Tiana's Bayou Adventure (Opening Summer 2024)

[Jamesh22]

I mean I'm a WDW passholder and have been to Magic Kingdom a lot recently so I have seen it in person lol

Good for you.
I'll make up my own mind when I see it at Disneyland.

 

[krazyhorrorkid]

I think it’ll be good enough.

I don’t think the ride needs to have the same tonal pacing as Splash, and to be honest it shouldn’t. Do we really want a reskin of story beats as well? lol.

I do also want to bring up the IP Vs Original ride debate and how it circles around and connects to Tiana’s.

For a while now a lot of AP’s and die hard theme park fans wanted to keep the orginal type attraction ideals alive as that is how these parks originally opened (Small World, Haunted Mansion, and others.) But recently we have been seeing the obvious interest in making new attractions based off their own films and IP’s (Webslingers, Rise of the Resistance, and Flight of Passage) A lot of people are getting some fatigue over all new attractions based on IP’s with no original attractions to be seen in a bit.

Point is I think Tiana is the beginning of just trying to make everyone happy, YES it’s based on an IP but it’s an ORIGINAL story. Honestly not a bad compromise, hope the execution is good.

 

[Jake S]

A lot of people are getting some fatigue over all new attractions based on IP’s with no original attractions to be seen in a bit.

I think these people should look at the attractions that opened while Walt was alive. There were a lot of IP activations — or worse, corporate activations.

Which is to say that I think people are (generally) less concerned about IP and more concerned about change. Disneyland isn’t a museum and it’s good to be open to change. (Even if the change is, at times, a downgrade, of course)

 

[Wesker69]

Disneyland isn’t a museum

Yea... museums are A LOT cheaper for admission. And they have the annual "free day" every year!

 

[Jake S]

Yea... museums are A LOT cheaper for admission. And they have the annual "free day" every year!

And get this: in some countries, museums are free! Imagine that.

 

[Wesker69]

 

[Rhian]

I do think people riding this will have to try their best to not instantly compare the experience to the original ride. Even though I'm sure it'll be difficult if the new scenes and show elements make it feel like a new ride instead of a simple layover then that'll go a long way.

I went a step further to isolate the comparison between the two versions so it's a bit easier to tell what's changed and what hasn't. This also makes it easier to visualize what some were saying about how the perspective of the drop is different.



Here's an animated gif showing just how similar they are (or not depending where you look).



I think they should have kept the tree on the very top, I don't understand why it couldn't have stayed as that was a very iconic part of the old facade. The removal of the briar patch to make the drop less frightening makes sense but now it looks so empty with a plain guard rail. Couldn't they put in a patch of flowering plants or a fallen tree in front of that?

Anyway TBA isn't meant to be an homage to Splash Mountain. If this were a new ride from the ground up I think it wouldn't have as much pressure trying to live up to SM's reputation. As long as it has plenty of music, AAs, the story decent, and the scenes don't feel simply reskinned this could be a great ride.

The major feeling I had after riding Splash is that I always exited the attraction with a Big Smile on my face. I think Tiana will do the same.

Journey to Atlantis has proven you can hobble a ride by a lot and still have the core experience be good. They're not changing the ride itself, only everything else around it—not to make sound sound easy either. The real test will be how it's received once open but it does appear they're not trying to phone this one in.

For a while now a lot of AP’s and die hard theme park fans wanted to keep the orginal type attraction ideals alive as that is how these parks originally opened (Small World, Haunted Mansion, and others.) But recently we have been seeing the obvious interest in making new attractions based off their own films and IP’s (Webslingers, Rise of the Resistance, and Flight of Passage) A lot of people are getting some fatigue over all new attractions based on IP’s with no original attractions to be seen in a bit.

Point is I think Tiana is the beginning of just trying to make everyone happy, YES it’s based on an IP but it’s an ORIGINAL story. Honestly not a bad compromise, hope the execution is good.

It's tricky for theme parks I'm sure, between trying to keep rides around forever because certain guests want to come back and experience them even decades later (and create new memories with family and friends) and needing to build new things so the park as whole doesn't feel stale. As much as I like Diagon Alley I still wish we had Jaws sometimes too.

I think retrofitting new rides into old ones is where people tend to feel bothered and it makes total sense; the new ride can feel like it's wearing the skin of the old one and typically if it's done on the cheaper side then no ones really "wins." In this case it does appear Disney's putting effort into this and a bit more than people were originally expecting which is a good thing.

Disneyland isn’t a museum and it’s good to be open to change. (Even if the change is, at times, a downgrade, of course)

It's funny you say that because in some ways you can view theme parks as a living museum of sorts particularly when it comes to older attractions. They can be good snapshots into the past of how rides were designed and operated and show off the creatvie minds who built them in a way books, videos, and pictures cannot. Haunted Mansion and Small World are good examples of "museum rides," and if kept fully operational in another 10-20 years Rise might be another one.

Change for the sake of change isn't a good thing though that doesn't really apply here as there were some very valid reasons for why Disney is doing this in the first place. And it should never be a downgrade!

 

[Wesker69]

Maybe it's just me, but seeing Splash & Bayou side by side, the drop is a lot more visible & looks bigger than before lol

The briar patch wasn't intimidating, it actually made the drop look smaller (so did the tree trunk).

 

[HandsomePete]

Did they seriously install fall protection railing in the old briar patch?

 

[Wesker69]

It's possible it was always there... just hidden. It's also possible it's only there during construction.

 

[saint.piss]

 

[PerceptiveCoot]

I already know what people are gonna say about that fox.

 

[saint.piss]

 

[UNIrd]

Not me excited to see a big marquee with the ride's logo and instead getting a sign that literally says "Main Entrance."

 

[Nick]

Not me excited to see a big marquee with the ride's logo and instead getting a sign that literally says "Main Entrance."

The marquee will be before you go under the train station just like with Splash, but Splash Mountain also had a logo sign on that barn building. The "Main Entrance" sign is very odd. I'm assuming it's because of the restaurant theming?

 

[krazyhorrorkid]

I hear they are announcing more info about dates today, is there any fire to this?

 

[grlhowl]

I hear they are announcing more info about dates today, is there any fire to this?

Pretty sure it relates to today's shareholder meeting (I might have that wrong) having been used in the past to announce opening dates for Galaxy's Edge, Ratatouille, and Tron

 

[Jerroddragon]

I guess because its about the critters that why they are on the posters and what not...is Prince Naveen not really apart of this?

He's not on the poster or really anywhere.

In Theaters back in the day he got the most laughs for sure out of audiences, surprised they aren't pushing him

 

[saint.piss]

Well uh... That's disappointing. Not sure why they didn't annouce the opening date today. Really weird decision considering the ride looks nearly complete and they filmed some sort of promo for it over a month ago, but oh well I guess.

 

[Mad Dog]

Perhaps they're still unsure about when the ride will be 'ready' to run reliably. Probably needs more testing.