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

Figgy1

Figgy1

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Professortango1 said:
Didn't this forum have a giant picture of The Queen hovering above for months after she died?

I try and divorce political perspective when discussing worldly events which impact the parks, but its also silly to expect folks to not discuss world events which directly impacted this attraction. I understand not making value statements and arguing if the movements and ideas were right or wrong, but they were as real and far more relevant than a dead monarch (may she rest in peace.).
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This site is made in ENGLAND;)
 
GenChi

GenChi

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Regardless of your opinion on the final ride, I believe we can agree how much of an absolute PR disaster their handling of this ride has been. Starcruiser levels of mismanagement.

Just some of their greatest hits:
  • Announcing both being rethemed at the same time, during a particularly charged period, with this particular theme seeming to be a response to that, and breaking the unity escapism facade the company always built leading to the flame wars this ride is having to this day.
  • Having Splash leave with no ceremony and erasing every evidence it existed (while not truly being able to do so with Tokyo existing).
  • Deciding to have the longer MK version, which this redesign wasn't geared towards be the one that gets renovated first and that empty space which feels like budget cuts be the first impression.
  • The plot announcement that was poorly received by everyone and led to far too late management readjustments alongside potentially lessening the amount of screens used.
  • Openly saying the one character and potential plot point that was universally considered a brilliant inclusion for a log flume ride will not be included.
  • The weird backstory stuff that ultimately meant little to nothing on the actual ride and seemed to flip-flop between who it was trying to appease.
  • Not revealing any of the inside theming except some of the impressive animatronics (which was arguably its only smart move) until now.
  • Having the opening date leaked 12 hours earlier then planned by mistake.
  • Releasing the behind the scenes video to try and jump any negative reviews but just leading to negative online first impressions including with journalists.
  • The ride breaking down so often during previews it's been fully operation only a few hours so far
So many better ways they could have handled this, even if the ride itself would have been the same end result.
 
Figgy1

Figgy1

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El Gran Magnifico said:
Tell them to build one about a rabbit. Getting chased by a bear. Make it a water ride. And throw in a Toad and a Viking for good measure.
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M

Midwest Elitist

Well-Known Member
GenChi said:
Regardless of your opinion on the final ride, I believe we can agree how much of an absolute PR disaster their handling of this ride has been. Starcruiser levels of mismanagement.

Just some of their greatest hits:

  • Having Splash leave with no ceremony and erasing every evidence it existed (while not truly being able to do so with Tokyo existing).
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The erasure of Zip is one of the biggest tragedies in American cultural history, I truly believe that. It sounds nothing like the ice cream truck song, so the resemblance to that song makes no sense if you think about it longer than a millisecond. What was once a song inspired by kids singing "Zip-a-dee-doo-dah" is now tarnished by lies. This will continue with other elements of the company history, since Jim Khorkis, an actual credible Disney historian, is now dead.
 
larryz

larryz

I'm Just A Tourist!
Premium Member
GenChi said:
Regardless of your opinion on the final ride, I believe we can agree how much of an absolute PR disaster their handling of this ride has been. Starcruiser levels of mismanagement.

Just some of their greatest hits:
  • Announcing both being rethemed at the same time, during a particularly charged period, with this particular theme seeming to be a response to that, and breaking the unity escapism facade the company always built leading to the flame wars this ride is having to this day.
  • Having Splash leave with no ceremony and erasing every evidence it existed (while not truly being able to do so with Tokyo existing).
  • Deciding to have the longer MK version, which this redesign wasn't geared towards be the one that gets renovated first and that empty space which feels like budget cuts be the first impression.
  • The plot announcement that was poorly received by everyone and led to far too late management readjustments alongside potentially lessening the amount of screens used.
  • Openly saying the one character and potential plot point that was universally considered a brilliant inclusion for a log flume ride will not be included.
  • The weird backstory stuff that ultimately meant little to nothing on the actual ride and seemed to flip-flop between who it was trying to appease.
  • Not revealing any of the inside theming except some of the impressive animatronics (which was arguably its only smart move) until now.
  • Having the opening date leaked 12 hours earlier then planned by mistake.
  • Releasing the behind the scenes video to try and jump any negative reviews but just leading to negative online first impressions including with journalists.
  • The ride breaking down so often during previews it's been fully operation only a few hours so far
So many better ways they could have handled this, even if the ride itself would have been the same end result.
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Perhaps they should rename it "Titanic's Bayou Adventure."
 
Mr. Sullivan

Mr. Sullivan

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Trauma said:
Now the entirety of the internet is an echo chamber.
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It is. That’s kinda the whole point.

This forum. Twitter. Reddit. YouTube. All of it is an echo chamber. It is a place devoid of consequences and all pushback is impersonal and inconsequential so it emboldens people to argue and fight and say whatever they want because they’re allowed to be anonymous.

People can blindly hate or blindly love whatever they want because the internet removes the nuances of real life interaction and conversations and allows someone to completely silence any voice that speaks against their beliefs and focus only on hearing what they agree with.

It allows a curation to the experience the user wants exactly. Real life doesn’t.
 
Homemade Imagineering

Homemade Imagineering

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the argument that kids will enjoy this and that’s all that matters at the end of the day is incredibly flawed, not only because a younger child isn’t able to formulate more critical/thoughtful opinions of an attraction, but more importantly because if that was the only standard that had to be met then WDI would be rendered useless. WDI is meant to create complex attractions that tell stories with cohesive set design and proper pacing. The very job of an imagineer is to create something that will tell a complex story and will resonate with ALL guests, not just the little ones. If the content being produced is only created for the sake of children’s entertainment, then what is the point of hiring talent at all?? Good attraction design is when both the parents and the children can come away from an experience feeling like they took something away from said experience, and while children will be far more forgiving in this instance, adults are much harder to please. That is why Walt Disney created Disneyland in the first place, to appeal to not only children but adults alike. There needs to be something for everyone, and while I think it’s great that some can ignore the issues with TBA in lieu of their children having good experiences with it, that doesn’t mean that criticism of the attraction is invalid. If you enjoy what Disney has given us, then that’s fantastic, everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but there will always be constructive criticism in the entertainment world, whether that’s with television/film or theme parks. Criticism should be welcomed so some of us won’t have to continue to feel underwhelmed. If they can please their most critical fans, then almost 99% of everyone else will be satisfied
 

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