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

[Speedy71]

So this how epcot fans felt after the OG imagination was replaced....

OLC gets another W

 

[EagleScout610]

I see that we've moved on to rude dismissal of opposing opinions already. Even quite a few of the people in this thread who were looking forward to this ride now think it looks disappointing.

I was never expecting this to be as good as Splash. The imagineers of the modern era have shown themselves to be incapable of the sort of talent that their predecessors had. And the leadership above them are enabling many of these poor decisions while allowing that old guard to vanish, as their skills and experience are lost to time and not passed on to others at WDI.

However, I was still willing to give it a chance to try and was somewhat of a "soft defender" of the ride early on as I had heard some positive things about it that intrigued me. This does not live up to the moderate expectations I had.

Splash Mountain was a 10/10 best of the best attraction. I was expecting and hoping for at least an 8/10 or maybe 8.5/10 from Tiana. Instead i'd probably give it a 6 or 7 at most.

They needed a home run to match Splash and to hit it out of the park to be considered "Better". Instead they barely made it to 2nd base.

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

I'm not talking to people who don't like the outcome or were apprehensive. I'm talking about the people who judged it from day 1. You don't like it, fine, that's your opinion. But there are more than a few posters who made up there mind before work even started

Disney should never have been given the benefit of the doubt, they did not deserve it and the outcome has validated much of what was assumed about the ride. It's not like they haven't screwed up countless other rides over the past several decades. We have a pretty well informed track record to let us know not to be optimistic and trusting. That was the more foolish assumption to make than assuming it would be disappointing. It was a mistake for me to do so, I regret it.

 

[JustInTime]

They won't want this because the movie flopped in Japan, and they've pretty much refused to deal with it since then. But then again, it doesn't mean they wouldn't necessarily do something else foolish with the ride. They're doing a temporary Marvel Avengers overlay for their Small World...

That said, they still have no incentive to change their Splash. It's an very popular ride, pushes a good amount of merch and has a connecting eatery that gets good business as far as I know. This ticks all the boxes to just leave it alone. And they don't care about what Americans think of the source material either, which was the only reason why ours was changed to begin with.


The tree trunks are mostly intact from Splash, just repainted and given new foliage. But a lot of the setpieces were indeed ripped out. Such as all of the critter homes.

That’s not true. One example of many:

 

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ✨ ᗩζᗩᗰ]

They needed a home run to match Splash and to hit it out of the park to be considered "Better". Instead they barely made it to 2nd base.

... with Mama Odie.

 

[Musical Mermaid]

Had this been a Navi River Journey shorter type boat ride in Fantasyland and more of a book report style ride with the movie's songs, I think it'd be much better. This video shows me how shoehorned in it is into a long flume style ride in Frontierland.

 

[Incomudro]

I just wish all the bloggers and vloggers would actually, genuinely compare the two rides before they start their smiley chants about how good it is and how we should all just embrace change and stop complaining. Its this complacency with a lesser product that will keep giving us lesser and lesser products. They see the shiny new LED lights at night and fancy tech inside and will be wooed, but that's not pushing the boundaries of storytelling, its using the tech that is present at this moment. Creativity is found in the little moments that make you go wow, or get a jingle stuck in your head, or permeate pop culture, simply put, this does not have this.

I'm very much reminded of how most of today's cgi laden films look amazing but offer little beyond that.
It's like the original Star Wars vs Rise of Skywalker.
All the technological advancement in the world doesn't make for a more satisfying product.

 

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ✨ ᗩζᗩᗰ]

Disney should never have been given the benefit of the doubt, they did not deserve it and the outcome has validated much of what was assumed about the ride. It's not like they haven't screwed up countless other rides over the past several decades. We have a pretty well informed track record to let us know not to be optimistic and trusting. That was the more foolish assumption to make than assuming it would be disappointing. It was a mistake for me to do so, I regret it.

This is a real downer to read but true nonetheless. It's become increasingly more difficult to be optimistic about anything Disney does. I wish that weren't the case. I had high hopes but still realistic expectations for this one and yet they still under-delivered.

 

[Brian]

In your opinion. In my opinion it's better. The only place they are vindicated is in their own minds.

Of course you're welcome to your opinion. I just think it's worth pointing out that the general sentiment on this site and others seems to be leaning negative, including from those who held out hope or were overtly optimistic from the get-go.

 

[Brian]

FWIW, I think this will be well-received by the general public. If you throw them a bone of their favorite songs from whatever IP you've shoved in where it doesn't belong, they'll be bopping along the whole way and sing its praises to Research at the end. They don't appreciate well thought out storylines, intricate details, or authenticity, aka, the things Imagineering used to care about, before realizing they no longer have to.

This is why I refer to the average park going guest as the 'lowest common denominator' Disney must appeal to, resulting in IP songfest garbage in everything they do as of late.

 

[tanc]

Whoever lead Fantasy Springs should have been working on this...

 

[Incomudro]

This is a real downer to read but true nonetheless. It's become increasingly more difficult to be optimistic about anything Disney does. I wish that weren't the case. I had high hopes but still realistic expectations for this one and yet they still under-delivered.

Yeah, it hurts me to agree that Disney no longer deserves the benefit of the doubt.
I've long since given up on them when it comes to movies, but I did hold out hope when it came to the parks.

 

[TalkToEthan]

Modern day Disney, once again, plays upon our collective naïveté and unrealistic expectations

 

[Ayla]

I loved Splash but was 100% behind a re-theme. (I won't post any spoilers in this thread.) I was so looking forward to seeing what the end result was...and I am so disappointed.

 

[Trauma]

The contrast between what’s going on in Japan and what’s happening in the States is unreal.

It’s a shame that we will have to take a 13 hour flight every time we want a true Disney experience.

 

[AdventureHasAName]

I've said this from the minute the plot leaks started happening, but ... it's criminal that there wasn't a Dr. Facilier portion of this ride. He was the only thing interesting about the film it is based on.

 

[EagleScout610]

Some more side-by-sides

 

[monothingie]

FWIW, I think this will be well-received by the general public. If you throw them a bone of their favorite songs from whatever IP you've shoved in where it doesn't belong, they'll be bopping along the whole way and sing its praises to Research at the end. They don't appreciate well thought out storylines, intricate details, or authenticity, aka, the things Imagineering used to care about, before realizing they no longer have to

I’m not sure. It was a very odd choice for a princess ride with focus on the female demo age 5-15 to be a water ride in which you will get wet. I don’t see this appealing to male riders in the same age demo the way Splash did, especially with the weak and quite frankly boring story and lackluster music.

But who knows for eight out of the 12 months when it’s unbearably hot in Florida it may work. For the other months, this is going to be a walk on.

 

[AdventureHasAName]

I just wish all the bloggers and vloggers would actually, genuinely compare the two rides before they start their smiley chants about how good it is and how we should all just embrace change and stop complaining.

They are paid (in free goods, services and access). They are going to say what they are expected to say in order to keep the paychecks coming.

 

[dig311dug]

They took splash and removed all the charm. Nice!