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

[JD80]

What is the demand for this attraction outside of the Disney purists? I don’t see any casuals talking about it. For most people, they seem to think it’ll be the “same ride” with slightly different visuals. It doesn’t have the same buzz around it that Avatar, Harry Potter, or Star Wars did. I can’t see the waits being THAT long after the first week, unless Disney does something to artificially inflate it.

That's because Disney hasn't been marketing it to anyone other than people who read DisneyParksBlog.

If you're not a parks fan, the only way you can reasonably know this ride is being updates is being there in the parks and seeing the walls.

Also where would you be to notice casuals talking about it?

 

[Magicart87]

I'd imagine that the lack of depth from these two dimensional images makes it look like just a sea of green.
In person it likely looks much better.

It's not as photogenic or Instagramable but they did a good job of camouflaging what was.

 

[Tha Realest]

That's because Disney hasn't been marketing it to anyone other than people who read DisneyParksBlog.

If you're not a parks fan, the only way you can reasonably know this ride is being updates is being there in the parks and seeing the walls.

Also where would you be to notice casuals talking about it?

It’s been featured in numerous snippets on GMA, which as a much farther reach than the Disney Parks blog

Talent behind music for 'The Princess and the Frog' attraction revealed

Tiana's Bayou Adventure will officially open in late 2024 at Disneyland Park in Disneyland Resort and Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World Resort.

www.goodmorningamerica.com

New Orleans artistry and Disney magic coming to Tiana’s Bayou Adventure

New Orleans artists contribute to the upcoming debut of Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, which will replace Splash Mountain at Disney World.

www.goodmorningamerica.com

 

[Drew the Disney Dude]

The pictures look nice but a little busy. Curious if it looks better in person? In the pictures it is just green everywhere and there is nowhere for your eyes to rest. Nothing to break up the green mass.

IMO, it really does look nice in person, and I like it more each visit, but I do agree with you about the green literally everywhere and not having a main peak to look at like Splash had. The water tower 100% helps from certain angles but even then there are many places where the cypress trees actually block it from up close, so I'm looking forward to how it looks without the walls.

 

[SpectreJordan]

What is the demand for this attraction outside of the Disney purists? I don’t see any casuals talking about it. For most people, they seem to think it’ll be the “same ride” with slightly different visuals. It doesn’t have the same buzz around it that Avatar, Harry Potter, or Star Wars did. I can’t see the waits being THAT long after the first week, unless Disney does something to artificially inflate it.

It's a super controversial ride, this will garner a lot of attention when it's finished.

 

[𝕴𝖒𝖆𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖊𝖗97]

It's a super controversial ride, this will garner a lot of attention when it's finished.

We'll know pretty quickly if it lives up to expectations (good and bad).

 

[jpeden]

It's a super controversial ride, this will garner a lot of attention when it's finished.

I actually disagee with this point. It’s super controversial in the Disney fan community. The general public doesn’t care at all that they’re re-theming splash mountain.

The people that care are the VAST minority of daily park visitors.

 

[mitchk]

Just now

 

[PizzaPlanet]

“Adventure” has become the most cliche word in attraction names. I think someone here suggested “Tiana’s Bayou Splash” which would’ve been so much better.

 

[𝕴𝖒𝖆𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖊𝖗97]

If it had to change, a unique, impactful name would’ve been nice. It feels like it was named by the marketing team instead of clever imagineers (they still exist, right?)

Well, there is precedent for them changing a name after the ride opens. Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor originally was MILF: Comedy Club, wasn't it? Toy Story Mania changed its name ten years after it opened.

 

[Disney Analyst]

The ride is Bayou Adventure, “Tiana’s” is there as an IP identifier.

When I look at it, Splash Mountain or Bayou Adventure don’t seem that far off from each other. There is nothing monumental with either name, and they both get the job done.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Tiana: A Mountain of Adventure!

 

[ToTBellHop]

The ride is Bayou Adventure, “Tiana’s” is there as an IP identifier.

When I look at it, Splash Mountain or Bayou Adventure don’t seem that far off from each other. There is nothing monumental with either name, and they both get the job done.

Bayou Adventure is like calling a haunted house “haunted mansion“ and Disney can do better than such generic, comic-book-amusement-park names! Next, they‘ll open a popcorn cart and call it “popcorn cart.”

 

[Disney Analyst]

Bayou Adventure is like calling a haunted house “haunted mansion“ and Disney can do better than such generic, comic-book-amusement-park names! Next, they‘ll open a popcorn cart and call it “popcorn cart.”

Crazy talk. They would never do such a thing.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Crazy talk. They would never do such a thing.

Even I have to admit it’s a silly argument once I think about it. Most of the classics, in particular, have names that are rather on the nose. No one wants Jungle Cruise to be renamed Dwayne’s Jungle Jam: It Rocks! Fondness toward Splash’s name is really just indicative of our fondness for the ride.

No one actually knows what the hell Space Mountain is so we just think, “eh, it was the ‘70s…”

 

[Disney Analyst]

Even I have to admit it’s a silly argument once I think about it. Most of the classics, in particular, have names that are rather on the nose. No one wants Jungle Cruise to be renamed Dwayne’s Jungle Jam: It Rocks! Fondness toward Splash’s name is really just indicative of our fondness for the ride.

No one actually knows what the hell Space Mountain is so we just think, “eh, it was the ‘70s…”

Exactly - Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is not some deviation from the ride name trend. If anything, it’s one of the simpler names they’ve done in a while.

 

[James Alucobond]

Flowers are going up on the base of the water tower today, following the taped off markings they made previously.

 

[harrisonm]

 

[Disstevefan1]

Flowers are going up on the base of the water tower today, following the taped off markings they made previously.

I was just thinking, there is not enough greenery and flowers....

 

[𝕴𝖒𝖆𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖊𝖗97]

Tiana's Foods will likely have something on the wall in the office labeled "Alumni Snapshot," where they talk about the accomplishments of those who worked for the company. (rearrange the letters in "alumni snapshot" )