Why would you intentionally obscure or downplay the final drop which is/was the marquee feature of the ride?
It does look significantly different and that is what they were going for, so, Mission Accomplished!
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.
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
Which is why it’s counterintuitive to attempt to make it look “smaller” and obscured with the water tower and the trees. I still standby the fact that they should’ve replaced the dead tree with a swampy willow tree.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”.
Wait.....There's a theme?
They aren’t trying to argue that it’s a different size. They’re arguing that with the new surroundings, it looks shorter (or is at least trying to).
I agree, but that doesn't mean this doesn't look great
I don’t think it looks great…or even bad. It looks very undistinct. Like something you would see at Knott’s.
Another poster on this forum took photos of it open in the last several weeks either over New Years or the RunDisney event.
The ride is now an essentially a princess ride. Target audience young girls age 5-15.
Even folks who hate the re theme must admit that Tiana's salt mound is better looking than this.
