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

EagleScout610

EagleScout610

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Splash Mountain demolition removes Chickapin Hill tree stump

Splash Mountain has lost its Chickapin Hill tree stump. This demolition makes way for the arrival of Tiana's Bayou Adventure in 2024.
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The critter tree just after the Barn Lift has been removed
 
TomboyJanet

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Riviera Rita said:
Great piece on Real Time With Bill Maher this week. I'm not sure if I can use the term he used as I'm not sure if it's an offensive term over the pond - 'Ca*ones'.
Anyway, I wish Disney could have done a Ben Stiller when a minority lost their minds over 'Tropic Thunder'
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I saw that and thought of the ride. I don't agree that EVERYTHING he claims is cancel culture is, but Splash Mountain would totally be a prime example. Cajones is a Spanish word meaning like you have the guts or the gall to do something edgy or non conformist, it's become slang like garumba in Star Trek, or a certain part of the male anatomy.

Like someone mentioned somewhere I think Eisner was going to do a re-release of SOTS but something happened. Things may have been different if they just did that re release with the thing explaining the history and why it's controversial and that they don't condone racism etc etc. Then maybe Tiana would have a better ride that makes sense, and not the square peg cut to fit into a round hole that we're getting now.
 
BrerFoxesBayouAdventure

BrerFoxesBayouAdventure

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TomboyJanet said:
Like someone mentioned somewhere I think Eisner was going to do a re-release of SOTS but something happened. Things may have been different if they just did that re release with the thing explaining the history and why it's controversial and that they don't condone racism etc etc. Then maybe Tiana would have a better ride that makes sense, and not the square peg cut to fit into a round hole that we're getting now.
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I think Eisner didn't want to release it with a content warning. That and he was likely afraid of the backlash it could've gotten, even though the movie was literally rereleased in theaters under his tenure.
 
Ghost93

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BrerFoxesBayouAdventure said:
I think Eisner didn't want to release it with a content warning. That and he was likely afraid of the backlash it could've gotten, even though the movie was literally rereleased in theaters under his tenure.
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I think the culture shifted quite a bit from 1986, when SOTS was last released, and the 90s, and there was a growing sensitivity to how minorities were treated. Also, from what I understand, Disney had asked Maya Angelou to film an introduction to Song of the South to put it into a historical context. However, she apparently found the movie very offensive and threatened to join boycotts of the Disney company if they had ever planned to release it.

Disney probably wanted the public to forget the problematic elements of SOTS and feared releasing it in the 1990s could also lead to a protest of Splash Mountain.
 
Animaniac93-98

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Ghost93 said:
Disney probably wanted the public to forget the problematic elements of SOTS and feared releasing it in the 1990s could also lead to a protest of Splash Mountain.
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Except the did release it in many countries that decade (including more than once in the UK) and included clips on things like the Sing-Along videos. In the 90s, the self-imposed ban was inconsistent and that just made things worse IMO.

In the late 80s, many Disney movies were re-released to theaters and then to video 6-12 months later. Sleeping Beauty, Lady and the Tramp, Cinderella etc. In hindsight, it's weird they didn't do that for SotS in 1987. Same with waiting almost 10 years to put The AristoCats to video after its last theatrical re-release.
 
TomboyJanet

TomboyJanet

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BrerFoxesBayouAdventure said:
I think Eisner didn't want to release it with a content warning. That and he was likely afraid of the backlash it could've gotten, even though the movie was literally rereleased in theaters under his tenure.
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I know SOMEONE wanted to release it but my memory is foggy.

Annoyingly enough I just wanted to bring up that people shouldn't be rude at a Disney park. One of my last rides on splash mountain during filming was ruined by a couple of Valley Girls screaming the f word every time they got even one drop of water on them. I know it was chilly out but you CHOSE to go on a log flume girl! Suck it up buttercup! I bet they came from a rich OC town they had all Gucci purses and stuff.
 
TomboyJanet

TomboyJanet

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Ghost93 said:
I think the culture shifted quite a bit from 1986, when SOTS was last released, and the 90s, and there was a growing sensitivity to how minorities were treated. Also, from what I understand, Disney had asked Maya Angelou to film an introduction to Song of the South to put it into a historical context. However, she apparently found the movie very offensive and threatened to join boycotts of the Disney company if they had ever planned to release it.

Disney probably wanted the public to forget the problematic elements of SOTS and feared releasing it in the 1990s could also lead to a protest of Splash Mountain.
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Animaniac93-98 said:
Except the did release it in many countries that decade (including more than once in the UK) and included clips on things like the Sing-Along videos. In the 90s, the self-imposed ban was inconsistent and that just made things worse IMO.

In the late 80s, many Disney movies were re-released to theaters and then to video 6-12 months later. Sleeping Beauty, Lady and the Tramp, Cinderella etc. In hindsight, it's weird they didn't do that for SotS in 1987. Same with waiting almost 10 years to put The AristoCats to video after its last theatrical re-release.
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I always thought they shoulda just released the animated segments alone on some kind of cartoon compilation vhs. The cartoon segments aren't really that offensive in fact I just always assumed they were talking in SOUTHERN dialect not a racial dialect, To be honest that's probably accurate to how everyone talked in the south back then. If not then someone should really look into how people think New Yorkers talk cuz I never heard anyone say JOYSEE without trying to be funny or mocking our neighbors to the south and west. Or of course on the Great Movie Ride which is just cheesy good fun. GOD I miss the GMR!
 

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