More changes at the top of Tiana's Bayou Adventure as changes to the shape of the former Splash Mountain continue

SilentWindODoomLess than a minute ago

Frozen was a bigger IP with a smaller throughput in the mostly-devoid-of-attractions half of a park with few headliners. While the way they decide to deal with the line will no doubt be a factor, outside of that I do not believe this would have nearly the backup Frozen Ever After did. In all honestly... is there a flume across the world that had the level of theming that Splash did? Besides the Jurassic flumes, the ones I've generally seen would have been outdone by Splash if it contained just rockwork caves inside and the exterior it had. They're usually a ramshackle sawmill, a mine with the chickenwire under the spackle showing, or an unthemed chute. Splash was the best in the world and an incredible attraction, but I don't know how hard that crown was to take. But that just may be a blind spot in my knowledge. This idea to me has the same ring of those who describe their most hated politician as simultaneously a feebleminded, senile old man and an evil, puppeting mastermind. Disney wants to gouge the consumer and give them the cheapest-to-pay-for experience to pinch every penny but will fork over large sums of cash to pay for the opportunity to pay for a retrofit to Tiana. Considering Song of the South was (and may still be) available for purchase in Japan for decades after being erased in the states, I do not think it is anywhere near worth it for them to pay for that. Its very existence is going to slip under a lot of radars. Yeah, this is why I'm sticking to here. People out there are crazy. Fortunately, no one has gotten that crazy in here.

Ice Gator7 minutes ago

Imo probably very few. If anything I imagine kids would be more will be more invested to get on the ride with the PATF theme even if they are intimidated by the drop. Knowing Tiana and Louis are inside may sell it for them.

Incomudro14 minutes ago

You know... When I told one of my son's - now age 22 - that Splash was being re-themed , his response was "The one with the adorable animals?" "What was the problem with that ride?" Which now has me thinking... Given the information we have that Tiana's is going to be heavy on the critters, I wonder how much the average casual Disney goer who was not invested in Brer Rabbit, and Brer Fox will really notice a difference outside of Tiana's having better AA's, and a few human AA's sprinkled in?

headintheclouds19 minutes ago

I do and it’s similar to here. People either being ecstatic about it or saying this ride sucks and no one asked for it.

Chi8424 minutes ago

I don’t follow FB or other forums on other sites, but I don’t see what you’re describing here.

Smiley/OCD27 minutes ago

Now if they made a beignet flavored milkshake, hmmm…

Animaniac93-9828 minutes ago

Which would be a shame after so many years of development and construction. And also because this will be the only "new" ride at WDW for a while...

Animaniac93-9830 minutes ago

I don't think there will ever be an E-ticket as weird and anti-climatic as TRON, built a decade+ after Disney killed the IP. Except maybe Rataouille...which was also another example of reheated leftovers.

headintheclouds43 minutes ago

I figured we would’ve moved on to the dates not aligning with peoples vacation schedules…

Professortango148 minutes ago

I'm just gauging what I see as a whole. 60% of comments I see about TBA seem to be very celebratory. Here it is a bit more even and nuanced than on social media.

LittleBuford52 minutes ago

This characterisation bears no resemblance whatsoever to the dynamics of the present thread.

Professortango11 hour ago

These forums, other forums on other sites, Facebook groups and posts. Almost anytime new information is released, it explodes all over my algorithm and the comments and posts are all pretty enthusiastic and treating the ride as the second coming.

fatzingers271 hour ago

All this argument over a Warning sign (yes, I know it's now devolved into arguments over every aspect of the ride, and arguments about arguments about the ride), which is meant to be informative, not a piece of theming. The purpose is to explain to potential riders what physical conditions they will be exposed to on the ride. Every attraction at a major theme park has such a sign. They can be themed a little bit, but the point is to stand-out so that potential riders who may not be able to handle a giant drop can be warned, and Disney can protect themselves if those guests still choose to ride. (And yes, the giant visible drop should be give-away enough, but theme park guests can often be dumb and get in a queue without even realizing what ride they're boarding). As the POTC example showed, these signs always stand out and aren't meant to look like a natural extension of theming.

Ghost931 hour ago

I don't think modern Disney would build such an elaborate ride system so the retheme was probably the best case scenario for Tiana.