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

[Brer Oswald]

Tron will be open a little over a year by the time TBA opens. They’ll shift the ILL to Tiana. As for Tron’s VQ, that’s up in the air

They’d get more from Tron than they would Tiana (minus the first two weeks). They’ll try all three before they let go of Tron or Mine Train.

 

[JD80]

I just noticed the moss on the trees, that's pretty cool.

Also there is color/vines/whatever drawn on to the water tower. Has that been there for a while? I just noticed that too.

 

[wdwmagic]

Frontierland restrooms closed as work continues on entrance area for Tiana's Bayou Adventure at Magic Kingdom​

Frontierland restrooms closed as work continues on entrance area for Tiana's Bayou Adventure at Magic Kingdom

Frontierland restrooms closed as work continues on entrance area for Tiana's Bayou Adventure at Magic Kingdom

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[BrerFoxesBayouAdventure]

Additional photos from today.

Are they finally doing something with the Briar Patch store now?

 

[pigglewiggle]

Looks-wise, this is going to be a stunner, day and night I would imagine. That in itself will be a draw. And the fact it's still a long flume ride.

I don't think Disney can lose with this one, even though the convoluted story may make it seem like they are trying.

 

[Disstevefan1]

Are they finally doing something with the Briar Patch store now?

For the (formerly known as) Briar Patch store, they will need to chop the briars off and pile on the flowers like they did to the mount..... er, salt mound has I presume.

 

[TheCoasterNerd]

Is the assumption that they are gonna open TBA and, while it's open, work on the facade left side (currently untouched)? Or are they going to do that while ride testing and/or previews are in progress? I can't think of any times (other than Disneyland's opening) that they were working on a ride's facade, ESPECIALLY one with a major outdoor aspect, while it was open to GP.

 

[JoeCamel]

Is the assumption that they are gonna open TBA and, while it's open, work on the facade left side (currently untouched)? Or are they going to do that while ride testing and/or previews are in progress? I can't think of any times (other than Disneyland's opening) that they were working on a ride's facade, ESPECIALLY one with a major outdoor aspect, while it was open to GP.

How long did it really take to switch over this side once the tree was off? Plenty of time to get it done

 

[JohnD]

Are they finally doing something with the Briar Patch store now?

They re-opened it several weeks ago. The sign still said "Briar Patch". I was scratching my head over that one.

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

Re: The Briar Patch store, in the above photo it looks like they've simply pruned the Thorns off the branches. Maybe they'll be keeping them and redressing as Roots

It does seem clear there's still work to be done here, though. The way they've patched the thorns makes it clear they don't consider this done.

 

[Bocabear]

A truck load of artificial greens and flowers to cover would take care of that...

 

[EagleScout610]

They re-opened it several weeks ago. The sign still said "Briar Patch". I was scratching my head over that one.

Disney World's Briar Patch store has been closed since the parks reopened after COVID. Disneyland's re-opened and still has Br'er Rabbit on the exterior.

 

[monothingie]

WDI no longer understands forced perspective. So tragic that a group of interns and box checkers have ruined something which was so carefully crafted and executed.

 

[TheCoasterNerd]

It's literally making a hill out of a mountain. It has to stay the same height, and look shorter. So maybe, it's reverse forced perspective, like on American Adventure.
Seems pretty on purpose to me...

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WDI no longer understands forced perspective. So tragic that a group of interns and box checkers have ruined something so which so carefully crafted and executed.

 

[monothingie]

It's literally making a hill out of a mountain. It has to stay the same height, and look shorter. So maybe, it's reverse forced perspective, like on American Adventure.
Seems pretty on purpose to me...

Why would you intentionally obscure or downplay the final drop which is/was the marquee feature of the ride?

 

[Disstevefan1]

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WDI no longer understands forced perspective. So tragic that a group of interns and box checkers have ruined something which was so carefully crafted and executed.

It does look significantly different and that is what they were going for, so, Mission Accomplished!

 

[EagleScout610]

It's literally making a hill out of a mountain. It has to stay the same height, and look shorter. So maybe, it's reverse forced perspective, like on American Adventure.
Seems pretty on purpose to me...

Now that the drop is exposed it's alot easier to do a line-up of Tiana's with Splash and the rockwork seems to be close to if not the same height it was at the base of the tree.

 

[TheCoasterNerd]

Why would you make an impressive 6 story building look 3 stories? To fit the theme better

 

[Disney Analyst]

Let’s be real for one second, when those logs are sliding down that drop again, the average person is still going to think “gee, that looks thrilling and scary”.

 

[TheCoasterNerd]

Now that the drop is exposed it's alot easier to do a line-up of Tiana's with Splash and the rockwork seems to be close to if not the same height it was at the base of the tree. View attachment 763312

Yes, but with the water tower, obviously it wouldn't be the same size as the mountain. If you were to do that same thing but with Tiana on the right and Splash on the left, it'd look smaller