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

[Touchdown]

Hmm... I wonder what would happen to a sleepy boat ride in the swamps if a nearby water tower broke?

How’s a water tower cause a drop? Or boats to suddenly go up a hill?

 

[Magenta Panther]

The big thing with this retheme is that no matter how many fancy animatronics it has, it's going to be glaringly obvious that it was once Splash Mountain. We're constantly going to think "Okay, this was where Brer Rabbit was, this was where Brer Fox and Brer Bear were..."

The other big thing is that, regardless as to how good or bad the retheme is, it's being done for the wrong reasons and created an incredible amount of fighting and online discord. In the end, we'll have to wonder if it was really worth it.

Plus the internet is forever, and therefore people will be able to see ride-through videos of Splash Mountain and see how much better it was than this lame remake.

 

[Ricky Spanish]

Mardi Gras celebration you say! Hell yeah! That would be an excellent way to launch the ride. Oh, by the way, I do not know if you have ever been to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, but, the ladies are kind of expected to do something for the beads thrown at them.. Just saying. Not exactly Disney appropriate.

Yes, I know the tradition

 

[MisterPenguin]

I called dibs

O rly?

 

[Dunston]

The CG animation they use really looked like the new mountain will not have as well-defined of a silhouette or "weenie" as Splash Mountain. Kind of like Seven Dwarfs, it's just a hill, not recognizable like Expedition Everest, Big Thunder Mountain, Space Mountain, etc. Still, I'll reserve judgement until it's open because it's already gone through one concept art redesign.

 

[Brian]

Relevancy is being activated.

 

[Lilofan]

Mardi Gras celebration you say! Hell yeah! That would be an excellent way to launch the ride. Oh, by the way, I do not know if you have ever been to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, but, the ladies are kind of expected to do something for the beads thrown at them.. Just saying. Not exactly Disney appropriate.

That balcony view is prime at Mardi Gras. Throwing beads down below after giving kindly requests!

 

[FettFan]

The CG animation they use really looked like the new mountain will not have as well-defined of a silhouette or "weenie" as Splash Mountain. Kind of like Seven Dwarfs, it's just a hill, not recognizable like Expedition Everest, Big Thunder Mountain, Space Mountain, etc. Still, I'll reserve judgement until it's open because it's already gone through one concept art redesign.

I always considered the drop itself to be the Weenie, with Brer Fox’s lair as just a frame to accentuate it.

They seem to be wanting the tower to be the Weenie, but someone decided that placing it cockeyed off to the side of the drop, and lower than the rest of the mountain, was a good idea.

 

[Tha Realest]

I always considered the drop itself to be the Weenie, with Brer Fox’s lair as just a frame to accentuate it.

They seem to be wanting the tower to be the Weenie, but someone decided that placing it cockeyed off to the side of the drop, and lower than the rest of the mountain, was a good idea.

Something was needed to collect all the water people have been carrying in support of these increasingly head-scratching design choices

 

[jeanericuser001]

Plus the internet is forever, and therefore people will be able to see ride-through videos of Splash Mountain and see how much better it was than this lame remake.

I wish that were true. The internet is forever but many sites are not forever and a lot of great ride videos are gone thanks to many sites going down which serves as a testament for why preservation is not infinite. Its merely a temporary way for some people to reminisce but the old videos never capture entirely the glory of the original ride. Just look at Journey into imagination or horizons videos.

 

[Tha Realest]

I wish that were true. The internet is forever but many sites are not forever and a lot of great ride videos are gone thanks to many sites going down which serves as a testament for why preservation is not infinite. Its merely a temporary way for some people to reminisce but the old videos never capture entirely the glory of the original ride. Just look at Journey into imagination or horizons videos.

Wait until TWDC starts filing DMCA complaints

 

[JohnD]

I'm accepting of the re-theme to Tiana. It's the salt mine execution that gives me trepidation.

 

[cdunlap]

How will they even make this work in Frontierland? Disneyland’s works because Splash is by New Orleans Square's Haunted Mansion, but there is no New Orleans Square at WDW.

 

[FettFan]

Wait until TWDC starts filing DMCA complaints

That’s an interesting Catch-22 for Mouse House.

Allegedly, SotS will enter the public domain in 2041…meaning that if someone wanted to build a new version of Splash Mountain using Disney’s version of those characters, they theoretically could.

So…would Disney dare fight and claim that it’s still their trademark, as they’re expected to do with Steamboat Willie? Or will they continue to ignore it?


Or will they continue to try to have their cake and eat it too? Schrodinger’s Song of the South



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But when Disney got ahold of Star Wars…

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[Disstevefan1]

How will they even make this work in Frontierland? Disneyland’s works because Splash is by New Orleans Square's Haunted Mansion, but there is no New Orleans Square at WDW.

This change has nothing to do with making anything “work”. They needed to erase Splash.

 

[JoeCamel]

This change has nothing to do with making anything “work”. They needed to erase Splash.

No they needed a princess in it

 

[FettFan]

No they needed a princess in it

Aye. So many other viable options, but none of them had the Disney Princess(tm) branding.

 

[cdunlap]

This change has nothing to do with making anything “work”. They needed to erase Splash.

Look at Disneyland! They have a PATF store already and they’re building a Tiana's Palace restaurant! I don’t know about you, but I sense that Pecos Bill's might be getting replaced by Tiana's Palace in the near future!

 

[GimpYancIent]

Since Tiana's story is strongly associated with food, though salt is an ingredient in food, what about something like Tabasco sauce and its growing / production or crawfish farming and use in multiple dishes rather than salt mining?

P.S. Maybe, Tabasco can be approached to see if they would be a sponsor?

 

[cdunlap]

Since Tiana's story is strongly associated with food, though salt is an ingredient in food, what about something like Tabasco sauce and its growing / production or crawfish farming and use in multiple dishes rather than salt mining?

P.S. Maybe, Tabasco can be approached to see if they would be a sponsor?

Makes more sense than mining!