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

[yensidtlaw1969]

My comment was reflective of my own thought, not yours.

. . . Then why did you quote me, and phrase your comment like an assessment of my post

 

["El Gran Magnifico"]

I wonder if the timing is right.

Tempted to try riding this while watching a Splash POV through some VR glasses and listening to the soundtrack through some headphones.

If the ride speed and timing is relatively unchanged. It might work.

 

[TheCoasterNerd]

This just jumped into my head but is Living with the Land now the best water ride at WDW?

 

[TheCoasterNerd]

I wonder if the timing is right.

Tempted to try riding this while watching a Splash POV through some VR glasses and listening to the soundtrack through some headphones.

If the ride speed and timing is relatively unchanged. It might work.

You know they won't let you bring VR glasses on the ride.

 

[surfsupdon]

Remember that runDisney is giving us Tiana as a theme in early Nov for their WineDine 10K. The synergy is so forced and feels worse after this fail.

 

[Incomudro]

I think it will fall from a must do ride to the thing you do if your waiting for your next return time, and don’t have to walk far.

I can't agree with you there.
It's still one of the biggest - quite literally rides in the park.
It's shiny and new, features new tech and songs, plus it's a water ride in a hot environment.
All my criticisms aside, I don't think there will be a dent in its popularity when the dust settles.
Not in terms of ridership.
Now, in terms of critical, analytical, and its place in the discussion of classic attractions... Well, that's a different story.

 

[Incomudro]

I like Princess and the Frog movie and very much like its music.
This story on the ride was HORRIBLE. Looking for animal musicians…really??

Where’s the antagonist, the thrill, the excitement for the drop??! This has a 50ft drop and there was no suspense for it.

What a let down. And the dialogue by Tiana was so basic. Yikes.

"They can play!"

 

[TalkToEthan]

“”what idiot named it Tiana's Bayou Adventure instead of The Princess and the Log””


Oh it’s a log alright, one brown log!!!

 

[Jedi14]

After watching more POVs I think the ride is good, but could use some minor improvements like some dialogue changes. There’s really one area of “dead space” and it could be fixed with some static figures of other critters. I do think Blue Skies and Sunshine should always play when you make it to the top of the drop. I personally like it a little more than Splash, but may be because I had no strong connection to Splash Mountain.

 

["El Gran Magnifico"]

You know they won't let you bring VR glasses on the ride.

I'll bring a Dr's note.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

The ride is nowhere near as bad as some would have you believe.

It’s just truly not as good as it should be.

There was a time when even “badly themed” rides…like rockinrollercoaster…were still pretty ingenious

 

[coachb]

This is what happens when you can’t laugh at your self and create funny moments because you started the creative process out with moral you want to sell instead of a story you want to tell.

That’s why it’s devoid of charm and warmth.

That plus… making voodoo guy a scary and compelling part of the ride is too offensive.

 

[duncedoof]

While I agree the ride is bad, people in this thread are rushing to the conclusion that this is a catastrophic failure for Disney that they will have no choice but to address.

The ride isn’t even officially open yet. There’s no real reason to think that this ride will not be popular with the general public.

Disney park fans online are a fringe minority.

There will be massive crowds for a few years, and then we enter the long term.

 

[AdventureHasAName]

it really amazes me how this team of WDI did not keep most of those critters from Splash. All they had to do was redress a few of them and have kept the inside much more lively. Instead the lump expensive AA's in certain areas where the logs pass by quickly and do not get to even enjoy them. That whole area with no was and just a walled screen is just a bad choice

It was a deliberate choice.

 

[AdventureHasAName]

While I agree the ride is bad, people in this thread are rushing to the conclusion that this is a catastrophic failure for Disney that they will have no choice but to address.

Disney has had plenty of catastrophic failures that have been left unaddressed for years (*cough* Imagination Pavilion *cough*). Nobody looks the other way and says, "It's good enough," like Disney managment post-Frank Wells.

 

[AdventureHasAName]

This just jumped into my head but is Living with the Land now the best water ride at WDW?

Edit I’m so stupid how did I forget Pirates.

Ok so Pirates

Living with Land

Navi

Tiana

Jungle Cruise, It's a Small World and the Mark Twain are #2 though #4.

 

[Trauma]

Jungle Cruise, It's a Small World and the Mark Twain are #2 though #4.

Every time I do Jungle cruise I get unlucky and get a skipper with such crap speakers I can’t understand what they are saying.

 

[seabreezept813]

I said this once a while back: I imagine that a good portion of the fans (young and old) of Tiana and PatF are going to be puzzled by this ride.
Imagine say a little girl who wants to go on "The Tiana ride?"
Imagine what she expects, because she knows and loves the movie?
Now look at her ride experience: Tiana in a safari get up, no Dr. Facilier, Naveen at the very end.
Essentially none of the beats that she knows from the film are hit.

I haven’t watched the POV because I wanted a surprise, I might give in by the end of the day. But I gave it to my 6 year old to watch to tell me if she wants to ride it. She squealed “Tiana” multiple times and declared she wants to go on it because Mama Odie does rainbow magic. So anecdotally it’s passing the little girl test in my house. Based on what I’m reading here it doesn’t pass the adult test

 

[BrerFoxesBayouAdventure]

This isn’t my “bright idea for a fix” by any means. I’m simply joking at the type of “fix”. Took no effort on my part, just took the Journey Into Your Imagination to Journey Into Imagination With Figment playbook, scene by scene, I’d imagine WDI to try to pull off judging off past, similar poorly executed ride redos of the past.

In truth, if I had any say. I’d say do a new Br’er Rabbit traditionally animated series that leans more into Splash Mountain than anything from Song of the South, including brand new storylines that feature his escapades with Br’er Fox & Br’er Bear.. but maybe go further into featuring the other animals seen in the ride too or getting into their unique stories. Series could be called something like “Critter Country” or something like that…then bring back the original ride with enhancements and new spfx & tech to improve the show scenes, but yeah, just a pipe dream that sadly under current management hasn’t got a chance. lol

There actually were plans for something like this back in the early aughts called Splash Mountain Boys that explained the whole backstory behind Splash Mountain and why Chick-A-Pin Hill got flooded.

 

[monothingie]

. . . Then why did you quote me, and phrase your comment like an assessment of my post

You gave your thoughts to another poster, I did the same. It was not my intention to to comment on the validity of your post.