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

[BrianLo]

Interesting! I didn’t think there would be any left on the day.

I side with everyone that this is actually not a hard attraction to access. On party nights it was a walk on. Temp obviously was a factor.

I imagine they are just holding out until Christmas is over at this juncture. But because it’s easy to access, the opposite applies, no one who wants to go on this attraction is really being shut out.

 

[JoeCamel]

I think they are afraid of opening standby because the attraction is simply not reliable enough.

They might have to fork out a few fast passes if it goes down with guests in line?
Times have changed if they dumped a queue I was in I just went on to the next thing with all the other dumpees now people expect something for it.
Consequence of making the per minute price to be there so high I guess

 

[dmc493]

I thought we had gotten to a point that reliability wasn't the issue anymore, and the downtime shown on the VQ thread was mainly tied to rain events.

 

[gerarar]

I thought we had gotten to a point that reliability wasn't the issue anymore, and the downtime shown on the VQ thread was mainly tied to rain events.

As one who tracks the VQ data, there's been a noticeable uptick in downtime over the past month or two. It's getting worse from a reliability perspective imo.

Just today it was closed from 10:30am - 4:28pm for an extended closure. That's abnormal and not per usual.

 

[dmc493]

Not following closely enough then. Thanks for clarifying!

 

[bwr827]

Interesting! I didn’t think there would be any left on the day.

There were none at the start, but some availability dropped.

 

[SingleRider]

There were none at the start, but some availability dropped.

Sometimes I think people who pre-booked it modify to another tier 1 when they score the VQ in the morning or at 1pm.

 

[MakeYourFancyFly]

I think they are afraid of opening standby because the attraction is simply not reliable enough.

I'm inclined to disagree. All attractions break down here and there. Sure, TBA breaks down more than others, but the VQ system gives the guest a sense of entitlement (despite the terms of Virtual Queue saying that having a boarding group is not a guarantee to ride -- no one reads that). When they secure a VQ and the queue they are in gets cleared out due to a downtime, they will be more angry than if they just queued up normally.

 

[Disstevefan1]

I'm inclined to disagree. All attractions break down here and there. Sure, TBA breaks down more than others, but the VQ system gives the guest a sense of entitlement (despite the terms of Virtual Queue saying that having a boarding group is not a guarantee to ride -- no one reads that). When they secure a VQ and the queue they are in gets cleared out due to a downtime, they will be more angry than if they just queued up normally.

Good point.

If I win the Tiana lottery and my return time is 6 hours away and I wait the six hours and it goes down I am more angry than if I just jumped in the standby at random and it went down.

My thinking is was I assume the required throughput is higher when stand by is open and there could be even worse and more bad guest experiences.

 

[SuddenStorm]

I'm enjoying these Imagineering puff pieces. Really helps to put a face to the disaster. Now we know by name some of the Imagineers responsible for this.

Let's not forget the ride through of Anaheim's that as posted, where an Imagineer talked about how they partnered with a third party to design a figure... that's literally just a tail wiggling a bit.



Every piece of marketing, or interview with Imagineering for this attraction has been beyond tone deaf. It's absurd. Here's Carter talking about how the attraction is great because Tiana is a modern 20th century princess that people can relate to. Her story has layers.




Meanwhile, Here's Mr. Gordon talking about the concept and ride experience of Splash Mountain. Just listen to the passion he has for Disneyland, and how genuine he sounds. He doesn't take it too serious and sure as heck doesn't talk about how important it is that people relate to the characters on the ride because they're a 20th century princess and her story has layers.

 

[Brer Panther]

Her story has layers.

So Tiana's story is like ogres and onions?

 

[Incomudro]

I'm enjoying these Imagineering puff pieces. Really helps to put a face to the disaster. Now we know by name some of the Imagineers responsible for this.

Let's not forget the ride through of Anaheim's that as posted, where an Imagineer talked about how they partnered with a third party to design a figure... that's literally just a tail wiggling a bit.



Every piece of marketing, or interview with Imagineering for this attraction has been beyond tone deaf. It's absurd. Here's Carter talking about how the attraction is great because Tiana is a modern 20th century princess that people can relate to. Her story has layers.




Meanwhile, Here's Mr. Gordon talking about the concept and ride experience of Splash Mountain. Just listen to the passion he has for Disneyland, and how genuine he sounds. He doesn't take it too serious and sure as heck doesn't talk about how important it is that people relate to the characters on the ride because they're a 20th century princess and her story has layers.

The current crop, though talented in some ways - just doesn't have the talent of whimsy, fun, storytelling etc., as the classic crop.
Add to that the insistence that messaging be of high importance.

 

[Tha Realest]

The current crop, though talented in some ways - just doesn't have the talent of whimsy, fun, storytelling etc., as the classic crop.
Add to that the insistence that messaging be of high importance.

Of all the high profile attractions under development, which one is Charita Carter doing?

 

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ✨ ᗩζᗩᗰ]

Of all the high profile attractions under development, which one is Charita Carter doing?

Last I heard she was doing the Ant-Man conversion of "it's a small world"

Though between you and me, I think she's also heading up the Duffy and Friends overlay for Living with the Land.

 

[Bocabear]

Are you sure she is not working on the Inside-Out reskin of Pirates Of The Caribbean?

 

[disneyC97]

I'm enjoying these Imagineering puff pieces. Really helps to put a face to the disaster. Now we know by name some of the Imagineers responsible for this.

Let's not forget the ride through of Anaheim's that as posted, where an Imagineer talked about how they partnered with a third party to design a figure... that's literally just a tail wiggling a bit.



Every piece of marketing, or interview with Imagineering for this attraction has been beyond tone deaf. It's absurd. Here's Carter talking about how the attraction is great because Tiana is a modern 20th century princess that people can relate to. Her story has layers.




Meanwhile, Here's Mr. Gordon talking about the concept and ride experience of Splash Mountain. Just listen to the passion he has for Disneyland, and how genuine he sounds. He doesn't take it too serious and sure as heck doesn't talk about how important it is that people relate to the characters on the ride because they're a 20th century princess and her story has layers.

I couldn't get past the second "amazing" in that video.

 

[dmc493]

I don’t love the notion of roasting some of the people in these videos who are early/mid tier roles but have a strong voice and are offered up to do these marketing videos. Im sure they do have a certain level of creative responsibility in each of their roles but the buck stops with project or imagineering leadership. By all means voice frustrations about any of them.

 

[Brer Panther]

Are you sure she is not working on the Inside-Out reskin of Pirates Of The Caribbean?

Now, will that open before or after the Moana retheme of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad?

 

[WaltWiz1901]

As it turns out, pretty much everything everyone was hoping this reskin would be was the original plan all along.

Not the first time where the higher-ups pushed for a lesser, more nonsensical direction than what was envisioned at first

 

[Brer Panther]

As it turns out, pretty much everything everyone was hoping this reskin would be was the original plan all along.

Not the first time where the higher-ups pushed for a lesser, more nonsensical direction than what was envisioned at first

I wonder how the "Louis chasing his trumpet" plotline falls into this. Was that their idea in-between the "adaptation of the film" idea and the bizarre non-plot we have now?