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

[duncedoof]

Anything is better than what we have there, I truly mean that.

That being said, IF THEY TOUCH FIGMENT we are gonna have problems.

It won't help if the result is the most unambitious and social media-engineered final product possible. Journey Into Your Imagination is an epic fail, but it's a genuine epic fail. They weren't doing cold, lifeless market research to get to that result. It was evil and miscalculated in a genuine way.

With this it feels like they were too many cooks, and too little ingredients. Not enough budget. And it's definitely on the imagineers that Facilier wasn't even considered. Why not? I can't see management vetoing his inclusion. The ideas weren't all there either.

 

[Smiley/OCD]

Why at the very least they couldn't figure out there should be no less than a 1 for 1 replacement of AAs is beyond me. Instead, AAs are replaced with ... nothing.

When it goes down in January for its annual maintenance, it will come back with a new banner…Tiana’s Bayou Adventure: Under New Management

 

[EagleScout610]

One of the main problems I have with the whole thing is that you can't just look at the scenes and go "Oh here's how we got from A to B and why" Take the first three scenes with Louis and Tiana:

"OK Tiana is in the barn...Louis is causing trouble in the garden? Now we're listening to music? And music again?"

Now compare it to the same scenes in Splash:

"Fox and Bear are clearly bad guys looking to catch Br'er Rabbit. Uh oh they caught Br'er Bear instead!" It was like a Looney Tunes episode brought to life. This new ride is just fluff.

 

[aladdin2007]

One of the main problems I have with the whole thing is that you can't just look at the scenes and go "Oh here's how we got from A to B and why" Take the first two indoor show scenes with Louis and Tiana:
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"OK Tiana is listening to music... and listening to music again"

Now compare it to the same scenes in Splash:
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View attachment 789059"Fox and Bear are clearly bad guys looking to catch Br'er Rabbit. Uh oh they caught Br'er Bear instead!" It was like a Looney Tunes episode brought to life. This new ride is just fluff.

just visually even the photo comparisons are shocking, we will never see that level of detail and artistry again. tba is void of all of it.

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

So it’s mediocre, a sentiment that the majority of comments both here and on the socials have reflected.

Not actually what I said.

No need to reframe someone else’s thoughts to fit a narrative.

 

[Sir_Cliff]

I’ve never bought the argument that Tiana is more appealing to young riders than the cute animals of Splash were. The flume is no less well suited to one theme than the other. I agree with the rest of your post, though.

For me, the difference is that very few people and even fewer small children would have been excited to go on a Song of the South ride because they loved the film. The ride was always promoted more on the basis of the 'splash' or drop rather than as a ride through the world of Song of the South and, indeed, the IP was chosen because it suited the ride system rather than the other way around. So, I think most people deciding as to whether they were going to go on the ride were deciding based on whether they wanted to brave the thrill aspect rather than on the basis of the characters.

I would imagine Princess and the Frog is different because it is a film to which particularly children will likely have a connection and the IP will be a draw in and of itself. For similar reasons, I suspect if there is a thrill element to any Moana ride they eventually build that it will be relatively mild.

 

[Trauma]

This just jumped into my head but is Living with the Land now the best water ride at WDW?

Edit I’m so stupid how did I forget Pirates.

Ok so Pirates

Living with Land

Navi

Tiana

 

[Adventureland Veranda]

I found the Test Kitchen sign after the lift hill to be highly immersive. Hey look the employee owned co-op has a break room too!

 

[DisneyHead123]

For me, the difference is that very few people and even fewer small children would have been excited to go on a Song of the South ride because they loved the film. The ride was always promoted more on the basis of the 'splash' or drop rather than as a ride through the world of Song of the South and, indeed, the IP was chosen because it suited the ride system rather than the other way around. So, I think most people deciding as to whether they were going to go on the ride were deciding based on whether they wanted to brave the thrill aspect rather than on the basis of the characters.

I would imagine Princess and the Frog is different because it is a film that particularly children will likely have a connection and the IP will be a draw in and of itself. For similar reasons, I suspect if there is a thrill element to any Moana ride they eventually build that it will be relatively mild.

Agree, and I think the “princess phase” in particular is something that skews towards younger children. Probably most common around age 2-7.

 

[Brian]

Right…off duty employees are always the height of objectivity

Even then, here's one who disliked it:

 

[sponono88]

Why do we need to go on a bayou adventure to look for musicians? Why couldn’t they just put up some help wanted posters throughout the bayou and call it day? “Need animal musicians - auditions on Saturday”.

 

[Brian]

 

[acb27]

I for one think the attraction is fantastic. You can tell the plot was written by someone who was actively engaged in exhaustive research (while sampling a cornucopia of adult beverages) in New Orleans. We start by looking for a spice or something in the bayou, but forget about that eventually and turn our attention to finding animals who can play instruments. We find a few of the animals, uh shrink for some reason and find some more of the animals, then go splashy on the waterfall, and realize the spice was inside of us all along. The foregoing, combined with the inclusion of the animal musician animatronics we have all come to know and love, make it an instant classic. I eagerly await the opening of the meet and greet for the fan favorite trumpet beaver and horn playing bear, which meet and greet will no doubt comprise most of the land to be developed as part of the Beyond Big Thunder project.

 

[Incomudro]

I’m sure it’ll be better, but the threadbare story will remain an issue.

For sure.
It's still a log flume.
It'll still be fun.
And it's an attractive ride with some good music.

 

[tanc]

I wish some of the songs had more critter renditions of them.

 

[Incomudro]

When it goes down in January for its annual maintenance, it will come back with a new banner…Tiana’s Bayou Adventure: Under New Management

"Featuring Figment!"

 

[Tha Realest]

I truly do not care for whatever the announcement for the Imagination pavilion is unless they go for a full restoration of the ride that once was, and should still be.

I do not care for whatever new ideas they would implement instead. Not after this.

With what we’ve seen lately I’d be happy if they don’t touch it until a full WDI housecleaning is complete.

 

[larryz]

On the rare occasion that they are out, I cannot tell the difference between Tweedledumb and Tweedledee.

Wait... there is one?

Tweedledumb is the one who got fired, and Tweedledee is currently the CEO.

 

[Tha Realest]

Why do we need to go on a bayou adventure to look for musicians? Why couldn’t they just put up some help wanted posters throughout the bayou and call it day? “Need animal musicians - auditions on Saturday”.

You’d think with all those scouting trips to New Orleans they’d have realized there’s a complete embarrassment of riches in terms of New Orleans musicians? Why do they need to go out to the swamps?

That’s like saying you’re in NYC and need to go to CT for good pizza.

 

[Surferboy567]

For sure.
It's still a log flume.
It'll still be fun.
And it's an attractive ride with some good music.

Yeah, in the end the ride system is fun and will continue to be I’ll still ride it and probably get some enjoyment out of it. It’s when we think about what came before we run into problems there are things to enjoy here.

It’s definitely no splash mountain though. Story is almost non-existent as well.