yensidtlaw1969
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. . . You do realize they’re 98% identical to how they were on Splash, right?
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News Tiana's Bayou Adventure - latest details and construction progress
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I think that was his point right? Botched and old. Sinking due to the resorts continued neglected maintenance.
Castle Cake Apologist
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Pretty sure that's the problem. Splash's vehicles weren't famous for their great condition.
yensidtlaw1969
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The ride vehicles will absolutely have received maintenance attention by the time Tiana’s opens. They’re not risking a log sinking in their expensive new attraction.
MerlinTheGoat
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It's not just the concern about sinking. They are in desperate need of resurfacing/paint. Which I would assume is still planned since we're only in March and there's still quite a few months left.
JoeCamel
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aladdin2007
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this but also botched meaning by the poor patch job after removing brer details, and couldn't have been replaced with new detail....?
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JoeCamel
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They remove them from the water for storage, not a huge deal to do
Oh come on what tripe. They should not have been risking sinking of ride vehicles in daily operations of a ride that is not rethemed either. Many deadly or serious theme park incidents actually occur in first or earlier years than later in Disney's history. It is just as dangerous whether it happens day 1 or year 20.
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yensidtlaw1969
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^That part.
No quite more about it. We are less than three months away to daily cycling and soft openings after that for a summer opening. They have to cycle first. Don't expect much from these logs changing much in that time or you will be disappointed.
Brer Oswald
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“Quite a few months left” is only two. And they might even start cast previews by next month.
Tha Realest
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“They’re going to fix the logs” feels wish-casty in the same way that the salt mine stuff was just going to be negligible backstory which wouldn’t manifest in or near the attraction.
Vegas Disney Fan
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I agree they are running out of time, hopefully that means what we’re seeing is only a few logs they pulled out for testing while the majority of the logs are being redone as we speak.
I’m as critical of Disney as the next guy but I’d be absolutely shocked if the logs don’t get a complete overhaul, if this ride opens with beat up logs it will officially be time to declare Disneys world famous quality a thing of the past.
yensidtlaw1969
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Sorry, according to who?
MerlinTheGoat
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I assume Splash Archives, who has been claiming end of May or sooner for the public (soft or official I don't know). And I guess April for cast previews. I am skeptical of these claims.
Resurfacing and paint can be done in a very short amount of time. Like within a week or two. Also, if the logs are already repaired to be seaworthy, paint likely won't need much if any additional testing since it's just surface level.
The idea that they would open the ride to the general public with the logs in the cosmetic condition they are in right now is absurd.
Tha Realest
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Is it? They’ve had pretty poor show quality in recent years.
MerlinTheGoat
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Neglect generally occurs post-opening after the park ops take over, or when they're budget constrained. This is a new high budget ride that WDI has high standards for on opening day. What happens in the months/years after opening is another story. I do not believe they have finished the logs, the red flags and rejected tags should clue people into this.
Splash Mountain last received a major overhaul in 2013. It was in even worse condition then than it was in 2022, and only took them 2 months and 22 days to get it back in close to opening day condition again. This included refurbished logs.
For another log specific example, lap bars were installed in early 2011 and it took less than one month. That was a much more substantial and time consuming project than a new coat of paint (and did require a good amount of testing, unlike a repaint).
