-
Welcome to the WDWMAGIC.COM Forums!
Please take a look around, and feel free to sign up and join the community.
News Tiana's Bayou Adventure - latest details and construction progress
- Thread starter wdwmagic
- Start date
Magenta Panther
Well-Known Member
Oooh, are they planning an Epic Universe swatter?
But seriously...you know this...how?
Or some Major Entertainment????
Magenta Panther
Well-Known Member
Facilier is the movie's best character. A sympathetic villain, what's more. A man who seeks power in an age where power for a man like him is virtually non-existent. He made the wrong choice, but it's hard to fault him for his motives.
Sectorkeeper71
Well-Known Member
I think for me, it’s broadening the horizons of what the “frontier” is in Frontierland. When you come down to it, New Orleans and St. Louis were kinda the gateways to the frontier beyond, and the west has a much more varied environment than just red rocks.
The point can be argued either way, but I don’t think it’s much more of an outlier than splash was to begin with
Surferboy567
Well-Known Member
I actually think this could be a great addition to MK. Just having some fun
. I’m holding out hope just a really tough act to follow.
MerlinTheGoat
Well-Known Member
So while this definitively confirms that they moved the opening date up from the prior late 2024 period significantly, the May rumors were either wrong or the ride suffered a delay. To be fair, that always sounded way too aspirational to me. They're still keeping the opening date vague, possibly to provide themselves some wiggle room. That's a three month opening window anywhere between June 20 through September 22.
Like I said before, I heard there was a potential management decision being considered that would reallocate resources to get the ride open sooner at DL. But it would likewise cause construction progress to potentially slow down at WDW. Hopefully that didn't end up happening though, and it opens comfortable before the tail end of summer.
I think the AA looks really good. It's high quality and very on-model to me anyway. Considering that she's a 2D illustration converted to a 3D environment, which comes with its own set of challenges (especially being a human and not an animal so the standards are higher), I think they did a really good job. She looks tremendously closer to her original film counterpart than the 3D model they used in Wreck it Ralph 2 for comparison.
Like I said before, I heard there was a potential management decision being considered that would reallocate resources to get the ride open sooner at DL. But it would likewise cause construction progress to potentially slow down at WDW. Hopefully that didn't end up happening though, and it opens comfortable before the tail end of summer.
I think the AA looks really good. It's high quality and very on-model to me anyway. Considering that she's a 2D illustration converted to a 3D environment, which comes with its own set of challenges (especially being a human and not an animal so the standards are higher), I think they did a really good job. She looks tremendously closer to her original film counterpart than the 3D model they used in Wreck it Ralph 2 for comparison.
Wicked Witch was an A100, which are now quite old. Not sure about Kylo, probably, but he's arguably not as much trouble to get right regardless since he wears a mask and has no facial movement. I actually think Kylo looks a bit small and weird, at least the second figure that gets "crushed" by debris. Hondo is an A1000 as well though and looks great.
Last edited:
Surferboy567
Well-Known Member
Unrelated, but did we ever get closure on Kylo being the Wicked Witch. I always thought they were the same AA or possibly recycled animation as they move very similarly. Obviously Kylo is much newer (I’d assume) in terms of technology.
Ah, yes, thank you for the correction on that. I must have had the Wicked Witch (A100) confused with something else...
Cmdr_Crimson
Well-Known Member
Maybe it's the angle of this photo but, Is the Tiana AA a giant..Because her head looks larger than the imagineer working on her eyelid..
MerlinTheGoat
Well-Known Member
By the way, Splash Archive finally uploaded those old test renders of the finale to Twitter. I'll put most of them in a spoiler so that they don't clog up the thread (because goodness knows my posts get long enough already). Hopefully they convey what I stated about them being in a primitive state and why they probably shouldn't be used to make assumptions about the full roster of AA's the end product will contain. Which again I was told should have at least as many as Splash.
Three more here showing the major characters being tested out-
This new facade also doesn't resemble the Tiana's Palace restaurant from the film and has a lot of additional staircases and balconies custom built for the ride. It shares a lot of similarities with the old riverboat from Splash in that regard. I suspect these spaces will *probably* contain additional AA's in the final ride, beyond what the renders are showing. Because why build these additional spaces that weren't seen in the film if they'd just be remaining empty. They could have just replicated the restaurant facade from the film (like they did for the actual restaurant at DL) otherwise. And if they don't fill out these spaces, the scene would look really odd. But again, I suspect they will fill it out in the end. These again are far more primitive than the renders they released to the public for BATB or 7DMT.
Three more here showing the major characters being tested out-
This new facade also doesn't resemble the Tiana's Palace restaurant from the film and has a lot of additional staircases and balconies custom built for the ride. It shares a lot of similarities with the old riverboat from Splash in that regard. I suspect these spaces will *probably* contain additional AA's in the final ride, beyond what the renders are showing. Because why build these additional spaces that weren't seen in the film if they'd just be remaining empty. They could have just replicated the restaurant facade from the film (like they did for the actual restaurant at DL) otherwise. And if they don't fill out these spaces, the scene would look really odd. But again, I suspect they will fill it out in the end. These again are far more primitive than the renders they released to the public for BATB or 7DMT.
Last edited:
Sectorkeeper71
Well-Known Member
It’s also possible the scale of the AA and features are exaggerated since it’s an animated character being brought to life as well as for better visibility of the character from the ride itselfMaybe it's the angle of this photo but, Is the Tiana AA a giant..Because her head looks larger than the imagineer working on her eyelid..
yensidtlaw1969
Well-Known Member
The Wicked Witch was an A100 - the first, actually. A1000’s are much newer, not having hit the scene with the opening of Galaxy’s Edge.
The Tiana shown today is an A1000.
EDITED To Add: Looks like I was beaten to the punch by posters above!
JohnD
Well-Known Member
It reads like you're referring to Terminator models.
They should have dubbed them "A200"'s and saved the "A1000" moniker for when they finally perfect their shape-shifting, liquid metal AA.
Amazing how a 30+ year old movie can still drive thinking, isn't it?
The original turns 40 this year!
