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

[neo999955]

That is a legitimate question. Sure I embellished with the motivational posters. But what existed when splash closed was a “tunnel”. We know we’re going to be in an office for at least some portion of the queue. And at load there are cranes so we’re outside again.

Are we going to walk the offices hallways to get outside or will be detour through the salt mine to retain the existing infrastructure?

I would imagine it will still be a tunnel. You pass her offices (plus kitchen?), but are descending into the salt mine. I think we’ll see a lot more decorations creating that transition / explaining the salt mine, but I think it’ll still be primarily the tunnel repainted. Just a guess ofc.

 

[Homemade Imagineering]

Now that it’s confirmed there’ll be no rear projected faces, at least it seems for human figures, part of me wonders if the critters and Louis will utilize projected eyes considering Olaf and Sven still do in Hong Kong despite the other AAs still being fully practical

 

[celluloid]

I would imagine it will still be a tunnel. You pass her offices (plus kitchen?), but are descending into the salt mine. I think we’ll see a lot more decorations creating that transition / explaining the salt mine, but I think it’ll still be primarily the tunnel repainted. Just a guess ofc.

Probably painting the rockwork to look...salty. The offices will be more the barn leading into those salt mines. Easy way.

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

The proof will be in the pudding when the ride opens - either Disney will deliver or they won't, guests will respond accordingly, and Disney will feel that for better or worse.

The ride is almost certainly going to have long lines and praise from most outlets at first regardless of whether it deserves it or not. I very much hope the pro-TBA crowd doesn't intend to use this as definitive evidence for how "good" the ride actually objectively is, even though i'm sure they will.

People are perfectly within their right to criticize at least what we know so far about the ride. And so far, a great deal of what we know deserves criticizing. I'm not personally upset about there being an office or a crane, it's the sort of stuff I'd expect from a queue. But the hyper fixation on random boring information like this and the lack of information about more important details is really starting to concern me.

At best, they're doing a terrible job at marketing the ride. And I hope that's the extent of it, that they've been holding back info on the ride because they want it to be a pleasant surprise. I hope it's not the case that they're using these sort of details as distractions for them screwing up the inside.

At this point, the biggest make or break for me is the interior. The sets have to be fantastic without an over-reliance on video projection, and there has to be a Splash-level population of animatronics (especially in the finale, which is iffy at the moment). There are other factors too of course, but if they flunk out on those two things, then it's all over and the ride will be a complete failure in my eyes.

 

[wdrive]

It is decidedly not on topic. As the site owner has frequently had to remind people.

I have more than a few people in this thread on Ignore, and nobody on that list has earned their position lightly.

What I take issue with goes well beyond mere disagreement.

What’s off topic about not liking an element of the ride? This discussion we’re having is the most off topic thing I’ve seen in here for awhile. Genuinely, have I missed the posts you’re referring to?
What do you have issue with beyond disagreement?

 

[nestface84]

Any clues on when the ride will be open

 

[Lirael]

Just realized they had yet another easy way out to explain the hill on the bayou. Just say we, the guests, we turned into animals, or are animals and the place only seems tall because we are in fact small. Would even fit with the original. Heck, have Dr. Facilier come back, trick us into becoming bug sized or something so we can spy on Tiana for him, then have the drop be the moment he's caught and yet again sent back to the other side. None of this worker owned salt mine stuff

 

[MisterPenguin]

Any clues on when the ride will be open

None specifically. Likely Disney doesn't know yet because it depends on the construction of the ride. But... all signs point to before Fall.

 

[ToTBellHop]

None specifically. Likely Disney doesn't know yet because it depends on the construction of the ride. But... all signs point to before Fall.

Personally, I think 7/4/24 more than 5/27/24. 4 months from now seems a bit too ambitious. If they are installing AAs and letting reporters tour the ride, it’s certainly in the final stages of construction.

 

[James Alucobond]

The worst thing i've seen posted today was someone from a few hours back (before editing his post to hide this part) calling fans of Splash "deranged and embarrassing bitter adults living in their mom's basement". Unless that's what you're referring to, but it seems like you're more on the side that agrees with it. Most of the rude comments and name calling have been from pro-Tiana people. Calling others ignorant, stupid etc (yourself included).

No one should be insulting anyone for what rides they like or being sad about rides that they loved being replaced. But it's likewise true that no one should be accusing people of having poor taste and low standards simply because they're trying to discuss elements of an in-progress attraction no one has experienced yet. Whenever a piece of news about this attraction surfaces, you can predict with 100% accuracy who will show up to barely read what is being said, dig for a phrase they deem overly corporate or DEI-ish, and post it alongside an insult without considering the context at all.

 

[The Mom]

Any poster who insults/demeans/disrespects another poster will be banned from the discussion.

Any posters who strays off topic will have their post removed and may be banned from future participation.

Any posters who appear to be targeting other posters will be banned from future discussion.

Edited to add: any posters who continue to discuss the arguments will not be allowed to participate. I didn't realize that would have to be spelled out.

 

[discos]

Based on the concept art, it seemed as if the critter band, Tiana and Louis were all replacing the geese. But with the updated tour report, it seems like only the Critters are replacing the geese, with Tiana and Louis set to appear a little further on. Based on the description, Louis #1 would be replacing Brer Rabbit, Bear, Fox, and blue bird, while Tiana #1 replacing the porch bunnies, porcupine, and raccoon.

I interpreted it as the band is gonna be where Bre'r Frog and the first fishing goose is as soon as you enter, then around the first bend Louis replaces the trio of Geese, and then Tiana would be on the hill where Bre'r Fox and Bear used to be.

 

[BrerFoxesBayouAdventure]

Any clues on when the ride will be open

 

[Brer Oswald]

I interpreted it as the band is gonna be where Bre'r Frog and the first fishing goose is as soon as you enter, then around the first bend Louis replaces the trio of Geese, and then Tiana would be on the hill where Bre'r Fox and Bear used to be.

I’m not so sure Louis would be able to fit there.

 

[Brer Oswald]

Personally, I think 7/4/24 more than 5/27/24. 4 months from now seems a bit too ambitious. If they are installing AAs and letting reporters tour the ride, it’s certainly in the final stages of construction.

If it’s “relatively ready” by the end of may, they might do previews for a month. But a July grand opening would still be fine for hitting that vital “Summer period”.

The last thing they want to do is have it closed for another season of hot weather, so I’m sure they’re doing everything in their power to get it open as soon as they can.

 

[Disstevefan1]

Any clues on when the ride will be open

I am guessing December 2024, (just my guess).

 

[_caleb]

Have we seen any indication of firefly effects on the exterior or queue areas? The concept art seemed to suggest they were going to include this.

As a fan of PoTC’s fireflies, I’m really interested to see how they might achieve this outdoors (beyond just blinking LEDs).

 

[Drew the Disney Dude]

I interpreted it as the band is gonna be where Bre'r Frog and the first fishing goose is as soon as you enter, then around the first bend Louis replaces the trio of Geese, and then Tiana would be on the hill where Bre'r Fox and Bear used to be.

I honestly think what we see here is going to be exactly what we get, not only because of the article yesterday, but from what Disney posted at the end of 2022. Tiana and Louis will be talking to us here, on top of the critter band - 8 animatronics in the first major scene we drop into. I think the NOLA article is referring to additional Animatronics later on in general, not that this scene has been modified.

"As you can see here, fireflies will light up the night and invite you deeper into the bayou … almost like they’re waving you forward. What you can’t tell from this rendering – so you’ll just have to trust me on this one – is that beautiful zydeco music will fill the air. Zydeco is a special blend of rhythm and blues that was born in Louisiana, and when you hear it, you’ll feel like you’ve truly stepped into Tiana’s world.

Here you’ll find Louis, who explains where this amazing music is coming from. Tiana made some new friends out here – a band full of adorable critters, including an otter, a rabbit, a racoon, a beaver, a turtle and others. The band members sing and play instruments made of natural materials they found in the bayou. It feels like they may have a bigger role to play in this story … but we’ll just have to wait and see on that one."

 

[UofMGuy423]

I was hoping they'd just quietly drop the Tiana's co-op foods thing and just focus the ride on her exploring the Bayou. Just seems like an awkwardly forced component of the ride that isn't needed. She can explore the bayou regardless of the management structure of some food business she co-owns.

 

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ✨ ᗩζᗩᗰ]

I was hoping they'd just quietly drop the Tiana's co-op foods thing and just focus the ride on her exploring the Bayou. Just seems like an awkwardly forced component of the ride that isn't needed. She can explore the bayou regardless of the management structure of some food business she co-owns.

It's clear they needed a way to explain away her being human while in the swamp. Exploration on it's own didn't make sense, I guess. So we have this manufacturered hunt for the secret ingredient aspect and the food-co op addition. Guess Imagineering felt it was necessary. It's definitely a departure from her dream of opening a restaurant. The next logical step usually isn't "Food Co-Op" but hey, you do you Tiana.

The in-between is whats missing. The plot. We go from Restaurateur Tiana ---> owning a Food Co-Op ---> Tiana exploring the swamp. Solve for X.

Based on that, I'm assuming she's hunting for an elusive pepper for her Hot Sauce empire? Oh, and throwing a Mardi Gras office party.