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

[monothingie]

Correct, there isn’t. We appreciate the attractions of the past because of their history to both us personally and the company. But the reality is that standards are so high today from a technology standpoint that attractions cost many multiples more than they did 25+ years ago. The talent to produce them also comes at a much, much higher cost.

How about a good solid couple of base hits or doubles? Not everything needs to be a smash budget destroying blockbuster D/E-Ticket.

 

[jeanericuser001]

So is it trash mountain or splash mountain ripoff?

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

According to what? The terrible YouTube dislike extension that is been known to be inaccurat?

You can go and compare it with other videos they post. Most of the other prior TBA related videos on Disney's youtube accounts have much more favorable ratings with a lower dislike count. This one is uniquely skewed to having a large dislike count. I didn't expect it to be so negative, but even quite a lot of formerly optimistic people on this forum are now turning on the retheme after seeing it in full. This sentiment may not just be exclusive to this forum or negative breeding grounds like Twitter. We'll see, should be an interesting summer.

It's not Starcruiser video bad at least. Not yet anyway. Dislikes are rapidly catching up to the likes now though. Now it's 3.7K likes and 3.2K dislikes.

 

[Trauma]

So a YouTuber had already put together a side by side comparison video. It’s shocking how big of a downgrade Tiana’s is when seen side by side.

I would say 1/10 comments in the video are positive and even those use words like “fine” or “looks like it could be fun”.

This is a massive failure for TWDC.

Do we have any insider info on why imagineering is so dysfunctional ?

Am I suppose to believe that during this entire process no one spoke up and was like “Hey maybe we should build a little bit of tension for the ride with a 53 foot drop.”

 

[duncedoof]

Personally, I am amazed at shear number of expert ride designers in this forum. The untapped expertise is absolutely astounding. The fact that Disney or any other theme park has not snapped up these visionaries is sad indeed. Instead, this vast wealth of talent is left behind keyboards to pontificate their bottomless knowledge to other fanboy experts. In fact, the number of experts in all areas should have Disney (and Universal) combing this webpage for the obvious talent. Why we have experts here in ride & theme park design. Experts in transportation and infrastructure design. A wealth of hotel & room experts along with culinary/restaurant visionaries. Not to mention the wealth of talent regarding costumes, security, finance, management and horticulture. Job offers from major theme park operators should be arriving anytime now.

In the end it is just individual opinions. My opinion means no more than anybody else's opinion. And vice versa. Of course, if Vegas was taking odds when this project began as to which of those here that would end up disliking the ride based on early posts, I could have put my kids through college and paid off the mortgage. Disney is not perfect and has certainly made their share of missteps which I do not agree with of like. But those are just my opinions, it doesn't make anything wrong or right. If somebody does not like this retheme, that is fine. If somebody loves it, that is fine as well. I guess I cannot understand the deep feelings some have for a theme park ride. Good for them, I just can't comprehend getting so worked up over a ride. In the end, it is just a theme park ride and the change has absolutely no bearing on my life good or bad. If I like it, I will ride it. If I don't care for it, I won't ride it. And life will go on.
Have a magical weekend everyone.

Okay man

 

[Tha Realest]

At the end what really matters is they tried.

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

At the end what really matters is they tried.

Citation needed.

 

[KDM31091]

So a YouTuber had already put together a side by side comparison video. It’s shocking how big of a downgrade Tiana’s is when seen side by side.

I would say 1/10 comments in the video are positive and even those use words like “fine” or “looks like it could be fun”.

This is a massive failure for TWDC.

Do we have any insider info on why imagineering is so dysfunctional ?

Am I suppose to believe that during this entire process no one spoke up and was like “Hey maybe we should build a little bit of tension for the ride with a 53 foot drop.”

Exactly. For the amount of hype, this is a flop, at least by my estimation. Will it be a fun ride and way to cool off, sure. But not as fantastic as they’re making it out to be, by far.

And it definitely needs some tension / excitement before the drop.

 

[duncedoof]

They won't want this because the movie flopped in Japan, and they've pretty much refused to deal with it since then.

This was the primary reason cited before today. And yeah, it's true. But now they also won't want it because they play it smart and can see this would be a lackluster inclusion. Especially compared to what they've been doing recently.

 

[Incomudro]

The special effects technology in Fast X is vastly superior to Wizard of Oz.

Guess which one is the much better movie?

Exactly.
Compare the first Star Wars movie to the last one.
The last one has got technological advancements all over the place.
The first one is relatively crude and simplistic.
But which one works?

 

[Goofywilliam]

Wow, really exited to experience this for myself! Splash holds a special place in my heart, but it was really showing its age toward the end. Hopefully the audio and music sound better in person Based on the POV, it sounded like it needed to be turned up a bit.

 

[Jedi14]

Overall, I like it slightly more than Splash due to me liking the Princess and the Frog characters more. I’m interested in seeing the reactions of people who have no opinion of Splash .

 

[duncedoof]

Can we stop and talk about how absolutely unprecedented and strange it is that Disney Parks uploaded a ride POV? Let alone of a ride that hasn't opened? Like it's all so odd. Why?

I thought it was LMG Vids or something in my YouTube feed at first.

 

[EricsBiscuit]

This is a massive self inflicted L

 

[JaKnight]

Not impressed at all.

I'm not American, in my country SotS was never a problem. It was easy to find in videoclubs in the 80s and.90s. I watched it tons of times when I was a kid. I loved its iconic music and I loved the 3 Splash Mts with its "Tex Avery's feeling". I think they should just upgrade and fix the American Splashs.Mt and forget the absurd controversial, and make a proper unique ride for Princess & The Frog. I consider the retheme a total.mistake.


I really hope the Tokyo Version lasted forever.

 

[Incomudro]

"Boring."
Bob Iger

 

[PizzaPlanet]

I actually think current imagineers could have done something incredible here, but it’s very clear that there were too many cooks in the kitchen (pun intended). It feels like the HR department was making story decisions to avoid even the slightest chance of controversy. Like would anyone have really cared if Tiana’s company wasn’t employee owned?

 

[duncedoof]

Can we stop and talk about how absolutely unprecedented and strange it is that Disney Parks uploaded a ride POV? Let alone of a ride that hasn't opened? Like it's all so odd. Why?

I thought it was LMG Vids or something in my YouTube feed at first.

It's so amateurish too. I've seen so many breathtaking ride-throughs on YouTube. Not even talking about the professionally edited ones. And when you do get into that category this is competing with the kind of stuff MartinVids does, and I mean it's not even close.

And to upload it so suddenly too. I'm puzzled.

This is how Disney unveils their new ride?

 

[celluloid]

I love it. I agree that splash might have been a  tiny bit better, but I absolutely love it. Stunning lighting, the screens look to blend in well, the story is understandable to me, and the music is great. I love it. Granted, MMRR is also one of my favorite rides on earth, and I enjoy FEA, so take my opinion with a grain of salt

That gives perspective of how forgiving and enjoying of "recent" additions you are under company's current leadership.

And you still think the former attraction in same dynamics and space may have been a tiny bit better.

That is not what 30 years and many millions in overhaul should be doing.

The limited movements in animation of the supporting characters and the lulls in the dark between these scenes really show how this thing fell short.

So many characters are just rocking back and forth.

And so much darkness between scenes that once had more lighting and kinetic energy.
DANG.

 

[Starship824]

You can go and compare it with other videos they post. Most of the other prior TBA related videos on Disney's youtube accounts have much more favorable ratings with a lower dislike count. This one is uniquely skewed to having a large dislike count. I didn't expect it to be so negative, but even quite a lot of formerly optimistic people on this forum are now turning on the retheme after seeing it in full. This sentiment may not just be exclusive to this forum or negative breeding grounds like Twitter. We'll see, should be an interesting summer.

It's not Starcruiser video bad at least. Not yet anyway. Dislikes are rapidly catching up to the likes now though. Now it's 3.7K likes and 3.2K dislikes.

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Well I guess according to this and a lot of the posts on these boards I'm in the minority in actually liking this. Okay.