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

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ✨ ᗩζᗩᗰ]

Everything gets lighter with time in Florida.

Except the guests. They get heavier.

 

[Disstevefan1]

Except the guests. They get heavier.
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THIS IS WHY THEY CUT THE FOOD FESTIVAL DURING THE SUMMER IN EPCOT

 

[ToTBellHop]

THIS IS WHY THEY CUT THE FOOD FESTIVAL DURING THE SUMMER IN EPCOT

Honestly, my wallet will thank them for that more than my waist. I’ll still eat—I’ll just bring Oreos. They make Tiramisu Oreos this year, which sounds like something they’d sell at the Italy F&G/W kiosk for $9.

 

[Trauma]

Replying to my own post to change my guess. June 19th.

Tiana’s will open partially done. Some scenes and animatronics will not be there.

You honestly think for what has to be one of the most important ride openings ever that they are going to put forth and unfinished product?

 

[Disstevefan1]

Honestly, my wallet will thank them for that more than my waist. I’ll still eat—I’ll just bring Oreos. They make Tiramisu Oreos this year, which sounds like something they’d sell at the Italy F&G kiosk for $9.

If they find they are making enough money from Genie+ and ILL in EPCOT, maybe we could see the end of the food booths?

 

[ToTBellHop]

If they find they are making enough money from Genie+ and ILL in EPCOT, maybe we could see the end of the food booths?

 

[Basil of Baker Street]

You honestly think for what has to be one of the most important ride openings ever that they are going to put forth and unfinished product?

No way

 

[erstwo]

Thank you! And I'm happy to get some photos for you this afternoon, but if they were to light up, it would be from below as the rest of the water tower lighting is. There is room for lights at the base of the tiara, but the fact we haven't seen that yet leads me to believe it won't happen.

Thanks so much - I look forward to seeing it!
Still holding out hope, but I bet you are correct. Maybe, just maybe, it will be some Disney magic and they will light up every night once the ride is open.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

I'll amend that to say "lying almost from the beginning". There was an early budget figure that he got roughly correct at the time they first announced the project. II also heard a similar even lower figure at the time, but it was well before they had any settled on plan apart from the IP and things have since massively changed and the budget was significantly upped. That information hasn't been accurate for a very very long time. He has not only neglected to retract this claim to account for newer information, but he has made up a ton of new false information of his own since then.

How do we define unfinished? There are degrees to these things. In my opinion, if they open this while still putting finishing touches on it, that constitutes unfinished.

 

[tparris]

Honestly, my wallet will thank them for that more than my waist. I’ll still eat—I’ll just bring Oreos. They make Tiramisu Oreos this year, which sounds like something they’d sell at the Italy F&G kiosk for $9.

This is the first I’m hearing of these tiramisu Oreos, and I would like to formally thank you for informing me of their existence

 

[ToTBellHop]

How do we define unfinished? There are degrees to these things. In my opinion, if they open this while still putting finishing touches on it, that constitutes unfinished.

It is nonsense. If they need an extra month, they’ll just open it in August or September. All they’ve said is “summer”. They won’t open it unfinished in 8 weeks.

 

[ToTBellHop]

This is the first I’m hearing of these tiramisu Oreos, and I would like to formally thank you for informing me of their existence

They’re actually really good. And they come in “thins” so I can eat more of them and not feel bad.

 

[Ukdisneyguys]

Sorry if this annoys anyone but can I ask why do CM previews actually happen? For me as a paying guest, I will find nothing more annoying that watching CM’s go down the drop whilst we have to watch
I know I am being jealous but it always annoys me that we end up missing getting to ride but “staff” “cast members” do!
I understand it being a perk for them but surely they could ride alongside a soft opening for the public too and then if effects aren’t working etc then we understand as it’s just a “soft opening”.

Just interested to hear why if anyone knows the answer.

Also I get that Disney are stalling to clearly just open this for the next fiscal quarter but each time I look at this, I think it’s basically done. If they worked solidly on this for the next week surely all this queue would be done? It just feels like they are stalling on purpose which is such a shame for others that have vacation before June haha!

Also has anyone actually seen official invites for the supposed media event in June or was this just word of mouth?

Sorry for the rant, just desperate to ride and know we will miss it now

 

[UNCgolf]

IMO, it's the sharp contrast against the "red" clay that makes it look less natural.

That's definitely a big part of it.

 

[mickEblu]

How do we define unfinished? There are degrees to these things. In my opinion, if they open this while still putting finishing touches on it, that constitutes unfinished.

I’d say it’s unfinished until they add Dr. Faciliers shadow and “Friends on the Other Side” to the Halloween overlay.

 

[wdwmagic]

Sorry if this annoys anyone but can I ask why do CM previews actually happen? For me as a paying guest, I will find nothing more annoying that watching CM’s go down the drop whilst we have to watch
I know I am being jealous but it always annoys me that we end up missing getting to ride but “staff” “cast members” do!
I understand it being a perk for them but surely they could ride alongside a soft opening for the public too and then if effects aren’t working etc then we understand as it’s just a “soft opening”.

Just interested to hear why if anyone knows the answer.

Also I get that Disney are stalling to clearly just open this for the next fiscal quarter but each time I look at this, I think it’s basically done. If they worked solidly on this for the next week surely all this queue would be done? It just feels like they are stalling on purpose which is such a shame for others that have vacation before June haha!

Also has anyone actually seen official invites for the supposed media event in June or was this just word of mouth?

Sorry for the rant, just desperate to ride and know we will miss it now

It is really a couple of issues, but mainly, it gives the cast working the ride a chance to get used to regular operations without worrying about having paying guests on the ride. Downtimes may be frequent, e-stops, evacuations etc.

Secondly, it gives a little something to the cast, boosts moral, and arms them with information to talk to guests about the new ride.

 

[mickEblu]

So will anyone be creating a spoiler free thread for our Disneyland brethren?

 

[MagicHappens1971]

So will anyone be creating a spoiler free thread for our Disneyland brethren?

The Disneyland sub-forum has a thread for TBA, so that is where "spoiler-free" updates would remain I would imagine.

 

[Drew the Disney Dude]

Everyone say "bye, fence!"

 

[mickEblu]

The Disneyland sub-forum has a thread for TBA, so that is where "spoiler-free" updates would remain I would imagine.

No I mean a thread where people post reviews without spoilers. I’ll have questions. Going to try not to watch video. Would be dumb to do that when it opens just a few months later at DL.