Latest look at Tiana's Bayou Adventure construction in Magic Kingdom

yensidtlaw1969Less than a minute ago

You don't see anything in there that relates to the style of the film? The poster is styled as a linocut as opposed to a silkscreen, but there's very clearly a visual callback happening here.

monothingieLess than a minute ago

I don’t think anyone is happy that this turned out to be underwhelming at best. The whole way this was developed seems to draw parallels to “Wish”; dry, hollow, and lacking soul, which seems to be the MO for Disney right now. Worst off they had time and money and later even more money to get this right, and they still fell on their butts. Maybe less PR junkets to New Orleans and more time in design studios at WDI.

Casper Gutman1 minute ago

Again, compare the papers on the corkboards to the ads appearing in Epic Universe's Parisian Potter area. The difference in period appropriateness and place setting is night and day. This is something that was ENTIRELY in the control of Imagineering. Yes, corporate has mandated IPs and sets budgets and gives guidelines, but a lot of the most egregious failures in TBA are things that were almost certainly at the discretion of the Imagineers.

Meeko771 minute ago

I really regret now not riding Splash one more time when I could have. Watching a YouTube video of Tokyo's Splash just made me feel a bit better and reminds me how vivid and fun an attraction can be with proper placement of critters throughout.

Tha Realest1 minute ago

So in a ride where each turn features a sign or banner hitting the audience over the head with needless exposition, why is that so unclear to the guests?

UNCgolf10 minutes ago

I agree that specific line was hyperbolic, but that poster does leap out as egregious to me. Nothing about it even remotely fits the time period (nor does it have anything to do with the style of the film). It's similar to issues they've had in other places around the parks the past few years. It's obviously a minor thing overall in that it's just a small part of the queue, but those are the kind of details they used to strive to get right.

Trauma12 minutes ago

Well at least when they announce the next re-theme nobody will be mad. Maybe a story about a rabbit that goes out looking for adventure…

yensidtlaw196913 minutes ago

Let's be serious, now - they are clearly taking you to The Princess and the Frog's version of that place and time. It makes sense that things borrow cues from the look of the movie. It looks like a multicolor linocut print. I don't think it's beautiful, but it doesn't really scan as totally egregious to me. Certainly doesn't strike me as "Everything wrong with current storytelling in the Parks in one image", like the poster I was replying to suggested.

MandaLou13 minutes ago

I think my biggest gripe (aside from everything that has been stated thus far) is that the AAs, while incredibly smooth and high tech, literally have no purposeful movement. Like why spend all those resources to create animatronic figures that really didn't need to be so "perfect"? Those resources could have been used to actually make a coherent story or fill in the dead spaces. I was cautiously optimistic about everything in hopes that Disney would really treat this story well, but I am incredibly disappointed. I LOVE Tiana and PatF and that story deserves something much better than this.

LittleBuford16 minutes ago

You don’t owe anyone an apology. You waited rather than prejudged, which was the right thing to do. I’m sorry you feel as disappointed as you do. My hopes weren’t as high as yours so I don’t feel as let down.

Earlie the Pearlie21 minutes ago

I feel betrayed by what I have seen today. I thought they HAD to knock this out of the park. How could they screw this up so badly? I was really rooting for this ride. Go back and read some of my past posts on this thread if you don’t believe me. I was so excited for this. Every step of the way, I ignored criticism. I suppose I owe some of you an apology. Your points were (mostly) correct. I put too much faith in this entire thing. And I feel personally betrayed by this. They over promised and underdelivered. They led with the best scene. They led with the central animatronics that ended up just kind of being plopped down. They told us backstory and backstory that I thought-silly me!- would have some bearing on the plot, or at the very least, the critter bios would play into the ride somewhat, through sight gags or something. The only one of these guys that ended up really having any personality was that cool frog guy. He’s awesome. I wish more of the ride was like him: full of character. I didn’t want to believe it, but I guess you guys were right. They have lost a lot of my support and trust today. If actually going on this thing doesn’t change my mind, I don’t know if anything short of the return of Dreamfinder himself can win me back. I’m just so disappointed. 😔

UNCgolf22 minutes ago

Or even the present day -- I wouldn't be surprised to see something that looked similar to that on a college campus now.

LittleBuford24 minutes ago

It would look cute if the ride were set in the ’70s!

Trauma25 minutes ago

The negativity is really starting to grow on social and every single YouTube ride thru posted. Disney is getting taken to the woodshed by its fan base and they deserve it. I’m hoping this blowback will be a wake up call, but at this point who am I kidding. They don’t want the hardcore fans to stick around. Some bean counter must have figured out that we don’t spend as much per minute or something. This ride is a giant middle finger to the Disney Park fans.