I was wondering if that banner was actually made out of a floppy material, or if it was more rigid. Guess the images of it being installed answers that. Really surprised they didn't use a solid/rigid material. I'm very curious how this will hold up in tropical storm or hurricane winds.
I’m going to assume the foliage for this is similar to if not the same material as the leaves on the Tree of Life.
The foliage looks like it varies quite a bit. The larger leaves on the cypress trees for instance don't look like they sway as much as real trees do in a light wind, so i'd say they're probably more solid and perhaps similar to the leaves on the Tree of Life. Other elements such as the smaller ivy and flowers attached to the rockwork concern me though. I've noticed they flutter quite a lot in the wind and probably aren't as substantial.
I’m so confused by the amount of hate that the exterior is getting. I can understand statements that it doesn’t really fit with the rest of Frontierland (true), I can understand those that say it doesn’t look quite as tall anymore (the removal of forced perspective makes this at least partially true) and I can understand those questioning if it will hold up to significant weather events (remains to be seen), but In my opinion though the exterior is objectively GORGEOUS. I think it’s far more visually interesting that Splash ever was. For the record I never rode Splash and I have zero intentions to ever ride TBA (I dislike getting wet) but I LOVE the new look.
You're 100% entitled to your opinion, with the small note that what looks good is "subjective", and not "objective".
In terms of the overall view of the mountain, I think it looks very messy and awkward when viewed as a whole. Sort of like a big tangled bush.
However, I will say that the small individual areas viewed close up tend to look quite nice on their own. Whenever I see a zoom-in on the little corners and gardens with all of their detail, those shots tend to look rather attractive. But it's the wide shots of the entire facade that sort of spoils it. The higher parts of the center mountain and flume look the worst overall. It becomes very unnatural, noisy and chaotic.
Incidentally, if you DO ever get the inclination to ride TBA, ask for the row at the very back. On Splash Mtn at least, that row tended to remain immensely more dry than the others. You can also duck your head down right as the boat reaches the bottom of the big drop and avoid most of the splash there. Unless they've got the soaker cannons around the first turn at the beginning cranked all the way up (which is easy to determine by just looking from the bridge), I've found these strategies to be a fairly effective way of staying mostly dry.
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