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News Tiana's Bayou Adventure - latest details and construction progress
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Kittlesona
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I understand that the water on the drops (and lifts) is essentially just for show, but do we have an understanding or guess as to why that water is not being included in the testing process?
Disney Analyst
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Likely not turning on most (if any) show elements for these tests, and just focused on flume testing.
LittleBuford
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I saw it in December when it was covered in scaffolding and it looked very big to me, but I’ll have to see it firsthand in its finished state to really know what I think.Personally, I think it looks much shorter and less intimidating in person, and somehow feels closer to the bridge in front. It really depends on where you are standing, and the water tower is going to look huge on-ride the way it's positioned. Every time I peek through the mesh I realize how much the walls are hiding the scale of the water tower, on top of the tree being removed, but the water tower and cypress trees make everything seem closer together. I was looking back at photos of Splash, and with how "clean" and open it was, it definitely felt like a mountain before compared to now. It's hard to describe in writing but I'm curious what @DCBaker thinks, and if anything I just typed is understandable.
JoeCamel
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When I saw the video I wondered if the water was too high. With weight in the log I think there will be some wet people and to have the drop running at the same time might be too much.
CntrlFlPete
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Personally, I think it looks much shorter and less intimidating in person, and somehow feels closer to the bridge in front. It really depends on where you are standing, and the water tower is going to look huge on-ride the way it's positioned. Every time I peek through the mesh I realize how much the walls are hiding the scale of the water tower, on top of the tree being removed, but the water tower and cypress trees make everything seem closer together. I was looking back at photos of Splash, and with how "clean" and open it was, it definitely felt like a mountain before compared to now. It's hard to describe in writing but I'm curious what @DCBaker thinks, and if anything I just typed is understandable.
I saw it for the 1st time today (since around when the tower went in).
I found it hard to judge w/ the walls up as well.
To me, I felt like all the green sort of squeezes the look, sort of flattens things out. Walking towards the area, it looks more like a mound than a mountain. I just did a quick walk by on the way towards Pirates. W/O it running, from the distance, it was hard to tell where the drop was, it kind of hard for me to see how steep it looks as there just seems to be a lot of green blocking a lot.
Here is a pic I snapped w/ folks in it to sort of give a ground level perspective (not zoomed taken w/ a phone)
BrerFoxesBayouAdventure
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As someone who saw it in person, what are guest reactions like?
Drew the Disney Dude
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100% agreed with this. Very good point about the green being everywhere, too. Everything is so similar. I truly do like how it looks in person, but it's definitely no where near as distinctive as Splash was. I'm very curious to what the overall reaction is once it's finished and the walls are down.
SuddenStorm
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And that is inherently a problem. Each of the Disney 'Mountains' was unique with a striking façade and more importantly- a striking silhouette. This bland moss mound has nothing striking about it.
I just don't understand how this is a salt mine?
SuddenStorm
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Not sure what the point of this post was, considering you didn't respond to my comment and intentionally shut down further discussion by closing with 'Good day'. But also, why jump in and comment at all if you don't care to actually reply to my comment?
I googled 'salt mine' and nothing even close to Tiana's Bayou Adventure popped up, though I do think the aesthetic of a few salt mines would fit a horror themed attraction well. It also blends in, and doesn't have that unique flair you'd expect of a headliner's façade at Disney's flagship resort.
My post was in good faith- your reply seems like it isn't. And what's the point of a discussion board if we can't, you know, discuss?
Vegas Disney Fan
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I think at this point it’s fair to say it’s not, just like it isn’t an employee owned co-op either… the ride seems to have come from the imagineers while the marketing department and DEI department came up with a completely separate backstory to try to justify the setting and to send a message.
I think the sooner people forget about the backstory the better, the impression of the ride is being dragged down by it.
Avery Island, as the name suggests, rises above sea level due to the salt dome. It's height is 163'.
Avery Island (Louisiana) - Wikipedia
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Avery Island (historically French: Île Petite Anse) is a salt dome best known as the source of Tabasco sauce. Located in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, United States, it is approximately three miles (4.8 km) inland from Vermilion Bay, which in turn opens onto the Gulf of Mexico. A small human population lives on the island.Avery Island is surrounded on all sides by bayous (slow-moving, muddy rivers), salt marsh, and swampland; it sits about 130 miles (210 km) west of New Orleans.[6] The island was a sugar plantation formerly known as Petite Anse Island.[2] (Petite Anse means "Little Cove" in Cajun French.) Access to the island is via a toll road (technically a very low toll bridge), though a toll is no longer charged for visitors, including tourists.At its highest point, the island is 163 feet (50 m) above mean sea level.[6] It covers about 2,200 acres (8.9 km2) and is about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) across at its widest point.
Also, there's Lake Peignar which is next to Jefferson Island salt dome. It is the site of the famous salt mine sink hole disaster.
Anyhoos, Jefferson "Island" salt dome is 50 feet above the surrounding land. And now, much higher than the dry lake bed caused by the sink hole.
Lake Peigneur - Wikipedia
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The Lake Peigneur sinkhole
Lake Peigneur is a small freshwater lake in Louisiana with a shallow depth of 3 metres (10 feet), which makes it a popular spot for recreational fishermen. All that changed drastically on the 20th …graham64.wordpress.com
Now, I couldn't find any resources to justify the historicity of turning people in to frogs or talking crocagators who can play horn. I'm sure all those looking for real-world evidence of what they see on a Disney ride are just as concerned about that.
CntrlFlPete
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honestly, I just did a drive by on the way to Pirates -- I did not speak to anyone about it nor did I hear anyone talking about it.
plutofan15
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Using your same logic, if you think it is a mess, fine. But you need to get over the fact that not everyone does.
Certainly everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
Looks like they repainted the rock work inside the cavern leading up to the drop green.
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I was just thinking they could put a frog hood ornament in the spot where brer rabbit used to reside......cover that spot....but yes it does rather look like a frog log.....Does this kinda’ remind any body else here of a frog face…?!!!!!
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BrerFoxesBayouAdventure
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Did they replace the briar patch with something yet or are we just taking a drop down the mound into the water below?
