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

[HoustonHorn]

My guess is that they’ll build the beignet stall under the Frontierland railroad, around where the Laughin’ Place playground was.

It’s a wide area for foot traffic, plus you can get people as they exit both Splash and the WDWRR.

Granted that’s what I as a mostly rational theme park visitor would think….lord only knows what nonsense the suits in their rich Corinthian leather Executive chairs would dream up.

Wait - you want to have the beignet smells organically come from an actual beignet stand in the area where we cattle can buy a bag of 3 for $18.99 after we ride (add powdered sugar for only $4.99 extra!)?

Surely you jest.

They're going to spend $5 million to Imagineer a state-of-the art fried dough olfactory stimulus system where a bunch of Ray's grand-fireflies will be farting beignet smell throughout the queue.

 

[Captain Culpepper Cline]

There will be a beignet stand at the exit.

 

[PizzaPlanet]

This press release at least gives reassurance that they’re attempting to deliver a worthy successor to Splash. Not sure why it took this long but I’m glad they didn’t give us more details on the inner-workings of Tiana’s employee-owned food co-op.

 

[RSoxNo1]

This is quite reassuring -- especially the mention of dozens of AAs.

I also don't think anyone should be concerned that the Disney World version will be significantly different. They aren't going to spend a bunch of additional money designing two different versions (beyond the minimum they will have to spend because of the existing ride differences).

Florida's version of Splash Mountain was superior in large part due to the logs themselves. That won't change.

 

[Kirby86]

Tiana is a princess; this is her ride. I’m not sure why people are making it seem as if there’s something cynical or untoward going on here.

I know that's what I was getting at. She's a princess they're going to let people know she's a princess.

 

[Tha Realest]

Tiana is a princess; this is her ride. I’m not sure why people are making it seem as if there’s something cynical or untoward going on here.

I didn’t suggest it was cynical or untoward. Rather, I think it reflects an evolving view of Tiana for this attraction.

The first announcement had her in her conventional Princess garb. https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...ng-to-disneyland-park-and-magic-kingdom-park/

The next two announcements showed her in quasi world traveler / adventurer outfits. https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...ng-to-disneyland-park-and-magic-kingdom-park/

A New Scene and New Critters Are Introduced for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure

We’re one step closer to going down the bayou as Walt Disney Imagineering reveals a new scene from Tiana’s Bayou Adventure! Take a look at this new scene and some of the brand-new characters we’re creating specifically for the attraction coming

disneyparks.disney.go.com

Then, the “storyline” update emphasized her culinary come business acumen, where she’s shown in a conventional apron outfit. Perhaps as a way to push these business characteristics to the fore, she’s not referred to as Princess Tiana, but is instead just Tiana, business titan. https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...-details-revealed-for-tianas-bayou-adventure/

I don’t think there’s anything underhanded going on. I think they’re just figuring out the character (still)

 

[aladdin2007]

Only problem I have with the Frozen ride is how the projector faces look. "IP in Epcot" argument aside that ride is perfectly fine so what is your point?

point is it could have been better its not perfectly fine, upstairs is barren at best, you can tell the budget went to the lower level. just saying the same could but hopefully not happen here, with very fleshed out scenes to more empty areas in-between. would not be surprising but hopefully thats not the route taken.

 

[MisterPenguin]

 

[LittleBuford]

It still baffles me that that guy on Twitter thought otherwise.

 

[EricsBiscuit]

Question: are the dozens of “entirely new” AAs in addition, or mostly replacing? A combination? In other words, will the total AA count go up or down? 24 or more new AAs sounds great, but if they’re removing all 60+ SM AAs then that is distinctly a downgrade.

 

[FettFan]

Notice that Tiana and Naveen have gotten their royal honorifics back? In February it was Tiana and Naveen. Now, they’re Princess Tiana and Prince Naveen.

They went on a Worldwide Privacy Tour.

 

[FettFan]

Only problem I have with the Frozen ride is how the projector faces look. "IP in Epcot" argument aside that ride is perfectly fine so what is your point?

Disagree, as you can see the black sheeting on the walls thanks to the amount of ambient light given off by all the projectors, and the fact that the boats now move so slowly down the flume.

Maelstrom used UV paint and black lights, which not only hid the black walls better, but gave an added depth to each scene.
Example: the AA’s of Anna, Kristof, Sven and snowman all exist in the exact same space as the Viking village, yet riding past them feels so much more confined and claustrophobic. Not only do you see the black wall to your left, you can tell that there is a wall right behind the characters.

 

[UNCgolf]

Disagree, as you can see the black sheeting on the walls thanks to the amount of ambient light given off by all the projectors, and the fact that the boats now move so slowly down the flume.

Maelstrom used UV paint and black lights, which not only hid the black walls better, but gave an added depth to each scene.
Example: the AA’s of Anna, Kristof, Sven and snowman all exist in the exact same space as the Viking village, yet riding past them feels so much more confined and claustrophobic. Not only do you see the black wall to your left, you can tell that there is a wall right behind the characters.

Yeah, FEA is far from perfectly fine. It has pretty glaring flaws everywhere and is one of the more poorly designed rides at WDW. The ice palace scene is especially bad; it's almost embarrassing how empty that whole area is.

 

[GhostHost1000]

Question: are the dozens of “entirely new” AAs in addition, or mostly replacing? A combination? In other words, will the total AA count go up or down? 24 or more new AAs sounds great, but if they’re removing all 60+ SM AAs then that is distinctly a downgrade.

Probably the dozens on the riverboat at the end with new clothes

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Question: are the dozens of “entirely new” AAs in addition, or mostly replacing? A combination? In other words, will the total AA count go up or down? 24 or more new AAs sounds great, but if they’re removing all 60+ SM AAs then that is distinctly a downgrade.

It doesn't say, so we don't know. My guess is a combination - reuse some of the more simple AAs (some of the prior concept art seemed to indicate some of the figures shown were repurposed from the existing ride)

I think the big part of this is to show it won't simply be the old, existing (but not working all that well/simple movement) AAs redressed and also it won't just be like Na'vi River where there is just 1 new AA, but rather there will be quite a few new, properly working, more advanced AAs in the ride

 

[Club Cooloholic]

I know some are against it, but I would really like to see Pecos Bill converted to serve food related to this attraction, with better food in the same vein as the current restaurant moving to the proposed Coco/Encanto plaza.

Disneyland is doing this at what was the French Market

 

[Starship824]

Wish they would build a Tangled ride (I'm kind of biased because that's where our wedding song comes from (I See The Light). We danced to it on our wedding day!

They're building one in Tokyo that opens next year.

 

[Bocabear]

Well if Splash is not firmly set in New Orleans, it only makes sense that they do something for food nearby...We know they are not building a new restaurant, so maybe just re-dressing Pecos Bill to look like New Orleans and Bayou country is the best way. I have eaten at Pecos Bill's dozens of times... The classic Disney Gristleburgers tm, and the value-reduced fixin's bar no longer impress... So maybe a fresh new take would make it more lively and interesting.

 

[bmr1591]

What I wish would happen, but probably won’t:

1. Make it where every now and then, a log gets ‘stuck’ near the end, is flipped around, and goes down the fall backwards. Would be a fun thing to happen once an hour or something as a surprise. Won’t happen because they want this themed more toward kids and that would be too scary.

2. The water tower should splash water out of its top when riders go down. Like a big sploosh exploding out of it.

 

[Smiley/OCD]

What I wish would happen, but probably won’t:

1. Make it where every now and then, a log gets ‘stuck’ near the end, is flipped around, and goes down the fall backwards. Would be a fun thing to happen once an hour or something as a surprise. Won’t happen because they want this themed more toward kids and that would be too scary.

2. The water tower should splash water out of its top when riders go down. Like a big sploosh exploding out of it.

I said the same thing about the water tower and someone even suggested that the tower should be designed like the generic water park tanks that fill and tip over onto the guests…all better ideas than just a tower sitting there…put the “icon” to good use while it’s there…(unless the infrastructure can’t handle that movement ala the Yeti)…