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

[dreamfinding]

one of the things in the marketing that is a pet peeve but they say “season” after Mardi gras every time. As she celebrates “mardi gras season”

In this vein, the party is never described in the dialogue as anything other than a party. What’s the party for and Mardi gras isn’t mentioned at all. Are they afraid of the Mardi Gras connotations?

I mean, Mardi Gras has religious connotations.

Also - if we were really celebrating Mardi Gras, Disney would be selling king cake.

 

[splah]

I mean, Mardi Gras has religious connotations.

Also - if we were really celebrating Mardi Gras, Disney would be selling king cake.

If they’re afraid it’d be stronger if the party was to celebrate the business anniversary or something like that

But then they have this weird vapid phrase “mardi gras season” which is meaningless. It’s trying to be everything to everyone and ends up just landing with a thud.

I would love to buy some king cake!

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

Also couldn’t help noticing the awkward and moment of just a couple corn stalks swaying and as if dancing to the music.

What makes this so out if place and awkward is that it looks like it is just couple stalks doing this while everything else is static.
The question that came to my mind if first when i first started to watch the video was

Ok i see where this might takes us, swinging corn = fun whimsical theme but why only those?

It's supposed to be Louis who is causing the stalks to move, since there's a static figure of him stuck in the log behind them. Problem is...well he's static, very obviously so. So it's not obvious to everyone that he's the one who is supposed to be moving them.

 

[dreamfinding]

But then they have this weird vapid phrase “mardi gras season” which is meaningless. It’s trying to be everything to everyone and ends up just landing with a thud.

Precisely. Marie Gras just means “Fat Tuesday”. It’s like saying we’re celebrating Fat Tuesday season.

I would love to buy some king cake!

They need to go down to Houma, LA and bring in the bakers to WDW for it to be legit.

 

[dreamfinding]

It's supposed to be Louis who is causing the stalks to move, since there's a static figure of him stuck in the log behind them. Problem is...well he's static, very obviously so. So it's not obvious to everyone that he's the one who is supposed to be moving them.

Example: my spouse watched the video 3 times before he finally realized it was Louis.

 

[Ismael Flores]

It's supposed to be Louis who is causing the stalks to move, since there's a static figure of him stuck in the log behind them. Problem is...well he's static, very obviously so. So it's not obvious to everyone that he's the one who is supposed to be moving them.

Oh wow, i did not even notice a figure, this is in the outside portion?
So the stalks move but they could get him to sway as well, talk about missing the details in design

 

[zipadee999]

I think there is a major element that was left out for this attraction. Most of us know that some young ladies enjoy showing some taboo upper body skin for the camera while going down the final drop. Shouldn't they be offered Mardi Gras beads after they get off the ride?

Replace the old water cannons with launchers that shoot Mardi Gras beads up to them

 

[Ismael Flores]

It's supposed to be Louis who is causing the stalks to move, since there's a static figure of him stuck in the log behind them. Problem is...well he's static, very obviously so. So it's not obvious to everyone that he's the one who is supposed to be moving them.

Ok just rewatched that part a couple times. I see it now, it looked like a giant squash. Still makes me wonder how simple it would have been to have made his tail swing. They went thru the trouble of making the stalks swing

 

[WorldExplorer]

Those swaying corn stalks are definitely going to be the first thing that breaks and never gets fixed.

 

[James Alucobond]

Ok just rewatched that part a couple times. I see it now, it looked like a giant squash. Still makes me wonder how simple it would have been to have made his tail swing. They went thru the trouble of making the stalks swing

They probably just should’ve put the moving stalks up behind the overturned wheelbarrow, shaking the wheelbarrow slightly and swaying the stalks as if he’s digging with his unseen snout.

 

[SobchakSecurity]

Has anyone taken a ride on the Railroad to see if the windows to the finale are still covered? It seems like the view has been preserved, but views from the Railroad and Peoplemover seem to be forgotten when they build/renovate things (i.e. the dark tunnel under Tron and the Peoplemover experience through the Space Mountain exit queue and ride building itself being completely destroyed).

 

[wdwmagic]

Has anyone taken a ride on the Railroad to see if the windows to the finale are still covered? It seems like the view has been preserved, but views from the Railroad and Peoplemover seem to be forgotten when they build/renovate things (i.e. the dark tunnel under Tron and the Peoplemover experience through the Space Mountain exit queue and ride building itself being completely destroyed).

I have not heard, but something to check on June 28. Even if they plan to remove the cover, it may not happen until it officially opens.

 

[Ayla]

Aren't those moving stalks okra, not corn?

 

[Ismael Flores]

Aren't those moving stalks okra, not corn?

Could be, i just said corn

 

[celluloid]

It's been down for a lot of today's CM preview. Just had a friend show up for their time a bit ago.

 

[LittleBuford]

It's a quote from the movie (in the scene where Dr. Facilier is tempting Tiana) where Tiana recalls that her father never had what he wanted but had what he needed. She says "He had love. He never lost sight of what was really important, and neither will I!"

Since this entire ride is about love and community and friendship, I think the quote is quite fitting.

I don’t mind the quote, but I dislike the obviously computer-generated font in which it’s written, and I don’t understand why they put a full stop at the end of it.

 

[TP2000]

I'm sort of morbidly curious now just how similar or different DL's version will even be. One known difference so far is that they've enclosed the first drop entirely for some reason (whereas WDW's remains open). Despite WDW opening first, DL was the original one they designed this attraction for. So it stands to wonder whether it will turn out any better, as WDW would theoretically be a square peg in a round hole situation. I don't know, but I don't hold out hope for their version either.

Agreed. I was an early cheerleader for this ride redo, but I have been let down by what Disney came up with at WDW. It's a mess out there. I fear for what this means for all the rides in development for both coasts with the $60 Billion parks investment.

But I'm holding out hope that this very thin plot and nonsensical finale' will somehow improve on Disneyland's faster and more frenetic and less structured ride system. There's no pacing logs at Disneyland, it's just a fast dash through the flume while stuff happens quickly as you shoot by. I could see how this Tiana concept might work better at Disneyland.

Which is hysterically ironic: For over 30 years, Disneyland had the weirdest and most hard to follow version of Splash Mountain with almost too many animatronics and visual gags happening inside it. WDW's Splash Mountain that came later was slowed down and made more coherent, with a paced ride system, clearer storyline and a streamlined cast of AA's.

How bizarrely funny would it be if Disneyland got the better version of Tiana's Bayou Adventure because it had the least controllable ride system and the worst version of Splash Mountain?

 

[EagleScout610]

Louis is completely broken

 

[Brer Oswald]

Agreed. I was an early cheerleader for this ride redo, but I have been let down by what Disney came up with at WDW. It's a mess out there. I fear for what this means for all the rides in development for both coasts with the $60 Billion parks investment.

But I'm holding out hope that this very thin plot and nonsensical finale' will somehow improve on Disneyland's faster and more frenetic and less structured ride system. There's no pacing logs at Disneyland, it's just a fast dash through the flume while stuff happens quickly as you shoot by. I could see how this Tiana concept might work better at Disneyland.

Which is hysterically ironic: For over 30 years, Disneyland had the weirdest and most hard to follow version of Splash Mountain with almost too many animatronics and visual gags happening inside it. WDW's Splash Mountain that came later was slowed down and made more coherent, with a paced ride system, clearer storyline and a streamlined cast of AA's.

How bizarrely funny would it be if Disneyland got the better version of Tiana's Bayou Adventure because it had the least controllable ride system and the worst version of Splash Mountain?

For all its faults in story pacing, Splash at Disneyland still fit the vibe with its fever Dream like visuals. It will be hard to top the rainbow caverns of the laughing place, filled with America Sings critters.

I think the Disneyland one will end up a lot worse. Especially if they go with the same dark bayou Aesthetic the Florida one now has.

 

[Incomudro]

Louis is completely broken

And like I said, being there is no scene composition, set dressing etc., - just an AA that addresses us - when it's down, the scene is meaningless.