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

[TomboyJanet]

I'm waiting for them to just be like SURPRISE! The Scaffolding IS part of the ride! It's a ride about urban community building! And the SPECIAL PART IS YOUUUUUUUUUUU!!!

Also the interior is now themed to grocery store aisles and you just kind meander down them going is the ingredient here? nope! next Aisle... Is it here? nope! Next Aisle

 

[monothingie]

Latest insider information indicates that Scaffold Mountain is testing better with guest focus groups than what ever it is they're planning to put there.

 

[EagleScout610]

Any updated pics of the tree coming down?

 

[DCBaker]

Any updated pics of the tree coming down?

Still there this morning.

 

[Brer Oswald]

Yeah I get why they decided against the blue sky concept. Structural integrity and all that but it's going to take time to get used to.

Would it have been so hard to just modify the tree to have leaves?

 

[WondersOfLife]

I wouldn’t say that Splash’s characters—cute singing animals—were any more obviously suited to a thrill ride.

I disagree... They literally used antagonists... PATF doesn't even have Facilier.....

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Kinda funny this same pack of pins includes The Auctioneer and Trader Sam, two other problematic characters though ones removed for far less controversial reasons.

Both characters are still in those rides, it was just the figure of Trader Sam who was removed. His name is still on the new gift shop set.

 

[GimpYancIent]

Would it have been so hard to just modify the tree to have leaves?

That would up the cost of the refurb and money doesn't grow on trees.

 

[Kirby86]

Would it have been so hard to just modify the tree to have leaves?

Then they wouldn't have the money for the Water Tower.

 

[LittleBuford]

I disagree... They literally used antagonists... PATF doesn't even have Facilier.....

But that’s an issue with what they’re choosing to do with the IP, not the IP itself. The “Tiana is a property that appeals primarily to elementary school girls” claim (variants of which have come up repeatedly in these discussions) makes it seem as if the character and her world are incapable of lending themselves to thrills, which isn’t the case at all. If Tiana’s Bayou Adventure ends up not having a good narrative buildup to the drop, it’ll be a shortcoming of the way it’s been conceived and designed rather than of the property itself.

 

[Tha Realest]

Multiple sites (including one we’re encouraged not to reference) are reporting Tiana’s new D+ series has moved from a specific date (2023) to a very nebulous one (Coming soon!) suggesting it’s possibly being cancelled.

 

[LittleBuford]

Multiple sites (including one we’re encouraged not to reference) are reporting Tiana’s new D+ series has moved from a specific date (2023) to a very nebulous one (Coming soon!) suggesting it’s possibly being cancelled.

Why would a delay suggest it’s been cancelled? That seems like a bit of a leap to me.

 

[Tha Realest]

Why would a delay suggest it’s been cancelled? That seems like a bit of a leap to me.

That’s the connection they make. I don’t think it’s going to be cancelled. It’s Disney Animation, not the TV side, doing it. That said, a lot of animation projects within Disney and elsewhere have been suddenly cancelled, so that could be the cause for concern.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Some alternate proposals for the water tower from WDI:

 

[WondersOfLife]

But that’s an issue with what they’re choosing to do with the IP, not the IP itself.

Agreed.

The “Tiana is a property that appeals primarily to elementary school girls” claim (variants of which have come up repeatedly in these discussions) makes it seem as if the character and her world are incapable of lending themselves to thrills, which isn’t the case at all.

Agreed.

If Tiana’s Bayou Adventure ends up not having a good narrative buildup to the drop, it’ll be a shortcoming of the way it’s been conceived and designed rather than of the property itself.

Agreed.

....What am I missing here...

 

[LittleBuford]

Agreed.

Agreed.

Agreed.

....What am I missing here...

Nothing! Not everything needs to be an argument.

 

[WondersOfLife]

Not everything needs to be an argument.

...........But... That goes against all laws of the unwritten WDWMagic forum rules.....

 

[Ghost93]

But that’s an issue with what they’re choosing to do with the IP, not the IP itself. The “Tiana is a property that appeals primarily to elementary school girls” claim (variants of which have come up repeatedly in these discussions) makes it seem as if the character and her world are incapable of lending themselves to thrills, which isn’t the case at all. If Tiana’s Bayou Adventure ends up not having a good narrative buildup to the drop, it’ll be a shortcoming of the way it’s been conceived and designed rather than of the property itself.

Agreed. The Princess and the Frog, as a movie, had way more excitement in it than Snore of the South.

Of course, that was largely due to Facillier, who is unlikely to be in the new ride.

 

[TomboyJanet]

But that’s an issue with what they’re choosing to do with the IP, not the IP itself. The “Tiana is a property that appeals primarily to elementary school girls” claim (variants of which have come up repeatedly in these discussions) makes it seem as if the character and her world are incapable of lending themselves to thrills, which isn’t the case at all. If Tiana’s Bayou Adventure ends up not having a good narrative buildup to the drop, it’ll be a shortcoming of the way it’s been conceived and designed rather than of the property itself.

WORD!! TOTALLY THIS! It's like they are saying Girls can't be tough thrilling heroes they can't have PERILOUS adventures! They have to stand there and look pretty for the boats to pass by! It's like were going back to the days of "all girls are delicate little flowers that we can't let have any wild adventures they can't handle because of their fragile little girl minds that can't handle it!"

They act like they are so progressive for making a ride that showcases how good a woman can cook.....??????????

 

[LittleBuford]

WORD!! TOTALLY THIS! It's like they are saying Girls can't be tough thrilling heroes they can't have PERILOUS adventures! They have to stand there and look pretty for the boats to pass by! It's like were going back to the days of "all girls are delicate little flowers that we can't let have any wild adventures they can't handle because of their fragile little girl minds that can't handle it!"

They act like they are so progressive for making a ride that showcases how good a woman can cook.....??????????

To be clear, we’re making very different points. Whatever else they may be doing, they are not portraying Tiana in the terms you’re suggesting.