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

[Bocabear]

but like the Frontierland to Adventureland, the archway is the portal....and it works well...
Until they opened up the second pathway, that is....
There is no visual break for Frontierland to Louisiana Bayou and back to Frontierland...
If the section of Pecos Bill facing the old french fry cart were re-dressed as a New Orleans street facade, it could probably feel a little more cohesive....

 

[James Alucobond]

If the section of Pecos Bill facing the old french fry cart were re-dressed as a New Orleans street facade, it could probably feel a little more cohesive....

I now think making Pecos Bill New Orleans-themed is the wrong idea after seeing the direction they're going. They seem to be intentionally keeping the New Orleans styling away from the main drag, behind Frontierland Station. Pecos Bill should switch to a Country Bear-tied restaurant instead. The facade left of Town Hall wouldn't have to change at all aside from signage, and the area right of the Chinese Laundromat would just need some of its southwestern detailing toned down to be more generically rustic.

 

[_caleb]

Is that a wall or a post supporting the train station exit? My OCD would like this to be centered in the brick circle.

 

[James Alucobond]

Is that a wall or a post supporting the train station exit? My OCD would like this to be centered in the brick circle.

I think that's where the Lightning Lane entrance used to be? Not sure what they're doing with it now that the standby/LL entrances look to be combined.

 

[mickEblu]

It’s still all kind of funny to me. You have this princess fairytale IP and this cutesy green flowery mountain where you go 50 feet down a thrilling drop. I’ll just state the obvious and say a purpose built PatF ride would never end up this way.

 

[Suspirian]

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Nothing says "Frontier Land" like gilded and ornate early 1900's Dixie style iron work and decorative brick work.

But since they put Tianna's Tree filled "Rainforest Cafe" Mountain between Pecos Bill and Thunder Mountain, it's clear they just don't care.

I feel like this is on par with Adventureland being an amalgamation of several countries that quite frankly never aesthetically blended that well together.

 

[ToTBellHop]

It’s still all kind of funny to me. You have this princess fairytale IP and this cutesy green flowery mountain where you go 50 feet down a thrilling drop. I’ll just state the obvious and say a purpose built PatF ride would never end up this way.

Eh…if we ended up on The Other Side and Dr. Facilier were coming after us, it would work.

They aren’t going that route because reasons.

I would have turned that entrance into the double drop a mausoleum entrance into The Other Side but they didn’t ask me.

 

[mickEblu]

Eh…if we ended up on The Other Side and Dr. Facilier were coming after us, it would work.

They aren’t going that route because reasons.

I would have turned that entrance into the double drop a mausoleum entrance into The Other Side but they didn’t ask me.

For sure. I’m not talking about the ride experience or that the IP/ content isn’t there to make a great ride.

Right. Really dumb. Are they phasing him out of the parks too or just trying to distance him from the voodoo stuff? I noticed he wasn’t at Oogie Boogie at DCA this year.

 

[the_rich]

For sure. I’m not talking about the ride experience or that the IP/ content isn’t there to make a great ride.

Right. Really dumb. Are they phasing him out of the parks too or just trying to distance him from the voodoo stuff? I noticed he wasn’t at Oogie Boogie at DCA this year.

For sure. I’m not talking about the ride experience or that the IP/ content isn’t there to make a great ride.

Right. Really dumb. Are they phasing him out of the parks too or just trying to distance him from the voodoo stuff? I noticed he wasn’t at Oogie Boogie at DCA this year.

He was at MK during the stage show

 

[mickEblu]

He was at MK during the stage show

Interesting. Seems like everywhere you look you see Tiana these days so it’s odd to me that they’d remove a popular character like Facilier from Oogie Boogie.

 

[ToTBellHop]

For sure. I’m not talking about the ride experience or that the IP/ content isn’t there to make a great ride.

Right. Really dumb. Are they phasing him out of the parks too or just trying to distance him from the voodoo stuff? I noticed he wasn’t at Oogie Boogie at DCA this year.

I wonder why Mama Odie gets a pass. Because she is a GOOD voodoo priestess? We just can’t have a Black villain?

Hopefully, they recast Kang the Conqueror with a white man if that’s the case.

 

[mickEblu]

I wonder why Mama Odie gets a pass. Because she is a GOOD voodoo priestess? We just can’t have a Black villain?

Hopefully, they recast Kang the Conqueror with a white man if that’s the case.

Yup Its because her magic is viewed as good while his is viewed as evil. Evil/ voodoo being associated with a black character for a ride that’s replacing “problematic” Splash Mountain is a No Go…. in their eyes. So they continue to sanitize and dumb down everything for the DEI department.

 

[EagleScout610]

Man, the finale of Tiana’s looks incredible

 

[the_rich]

I wonder why Mama Odie gets a pass. Because she is a GOOD voodoo priestess? We just can’t have a Black villain?

Hopefully, they recast Kang the Conqueror with a white man if that’s the case.

He was there during the villains show singing about his friends from the other side

 

[_caleb]

Is there a parallel thread for people who don't willfully misinterpret everything as social conspiracy? I'd like to join that discussion.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Is there a parallel thread for people who don't willfully misinterpret everything as social conspiracy? I'd like to join that discussion.

I think this is supposed to be that one

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

I think this is supposed to be that one

I tried to make a new thread about expectations for the ride versus its predecessor (with a poll of course!), just to try to get this thread to be more on topic about what's actually coming with construction updates and everything. But the new thread got shut down for some reason. So I guess this will continue to be the place to defend and complain about this new ride.

 

[_caleb]

I tried to make a new thread about expectations for the ride versus its predecessor (with a poll of course!), just to try to get this thread to be more on topic about what's actually coming with construction updates and everything. But the new thread got shut down for some reason. So I guess this will continue to be the place to defend and complain about this new ride.

I don't even mind complaining/defending the ride.

It's the conspiratorial nonsense and the bad faith summaries of what "they" (Disney, WDI, DEI Team, minorities, immigrants, political opponents, etc.) think, want, and are trying to accomplish that seep into every discussion.

It's great that we don't all see eye to eye on everything. We can disagree agreeably!

But when every thread devolves into one of those awkward, off-the-rails conversations with your grumpy uncle and super political sister-in-law, it makes you wonder if it's worth the trouble to participate at all.

 

[JD80]

From big thunder queue.

 

[JD80]

Not zoomed in.