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

Vegas Disney Fan

Vegas Disney Fan

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Brer Oswald said:
I think I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; whether or not the retheme is an upgrade or a downgrade, it will attract the same amount of people simply because it’s the water ride of the park.
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This is probably true, if it’s hot out we’ll jump on Kali river rapids (which we’re not fans of) just as quickly as we’ll jump on Grizzly River run (which we find amazing).

It’ll likely draw the same number of riders no matter how good/bad it ends up but people will get off with very different feelings about the ride itself depending on the quality.
 
aladdin2007

aladdin2007

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Sir_Cliff said:
To me the most telling thing about the intent is where your eye immediately goes with both versions. For the new version, they don't seem to want guests to focus on the mountain and the drop. Maybe not quite as explicitly as in this concept art, but something along these lines!

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As for the disjuncture, it makes sense if the sensation is now supposed to be more joyous exhilaration than thrill. For example, if the final lift hill is a colourful, musical journey during which Mama Odie tells you "The secret ingredient is... turmeric! Now, off to the party!" before you go over the drop, it makes sense she's sending you down a pretty waterfall rather than some kind of perilous plunge.
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They want you to focus on other things with this whole project,,,,,,, not the ride itself.
 
EagleScout610

EagleScout610

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EPCOT-O.G. said:
Did anyone here attend the GKTW events this weekend where Tony Baxter spoke? Did his remarks at all give us an update on this attraction or his role with it?
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Tony left early in the project I believe. Word is his plans for Tiana conflicted with what Disney wanted so he left
 
MagicHappens1971

MagicHappens1971

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MerlinTheGoat said:
You made this claim before in the other thread a while ago, but then went on to say you weren't being serious. Are you being serious this time? Did someone actually ask him?
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I can’t speak for this poster, but it was pretty common knowledge from the start of this project that he was going to be very lightly involved. Most people thought it was a PR move to save face with diehard parks fans
 
Tha Realest

Tha Realest

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MagicHappens1971 said:
I can’t speak for this poster, but it was pretty common knowledge from the start of this project that he was going to be very lightly involved. Most people thought it was a PR move to save face with diehard parks fans
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All I know is he’s not been seen in any of the promotional trips or videos shown, nor has he made any public comments about it in the last year or so.
 
MerlinTheGoat

MerlinTheGoat

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MagicHappens1971 said:
I can’t speak for this poster, but it was pretty common knowledge from the start of this project that he was going to be very lightly involved. Most people thought it was a PR move to save face with diehard parks fans
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I've stated before that i'm not going by Disney's PR claims. I was told by an independent source (someone who is the farthest thing from a Disney shill as you can imagine) that Tony has (or had) a hand in this project. Whether he's still actively involved currently I don't know. But no bad blood was mentioned, it sounded like he and the team got along well and that they're using his ideas.
 

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