towards showcasing musical animals having a Mardi Gras party in the bayou. Which again is why I said it looks like there are two different clashing visions for this ride (and neither one was scrapped).
Animaniac93-98
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This sounds like the most logical, likely outcome which is why it's confusing Disney doesn't just say that.
ToTBellHop
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I have two canisters in my fridge.
WondersOfLife
Blink, blink. Breathe, breathe. Day in, day out.
...........Disney has truly lost all of their "CREATIVE" talents..... Haven't they?
Can you imagine ANY of these people coming up with an attraction like the original Imagination? Or something as grand as Spaceship Earth? Haunted Mansion? Heck...... Even Countdown to Extinction????
Triple yikes.
This is no longer the same company it once was... We all knew that... But it has never been so blatantly in our face such as this...
Can you imagine ANY of these people coming up with an attraction like the original Imagination? Or something as grand as Spaceship Earth? Haunted Mansion? Heck...... Even Countdown to Extinction????
Triple yikes.
This is no longer the same company it once was... We all knew that... But it has never been so blatantly in our face such as this...
Casper Gutman
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In the film, Louie seemed completely extraneous, an afterthought to push merch. Ray was the animal sidekick with heart, a character arc, and a narrative purpose. It makes a sad kind of sense that Louie made the cut while the much more engaging figures of Ray, Facilier, and (probably) Charlotte don’t.
Imagineering should get to work on the Facilier AA and the Ray projection pronto, because the negative feedback after this opens is going to be so pronounced that panicked execs are going to want a book-report makeover as soon as possible.
Eventually, do they plan to have frogs in their attraction based on The Princess and the Frog?
Magenta Panther
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Holy crap, this is worse than I could ever have imagined. You can almost smell the fear from the people who thought up this preachy killjoy ride replacement. So eager to please and so desperate not to offend, they've concocted a ride narrative that's complete and total cringe. AND those character sketches - all those people wearing little aprons with Tiana's Foods logos on them like they're all baristas from Starbucks. What emotion, exactly, are those characters supposed to inspire? Certainly not amusement or excitement. The Princess and The Frog is not a movie known for strong characters or a great plot anyway, and now the "Imagineers" have made the situation worse with new, even blander characters and that clunky PC storyline. No drama, no tension, and not even a villain - where the heck is Dr. Facilier? By far the most interesting character in the film and he's being left out? Why? I'd rather have a PatF ride that retells the movie story than this treacly follow-up. It's so boring and pandering that it's offensive in its own right. I nearly fell asleep reading the ride description.
Instead of a Laughing Place, we're getting an employee-owned co-op. Instead of rollicking music and classic talking animals, we're getting a Trader Joe's - with a log flume. Instead of the Briar Patch, we're getting Tiana's Foods - a dark ride in a grocery store! Wow, I've always wanted to get wet while shopping at the A&P!
Just appalling. This reboot reeks with astronomical suck. I bet the gang at Universal are laughing their butts off right now. Me...I feel more like crying. And maybe I would if I wasn't so ticked. Damn it, Imagineers, people want to have FUN on a ride. What's fun about that? What's fun about a dorky scavenger hunt for some missing ingredient? Why in Hades should we care?
God. Unbelievable. Just unbelievable. So lame it'd almost be laughable if it weren't so tragic.
Instead of a Laughing Place, we're getting an employee-owned co-op. Instead of rollicking music and classic talking animals, we're getting a Trader Joe's - with a log flume. Instead of the Briar Patch, we're getting Tiana's Foods - a dark ride in a grocery store! Wow, I've always wanted to get wet while shopping at the A&P!
Just appalling. This reboot reeks with astronomical suck. I bet the gang at Universal are laughing their butts off right now. Me...I feel more like crying. And maybe I would if I wasn't so ticked. Damn it, Imagineers, people want to have FUN on a ride. What's fun about that? What's fun about a dorky scavenger hunt for some missing ingredient? Why in Hades should we care?
God. Unbelievable. Just unbelievable. So lame it'd almost be laughable if it weren't so tragic.
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FigmentForever96
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Disney is wayyyy over explaining the backstory here but it’s quite obvious the setup of the ride is them going to find the ingredients. I’d imagine the ride portion will be the high energy, musical portions with the animals, singing and music and the finale being the large Mardi Gra celebration.
Magenta Panther
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You got it right about Louis. Completely unnecessary, and worse, he wasn't funny.
Magenta Panther
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Or unobtanium.
Animator_Alex
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Or the friends we made along the way
To all who come to this happy place, you are the ingredient
TinkerBelle8878
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So basically we're doing Tiana's grocery shopping? This was the best idea for a story? We'd be better off with The Princess and the Frog reenacted and just placed in Splash Mountain like all the old Fantasyland dark rides.
Notes from Neverland
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Like other recent Disney attractions, the convoluted backstory isn't necessary. Guests shouldn't need to read paragraphs of information to understand what they're about to see.
I suspect the ride will at least start as a co-op tour bringing us along as friends for a tour with some plan to meet up with Tiana before "something goes wrong." That'd at least fit the classic ride trope.
I think a lot is to reuse as many set pieces as possible, arguably to save money. There are multiple scenes early in Splash that seem adaptable to farming.
I think a lot is to reuse as many set pieces as possible, arguably to save money. There are multiple scenes early in Splash that seem adaptable to farming.
LittleBuford
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Well, I’m glad to see we’re now allowed to discuss non-construction matters in this thread.
As I said over in the Disneyland forum, this latest description of the backstory reads almost like an Onion parody. I just hope, as others have said, that all of this convoluted setup will have very little bearing on the ride itself.
As I said over in the Disneyland forum, this latest description of the backstory reads almost like an Onion parody. I just hope, as others have said, that all of this convoluted setup will have very little bearing on the ride itself.
Ghost93
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One thing that just occurred to me is that the food co-op will likely be a big part of the Tiana Disney Plus series. Several of the co-op members pictured in that Black and White photo may be characters in the show.
Maybe the elaborate explanation of the co-op's backstory will be common knowledge by the time the ride opens, as it will already be thoroughly established in the show. And maybe the only reason they are providing so many details now is so that we don't become confused by the concept they are going for as construction progresses.
Maybe the elaborate explanation of the co-op's backstory will be common knowledge by the time the ride opens, as it will already be thoroughly established in the show. And maybe the only reason they are providing so many details now is so that we don't become confused by the concept they are going for as construction progresses.
This is the construction thread. I don't know why the backstory link was dropped here when it was also dropped in the general TBA discussion thread.
I guess if you want to discuss how the backstory affects construction (how many AAs will this need?), it belongs here.
And if one wants to give hot takes on the backstory, then that is currently being discussed in these two threads:
forums.wdwmagic.com
forums.wdwmagic.com
I guess if you want to discuss how the backstory affects construction (how many AAs will this need?), it belongs here.
And if one wants to give hot takes on the backstory, then that is currently being discussed in these two threads:
News - Splash Mountain retheme to Princess and the Frog - Tiana's Bayou Adventure
Disney has shared new details on the storyline for Tiana's Bayou Adventure - Wow.. a grocery store trip? Just what every fan dreams of when going to Disney
Tiana's Bayou Adventure: Disneyland Watch & Discussion
Wait and see. Sure. That is what is always said at the end of the day. But going by what we know so far is also fair to discuss. Because they pay a lot of money to have this treatment ready for copy and to publish to the General Public. The goal is to hype, so a critique on the artform is fair.