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

[brettf22]

It doesn’t look vague to me: it’s Mama Odie about to work her magic (by my guess just before the plummet).

Seems to be a good guess, based on BlogMickey’s post noticing the bottles hanging from the ceiling near Mama Odie in that new artwork and the top of the drop on the model.

 

[OrlandoRising]

People should temper their expectations outside of two animatronics in particular. The word "animatronic" has a broad spectrum of meaning.

We're done pretending like this charlatan actually knows anything, right?

 

[BagOfGroceries]

I don’t know if this was posted yet, but it is confirmed Mama Odie is actually an AA

 

[LittleBuford]

I don’t know if this was posted yet, but it is confirmed Mama Odie is actually an AA

This guy’s Twitter feed is often cited here. Is he always reliable? (To be clear, I trust what he’s saying, but I’m curious to know whether it should be taken as official confirmation.)

 

[Disney Analyst]

This guy’s Twitter feed is often cited here. Is he always reliable? (To be clear, I trust what he’s saying, but I’m curious to know whether it should be taken as official confirmation.)

He's basically (from what I understand) media, with a direct line to get info from Disney on stuff.

 

[LittleBuford]

He's basically (from what I understand) media, with a direct line to get info from Disney on stuff.

Thanks—good to know!

 

[JoeCamel]

We're done pretending like this charlatan actually knows anything, right?

He made sure to tell you he was right though......

 

[Sir_Cliff]

Avoiding getting wet on SM was easy at WDW. All you had to do was duck. At DL it was a different story. You get absolutely drenched no matter what.

I must admit that we successfully dared a friend to buy (and wear) the "dry is not an option" Splash Mountain t-shirt.

 

[Kirby86]

So Big Daddy is going to be in the ride maybe John Goodman will lend his voice to the ride as well? Personally I think maybe we'll see these Characters in the queue or the Finale. I mean barring Tiana and Navine I'd hope they show up frequently in the ride

 

[Vinnie Mac]

The word "animatronic" has a broad spectrum of meaning.

It doesn't but okay.

 

[Vinnie Mac]

Avoiding getting wet on SM was easy at WDW. All you had to do was duck. At DL it was a different story. You get absolutely drenched no matter what.

I rode front row on SM back in December and barely got wet

 

[zipadee999]

I know we’re expecting Odie before the drop but the new DL concept art looks more like the Take me Along gator alcove

 

[GhostHost1000]

Happy to hear the budget has skyrocketed from the $40m, probably knew with the response they couldn’t screw this up…but sad to think what the skyrocketed amount could have gone towards instead redoing an existing popular ride

 

[EagleScout610]

I know we’re expecting Odie before the drop but the new DL concept art looks more like the Take me Along gator alcove

To me, the roots and tree limbs around Odie make me think of the Laughin' Place, or the spot where Br'er Rabbit is caught in the beehive

Actually now thinking about, the beehive cave at WDW has alot of roots and such

 

[Disstevefan1]

I don’t know if this was posted yet, but it is confirmed Mama Odie is actually an AA

Sure hope Scott is right!! 24, WE MAY GET 24

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

It doesn't but okay.

Disney uses the term extremely loosely. They call the spinning beehive props animatronics on their website. That's where their marketing people get the "over 100" for Splash, when the actual number is like half that.

It is also indeed quite dishonest to call those stormtrooper mannequins animatronics, but they do it. I think a lot of those don't even have ANY movement. And the ones that do are just 1 or 2 axis moving props, not even enough to stand alongside the earliest and most primitive legit AAs Disney has made (like the tiki birds).

Tiana should hopefully have plenty of real ones though. My guess is also over 24. There's going to be a number of human and critter characters. Lots of new ones too. We'll see if the reskins of the America Sings ones ends up being true. They would again fit in pretty well with ones seen in some of the art.

 

[JoeCamel]

I rode front row on SM back in December and barely got wet

Ebay'ers sold all the water, no water no wet.........

 

[GhostHost1000]

Ebay'ers sold all the water, no water no wet.........

It’ll be salt water now tho right?

 

[JoeCamel]

It’ll be salt water now tho right?

Yes, the boats will float a little higher...

 

[EricsBiscuit]

I rode front row on SM back in December and barely got wet

In December I’m pretty sure they adjust the water levels to tone it down a bit but at DL, generally speaking, you get absolutely drenched