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

[MrPromey]

Who said they need Dr Facilier to have some conflict? Why not make the plot about loading hoards of cash she has been hiding from the newfangled IRS onto logs and then hurrying as fast as possible to make the deposit on a new location before the big bad businessmen steal the prime real estate?

1927 in New Orleans? She had a rumrunning business on the side. IRS was a burr on the butt of a frog but the mobsters were the real deal.....

Because then, they'd nee to rename the attraction Ozark.

 

[dreamfinding]

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Is that who I think it is on the front of the log for the photo frame?!

Uhhh…. It’s some kind of log ornament

 

[MrPromey]

Actually this would make a much better story line. Smuggling alcohol through the bayou to get to the party!

“You gotta dig a little deeper to find where you left the rum”

Que the POTC cross-tie.

Wait, now the very start of POTC in Disneyland before the skeletons kind of makes sense to me...

 

[IanDLBZF]

FYI, Disney sent out an email for those APs with Epcot, HWS, and AK park reservations.

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What to Know About Passholder Previews for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure​

Passholder previews for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure will be taking place at Magic Kingdom Park on June 13, 14, 16, 17, 18 and 20. You have a theme park reservation for EPCOT, Disney’s Hollywood Studios or Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park on one or more of these dates, which means you may have an opportunity to experience this new attraction before it opens to the general public on June 28, 2024. There are a few things you’ll need to know and do to have an opportunity to participate in a preview.​ •​ Tiana’s Bayou Adventure Passholder previews will use a virtual queue.​ •​ You may request to join the virtual queue using the My Disney Experience app at 1p.m. on the day of your park reservation. The virtual queue will be available to all Passholders with a theme park reservation to any theme park for that day. You do not need to have entered a theme park when you request to join the virtual queue.​ •​ As a reminder, you must enter the theme park where you have a theme park reservation prior to visiting Magic Kingdom Park. Or, on June 13, 14, 17, 18 or 20, you can enter Magic Kingdom Park without a theme park reservation after 2:00 PM.​ Important Information •​ Passholders must have a Walt Disney World® Resort Annual Pass with valid admission on the preview date. Applicable pass block-out dates apply.​ •​ A theme park reservation does not guarantee the ability to join a virtual queue.​ •​ Each Passholder can request to join a virtual queue no more than once per day.​ •​ Joining the virtual queue does not guarantee the ability to participate in the preview.​ •​ Passholders may hold boarding groups for the Tiana’s Bayou Adventure Passholder preview virtual queue and an attraction virtual queue for TRON Lightcycle / Run or Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at the same time, when available.​ •​ Boarding groups for a virtual queue are limited and are not guaranteed. Not all boarding groups may be called to return, based on availability of the attraction. Learn more about virtual queues.​ •​ Offering, dates and hours are subject to change or cancellation without notice or liability.​

A similar email went out to those APs with MK park pass reservations.

 

[MrPromey]

Some of you have mourned the loss of a ride longer than I mourned the loss of a grandma.

To be fair, it's an open secret you always hated her so

 

[JohnD]

Is mentioning it in a press release amount to "pushing" it? Why put it like that?

Because it's putting up screens in an area which could have had AAs. It was a lazy use of space. Does anyone care about the number of fireflies?

 

[SourcererMark79]

FYI, Disney sent out an email for those APs with Epcot, HWS, and AK park reservations.

A similar email went out to those APs with MK park pass reservations.

I'm somewhat local with an MK reservation and will attempt to ride. Between the weather, the lottery of a VQ and the probability of 101, I think the powers that be might be telling me to save the gas, reckless traffic on I 75, and agony.

I can still go to Epcot for a magnet!

 

[Ayla]

Love them or hate them the vloggers do a far better job of showing off what’s new in the parks than Disney does. If I relied solely on Disneys videos I’d still think this ride was a complete mess with 3 show scenes and nothing else to look at.

For those of us who only make it to (some of) the parks every couple years Vloggers keep us in the loop in a way Disney never could. I’ve spent the last week watching videos of Lookout Cay, many of the vloggers are annoying but as long as they take good video I’ll keep watching them.

How many people here would be familiar with the Tokyo parks or the Hong Kong park without the vloggers? It’s the only way most people will ever experience some of them.

If I was interested in experiencing the Tokyo or Hong Kong parks, I'd visit them.

 

[_caleb]

Because it's putting up screens in an area which could have had AAs. It was a lazy use of space. Does anyone care about the number of fireflies?

I mean, I guess I care about the fireflies.

But surely you can see how framing it as "pushing" might come across as dramatic and over-reactionary, right? It's pretty common to post "fast-facts" about something like this so that media can report on anything they think readers might care about. If an outlet wants to use that info to write a jaded and cynical piece about how the fireflies are on screens rather than practical effects, and that is is a "lazy use of space," they could.

 

[Ayla]

I'm somewhat local with an MK reservation and will attempt to ride. Between the weather, the lottery of a VQ and the probability of 101, I think the powers that be might be telling me to save the gas, reckless traffic on I 75, and agony.

I can still go to Epcot for a magnet!

For Tracy out there (if you're a Smartless listener, you get it), 101 is when the ride is non-operational, correct?

 

[EagleScout610]

For Tracy out there (if you're a Smartless listener, you get it), 101 is when the ride is non-operational, correct?

Yep, 101 means its down

 

[JohnD]

I mean, I guess I care about the fireflies.

But surely you can see how framing it as "pushing" might come across as dramatic and over-reactionary, right? It's pretty common to post "fast-facts" about something like this so that media can report on anything they think readers might care about. If an outlet wants to use that info to write a jaded and cynical piece about how the fireflies are on screens rather than practical effects, and that is is a "lazy use of space," they could.

You're welcome to interpret my comments however you want. They listed a bunch of numbers from most to least. I can't recall the last time a number of something in screens was touted as something to be excited about. They also mentioned the number of feet of the final drop. So? It's the same number of feet as Splash. It's not like that was something new.

 

[SilentWindODoom]

You're welcome to interpret my comments however you want. They listed a bunch of numbers from most to least. I can't recall the last time a number of something in screens was touted as something to be excited about. They also mentioned the number of feet of the final drop. So? It's the same number of feet as Splash. It's not like that was something new.

Everyone's already said how the press releases generally do this sort of thing. It's nothing special.

And the fireflies are not only in the screens. There are a number of practical firefly effects that have been stated by people who've experienced the ride as being impressive.

 

[JohnD]

Everyone's already said how the press releases generally do this sort of thing. It's nothing special.

And the fireflies are not only in the screens. There are a number of practical firefly effects that have been stated by people who've experienced the ride as being impressive.

Okay, cool. Thanks.

 

[John park hopper]

Just one question----where is all this stuff made ------like I don't know

 

[_caleb]

You're welcome to interpret my comments however you want. They listed a bunch of numbers from most to least. I can't recall the last time a number of something in screens was touted as something to be excited about. They also mentioned the number of feet of the final drop. So? It's the same number of feet as Splash. It's not like that was something new.

Who says it needs to be something new? It's a list of information about the attraction that the public might find interesting and may cause them to want to ride the ride.

Your post comes across like, "Sheesh, now they're pushing how wet the water is!"

You're free to post what you like, but man, it's tiresome reading through post after post like this.

 

[Sectorkeeper71]

The video they take is usually good-when they open their mouths, not so much. That's why I prefer the videos on the 4K WDW YouTube channel. No self shots, no talking, just POV videos and park/resort walkthroughs.

4K WDW is my comfort channel on YouTube. They know the assignment and they’re dang good at it too

 

[MrPromey]

WDI still gets to make the final call on floor tiles. If others tried to demand more inclusive bathroom tiles, Bruce can and would put his foot down.

Have they fully back-filled The Zack?

If not, they might not currently have anyone in WDI with the needed experience and institutional knowledge to head up a floor tile project of such magnitude.

 

[MrPromey]

I must admit that after seeing this ride I am kind of curious what all that research in New Orleans contributed to the final product. People like to mock Joe Rhode and his trips to Nepal, etc., but the results are readily evident in the final product. I am generally in favour of Imagineers taking research trips and the involvement of people from the regions being depicted in the creation of lands and attractions, but I am curious as to what part of this ride through the bayou collecting animal musicians was informed by getting to know New Orleans culture.

I've been thinking the same thing. Showing all those shots of them with huge smiles looking like they're having a lot of fun around the French Quarter, apparently having some sort of VIP viewing section for parades on Canal Street and meeting with local artists and the visits to local studios with musicians, I was expecting... something - more French Quarter stuff? Recognizable sites and landmarks? St. Louis Cathedral? St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 if Facilier were there? More references to Mardi Gras?

Something.

Never saw any clips of them out on air boats surveying the landscape and old river buildings or in tall boots mucking across soft land, visiting Avery Island, etc. which, given what they made for the ride feels like where you would have seen someone like Rhode for at least half the trip. (maybe I missed those clips?)

Seems like an awful lot of "effort" that went into finding artwork for the outside of one building in the queue and... being incredibly generous, the final scene from the ride.

Looks more like a lot of executive leadership got a VIP vacation to NOLA expensed for some b-roll to promote the "effort" going into thinking about how this ride would be made.

 

[MrPromey]

... That said, for better or worse I have also never heard anyone say "show us your bum".

You've led a sheltered life, my friend.