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

[Disstevefan1]

• Timoleon isn’t swaying back and forth in the zydeco scene
• Zydeco Tiana is frozen except for her mouth
• Rara Louis’ mouth is broken
• PawPaw’s hand is still broken
• Mama Odie says her next line while the “Tiny! Tiny! Tiny! Tiny…” echo from the last line plays
• Fog on the dip-drop seems to be off
• Cocomelon Odie before the drop activates only when the log is past her
• Big drop Mama Odie can’t move her left arm
• I think the ghost of Br’er Rabbit truly killed finale Tiana because she’s still not moving still
• Ralphie’s right arm is stuck down
• Finale Louis’ mouth is stuck open
• Finale Timoleon isn’t swaying either
• Mama Odie is paralyzed from the neck down

When you only have 12ish actual figures and the rest are essentially stuffed animals, this many of them having problems is a bad look, previews or not

So you are saying all is functioning as expected

 

[disneyC97]

Creative (including storyline) issues aside (and I agree with the majority of the critiques I've read on here), there has been a lot of talk about the use of more simple figures for the critter characters. Someone may have said this, but I think this is 100% intentional to reduce cost and in the longterm, maintenance of the attraction. They didn't reuse the America Sings based figures (or create new electric ones based on those) because it cost more money. Both upfront and over the long term. Same reason there is no longer a large moving setpiece in the finale (the riverboat). All of this is my opinion of course, but given Disney's track record of late, it makes sense.

That said, the full AA figures here are beautifully done and were certainly an investment. I'm hoping the issues with them that are coming up already truly are temporary and won't continue to be an ongoing issue.

Back to creative/story decisions...would it have killed them to replace Louis with Naveen in at least one of the scenes before the finale?

And I would loved to have seen Tiana and Louis dancing together at the end, not unlike the final scene in the film. I always found that moment so joyful.

 

[EagleScout610]

 

[Tha Realest]

I always put my sunglasses on before going down the drop.

Sunglasses on drop = eating pizza with a knife and fork

Little known fact from a newspaper in the queue- 1920’s Tiana introduced EDM to Mardi Gras

 

[DCBaker]

The new menu featuring Tiana-inspired items is now available at Golden Oak Outpost.

Here is a look at the menu and prices:

 

[TheCoasterNerd]

The new menu featuring Tiana-inspired items is now available at Golden Oak Outpost.

Here is a look at the menu and prices:

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Not bad pricing. Obviously depends on portion size and quality but that's pretty cheap...

 

[GhostHost1000]

FWIW, it doesn't have "so many issues." It's largely just one issue that they can't seem to solve.

Disney management making bad decisions?

 

[TheCoasterNerd]

I hate the internet

 

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ✨ ᗩζᗩᗰ]

The bayou critters are pretty adept musically, wonder if they can play Disco?

 

[MisterPenguin]

It had tons of issues (I know cause I got evaced my very first ride) but it wasn’t THIS bad.

We don't know what THIS bad yet. It's not several months out from opening. In fact, it hasn't even opened yet.

I'm not saying it will all sort out soon. Just that, this is still technically previews. And comparing it to rides that had issues months after it opened isn't apples to apples... yet.

 

[Disney Glimpses]

I hate the internet

I've been distancing myself from online discussions about this attraction—and others—because sometimes you need to experience things firsthand. Reading all the negativity only makes it unnecessarily worse. All kidding aside, it's better to form your own opinions based on your experiences.

 

[FettFan]

From what I understand, the specific issues are not with new hardware. They've used the same hardware in other attractions but with different operating environments. But yes, it clearly was not considered.

I had heard from Disney Dish with Jim and Len that the issue was each AA’s sensor was being tripped by different light sources and temperatures instead of the moving logs, hence why Tiana simply freezes.

From my understanding of how they explained it, the characters are supposed to simply stop moving between logs to save on wear and tear, unlike the Splash characters who would simply stay active from open to close, leading to frequent breakdowns, like the infamous Philosopher Geese who would, on occasion, simply hold their fishing polea while staring deeply into the water, questioning the meaning and mysteries of animatronic life.

We saw you, Philospher Geese. We saw you.

 

[Tha Realest]

I had heard from Disney Dish with Jim and Len that the issue was each AA’s sensor was being tripped by different light sources and temperatures instead of the moving logs, hence why Tiana simply freezes.

From my understanding of how they explained it, the characters are supposed to simply stop moving between logs to save on wear and tear, unlike the Splash characters who would simply stay active from open to close, leading to frequent breakdowns, like the infamous Philosopher Geese who would, on occasion, simply hold their fishing polea while staring deeply into the water, questioning the meaning and mysteries of animatronic life.

We saw you, Philospher Geese. We saw you.

Philosopher Geese saw this.

 

[Disney Glimpses]

I had heard from Disney Dish with Jim and Len that the issue was each AA’s sensor was being tripped by different light sources and temperatures instead of the moving logs, hence why Tiana simply freezes.

From my understanding of how they explained it, the characters are supposed to simply stop moving between logs to save on wear and tear, unlike the Splash characters who would simply stay active from open to close, leading to frequent breakdowns, like the infamous Philosopher Geese who would, on occasion, simply hold their fishing polea while staring deeply into the water, questioning the meaning and mysteries of animatronic life.

We saw you, Philospher Geese. We saw you.

Haha sounds like it's common knowledge now. So yeah, my point was that it's a concise problem with a clear cause. They will solve it. Would be way worse if stuff was just randomly not working.

 

[SilentWindODoom]

(As far as I can tell, although it does look like the old camel hump during the drop into the laughin’ place isn’t there anymore in every video I’ve seen. Can anyone confirm?)

The extra bump is used for the lighting effect of Mama Odie's magic shrinking riders.

I always put my sunglasses on before going down the drop.

I wear my sunglasses on rides
So I can, so I can...

 

[Tha Realest]

Haha sounds like it's common knowledge now. So yeah, my point was that it's a concise problem with a clear cause. They will solve it. Would be way worse if stuff was just randomly not working.

IIRC it was “sensor issues” that bedeviled the use of the cannons on ROTR.

 

[EagleScout610]

 

[Incomudro]

I've been distancing myself from online discussions about this attraction—and others—because sometimes you need to experience things firsthand. Reading all the negativity only makes it unnecessarily worse. All kidding aside, it's better to form your own opinions based on your experiences.

This is certainly true.
Sometimes we need to remind ourselves "What would I think about this (whatever it may be) if I saw/experienced it for myself, without hearing and reading so many reviews first?

 

[Ayla]

Sunglasses on drop = eating pizza with a knife and fork

Little known fact from a newspaper in the queue- 1920’s Tiana introduced EDM to Mardi Gras

Yeah, I'm not going from a darker interior to the full blazing FL sun without putting my shades on. Your mileage obviously varies.

 

[EagleScout610]