Agreed.
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News Tiana's Bayou Adventure - latest details and construction progress
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JustInTime
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Because salt mines typically aren’t super tall and don’t match NOLA scenery. They are dwarfing the “mountain” on purpose.
Bocabear
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it doesn't actually look smaller...but honestly, it's a ride...in order for this ride to actually work, it needs to be tall... that is the fact. I don't think it really matters... Splash was supposed to be a hill in rural Georgia...and we, the riders were supposed to be the size of critters... (hence the giant thorns in the briar patch)... so the height at this point isn't really an issue... it is what it is...
Incomudro
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????
Imagineering 202whatever.
Brer Oswald
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Why does it need to look smaller? Isn’t that counter intuitive to the type of ride this is? They should be trying to make a retheme that is as appealing of a flume ride as the previous version, if not moreso.
If they wanted to make an “accurate” New Orleans Bayou, then they would need to level the whole thing and start from scratch.
SilentWindODoom
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Because then nobody can whine that there are no mountains in Louisiana.
Of course. But that would be a waste of resources and the outcry from those who were against the change would be overwhelming. But the large trees and water tower installed in the foreground seem to be classic forced perspective, reversing what was initially installed with the rockwork and trees getting smaller on the way up.
We've discussed a lot how the drama of the plunge is not in any way hindered by this. It still looks high, fast, and screamy.
You don't need "a typical" one to establish what is possible. Here's an actual one, the one that inspired the backstory...
JustInTime
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So we are saying the same thing. Why did you ask the question? It needs to look more like a hill, less like a mountain.
Bocabear
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the funny thing is, as Splash Mountain it was supposed to be a hill... Chick-a-Pin Hill!
Because it's unknown whether there is intentional forced perspective to make it looker taller or shorter than it is.
But some say there definitely is forced perspective (one way or the other), and surprisingly, find fault with it without knowing for sure either way.
Has anyone measured the size of the flowers to see if they get bigger as one goes up the hill?
Incomudro
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Reversed forced perpective?Because then nobody can whine that there are no mountains in Louisiana.
Of course. But that would be a waste of resources and the outcry from those who were against the change would be overwhelming. But the large trees and water tower installed in the foreground seem to be classic forced perspective, reversing what was initially installed with the rockwork and trees getting smaller on the way up.
We've discussed a lot how the drama of the plunge is not in any way hindered by this. It still looks high, fast, and screamy.
How about real sized trees because riders and guests are actually in and around those trees, so they need to be actual size?
Drew the Disney Dude
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Drew the Disney Dude
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Tons of pink flowers are waiting to be installed, the first ones are already up — it looks like they are on the base of the water tower, but they're wrapped around the scaffolding and not the water tower itself. Nothing else new visibly, but logs were testing the entire 3 hours I was there today and were at nearly full operations minus music and audio — hopefully that's next.
DryerLintFan
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Can you tell if they’re real flowers or fake? They look real but everything around them is fake so i thought I’d ask
JoeCamel
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It's a little early for Azalea season, great fake
