AndyS2992
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Still hate that outfit on Tiana, just put her back in her iconic princess dress already..Disney has shared a group photo from the ceremony this morning:
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News Tiana's Bayou Adventure - latest details and construction progress
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flynnibus
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I boil it down even further...
"we're throwing a party" - This in itself is uninspiring and flat. Party for what? For who? The fact sheet makes it out that they are celebrating Mardis Gras - but does that come across in the attraction at all? They have a few props in the queue (like the newspaper on the table)... and the horrible sign above the lift hill.. then its right into 'lets find some musicians for our party'. Mardis Gras isn't really conveyed in the conventional sense at all before this that I can tell.. This whole thing is like we get is like a 3yr old version of a story book "Tiana is throwing a party!" -- It does nothing to get you emotionally attached.
"we need to find some band members" -- A conflict .. but setup where? What tension? Where did this come from? Then they solve the problem in the very first indoor scene... hey, here's a band... yet, it's not really solved.. so we need what.. to find more band!! It's insultingly dumbed down.
The whole thing plays out like a story book you read a 1yr old.
And while attraction plots do need to be simple because of the speed and audience... that doesn't mean they should be aimed only at toddlers... and the whole point of using established familiar IP is you can leap frog off existing notions and characters. They do none of that to play into why any of these characters matter except for Mama.
I mean.. if you aren't the type that goes 'oh wow, look its tiana!' or 'look it's louis!' -- does anything in the story or setting resonate at all? What will be the memorable moment people take away from this ride?
Cool lights in the drops? They like the background music?
Literally every short Disney ever made had more character and story than this thing... and this thing has a decade of history behind it, and a 15+min experience to deliver it.
Ice Gator
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She looks like a Jungle Cruise skipper.
It's an infantile story concept that's shoehorned into the existing ride system, which it's clearly not designed to take advantage of it, so it just muddles through it.
Developing a Tianna story with its own attraction built from the ground up would have done the character so much more justice, rather than doing what they did.
Incomudro
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If it's any consolation to those sad little Princesses, the movie they know and love isn't in the ride anyway.The screens on Guardians Tower also have that depth effect but they occasionally blur and lag. Its not as bad as say the Six Flags Metropolis Ride screens, but It still looks wonky to me. I do remember being impressed by the depth effect though. It is a new feature when compared to say, Rio Del Tiempo, or If you had wings, but those were made before I was born so I'm not surprised. One thing I must say for the ride, Is that the animatronics at the begining look more Baxtery with the large eyes and goofy expressions and all, and I do like them. I just wish there were more of them. I mean It's not interesting to me to look at an oversized bottle and a key that look like they belong in a disney store play area, or part of heimleck's chew chew train in DCA. Overall this is very DCA level and not the RSR DCA but the 00s DCA. Like how some of the rides have Joe Rhode level theming and then taper off. Like I said before this ride is C or D ticket quality but needed to be an E. It's not the worst thing I ever saw, but It's not splash mountain and that's the issue. It needed to be on par or greater and it wasn't. Maybe they will learn from their mistakes in Anaheim.
Maybe they will just be stubborn.
I see another main issue with this ride being it's core audience crying because they aren't tall enough to ride.
Lots of sad little princesses will be created from here on in....
Either way it's going to be trippy bringing my Plushie Brer Rabbit on it and having that be the only Brer Rabbit in splash mountain.
Incomudro
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"Here's a band!"
Yes, that part really bothers me.
We're supposed to go into the bayou to find critters to form a band- which in itself makes NO sense especially in New Orleans.
But allowing for that 'cause Disney I guess... Why do we happen upon them fully assembled as a band?
It would play out better if we found a critter here, a couple there etc., saw that they played - and somehow got them together to play.
Disney Analyst
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This is the first POV I've noticed where Tiana is waving at the incoming log before it gets to her, unsure if this just because they are the first log in the cycle , or what.
(but also noticing moments not triggering, Louis didn't react at all in first scene).
(but also noticing moments not triggering, Louis didn't react at all in first scene).
tongaloosh
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Big Ben
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Well said!
Ice Gator
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Ngl I think this is the best animatronic in the whole ride. That second lift has always felt empty when it was Splash. Disneyland’s version had a little owl but it didn’t add much. This was a good move to include an animatronic in a portion of the ride that was previously empty.
Serpico Jones
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It’s sorely missing the somewhat sinister atmosphere that SM had before the big drop at the end.
TP2000
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The Photopass folio is labeled "Celebrating Mardi Gras With Princess Tiana" and it has a thank you note in it from Tiana where her first line to us is "Thank you for coming to our Mardi Gras celebration!"
What the heck? We were celebrating Mardi Gras? That's never mentioned on the ride in dialogue or lyrics, and the words "Mardi Gras" never appear on any of the banners or signage in the ride.
This was a Mardi Gras party in February? You never told us that, Tiana.
Why is this ride so messy and incoherent?
What the heck? We were celebrating Mardi Gras? That's never mentioned on the ride in dialogue or lyrics, and the words "Mardi Gras" never appear on any of the banners or signage in the ride.
This was a Mardi Gras party in February? You never told us that, Tiana.
Why is this ride so messy and incoherent?
Vegas Disney Fan
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Years ago I worked the log flume at our local amusement park and it was incredibly popular despite having very basic theming, TBA is going to be popular because it’s a log flume, I agree the vast majority of riders will get off thinking it’s not as good as Splash though.
My gut reaction is no but I never thought they’d change Harmonious after a year either and they did that.
tongaloosh
Active Member
To me, the shadow from her hand during her idle animation makes it look like she's, er, trying to "dig a little deeper" herself (right up her nose)
Carnotaurus Understudy
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It's just one of many careless things in this ride but... why does ride-Louis think that the best musicians are from the bayou when his entire motivation in the movie was to leave the bayou so that he could play with the greats in New Orleans?
I would ask if these self-proclaimed great "storytellers" actually watched the movie, but they specifically reference a throwaway line about "man-catching beignets".... maybe they fell asleep partway through?
I would ask if these self-proclaimed great "storytellers" actually watched the movie, but they specifically reference a throwaway line about "man-catching beignets".... maybe they fell asleep partway through?
TheCoasterNerd
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Being the VA for Facilier has to hurt right now. Why is he even in the photo though honestly, he isn't in the freaking ride
bwr827
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What a fantastic moment!