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

[ToTBellHop]

Of all things to complain about, this is a bit much. All of the details released today are consistent with the story we already were told about (and, frankly, need to deal with) but reveal the quality will be better than many expected.

It seems some will only be satisfied if they say, “they are secretly rebuilding Splash Mountain on the inside!”

 

[fgmnt]

I like DINOSAUR too.

A good comparison in that it's also been left to rot for the better part of a decade by management in an attempt to have the public better accept its inevitable replacement.

 

[ToTBellHop]

A good comparison in that it's also been left to rot for the better part of a decade by management in an attempt to have the public better accept its inevitable replacement.

That’s a tad cynical. It wasn’t left to rot for a decade so Tiana could move in. Are they letting Space Mtn. rot so Miguel can move in?

The maintenance department being understaffed is not a secretive way to get more $100 million projects approved.

 

[SaucyBoy]

and cranes and rainforest salt mounds in Frontierland

Almost as out of place as a ride that took you on a log ride through a southern swamp, right?

 

[fgmnt]

That’s a tad cynical. It wasn’t left to rot for a decade so Tiana could move in. Are they letting Space Mtn. rot so Miguel can move in?

The maintenance department being understaffed is not a secretive way to get more $100 million projects approved.

I don't think they were lining up this specific attraction in 2015 but I do think the company was ready to wash their hands of the required show upkeep work for this ride before this new attraction went into development.

 

[Suspirian]

Almost as out of place as a ride that took you on a log ride through a southern swamp, right?

Its so funny to me that everyone is a stickler for Fronteirland's location all of the sudden when Adventureland is an amalgamation of several different whole countries that have nothing to do and are no where near each other.

 

[monothingie]

Almost as out of place as a ride that took you on a log ride through a southern swamp, right?

The exterior of the building was carefully and thoughtfully crafted to blend between BTMRR and the Pecos Bill Facade.

The current renovation does not not do that.

 

[ToTBellHop]

I don't think they were lining up this specific attraction in 2015 but I do think the company was ready to wash their hands of the required show upkeep work for this ride before this new attraction went into development.

By replacing it with a ride that will be even more expensive to maintain? Make that make sense. People act like they bulldozed it for a Tiana M&G.

 

[monothingie]

Its so funny to me that everyone is a stickler for Fronteirland's location all of the sudden when Adventureland is an amalgamation of several different whole countries that have nothing to do and are no where near each other.

It's the same way that the HM area blends into the HOP and then blends to Frontier land. It's done so gradually and with attention to the transition.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Almost as out of place as a ride that took you on a log ride through a southern swamp, right?

To be fair, our Frontierland has conflated the Deep South with the Old West since 1971. TBA makes as much sense as Splash and CB(M)J, although those attractions get external details that feel like the Old West even if the interior didn’t.

 

[fgmnt]

By replacing it with a ride that will be even more expensive to maintain? Make that make sense. People act like they bulldozed it for a Tiana M&G.

If it's been reported that this will be more expensive to maintain, that is news to me.

 

[monothingie]

By replacing it with a ride that will be even more expensive to maintain? Make that make sense. People act like they bulldozed it for a Tiana M&G.

But will it be more expensive to maintain for the first 10 years? Splash had to have an extensive refurb done practically every other year to stay show ready. Likely the operating expense of a "new" attraction will be lower for the first several years of operation.

 

[ToTBellHop]

It's the same way that the HM area blends into the HOP and then blends to Frontier land. It's done so gradually and with attention to the transition.

Isn’t our Mansion a 19th century Lower Hudson Valley manor next to 18th century New England and Philadelphia?

 

[ToTBellHop]

If it's been reported that this will be more expensive to maintain, that is news to me.

These AAs in a water ride will be very costly to maintain. And ride system maintenance will be the same.

 

[retr0gate]

As much as other attractions have offices in their queue. It’s not something you promote usually. Seems strange the things they are promoting about this attraction. We still have no real idea what it’ll actually look like inside. But we’ve been told plenty how it’s an old salt mine that’s now a food production factory?

They aren't "promoting" it? This detail about the offices comes from an article in which a reporter is literally just explaining what he saw while touring the queue / part of the ride. We've known for months that this is a food production facility housed in an abandoned salt mine. I agree, the PR for this attraction has been questionable at best but let's not pretend like the concept is that hard to grasp.

 

[monothingie]

Isn’t our Mansion a 19th century Lower Hudson Valley manor next to 18th century New England and Philadelphia?

Desert Inn to Vegetation Heavy Deep South Food Factory to Desert Mine. Definitely a smooth visual transition right?

 

[monothingie]

These AAs in a water ride will be very costly to maintain. And ride system maintenance will be the same.

WDI taking "new" AA and making them less reliable and more expensive to maintain than their 30+ year old predecessors.

But we all know they'll just turn them off and eliminate any maintenance costs.

 

[wdrive]

They aren't "promoting" it? This detail about the offices comes from an article in which a reporter is literally just explaining what he saw while touring the queue / part of the ride. We've known for months that this is a food production facility housed in an abandoned salt mine. I agree, the PR for this attraction has been questionable at best but let's not pretend like the concept is that hard to grasp.

I’m pretty certain anything a reporter puts out there is approved by Disney. He certainly wasn’t given free reign and free to report on anything he felt like.

I just find it all a bit odd

 

[retr0gate]

The exterior of the building was carefully and thoughtfully crafted to blend between BTMRR and the Pecos Bill Facade.

The current renovation does not not do that.

I think we often forget just how lush some parts of Frontierland actually are, especially along the Rivers of America. I mean you can make the argument that Big Thunder Mountain looks more out of place than Splash Mountain ever was considering all the foliage that surrounds it. Is this new look for TBA particularly distinct? Nope. But I wouldn't go as far to say that it's visually intrusive.

 

[retr0gate]

I’m pretty certain anything a reporter puts out there is approved by Disney. He certainly wasn’t given free reign and free to report on anything he felt like.

I just find it all a bit odd

You may be right, but again, what would you expect from an article documenting a tour of what's being built? They're just straight up describing what's there. Should they have just not brought it up at all? Genuinely asking