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

[SpectreJordan]

I think the big thing for me is that PatF is clearly set post-WWI, when we had the cultural shift of the Roaring 20s; Louis is a jazz trumpeter, Charlotte is clearly a half-step away from entering flapper-hood, electric streetcars are now rolling through the city, having replaced the old horse-drawn carts.

Even though Brother Bear takes place at the end of the last ice age (8,000-10,000 years ago) it still feels closer to the frontier than jazz music and electricity. Just remove the mammoths and it would easily double as the early 1800s Pacific Northwest.

Fair enough. There's pros & cons to both. This would all be a lot easier if they could connect BTM to Frontierland outside of walking near Splash.

 

[FettFan]

Fair enough. There's pros & cons to both. This would all be a lot easier if they could connect BTM to Frontierland outside of walking near Splash.

Aye. Another pair of ideas were to either

1. make Splash a companion to Big Thunder Mountain with the main drop created through hydraulic mining.

Or
2. Lean into the Tall Tales/American Legends aspect of featuring Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, John Henry, Johnny Appleseed, etc.

 

[SpectreJordan]

The American tall tale idea would've been fantastic; it'd be a nice way to preserve that mythology for future generations. But I assume there's some... dated stuff in all of those too.

 

[RobWDW1971]

I personally just can't wait to learn more about the labor force in the salt mines of Louisiana at the time. Should be a very educational log ride!

 

[JD80]

The thought is that the wood box is to protect the sensors, or something else, while construction is going on.

I gotcha. I wasn't thinking temporarily.

 

[MisterPenguin]

I gotcha. I wasn't thinking temporarily.

You should really be thinking all the time!!

 

[Figments Friend]

The Brers statue was transported to an undisclosed warehouse probably next to the arc of the covenant. Also it's kind of sad seeing them gone.

In Kissimmee, right next to the spare Figment AA remnants no doubt.



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[BrerFoxesBayouAdventure]

2. Lean into the Tall Tales/American Legends aspect of featuring Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, John Henry, Johnny Appleseed, etc.

The American tall tale idea would've been fantastic; it'd be a nice way to preserve that mythology for future generations. But I assume there's some... dated stuff in all of those too.

The Br'ers already were American Legends whether you like them or not.

 

[EagleScout610]

From that site, birdhouses haver been removed from the flume:

 

[Brer Oswald]

From that site, birdhouses haver been removed from the flume:
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For what reason did these need to be removed?

 

[EagleScout610]

For what reason did these need to be removed?

My guess is simply because they exist and could be connected to Classic Splash

 

[ToTBellHop]

I understand the birds were peacefully macerated.

 

[BrerFoxesBayouAdventure]

From that site, birdhouses haver been removed from the flume:
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Birds are banned from the bayou.

 

[JoeCamel]

For what reason did these need to be removed?

My guess is simply because they exist and could be connected to Classic Splash

I understand the birds were peacefully macerated.

Birds are banned from the bayou.

No longer needed

4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie......

 

[celluloid]

From that site, birdhouses haver been removed from the flume:
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You think they will put the effort into cutting this faux tree down? They grow on foothills, but trees don't really grow on salt domes.

 

[Kirby86]

You think they will put the effort into cutting this faux tree down? They grow on foothills, but trees don't really grow on salt domes.

They better if they want to be authentic to Louisiana culture every interview about this ride they mention authenticity is the goal! Honestly though who knows?

 

[Tha Realest]

You think they will put the effort into cutting this faux tree down? They grow on foothills, but trees don't really grow on salt domes.

Latest rumor:

 

[EagleScout610]

We've known the tree was coming down since D23 so I don't know where the "claims" are coming from.

 

[celluloid]

Latest rumor:

Wrong tree. I am talking about the one that had the birdhouses that was pictured in the image I quoted.

 

[CntrlFlPete]

You think they will put the effort into cutting this faux tree down? They grow on foothills, but trees don't really grow on salt domes.

Wrong tree. I am talking about the one that had the birdhouses that was pictured in the image I quoted.

to me, it looks like they will be doing work on the tree, but I could not imagine them removing it. The pic I posted a few pages back was from prior to the houses coming down -- here is the other side from that same time frame (Just to show how the scaffolding is set up):