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

[mickEblu]

I think this specific problem will “thankfully” be avoided with TBA. Splash was already excellent with hiding the ceiling using foliage. Based on the one interior shot they showed, they’ve kept this the same, just adding a few flowers here and there. If this was purpose built new, I’d have no doubt this issue would have shown up.

Oh did they? I was worried about that. They showed that in the tree/ grass/Shack shot? I don’t think I noticed.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

So we still have no idea what they're doing with the Briar Patch gift shop?

No. I was in the camp of either a Tiana M&G or a little beignet shop

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

Oh did they? I was worried about that. They showed that in the tree/ grass/Shack shot? I don’t think I noticed.

 

[JD80]

I generally think whatever timetable you have for TBA, you should pad by 3 months. I think October 1st would be a good bet for TBA.

I guess Before.

 

[DCBaker]

Does the Disneyland water tower have the quote on the back?

It appears it does (via freshbaked stories on Instagram).

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Some of the screens on NRJ, as just one example, add things to the ride that can't be accomplished with a physical set piece.

NRJ is not a screen based attraction by any definition though. It also never uses screens to make up for a lack of physical (or at least not obviously like in little mermaid).

 

[𝕴𝖒𝖆𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖊𝖗97]

NRJ is not a screen based attraction by any definition though. It also never uses screens to make up for a lack of physical (or at least not obviously like in little mermaid).

Um, maybe it's not "screen based" but it sure is "screen HEAVY." How much cooler would it be if there were actual animatronic animals to look at? Here's the answer...WAY COOLER! It was incredibly disappointing and boring for me and my family. Even the animatronic didn't seem to be utilized in a way that demonstrated its complexity fully.

 

[UNCgolf]

NRJ is not a screen based attraction by any definition though. It also never uses screens to make up for a lack of physical (or at least not obviously like in little mermaid).

I don't see how that matters to the point we were discussing. Nobody said screens are good as a replacement for all physical sets (I actually specifically said the opposite of that in the post you're quoting), but there are times where screens/projections are very useful.

 

[UNCgolf]

Um, maybe it's not "screen based" but it sure is "screen HEAVY." How much cooler would it be if there were actual animatronic animals to look at? Here's the answer...WAY COOLER! It was incredibly disappointing and boring for me and my family. Even the animatronic didn't seem to be utilized in a way that demonstrated its complexity fully.

It's one of the best attractions they've built at WDW in a while. It's a phenomenal C ticket; making it longer and adding a bunch of animatronic animals would make it a D or an E.

That would be great, of course, but it was never intended to be an E. I'd love to see them build more NRJ type rides as complementary attractions -- it's much better than other recent attractions like Ratatouille.

The biggest problem with NRJ is that the wait times are too long because DAK doesn't have enough other attractions.

 

[JoeCamel]

It's one of the best attractions they've built at WDW in a while. It's a phenomenal C ticket; making it longer and adding a bunch of animatronic animals would make it a D or an E.

That would be great, of course, but it was never intended to be an E. I'd love to see them build more NRJ type rides as complementary attractions -- it's much better than other recent attractions like Ratatouille.

The biggest problem with NRJ is that the wait times are too long because DAK doesn't have enough other attractions.

Sad to know it was cut to what it is, pales compared to what is next door

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

The biggest problem with NRJ is that the wait times are too long because DAK doesn't have enough other attractions.

It also should have been built with the small world / pirates boats - the capacity is an issue.

I don't see how that matters to the point we were discussing.

I wasn’t arguing. I just don’t see NRJ as a screen based attraction.

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

I wasn’t arguing. I just don’t see NRJ as a screen based attraction.

I think the confusion is stemming from the fact that no one said it was

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

I think the confusion is stemming from the fact that no one said it was

Then you agree that it’s not? Perfect lol.

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

Then you agree that it’s not? Perfect lol.

This is weird.

 

[UNCgolf]

I wasn’t arguing. I just don’t see NRJ as a screen based attraction.

I'm confused. I don't see it as a screen based attraction either, but I don't see how that's relevant.

 

[UNCgolf]

Sad to know it was cut to what it is, pales compared to what is next door

It actually doesn't for me! While I like both NRJ and FoP and definitely want to ride both when I'm at DAK, if I was forced to only choose one to ride I'd pick NRJ. FoP is very fun, but I can watch a 4k video at home and feel like I'm getting relatively close to the same experience -- obviously not exactly the same experience, and riding it in person is of course better than just watching the movie at home, but FoP just isn't as immersive/transportive as NRJ to me. Being in the actual physical space (and, importantly, a very well designed one) trumps the movie, even though it's a beautiful movie.

An E ticket version of NRJ would blow FoP out of the water for me.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

It actually doesn't for me! While I like both NRJ and FoP and want to ride both when I'm at DAK, if I was forced to only choose one to ride I'd pick NRJ.

Same. 100%. And if they were both the exact same wait time and I had to choose one, also NRJ.

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

Regarding Archive's comment a few pages back, they've said they heard it's going to open specifically on May 24th. With an official announcement of this date being made on Mardi Gras (February 13th this year). I could definitely imagine something Tiana-related happening on Mardi Gras at the very least.

 

[Disney Analyst]

Regarding Archive's comment a few pages back, they've said they heard it's going to open specifically on May 24th. With an official announcement of this date being made on Mardi Gras (February 13th this year). I could definitely imagine something Tiana-related happening on Mardi Gras at the very least.

Re: Disneyland (grain of salt)

 

[celluloid]

It actually doesn't for me! While I like both NRJ and FoP and definitely want to ride both when I'm at DAK, if I was forced to only choose one to ride I'd pick NRJ. FoP is very fun, but I can watch a 4k video at home and feel like I'm getting relatively close to the same experience -- obviously not exactly the same experience, and riding it in person is of course better than just watching the movie at home, but FoP just isn't as immersive/transportive as NRJ to me. Being in the actual physical space (and, importantly, a very well designed one) trumps the movie, even though it's a beautiful movie.

An E ticket version of NRJ would blow FoP out of the water for me.

That would have been a great use of the Shanghai pirates tech.