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

Brer Panther

Brer Panther

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Since the retheme was announced, I have said the following things...
"I'm fully convinced they're doing to trash the animatronics. They did it to the Universe of Energy and Great Movie Ride animatronics, I wouldn't put it past them."
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Oh, they're definitely going to trash at least half of the animatronics.
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I'm picturing plastic-y barely moving figures (a la the Little Mermaid ride) and entire spaces once occupied by an animatronic featuring nothing (as in, not even a screen).
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Here's what I'm expecting the retheme to be like:

- Most of the America Sings animatronics are removed. Replacing them are... nothing! Just long stretches of no animatronics whatsoever. Mainly just empty scenery. There's the occasional screen here and there.
- There are SOME new animatronics, but the ones that aren't main characters (Tiana, Naveen, Louis, etc.) are primitive plastic-y ones that barely move a la most of the animatronics in the Little Mermaid ride.
- Brer Rabbit on the handcar isn't replaced by anything.
- The "Burrow's Lament" sequence has no animatronics or scenery whatsoever.
- Since Disney doesn't do hand-drawn animation anymore, all of the animation on the screens is outsourced and looks like crap.
- The scene of Brer Fox being attacked by Brer Gator is replaced by nothing.
- The retheme as a whole is cheaply-done and a massive downgrade...
- Disney World's retheme is even worse, with even LESS animatronics, even MORE long stretches of just empty scenery, and it being obvious that the retheme was designed with the Disneyland version in mind.
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We're probably going to wind up with a bizarre fusion of the Little Mermaid ride and Frozen Ever After with a bit of Demented Hobo Goofy's Runaway Railway That Isn't So Much Running Away As It Is Slowly Crawling Away thrown in.
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I'm guessing they'll be some little swamp critters (like the ones that were at the wedding) even if most of the animatronics already in the ride get trashed. They probably won't be very impressive, though... like, on par with the fish in the "Under the Sea" sequence of the Little Mermaid ride. Hard plastic figures with limited movement.
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I'm guessing most of the animatronics will be replaced with less complex, plasticky-looking ones that barely actually move. Y'know all the sea creatures in the "Under the Sea" sequence of the Little Mermaid ride? Like those.
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I'm expecting Tiana, Naveen, Louis, and Mama Odie to get fancy good-looking animatronics, but the "background" critters will be more plastic-looking figures that barely move (a la the sea creatures in the "Under the Sea" sequence of the Little Mermaid ride) as opposed to reused Splash Mountain animatronics, like @EricsBiscuit said.

If nothing else, if they're really going to turn the lift hill into Mama Odie's house, I think it's pretty safe to say the vultures aren't going to be reused. They'd be pretty out of place in Mama Odie's house.
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Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if those frogs turned out to just be statues, too. I could see them thinking "They're small, nobody's going to notice if they don't move!".
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I'd just like to take this moment to say "I told you so." Although some of these were in regards to the original storyline this was gonna have about Louis chasing his trumpet.
 
Professortango1

Professortango1

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IanDLBZF said:
www.cinemablend.com

After Riding Tiana's Bayou Adventure at Disneyland and Disney World, One Is Clearly Better. Here's Why.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure is basically the same ride at Disneyland and Disney world, but actually one is better.
www.cinemablend.com www.cinemablend.com
Another interesting read for you all - disclaimer: YMMV.
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Yeah, this guy is a joke. While I agree Disneyland's is better, claiming that all the new ride has in common with the old is being a log flume is wholly disingenuous. Each drop, delineation of show scenes, and overall structure is the same.

Also. does Orlando have additional drops? I thought they all had the three full drops and the two minor drops in the first two internal scenes.
 
BrerFoxesBayouAdventure

BrerFoxesBayouAdventure

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Professortango1 said:
Yeah, this guy is a joke. While I agree Disneyland's is better, claiming that all the new ride has in common with the old is being a log flume is wholly disingenuous. Each drop, delineation of show scenes, and overall structure is the same.

Also. does Orlando have additional drops? I thought they all had the three full drops and the two minor drops in the first two internal scenes.
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Orlando has 5 drops. One after the loading area, one small one when you initially enter the outdoor area, a drop when you enter the first show scene, a drop into the Laughin' Place, the Big Drop, and finally a small drop after splashdown.
 
Professortango1

Professortango1

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BrerFoxesBayouAdventure said:
Orlando has 5 drops. One after the loading area, one small one when you initially enter the outdoor area, a drop when you enter the first show scene, a drop into the Laughin' Place, the Big Drop, and finally a small drop after splashdown.
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I've ridden both Splashes and just watched a ride through....not seeing a drop after the loading area or one entering the outdoor area, unless you consider coming off the lift hill a drop, which Disneyland has as well.

Lift into bayou where old Brer Frog was. Lift into the mill. Slipping falls. Small drop in How Do You Do transition. Laughing Place drop. Small drop in LP. Lift hill, big drop. That's it.
 

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