Last year we missed Tiana by a couple weeks, so I was sure to do it this trip. As I've said often before, Splash was 'my favorite WDW attraction'. It always put a happy smile on my face during a ride, and after. I was sad to see it go, but willing to give Tiana a chance. Yes, there were many negative comments about Tiana, though often they seemed to be nitpicking. Splash's excellent music, especially the climactic Zipi dee do da was near to my heart. And I always found the story line both hilarious and highly entertaining. It was always the perfect FUN attraction for me. I didn't really think Tiana could come close to Splash, but I was hopeful. Well, we got lucky last Sunday . Beautiful, though quite hot morning, and I figured the line would be long due to the heat. To our surprise, at 9:30 AM it was posted at 35 minutes. So Alene and I skeedaddled over there, got in the really fast moving queue, and boarded in a short '15 minutes'. Guess what? The attraction was much better than we expected. Almost the equal of the great Splash. Alene actually liked it better than Splash. The story line was fine. Fit the attraction well. It didn't really need a villain, and even with Splash I never really looked at the bad guys as villains. They were too inept and funny to be true bad guy adversaries. Lots of good working animatronics and even the shrinking down and firefly scenes were cool and entertaining. And the music was excellent. So good I didn't miss my Splash music. It was very reminiscent of Nawlins and enjoyable/entertaining. And, to top it off, the finale scene was even better than the Splash ending scene. It was sooo beautiful and colorful. ....In my opinion, Tiana is an excellent attraction.....And be sure to stop by the Tiana merchandise shop. It has some of the most interesting and unique merchandise of any Disney IP. ....I loved Splash. Now I love me the Tiana.