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

Disney Analyst

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celluloid said:
And that is really what a theme park spending millions on a project wants isn't it?
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It’s such a minor part of the experience, I can’t imagine why anyone would give it such importance?

It’s a detail you are certainly allowed to have an opinion of, but it does not make or break the attraction. I personally enjoy the mural. It feels lived in, real, like something I would find in a real community.

I don’t enjoy the Mary Blair tile murals from old Tomorrowland. Many loved them.
 
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celluloid

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Disney Analyst said:
It’s a detail you are certainly allowed to have an opinion of, but it does not make or break the attraction. I personally enjoy the mural. It feels lived in, real, like something I would find in a real community.
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Sounds entirely opposite of the theme of"frontier" is to me.

That's cool, and great that you enjoy it. Why care so much that others don't like it?
 
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celluloid

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Disney Analyst said:
My point is the level of importance people are giving it. I welcome any opinion of it - but we have to ground ourselves in a little reality around what it is. A minor detail outside the attraction.
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That is fair. This is a thread about a retheme of a log flume. There is not going to be a lot to talk about from the outside and what it is, is within what is arguably the most famous theme park land of all time and clashing with that. So it is going to be discussed. Theme parks like this are kind of a mise en scene, and it is not cheap.
 
Incomudro

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MagicHappens1971 said:
But it is ugly. It’s not an insult to the artists work, which is fine in an outside setting. This “style” of artwork does not belong in the world’s most visited theme park on a project that is probably going to cost north of $200M.

You know the company who used to pride itself on the showmanship of its theme parks? I’m all for a mural and original artwork, but it should be visually appealing as well as thematically appropriate. This is neither.
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It's certainly ugly.
If I were in charge, I wouldn't have put it there - though I understand its intention.
Which is why I hope when this is all finished, I hope it's only visible from down in the queue.
 
Incomudro

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Disney Analyst said:
It’s such a minor part of the experience, I can’t imagine why anyone would give it such importance?

It’s a detail you are certainly allowed to have an opinion of, but it does not make or break the attraction. I personally enjoy the mural. It feels lived in, real, like something I would find in a real community.

I don’t enjoy the Mary Blair tile murals from old Tomorrowland. Many loved them.
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It's not minor if it's going to be readily visible as you walk by on the pathway outside the queue.
If it's clearly visible from there, it's going to be an ugly distraction.
 
Incomudro

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Epcot81Fan said:
Of course! It's all coming together!

Let's recap:

- 1970's "Electric Company" mural hand-painted by 1920's food co-op employees on barn next to bayou salt mine
- Giant tiara on top of a bayou water tower handcrafted by a local blacksmith (like all giant tiara's on employee owned food co-ops were back then)

Great job, WDI! I'm immersed!!!

#frontierland
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I don't see how the Tiara bothers you, and it's certainly plausible to the concept.
You know... This is a fictional story - not a documentary?
 
Epcot81Fan

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Incomudro said:
I don't see how the Tiara bothers you, and it's certainly plausible to the concept.
You know... This is a fictional story - not a documentary?
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On the contrary, I think the giant princess tiara in Frontierland on top of the employee owned food co-op's bayou water tower next to the salt mine might just be the perfect symbol of modern WDI - it should be their new division logo.
 
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Disney Analyst

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Incomudro said:
It's not minor if it's going to be readily visible as you walk by on the pathway outside the queue.
If it's clearly visible from there, it's going to be an ugly distraction.
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Let me put it like this:

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I found this entire queue and mural ugly, off-putting, tacky. But I still enjoyed the attraction.

It’s not so binary. There can be aspects of any rides themed layers someone won’t enjoy or find to their taste, and others will love.

I fully understand the mural is polarizing, I just don’t understand the level of importance people are giving it.

It’s like a friend choosing a house colour you would never use on your own house, you think “oh god, what a choice”, and then you go inside and have the best time at the dinner party.
 
Disgruntled Walt

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TheCoasterNerd said:
Reminder that this thread is for construction updates and new concept art, etc
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That original thread hasn't seen any action since November 30. Let's be honest, it's just easier to talk about it here. I don't see things going too far off the rails, anyway. The current discourse has been about an actual development with the apparent degradation of the top of the mural.
 
Ayla

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imagineer97 said:
That original thread hasn't seen any action since November 30. Let's be honest, it's just easier to talk about it here. I don't see things going too far off the rails, anyway. The current discourse has been about an actual development with the apparent degradation of the top of the mural.
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Except it isn't. It was painted intentionally to look that way, as was detailed in a prior post.
 

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