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

[celluloid]

I don't know quite how you prove the kids watching Encanto are just really re-watching We Don't Talk About Bruno over again whereas those who see Kung Fu Panda 4 truly love it even if it doesn't do so well on streaming.

On the broader point of who is connecting more with children, I guess we will see soon enough whether Universal overtakes WDW.

Never said overtake was even likely. I said announcement of this year' attraction openings will be somewhat overshadowed by the relevant and popular.

Theater students for sure loved Encanto.

Kung Fu Panda...4. Parents and kids are still willing to go to the theater for the 20-year-old franchise.

What we do know is that Kung Fu Panda 4 has individual ticket sales, and that there are hit Dreamworks shows on Netflix that have been entertaining kids for years now.

What we don't know is if Disney Plus streaming reports are 1. Accurate and 2. Indvidual play.
Not to say it is not popular, but its not opening an attraction in the next few months either.

My point was on popularity and relevancy.

Kung Fu Panda 4 is both more popular and relevant than Princess and The Frog. And that angers people. It is what it is. I would rather watch Princess and The Frog(I saw it opening weekend in a theater with my brother, both of us grown men wanting a good animated movie)

Princess and The Frog, did that make the most popular streaming charts?
Kung Fu Panda 4 is the highest grossing kids movie outside of Mario and Despicable Me based films in the last few years(Illumination) Dreamworks had a hit Pussnboots in 2022.

Aside: Coco melon, trust me is evil and a lot of its views are just that.

 

[Sir_Cliff]

Theater students for sure loved Encanto.

That is very dismissive. It was the #1 streamed movie in 2022 and #2 streamed movie in 2023. The film continues to make the top ten list of most steamed movies in 2024.

Kung Fu Panda 4 is both more popular and relevant than Princess and The Frog. And that angers people. It is what it is. I would rather watch Princess and The Frog(I saw it opening weekend in a theater with my brother, both of us grown men wanting a good animated movie)

I don't think anyone is angered by that. It's just that it's like saying Disney is sad for building a Cinderella attraction because another park is building a Trolls attraction.

 

[Ghost93]

I don't think any sane person would argue that Tiana's Bayou Adventure in and of itself will compete with an entire theme park opening at Universal Studios. However, its opening is critical for the time being as Disney needs SOMETHING new for the 2024 year.

My guess is that the actual challenge to Epic Universe will be announced later this summer.

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

My guess is that the actual challenge to Epic Universe will be announced later this summer.

I think at this point any challenge is going to have to be in the form of shows, parades, nighttime spectaculars, etc, I think they‘re already past the deadline to build anything, especially with so many of the specialized construction workers already working on Epic.

I also think they may just be counting on spillover from Epic, most theme park fans that travel all the way to Orlando to check out Epic are probably going to include a few days at Disney also, they may be saving their challenge for 2026 and beyond.

 

[Ghost93]

I think at this point any challenge is going to have to be in the form of shows, parades, nighttime spectaculars, etc, I think they‘re already past the deadline to build anything, especially with so many of the specialized construction workers already working on Epic.

I also think they may just be counting on spillover from Epic, most theme park fans that travel all the way to Orlando to check out Epic are probably going to include a few days at Disney also, they may be saving their challenge for 2026 and beyond.

Oh don't get me wrong, Disney is screwed the next 2-3 years because they've taken too long to response to Epic Universe. My point is that Disney would likely announce the specifics of their construction/expansion plans later this year, but they likely won't come to fruition until 2027-2028.

 

[Bayou]

Universal falls short in comparison to Disney in the realm of dark rides, and frankly, Epic Universe doesn't appear to be particularly thrilling. While it may offer more excitement than a single attraction, it seems to be a mishmash of poorly themed coasters, IP-driven lands, a less captivating Wizarding World, mediocre Mario experiences, underwhelming previews of "How to Train Your Dragon," and a Monsters world that stands out as the sole eating aspect

 

[SplashMountainArchives]

Was Posted But Then Deleted A Few Minutes Ago...

Extremely fake. post says July 1 then on the poster July 4, also the old twitter logo is on the post randomly in a spot where it never existed. Also your account was created 2 minutes after the post was "deleted". Disregard this.

 

[SplashMountainArchives]

The building on the bottom right of the poster is the same building from my finale leak. Also we get the date for Magic Kingdom tomorrow, I don't believe we'll get a date for Disneyland but we shall see. Disneyland is ramping up interior and exterior, and will be ready and testing by late August early September. Bayou in California will be ready for November.

 

[Bayou]

We will likely get Disneyland's date during D23 in August

 

[mickEblu]

The building on the bottom right of the poster is the same building from my finale leak. Also we get the date for Magic Kingdom tomorrow, I don't believe we'll get a date for Disneyland but we shall see. Disneyland is ramping up interior and exterior, and will be ready and testing by late August early September. Bayou in California will be ready for November.

Do you know if Dr. Facilier (or his shadows or friends from the other side) made it into the attraction?

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

Do you know if Dr. Facilier (or his shadows or friends from the other side) made it into the attraction?

 

[Casper Gutman]

Universal falls short in comparison to Disney in the realm of dark rides, and frankly, Epic Universe doesn't appear to be particularly thrilling. While it may offer more excitement than a single attraction, it seems to be a mishmash of poorly themed coasters, IP-driven lands, a less captivating Wizarding World, mediocre Mario experiences, underwhelming previews of "How to Train Your Dragon," and a Monsters world that stands out as the sole eating aspect

Yeaaaahhhhh... I have some issues with EU's capacity, but this is WAY off the mark.

 

[Tha Realest]

Is there an Illumination and Dreamworks generation? I know there are a lot of people who love Universal in the theme parks world, but I've never heard people profess their love for either Dreamworks or Illumination as you routinely hear people talk about how much they love Disney.

‘Despicable Me’ is Now the Highest Grossing Animated Franchise in Movie History

Move over, "Shrek." There's a new king of animated movies in town.

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[ToTBellHop]

How old are your kids?

Mine are both 11 and find neither Shrek nor HTTYD to be particularly relevant. As for Kung Fu Panda, they find the humor to be a bit low brow. But we all love the Despicable Me franchise. Give Steve Carell a few more, please!

That all being said, I think the HTTYD land looks to be a visual stunner. I’ll be happy to visit a Viking land. I feel the same toward Dark Universe, honestly. Don’t care so much about the IPs used, especially with the Spirit Halloween masks, but the land looks like it will be deliciously dark and moody. I suspect I will love it and it will make me even more annoyed that Disney won’t just build a villain land.

 

[JD80]

3 and 9.

Anyone under ten years old has been raised in a way that my generation was raised by The Disney Channel.
Through Netflix, Illumination and Dreamworks prior to and concurrently with Disney Plus coming in later.

The number one streaming service in the world has had Dreamworks spin off shows and any major kids release that has been a hit in theaters besides Toy Story 4 and Moana(daughter being 3 missed out on that one) the hits for the kids have all been Illumination and Dreamworks.

I teach public school, and the kids who are now in HS have much less love for Disney than was there when I was school-aged. They don't have the connection because to them, Disney is primarily Star Wars, lackluster updates to classics and what did they buy are they going to change now?
It reminds me very much of what my father went through with Disney in the 70s. Where it was seen as not cool to be a fan, but at least they still had a lot of releases.

Jurassic World, Potter and Dreamworks/Illumination have positioned Universal quite well in the eyes of the young and appealing of current generation. All have either successful spin offs in video games as ongoing media or television streaming.
New movies from Illumination and Dreamworks continue to be popular and even their lesser hits, are profitable and successful.

It is a different time.

Just as a counter example my kids are 11, 9 and 6 and it's all Disney for them and they have access to most streaming platforms.

My wife is a teacher as well and they see more disney, mcu and star wars related content than DreamWorks or Jurassic Park.

Just another antedotal point.

 

[CntrlFlPete]

Tiana will overshadow everything else here soon once everyone realizes how good it's going to be.

crazy thing to me is that I feel it has a real low bar to success.

I see every talking up splash and I figure it is 100% nostalgia. In my eyes, Splash had show issues over a decade ago. I recall a decade ago that rabbit only traveled on by sometimes. The laughing place had some effects down.

Last time I rode Splash (last day of WDW operation), I did not see the rabbit run by, the laughing place was some tomb in a cave or something, just dead still eerie trip through a bunch of nothing.

I will be happy if they build something that is easier for them to maintain, but I also feel that anyone whose first ride happened after 2013 will see a better ride from TBA.

The one thing I am currently certain about is that the outside will look really cool at night.

 

[zipadee999]

crazy thing to me is that I feel it has a real low bar to success.

I see every talking up splash and I figure it is 100% nostalgia. In my eyes, Splash had show issues over a decade ago. I recall a decade ago that rabbit only traveled on by sometimes. The laughing place had some effects down.

Last time I rode Splash (last day of WDW operation), I did not see the rabbit run by, the laughing place was some tomb in a cave or something, just dead still eerie trip through a bunch of nothing.

I will be happy if they build something that is easier for them to maintain, but I also feel that anyone whose first ride happened after 2013 will see a better ride from TBA.

The one thing I am currently certain about is that the outside will look really cool at night.

The last few years of splash were pretty rough, but after the big 2013 refurb it looked quite good for a few years. When I rode in 2014 it was opening-day quality. But the end of the 2010s were getting a bit rougher and the last year of splash was extremely rough.

For my last ever ride, I brought a friend who had never been before, so that was his first ride. I had to explain to him that only about half of the effects were working because he got off and said it was the creepiest thing he’d ever ridden and had no idea why my cousin and I seemed to love it so much.

The real comparison will be an opening day TBA and a 1992 splash. That way we are comparing both of the rides in their prime and it won’t be like when Mike Tyson fought Mohammed Ali

 

[ToTBellHop]

crazy thing to me is that I feel it has a real low bar to success.

I see every talking up splash and I figure it is 100% nostalgia. In my eyes, Splash had show issues over a decade ago. I recall a decade ago that rabbit only traveled on by sometimes. The laughing place had some effects down.

Last time I rode Splash (last day of WDW operation), I did not see the rabbit run by, the laughing place was some tomb in a cave or something, just dead still eerie trip through a bunch of nothing.

I will be happy if they build something that is easier for them to maintain, but I also feel that anyone whose first ride happened after 2013 will see a better ride from TBA.

The one thing I am currently certain about is that the outside will look really cool at night.

Unless you got lucky (they were trying to fix things, so some weeks were better), it was in awful shape during its final years. But it shouldn’t have been and that’s not a reason to remove it. If your house is getting run-down, do you burn it down or do you fix things that are broken?

 

[monothingie]

Unless you got lucky (they were trying to fix things, so some weeks were better), it was in awful shape during its final years. But it shouldn’t have been and that’s not a reason to remove it. If your house is getting run-down, do you burn it down or do you fix things that are broken?

I'm from NJ so yes.

 

[Ayla]

Mine are both 11 and find neither Shrek nor HTTYD to be particularly relevant. As for Kung Fu Panda, they find the humor to be a bit low brow. But we all love the Despicable Me franchise. Give Steve Carell a few more, please!

That all being said, I think the HTTYD land looks to be a visual stunner. I’ll be happy to visit a Viking land. I feel the same toward Dark Universe, honestly. Don’t care so much about the IPs used, especially with the Spirit Halloween masks, but the land looks like it will be deliciously dark and moody. I suspect I will love it and it will make me even more annoyed that Disney won’t just build a villain land.

Shrek was relevant when my kids were toddlers and tweens. They are now 27 and 23 next month.