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

[Drew the Disney Dude]

You’re supposed to be living at the Tiana’s site. What happened?

 

[Henry Mystic]

Photos from around the area this morning.

It’s definitely not as iconic as Splash but it looks fine. Really don’t like the tiara on the water tower, though.

 

[Ghost93]

Looks fantastic.

It does look pretty. The "mountain" has been de-emphasized in this makeover, but the area now looks like a bayou.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

I know it's supposed to look authentic, but I don't really want to splash into this water...

Have we checked where Tiana's energy-efficient, water-saving toilets are emptying into?

 

[J4546]

dumb question but why are some flowers raised out of the water and some arent?

 

[JoeCamel]

dumb question but why are some flowers raised out of the water and some arent?

I think it is perspective for the boat passengers, night time should be cool

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

dumb question but why are some flowers raised out of the water and some arent?

Real water lilies very often grow that way. With stems of varying heights, some only appearing to float on the surface while others extending well above.

There's still plenty more greenery yet to be installed around the lilies too.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

Real water lilies very often grow that way. With stems of varying heights, some only appearing to float on the surface while others extending well above.

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There's still plenty more greenery yet to be installed around the lilies too.

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The water looks so beautifully blue in the concept art. At some point, someone made the decision, "Nope, we need to go poop-brown instead."

 

[SaucyBoy]

The whole area is simply stunning so far; I can't wait to see the finished product!!

 

[DryerLintFan]

I know we’re supposed to hate it, but this is looking prettier and prettier!!

 

[Professortango1]

Photos from around the area this morning.

And the ugly temporary fence remains untouched. Oh WDW.

 

[mickEblu]

Is there any chance that food mural on the fence is temporary? Please don’t come to Disneyland.

 

[Professortango1]

Is there any chance that food mural on the fence is temporary? Please don’t come to Disneyland.

The whole thing should be. It looks terrible and isn't needed at the California park.

 

[James Alucobond]

The original fence was unique to WDW and isn’t on the Disneyland TBA model, so it’s very possible it won’t happen there.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

Is there any chance that food mural on the fence is temporary? Please don’t come to Disneyland.

Oh come on, doesn't it make you hungry for the tasty Louisiana cooking you get at the end of the ride? Oh wait...

Is Popeyes coming onboard as a sponsor?

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

Yeah unfortunately it was clear that the fence was staying as soon as they added a mural to it. While something being absent from the model isn't necessarily evidence that it wouldn't be implemented in the final version (the render I posted of WDW above doesn't have this fence), i'm guessing it won't be added at DL since their Splash Mtn never got the fence to begin with.

The water looks so beautifully blue in the concept art. At some point, someone made the decision, "Nope, we need to go poop-brown instead."

I hesitate to post this since I actually don't agree with the saturated blue in the render looking good (nor is it accurate to what bayou water looks like). I also strongly suspect the brownish tint is the result of there being a lot of sediment from the construction work done and will eventually filter out and turn a more clear or greenish hue once the ride has been running for a while without the construction going on (it will also reflect the sky more when that happens). But I REALLY wanted to make this edit-

 

[DryerLintFan]

Is there any chance that food mural on the fence is temporary? Please don’t come to Disneyland.

I thought it was cute

 

[Sir_Cliff]

Hasn't the water always been quite brown?

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

Hasn't the water always been quite brown?

It would vary quite a bit, but yeah it could often appear brownish. Especially when the water was more still and had been standing for some time. This one is quite murky for instance-

Sometimes it would appear more greenish, or blue when it was particularly sunny and reflecting the sky at certain angles. Like I said though, there's probably an excess amount of sediment/dirt that is still floating around from construction. So once it circulates and filters through normal operation, it will probably settle and appear less murky brown.

One question I have though is whether that lone water lily in the photo you posted has always been there. I can't remember seeing it before and it doesn't appear to exist in this other image...

 

[Sir_Cliff]

One question I have though is whether that lone water lily in the photo you posted has always been there. I can't remember seeing it before and it doesn't appear to exist in this other image...

Yeah, I was kind of surprised to see that! As the photo was from close to when it closed, was this a test we all somehow missed?