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

[MisterPenguin]

In reality yes. I think this discussion is about how TWDC wants to present their female characters going forward.

I think Disney wants to move away from the princess who need a prince to save her, and move toward a self sufficient, strong heroine who does not need a man, and is a leader.

No.

The princesses can wear different things at different times. There is no rule that Disney imposes on itself that they have to pick one outfit for each princess and no matter what the situation, present that princess in that get-up.

Belle still meets in her peasant outfit and her ball gown and always will.

I see no movement on Disney's part to limit the princesses to one outfit. This is all in your mind.

 

[Jedi14]

I think Disney wants to move away from the princess who need a prince to save her, and move toward a self sufficient, strong heroine who does not need a man, and is a leader.

That’s been the princess brand for a while now. I don’t think Tiana wearing pants will change that she’s a princess.

 

[Squishy]

Rare Bob Iger W, Mr Josh tear down this ride!

 

[Incomudro]

No.

The princesses can wear different things at different times. There is no rule that Disney imposes on itself that they have to pick one outfit for each princess and no matter what the situation, present that princess in that get-up.

Belle still meets in her peasant outfit and her ball gown and always will.

I see no movement on Disney's part to limit the princesses to one outfit. This is all in your mind.

True.
But how about something the character wore in the film?
The whole idea of Tiana existing in a timeline outside the film was a terrible mistake.
Huge mistake for the ride too.

 

[Jedi14]

True.
But how about something the character wore in the film?
The whole idea of Tiana existing in a timeline outside the film was a terrible mistake.
Huge mistake for the ride too.

They make new outfits for the characters often at the parks like Jasmine and Ariel’s current outfits. The ride is still connected to the film. It’s before the show, after the movie.

 

[EagleScout610]

 

[Epcot81Fan]

Has WDI explained yet why everybody else (Charlotte, Naveen, Mama Odi, etc.) looks like they just walked right out of the animated movie and haven't aged a day while Tiana looks, well, um, "more mature"?

 

[Disstevefan1]

Has WDI explained yet why everybody else (Charlotte, Naveen, Mama Odi, etc.) looks like they just walked right out of the animated movie and haven't aged a day while Tiana looks, well, um, "more mature"?

I think the cover story line was for the attraction was she is supposed to be older, BECAUSE they wanted to use EXISTING animatronics designs instead of creating new for a different face shape to save costs.

The same way they clone rides to save costs.

Just a guess.

 

[Epcot81Fan]

I think the cover story line was for the attraction was she is supposed to be older, BECAUSE they wanted to use EXISTING animatronics designs instead of creating new for a different face shape to save costs.

The same way they clone rides to save costs.

Just a guess.

If that is true, that is even more idiotic. You age up one character (the most important one) and then leave the others looking exactly like the movie?

For a ride that was deemed to be so “important”, it is honestly shocking how poorly they treated Tiana - both in her appearance (apparently we cannot show or discuss the comparison to the animated film character) and role in the attraction.

 

[Disstevefan1]

I have never did a VQ and I have a question.

When Tiana goes down, what happens to the folks that were boarding at that moment?

Can they return at any time to enter with whatever boarding group is boarding?

 

[EagleScout610]

 

[GhostHost1000]

Does it show the animatronics in B mode?

Too soon?

 

[KDM31091]

I’m hearing a lot of people saying that this is a disaster, with the ride breaking nearly daily and being a huge expense to fix. The downtime has been insane. I wonder what the future holds.

 

[Prince-1]

I’m hearing a lot of people saying that this is a disaster, with the ride breaking nearly daily and being a huge expense to fix. The downtime has been insane. I wonder what the future holds.

They will figure out the technical issues and the ride will be successful. Not Splash Mountain level of quality but still a good ride nonetheless.

 

[Epcot81Fan]

I’m hearing a lot of people saying that this is a disaster, with the ride breaking nearly daily and being a huge expense to fix. The downtime has been insane. I wonder what the future holds.

To be clear, the attraction is a disaster - AND the ride is breaking nearly daily.

 

[Brer Panther]

Even ignoring the outfits they put her in, the Tiana animatronics look incredibly off-model.

 

[James Alucobond]

Even ignoring the outfits they put her in, the Tiana animatronics look incredibly off-model.

As do most characters converted from 2D animation to 3D animatronics, to varying degrees of course.

 

[Disstevefan1]

At this point, if they can keep the attraction working without going down and someday open the standby, that's good enough for me because I said from day 1, it will still be a fun log flume ride no matter the theme.

I am a little disappointed that got rid of the water cannons at the end, but beggars cant be choosers.

 

[Epcot81Fan]

Even ignoring the outfits they put her in, the Tiana animatronics look incredibly off-model.

It was one of the more bizarre choices they made. One would think with the dynamics around this attraction they would have been even more focused on ensuring the animatronic was on-model. Having an "Eh, it's close enough" on this attraction is just shocking.

 

[JoeCamel]

It was one of the more bizarre choices they made. One would think with the dynamics around this attraction they would have been even more focused on ensuring the animatronic was on-model. Having an "Eh, it's close enough" on this attraction is just shocking.

Seems they havent been able to produce an AA that is representative of the source real life or animated since Mermaid? I think it started there but might have been earlier. 2017 was particularly bad with HoP