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

[donaldtoo]

i would guess a visual cue not to run into them because they're so thin.

my question is why are some sticks and some look like vases under water?

Maybe they’re little fountains/water features to provide some kinetics…?
Just a wild guess.

 

[Mikomike12]

Maybe they’re little fountains/water features to provide some kinetics…?
Just a wild guess.

they light up, at night they will guide us throughout the ride

 

[TheCoasterNerd]

I 100% disagree with all of those!!! Anyone who’s been to Disneyland to ride Toad lately will see how it’s still loved and how charming it is.

As much as I agree, it doesn't have the same wait times as Pooh. It doesn't compare.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

As much as I agree, it doesn't have the same wait times as Pooh. It doesn't compare.

At Disneyland it gets much longer waits than Pooh. Should not be an “either or” the world is big enough for both Pooh and Toad.

 

[FigmentFan82]

This attraction is looking great!Might be in the world in August which seems reasonable that it will have opened and very much would love to check it out.

 

[Mr. Sullivan]

Cannot believe we're this close to the ride opening and people still won't let Splash go.

It's gone. It's not coming back. It's time to find peace in the reality.

 

[donaldtoo]

But it seems incredible to me that there is still no opening date. I'm losing hope of finding it open by the end of July. Mah.

I’m losing hope for my august trip too

Probably already been addressed, but we’ll be arriving at WDW for our next family (including 2 young granddaughters) trip on June 26th, and I have every confidence that it will be open.
With all the log testing they’ve already done, it seems to me that all that’s left to attend to is the details.
I just don’t see that taking almost 2-and-a-half months.
Then again…

 

[donaldtoo]

Cannot believe we're this close to the ride opening and people still won't let Splash go.

It's gone. It's not coming back. It's time to find peace in the reality.

I’m building my own…

 

[Casper Gutman]

Ok, imagine if PotC was the thing debuting for the first time, and they showed us a preview of the Auctioneer AA because of course they want to showcase the most complex figure. He stands there and gestures and looks great.

Tiana and Louis are centerpiece AAs. There are going to be a lot of less complex figures on TBA, and hopefully we’ll see the variety of action and staging you’re looking for.

The auctioneer isn’t gesturing at us, he’s very specifically addressing other figures within the fiction. The auctioneer is an integral part of a large and incredibly well-designed scene full of gags and characterization.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Cannot believe we're this close to the ride opening and people still won't let Splash go.

It's gone. It's not coming back. It's time to find peace in the reality.

Better not take a look in the Harmonious thread…..

 

[LittleBuford]

They're saying what we got includes art nouveau elements, which it does, and which you could at least explain away in-universe as being somewhat tied to the style of her tiara. That said, it neither fully pulls off art nouveau nor art deco.

Thank you for the clarification. I just went back and checked, and different people are saying different things, with at least two posters stating that Art Nouveau would have been the appropriate style for the period. The issue as I see it isn’t fidelity to one style or other, but the overall feel of the final product, which just isn’t right.

 

[donaldtoo]

The poster and everything else about the shop almost make you want to forget it's Tiana's attraction. Think of the names it could have been: Bobbin' Down the Bayou Boat Ride. Critter Cascades. Critter Creek Ride.

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Why is it not “Tiana’s Bayou Community Band”…?!

 

[Disstevefan1]

Cannot believe we're this close to the ride opening and people still won't let Splash go.

It's gone. It's not coming back. It's time to find peace in the reality.

Splash is gone but not forgotten.

And thankfully you can still experience it in Tokyo.

I really think OLC is holding out until TWDC pays OLC pays them an insane amount of money to erase Splash in the name of social justice.

A smart move by OLC I think.

 

[Casper Gutman]

On a very fundamental level - Tiana’s dream was to open a restaurant. It was a dream deeply inspired by her personal experience. When did she decide she wanted to be a corporate food wholesaler? That’s like making the jump from “Ariel wants to be part of the human world,” to “Ariel wants to run a multinational cutlery manufacturing firm.”

By the way, where are the Tiana brand slaughterhouses? Or is the co-op vegan only?

 

[TheCoasterNerd]

The more I think about it, the more the name feels Fantasyland-ish
IE Mr Toads Wild Ride, Snow White's Enchanted Wish/Scary Adventure, Peter Pan's Flight, etc
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[LittleBuford]

I really think OLC is holding out until TWDC pays OLC pays them an insane amount of money to erase Splash in the name of social justice.

This is just conspiracy-theory nonsense. The Oriental Land Company pays Disney, not the other way around. If they do decide to retheme their Splash in the future, it’ll be because Tiana’s Bayou Adventure proves a great hit (I’m not saying it will—time will tell).

 

[Professortango1]

As much as I agree, it doesn't have the same wait times as Pooh. It doesn't compare.

I typically walk on Pooh whereas I wait about 30 minutes for Toad. Not sure what you're talking about. Toad is usually the 2nd longest FL Darkride queue behind Peter Pan. Alice 3rd, then Snow White and Pinocchio being the lowest.

 

[Disstevefan1]

On a very fundamental level - Tiana’s dream was to open a restaurant. It was a dream deeply inspired by her personal experience. When did she decide she wanted to be a corporate food wholesaler? That’s like making the jump from “Ariel wants to be part of the human world,” to “Ariel wants to run a multinational cutlery manufacturing firm.”

By the way, where are the Tiana brand slaughterhouses? Or is the co-op vegan only?

The goal was to erase Splash. Disney had to think of something. This co-op idea checks a lot of social checkboxes.

The good thing is, this is still a fun log flume ride.

 

[donaldtoo]

it is what it is, and no matter what, its still a fun log flume.
And I will be buying hot sauce as a souvenir even though I know its generic Chinese hot sauce with Tiana's label on it

Wait…?
You mean Tiana’s Foods won’t be selling their own exclusive recipe…?!

 

[LittleBuford]

On a very fundamental level - Tiana’s dream was to open a restaurant. It was a dream deeply inspired by her personal experience. When did she decide she wanted to be a corporate food wholesaler? That’s like making the jump from “Ariel wants to be part of the human world,” to “Ariel wants to run a multinational cutlery manufacturing firm.”

By the way, where are the Tiana brand slaughterhouses? Or is the co-op vegan only?

I think this is a little unfair. I see no disjuncture between wanting to be a successful restaurateur and then branching out to other sectors of the food industry. They could have gone that route without all the weird branding, convoluted backstory, or anachronistic verbiage, but the concept itself isn’t farfetched within the logic of the film.