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

[BrerFoxesBayouAdventure]

Louis is completely broken

When he's completely still like that his head looks like a less sinister version of Tick Tock the Crocodile

 

[WorldExplorer]

Louis is completely broken

I sure hope they just made a special exemption for the previews or haven't had anyone report it and don't plan to run the ride normally while major animatronics are completely nonfunctional.

Also, of course, going to the bayou was Tiana's idea and Louis, the trumpet playing alligator that LIVED in the bayou, did not expect to actually find musicians out there. Makes perfect sense.

 

[SuddenStorm]

I was thinking, its possible they may look at how Tiana in WDW is received, consider all the views and comments and make corrections to the DLR version.

Lets see what happens.

 

[PandoraPreview]

I'm 4 rides deep and my range of emotions have gone from agreeing with the negative sentiment to enjoying it. I don't know what's changing.

 

[dreamfinding]

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

How many actual hours of operation has this attraction had?

 

[lightningtap347]

I'm 4 rides deep and my range of emotions have gone from agreeing with the negative sentiment to enjoying it. I don't know what's changing.

The stages of grief?!

 

[Centauri Space Station]

I'm 4 rides deep and my range of emotions have gone from agreeing with the negative sentiment to enjoying it. I don't know what's changing.

getting used to the new ride instead of what you wanted?

 

[Tha Realest]

I'm 4 rides deep and my range of emotions have gone from agreeing with the negative sentiment to enjoying it. I don't know what's changing.

Psychologists call this the bargaining phase.

 

[Ghost93]

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?

I agree with this. I thought the Magic Kingdom version of Splash was a 10/10 ride with a coherent story, but the Disneyland version zipped by so fast that the story would be completely incoherent if you weren't already somewhat familiar with Brer Rabbit. In this case, the overly simplistic nature of the Tiana's Bayou Adventure storyline might be an asset rather than a hindrance with the Disneyland version.

 

[Disney Analyst]

I'm 4 rides deep and my range of emotions have gone from agreeing with the negative sentiment to enjoying it. I don't know what's changing.

How nice! Glad you can start enjoying it now

 

[SuddenStorm]

Tiana's Bayou Adventure is like if in Indiana Jones Adventure, instead of having us look into Mara's eye and get sent to the gates of doom, we don't and it's a peaceful stroll through an ancient temple and at the end Indiana Jones tells us how special we are and we receive one of the three rewards from Mara.

I'd say it's an apt comparison- both rides advertise an A-list character and an adventure in the title.

One is considered to be among the greatest dark rides ever built, and actually has an adventure.

The other isn't, and doesn't.

 

[Incomudro]

I'm 4 rides deep and my range of emotions have gone from agreeing with the negative sentiment to enjoying it. I don't know what's changing.

Stockholm Syndrome?

 

[SilentWindODoom]

Psychologists call this the bargaining phase.

Nah. Bargaining is "If we make the outcry bad enough, maybe they'll switch it back."

 

[flyerjab]

I'm 4 rides deep and my range of emotions have gone from agreeing with the negative sentiment to enjoying it. I don't know what's changing.

Because reality sometimes can interfere with the echo chamber.

Honestly, I know the same thing will happen when we go in July. So far, I have only seen video ride through footage and have read what has been posted here. This type of zealotry and admiration for how Walt ran his company and the realities of how modern Disney is run (looking at you Bob) is doomed to create a sort of constant toxicity. I will most likely really enjoy this ride when I go on it.

And believe me, hardcore fans do not have to like this ride. Their opinions are their own and are filled with valid criticism. For me, I have learned that I lean a bit more towards the ’normie’ side of fandom. I found that out after the Poly lobby incident. The uproar over that was…something. But glad to hear that you are enjoying it more.

 

[TalkToEthan]

Stockholm Syndrome?

Yes, sympathize with the captor

 

[Gusey]

Some people have gone into Tiana's looking for any criticism to justify why Disney shouldn't have closed Splash, even though the complaints are petty make no sense. I've seen people complain that there is no story, but also too much story exposition. The story is too simple but also hard to understand what we are doing on the ride for. There is too much dead space between Tiana on the lift hill and the first band, but the same dead space in Splash was fine as it was building up the suspense. The criticism is not universal and the attraction is still decent, even if it doesn't live up to the nostalgia of Splash for some people

 

[TomboyJanet]

Funnily enough, I can hear the comments in my head of people screaming about how terrifying the giant monster Tiana and Odie heads are.



From what you're seeing? I'm not one to say that people watching YouTube can't come up with proper criticism or don't get a voice, but the quality of screens has proven in the past to differ hugely between video and our eyes.

Although the strength of the language throughout suggests these words may not help.

Well if they are anything along the lines of the quality of screens in Mission Breakout or such, Then they are low. Those things seem to lag all the time like an old quicktime video from 2002.

 

[bwr827]

For me, I have learned that I lean a bit more towards the ’normie’ side of fandom.

That’s a good way of putting it. I’ve discovered the same by spending time on these boards, except I’d say I lean a lot more to the ‘normie’ side.

 

[DCBaker]

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).

The tarps were no longer there today, but the windows are still covered with what looks like rolling shutters.

 

[LittleBuford]

Some people have gone into Tiana's looking for any criticism to justify why Disney shouldn't have closed Splash, even though the complaints are petty make no sense.

This is just as reductive and demonstrably untrue as saying that all Splash fans have come under attack. Many of the complaints have been carefully articulated and are far from petty or nonsensical.