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

[zipadee999]

While all the video and all the above certainly are impressive and interesting,,,Im still concerned just how fleshed out and depth/rich the show scenes are going to be. They sure haven't showed much of anything in that regard other than a couple scene pieces of concept art with a character. Could be bad, could be good. Hopefully they did not altar the show spaces to a point of blocking off certain sides etc so they could do less and be one sided or smaller, hence FEA 2.0.
is it just me or is that beaver massive????? actually they all appear ginormous.

I noticed the size thing too, everything looks HUGE. For those of us hoping that some of the splash critters get reused, this may be a good sign. Some have pointed out that many of the splash critters are too big to be set alongside average-sized humans as seen with how small many of the critters are compared to humans in PATF. If everything is scaled up, some of the splash critters as-is may have a home here

 

[aladdin2007]

I noticed the size thing too, everything looks HUGE. For those of us hoping that some of the splash critters get reused, this may be a good sign. Some have pointed out that many of the splash critters are too big to be set alongside average-sized humans as seen with how small many of the critters are compared to humans in PATF. If everything is scaled up, some of the splash critters as-is may have a home here

good point, lets hope, because that was part of the charm in the prior.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Don't forget, the AAs we've seen are filmed under warehouse lighting. The lighting in the ride will be significantly different.

 

[Incomudro]

I was rewatching an old POV of WDW Splash Mountain and I honestly forgot just how many long stretches of nothing there was in that ride (animatronic wise). If the 42 number turns out to be true, I'm confident that the ride will feel FAR from empty even if it doesn't technically exceed the # of animatronics splash had. The Laughing Place alone already sounds like it's going to be pretty densely populated, a huge step up from what was there before (at least in WDW).

It needn't feel more empty due to less AA's.
I'm betting it's actually going to look less stark due to the lushness of sets, more advanced lighting, and likely screens.

 

[Incomudro]

I don't really get the obsession with the AA head count.
Number of AA's is not what is going to make this ride better or worse than Splash.
It's the execution that will determine that.
The ride could have twice the AA's as Splash, and be a whole lot worse.
Or a dozen fewer AA's and make Splash look ancient, stark, and dated.
What's a great positive is that we are indeed getting many AA's, and some of them are fantastic.
Hopefully, it comes together in an engaging, fun, and beautiful way.

 

[EagleScout610]

Even though the white board and footage we've seen of DL's version, I assume the numbers won't be that far off for MK's version even though they don't have the new enclosed Slippin' Falls and Burrow scene?

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

I don't really get the obsession with the AA head count.
Number of AA's is not what is going to make this ride better or worse than Splash.
It's the execution that will determine that.
The ride could have twice the AA's as Splash, and be a whole lot worse.
Or a dozen fewer AA's and make Splash look ancient, stark, and dated.
What's a great positive is that we are indeed getting many AA's, and some of them are fantastic.
Hopefully, it comes together in an engaging, fun, and beautiful way.

Some of us value the quantity of AAs in classic Disney attractions. It's not the only important thing about a ride, but it's far from unimportant. And it gets brought up a lot because it's something Disney doesn't really do anymore.

Splash had both fantastic scenery AND a very large number of high quality well moving AAs. I also feel like people downplay how good many of those old figures could move when maintained properly (I've uploaded clips of them in their heyday). That is the same standard I will hold Tiana to as well since it's replacing said ride.

 

[DisneyDodo]

I was including Naveen in that list!

It sounds like we have at least 5 Tianas, 4 Louis figures (I think the tail in the log counts as one), 2 Mama Odies, Naveen, 3 relatives/friends of Tiana, and 13 critters including Juju.

There will be at least 2 Naveens: one in the bayou (Laughing Place) and one at Tiana’s Palace (finale).

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

Anyone who has read my posts on this ride knows that I loved Splash Mountain and will continue to mourn its loss. Furthermore, I have been very skeptical on this attraction because of the strange storyline and reasons for its existence.

However, these animatronics are some of the best I have ever seen. They NEEDED to be. This had to be THE BEST that WDI could do, or it would have been a disappointment.

The animatronics don't fix the other problems with this ride, such as the lack of a major conflict or compelling storyline befitting the scale of the attraction. But they make it much better.

What will the status of the animatronics be in ten years? I shudder to think, especially at WDW, where maintenance hasn't been a priority. But for now, I'm glad some great animatronics are on the way.

As a trumpet player, though, I am offended by the lack of authenticity on Louis' trumpet. If they are using authentic drums, why couldn't they create a more realistic looking trumpet??!

 

[Disstevefan1]

I don't really get the obsession with the AA head count.
Number of AA's is not what is going to make this ride better or worse than Splash.
It's the execution that will determine that.
The ride could have twice the AA's as Splash, and be a whole lot worse.
Or a dozen fewer AA's and make Splash look ancient, stark, and dated.
What's a great positive is that we are indeed getting many AA's, and some of them are fantastic.
Hopefully, it comes together in an engaging, fun, and beautiful way.

I think what really scared folks initially there was an early interview with an imagineer who talked about smoke machines and lasers Making it sound like they were going to really cheap out on this project.

It does seem now they are making a genuine effort at a high quality attraction and not cutting costs.

 

[HonorableMention]

Just noticed this other animatronic in the background of the video, presumably one of the Tiana figures they didn’t show?

 

[DCBaker]

Video of Michael-Leon Wooley, the voice of Louis, getting to meet the Louis animatronic.

 

[JustInTime]

Don't forget, the AAs we've seen are filmed under warehouse lighting. The lighting in the ride will be significantly different.

Yep. I imagine Louis will look fantastic under the correct lighting. Also - he looks even better in the video of his voice actor meeting him!!

 

[MouseEarsMom33]

I think the 42 everyone is referencing means something else. In the image it looks like .42 to me.

- Thinking that has some merit to it

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

I think the 42 everyone is referencing means something else. In the image it looks like .42 to me.

That's probably a nail head.

 

[Drew the Disney Dude]

I have a ton of photos from the site today I'll be sharing tonight. Unfortunately I chose one of the biggest news days of the year to be out of the house all day, but the site was very active and was able to get some great photos at least to make up for my shareholders meeting blunder.

 

[Brer Oswald]

I was hoping to be purely positive after the video, since the figures look really good so far (not all will be as state of the art as Louis and the main humans though, as the beaver demonstrates). But I sure hope there's more than 42... Again, WDW's Splash had 55+ and DL had 75+.

Not sure that number is accurate anyway though, since she might be the AA who will appear at the top of the final lift.

At least this confirmed there will indeed be a number of additional critters in the finale scene that those leaked renders didn't account for. I'm assuming all of those ones from the critter bands will be there. Glad they used Tiana's princess dress there too.

Shes the final figure. Her, her snake, and her beignets seem to be going where the final briar patch scene was.

 

[Incomudro]

Some of us value the quantity of AAs in classic Disney attractions. It's not the only important thing about a ride, but it's far from unimportant. And it gets brought up a lot because it's something Disney doesn't really do anymore.

Splash had both fantastic scenery AND a very large number of high quality well moving AAs. I also feel like people downplay how good many of those old figures could move when maintained properly (I've uploaded clips of them in their heyday). That is the same standard I will hold Tiana to as well since it's replacing said ride.

I get that, I love your posts - my favorite on this subject as a matter of fact - and I greatly value all of the information you have (correctly by the way) given us here.
Fortunately, we are indeed getting a good quantity of AA's on this ride - and I love AA's.
I'm excited to see how it all comes together, because that's going to be the most important part.

 

[SplashJacket]

The Louis animatronic may be my favorite (standard) animatronic anywhere.

Dude just looks like he's having the time of his life. Motion is natural, fun, and jolly. Fantastically done. The belly movements sell it perfectly.

Makes me want figment AAs with the same energy (fun, loving, jumpy purple dragons are pretty close to Green gators),

 

[Drew the Disney Dude]

Makes me want figment AAs with the same energy (fun, loving, jumpy purple dragons are pretty close to Green gators),

The day we get a new Figment attraction will be worth the wait with how technology is always improving for these rides, and to your point, the animatronics specifically. I want a new Figment ride even more now after the Tiana news today.