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

[Incomudro]

I think it will fall from a must do ride to the thing you do if your waiting for your next return time, and don’t have to walk far.

I can't agree with you there.
It's still one of the biggest - quite literally rides in the park.
It's shiny and new, features new tech and songs, plus it's a water ride in a hot environment.
All my criticisms aside, I don't think there will be a dent in its popularity when the dust settles.
Not in terms of ridership.
Now, in terms of critical, analytical, and its place in the discussion of classic attractions... Well, that's a different story.

 

[Incomudro]

I like Princess and the Frog movie and very much like its music.
This story on the ride was HORRIBLE. Looking for animal musicians…really??

Where’s the antagonist, the thrill, the excitement for the drop??! This has a 50ft drop and there was no suspense for it.

What a let down. And the dialogue by Tiana was so basic. Yikes.

"They can play!"

 

[TalkToEthan]

“”what idiot named it Tiana's Bayou Adventure instead of The Princess and the Log””


Oh it’s a log alright, one brown log!!!

 

[Jedi14]

After watching more POVs I think the ride is good, but could use some minor improvements like some dialogue changes. There’s really one area of “dead space” and it could be fixed with some static figures of other critters. I do think Blue Skies and Sunshine should always play when you make it to the top of the drop. I personally like it a little more than Splash, but may be because I had no strong connection to Splash Mountain.

 

["El Gran Magnifico"]

You know they won't let you bring VR glasses on the ride.

I'll bring a Dr's note.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

The ride is nowhere near as bad as some would have you believe.

It’s just truly not as good as it should be.

There was a time when even “badly themed” rides…like rockinrollercoaster…were still pretty ingenious

 

[coachb]

This is what happens when you can’t laugh at your self and create funny moments because you started the creative process out with moral you want to sell instead of a story you want to tell.

That’s why it’s devoid of charm and warmth.

That plus… making voodoo guy a scary and compelling part of the ride is too offensive.

 

[duncedoof]

While I agree the ride is bad, people in this thread are rushing to the conclusion that this is a catastrophic failure for Disney that they will have no choice but to address.

The ride isn’t even officially open yet. There’s no real reason to think that this ride will not be popular with the general public.

Disney park fans online are a fringe minority.

There will be massive crowds for a few years, and then we enter the long term.

 

[AdventureHasAName]

it really amazes me how this team of WDI did not keep most of those critters from Splash. All they had to do was redress a few of them and have kept the inside much more lively. Instead the lump expensive AA's in certain areas where the logs pass by quickly and do not get to even enjoy them. That whole area with no was and just a walled screen is just a bad choice

It was a deliberate choice.

 

[AdventureHasAName]

While I agree the ride is bad, people in this thread are rushing to the conclusion that this is a catastrophic failure for Disney that they will have no choice but to address.

Disney has had plenty of catastrophic failures that have been left unaddressed for years (*cough* Imagination Pavilion *cough*). Nobody looks the other way and says, "It's good enough," like Disney managment post-Frank Wells.

 

[AdventureHasAName]

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

Jungle Cruise, It's a Small World and the Mark Twain are #2 though #4.

 

[Trauma]

Jungle Cruise, It's a Small World and the Mark Twain are #2 though #4.

Every time I do Jungle cruise I get unlucky and get a skipper with such crap speakers I can’t understand what they are saying.

 

[seabreezept813]

I said this once a while back: I imagine that a good portion of the fans (young and old) of Tiana and PatF are going to be puzzled by this ride.
Imagine say a little girl who wants to go on "The Tiana ride?"
Imagine what she expects, because she knows and loves the movie?
Now look at her ride experience: Tiana in a safari get up, no Dr. Facilier, Naveen at the very end.
Essentially none of the beats that she knows from the film are hit.

I haven’t watched the POV because I wanted a surprise, I might give in by the end of the day. But I gave it to my 6 year old to watch to tell me if she wants to ride it. She squealed “Tiana” multiple times and declared she wants to go on it because Mama Odie does rainbow magic. So anecdotally it’s passing the little girl test in my house. Based on what I’m reading here it doesn’t pass the adult test

 

[BrerFoxesBayouAdventure]

This isn’t my “bright idea for a fix” by any means. I’m simply joking at the type of “fix”. Took no effort on my part, just took the Journey Into Your Imagination to Journey Into Imagination With Figment playbook, scene by scene, I’d imagine WDI to try to pull off judging off past, similar poorly executed ride redos of the past.

In truth, if I had any say. I’d say do a new Br’er Rabbit traditionally animated series that leans more into Splash Mountain than anything from Song of the South, including brand new storylines that feature his escapades with Br’er Fox & Br’er Bear.. but maybe go further into featuring the other animals seen in the ride too or getting into their unique stories. Series could be called something like “Critter Country” or something like that…then bring back the original ride with enhancements and new spfx & tech to improve the show scenes, but yeah, just a pipe dream that sadly under current management hasn’t got a chance. lol

There actually were plans for something like this back in the early aughts called Splash Mountain Boys that explained the whole backstory behind Splash Mountain and why Chick-A-Pin Hill got flooded.

 

[monothingie]

. . . Then why did you quote me, and phrase your comment like an assessment of my post

You gave your thoughts to another poster, I did the same. It was not my intention to to comment on the validity of your post.

 

[TP2000]

I mean there is currently a 50 minute wait for Buzz Lightyear.

Why even bother making good rides if the average fan will wait for anything.

Right ?

I get your point, but that seems to also speak to the horrifically bad management and leadership of WDW, and Magic Kingdom Park especially, over the past 20 years. That park is so woefully under capacity that it's nearly criminal. No wonder the guests are breaking out info fistfights regularly now, the pressure is too high in that park.

The leaders who have been in charge of Magic Kingdom Park are not good showmen, and they have no sense of hospitality. Or so their decisions over the past 20 years would seem to show.

I just posted this over in the Disneyland version of this thread, where the general sentiment from the West Coasters on this new ride is unimpressed and disappointed, but there's still a mild hope that it will somehow be improved with Disneyland's faster and more frenetic version of Splash Mountain's ride system. But at Disneyland, even if Tiana's Bayou Adventure is a noticeable downgrade from Splash Mountain, there's a couple dozen extra rides for customers to work with during their day, and almost a half dozen extra E Tickets at Disneyland compared to Magic Kingdom.

That would seem to lessen the pressure on Tiana to be the big hit at Disneyland it does not appear to be at WDW.

Magic Kingdom Park = 8 E Tickets, including Tiana's Bayou Adventure
Disneyland Park = 13 E Tickets, including Tiana's Bayou Adventure (and that's counting MMRR as a D Ticket)

MK E Tickets (Jungle, Pirates, Tiana, Thunder, Mansion, Small World, Tron, Space)
DL E Tickets (Jungle, Indy, Pirates, Mansion, Tiana, RoTR, MF:SR, Thunder, Small World, Matterhorn, Submarines, Space, Star Tours)

 

[Trauma]

Can they please bring the team over from Tokyo.

Just let them do whatever they want for the BBTM expansion. Give them the $$$ they need and stay the heck out of their way.

 

[Brian]

I haven’t watched the POV because I wanted a surprise, I might give in by the end of the day. But I gave it to my 6 year old to watch to tell me if she wants to ride it. She squealed “Tiana” multiple times and declared she wants to go on it because Mama Odie does rainbow magic. So anecdotally it’s passing the little girl test in my house. Based on what I’m reading here it doesn’t pass the adult test

I'm not trying to assert that you meant anything to the contrary, but the very reason why Disney parks exist is because Walt felt the adults should get enjoyment out of the attractions too. They can hem and haw about 'relevancy' all they want, but if an attraction is strictly appealing to children, they've failed.

The local county fair can easily appeal to children. It's easy to appeal to them. Just as you said, your daughter looked at it and got excited just because Tiana is in it. The challenge lies in finding something that appeals to both, and at least when it comes to this attraction, it seems like they missed the mark.

 

[Incomudro]

I haven’t watched the POV because I wanted a surprise, I might give in by the end of the day. But I gave it to my 6 year old to watch to tell me if she wants to ride it. She squealed “Tiana” multiple times and declared she wants to go on it because Mama Odie does rainbow magic. So anecdotally it’s passing the little girl test in my house. Based on what I’m reading here it doesn’t pass the adult test

I'm afraid - and actually of the belief that most adults will judge it like your little girl does.
"Tiana!"
"Mama Odie!"
"Pretty Colors!
"New!"
That's more than good enough for most adults.

 

[JoeT63]

I haven’t watched the POV because I wanted a surprise, I might give in by the end of the day. But I gave it to my 6 year old to watch to tell me if she wants to ride it. She squealed “Tiana” multiple times and declared she wants to go on it because Mama Odie does rainbow magic. So anecdotally it’s passing the little girl test in my house. Based on what I’m reading here it doesn’t pass the adult test

And the little girl (and boy) test is really the only test that matters. How will this play going forward? I'm a 60 year-old dude, and all the "it ain't as good as it useta was!" stuff gets old so fast. Get over it. (Or, better, stop going to WDW so the crowds will thin out!) This is going to be a huge hit among those I care about most...my grandkids.