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

[Kev1982]

every time I get a notification from here I hope its more construction photos and every time I'm disappointed

Same. But unfortunately always the same complaining…

 

[Brer Oswald]

Could the grass scene with the cabin be this scene below? What you were saying makes sense but then I saw this image on my Instagram feed this morning. It would be easy to add a large Louis AA in the foreground and that wooden platform with all the small critter AAs on it. Maybe the trick is putting everything so close in the foreground that you won’t notice the rest of the scene is bare. In this regard, I think Disneylands version has a slight chance of being received better as none of the scenes except the finale had a lot of depth. Then again it had more AA’s. For me it’s not a question of if PatF will fall short from Splash but a question of how much. Especially when it comes to the finale.

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It’s the scene on the left, immediately after you used to pass Brer Frog and Gator. The right side was an evac path (and I expect it will still remain one).

 

[mickEblu]

It’s the scene on the left, immediately after you used to pass Brer Frog and Gator. The right side was an evac path (and I expect it will still remain one).

That scene in the concept art is the first time we enter the Bayou so it would be just after "Slippin' Falls"

Thanks guys. I’m not too familiar with the MK layout I’ll have to watch a ride through again.

 

[Brer Oswald]

Thanks guys. I’m not too familiar with the MK layout I’ll have to watch a ride through again.

Just to make it a little more clear, discos and I are referring to two separate scenes based on two different images. The concept art seems to depict the HDYD scene after slippin falls. The “interior construction photo” almost certainly is the scene in describing, which takes place before the dip drop. The trees match up with the ones there previously.

 

[Incomudro]

Won't lie, I'm really liking what I see with the mountain so far. Especially the newly installed trees out front. I'm a bit iffy about the mural on the side of the barn. I just wish it didn't feel so "boxed in" on the side of the building. Instead, I wish the entire barn had been the canvas, not just one small square area.

But yeah, the mountain itself is lookin' good to me. Love all the foliage, trees, fences, etc. Even the water tower doesn't bother me that much with all this other stuff starting to fill the sightlines in. I'd wager it's going to look great at night, too.

Much of what I like about this is that they are doing a very good job of masking any external resemblance to Splash.
Since they are doing this, I want them to go all in.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

Thanks guys. I’m not too familiar with the MK layout I’ll have to watch a ride through again.

The track layouts are actually remarkably similar! I thought they were very different, but according to Park Lore's sketches they are very much alike. Sorry I can't quite figure out how to make them side by side. Disneyland is top and WDW is bottom.

 

[Brer Oswald]

The track layouts are actually remarkably similar! I thought they were very different, but according to Park Lore's sketches they are very much alike. Sorry I can't quite figure out how to make them side by side. Disneyland is top and WDW is bottom.
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The track layouts are similar, but the scene/room layouts couldn’t be more different. HDYD is practically an open room in Disneyland, where in WDW, it’s corridors with more open banked turns.

 

[Bocabear]

That play place always skeaved me out.

I would agree with that...nice to have a shady play place, but under the bridge and sort of crammed in there made it feel kind of icky...Maybe if it were re-designed to look less like an afterthought....and maybe the new play location will allow children to work in the salt mines or help the shipping department at Tiana's Foods Co-op pack boxes....

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

I thought this thread was for construction updates on Tiana's Bayou Adventure. Maybe I read @The Mom 's post incorrectly?

 

[wdwmagic]

Photos from today - looking very lush.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction - December 21 2023

Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction - December 21 2023

www.wdwmagic.com

Lots more at https://www.wdwmagic.com/attraction...adventure-construction---december-21-2023.htm

 

[TheCoasterNerd]

it almost looks like they took down some of the flowers... odd...

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

Photos from today - looking very lush.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction - December 21 2023

Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction - December 21 2023

www.wdwmagic.com

Lots more at https://www.wdwmagic.com/attraction...adventure-construction---december-21-2023.htm

I'm a little surprised they haven't listened to the feedback and replaced the signs on the construction walls with language that at least makes it clear it's not a restaurant—although the giant green not-a-mountain might be a dead giveaway. I haven't actually heard if people are saying that anymore.

 

[EagleScout610]

Still looks very cluttered in the front of the mount- dome. I'm hoping it'll look better once the walls come down and we can see it in full, but it just seems like "Let's put as many trees in as possible"

 

[James Alucobond]

it almost looks like they took down some of the flowers... odd...

I think it's a case of them essentially coming in as "carpets" of vegetation and then getting trimmed down to fit.

 

[TheCoasterNerd]

Originally shared in the DL version by @_caleb... honestly its correct
Feel free to delete if it was already shared here

 

[neo999955]

I'm a little surprised they haven't listened to the feedback and replaced the signs on the construction walls with language that at least makes it clear it's not a restaurant—although the giant green not-a-mountain might be a dead giveaway. I haven't actually heard if people are saying that anymore.

I think the posters and such are rather lackluster, but can't really imagine anyone looking at the former Splash Mountain and thinking a restaurant is going in. Part of the hype lies in what you see towering above the walls. Even a first-timer to Disney I would think would see what was happening and assume it was a ride. They may also assume a restaurant is coming, but I can't imagine seeing TBA as it is now and not knowing it's a ride being built.

 

[Epcot82Guy]

I really don't care the design choices here personally, and it really doesn't fit Frontierland at all. But, there is no doubt it now looks significantly different than it could have. It's not Splash + some random grass & flowers. It reads way more lush green hillside than Louisiana to me. But, maybe I missed the lush rainforests near Baton Rouge...

 

[James Alucobond]

It reads way more lush green hillside than Louisiana to me. But, maybe I missed the lush rainforests near Baton Rouge...

I get the sense of a hill in a meadow more than a rainforest, but maybe that’s me. Either way, I don’t think the flowers are really intended to be bayou-accurate; it’s probably not a coincidence that they’re the same colors as the flowers that magically bless the grove where Tiana and Naveen get married.

 

[raymusiccity]

it almost looks like they took down some of the flowers... odd...

It might be a reaction to all of the 'Rainforest' comments! It is starting to look a tad out of place in Frontierland.

 

[Epcot82Guy]

I get the sense of a hill in a meadow more than a rainforest, but maybe that’s me. Either way, I don’t think the flowers are really intended to be bayou-accurate; it’s probably not a coincidence that they’re the same colors as the flowers that magically bless the grove where Tiana and Naveen get married.

I think that's a better assessment. The height from the hillside is what makes it feel a bit different than what I think of as a traditional meadow (as the hills tend to rise up from the meadow rather than be covered by them). But, I totally see what you are seeing. It honestly reads a bit "fantasy Ireland" to me.