New guest walkway opens at Tiana's Bayou Adventure in Magic Kingdom

Sirwalterraleigh3 minutes ago

TWDC not listening to their fans is the biggest reason for all the struggles they’re having They don’t want to believe it…and that…is why they’re failing

LindseyDisney8 minutes ago

I'm avoiding visual spoilers until my September trip. But with that said, knowing the story, I am disappointed Disney didn't do a retelling of Princess and the Frog—something similar to Frozen. Or! Imagine the Shadow Man, a formidable villain, returning from the Shadow realm with a vengeance. He's determined to disrupt the joyous party of the Princess and the Frog crew and scare her new friends (us). Alternatively, consider relocating the Princess and the Frog Ride from the Magic Kingdom to Epcot, adjacent to The Land Ride. This could be a fantastic opportunity to tie the Princess and the Frog ride with The Land, aligning with Disney's goal of incorporating more IP into Epcot and introducing a new attraction. This could be a dark boat ride, but keep it to the same story. But not having the Shadow Man and Prince Naveen missing (Is this true? Naveen is missing?) Seems like a wasted, wasted opportunity for Disney. This doesn't relate. But I was born in 1991 and have been visiting Disney since the 1990s. Only in 2015 or 2016 did I realize Splash Mountain was based on a Disney movie. I thought it was an original. I feel dumb.

Surferboy5678 minutes ago

Daytime POV

Joel13 minutes ago

It's funny how every story idea that's been tossed around here, going all the way back to when this was first announced, is better than what we ended up with. Reminds me of that William F. Buckley quote: "I would rather the parks be governed by the first 2,000 people in the WDWMAGIC user directory than by..." or however it goes.

Sirwalterraleigh15 minutes ago

Still maybe the greatest debate line ever

Communicora17 minutes ago

And all they have the Tiana AAs do is gesticulate and greet us. Why waste all of that budget and technology on that? Surely they could have figured out something for her to do other than just standing there waiting for us to ride by.

Sirwalterraleigh17 minutes ago

This 👆🏻 Couldn’t agree more. A bold company doesn’t deny history…they use it as a learning tool. You don’t treat your audience like innocent fools…you make them think. All companies have begun to mine the past for current grievances…to their economic detriment…Disney is becoming the poster child of how to really fail at this. It’s either they can no long read their own data?…or they’re tired of caring about it?

docnabox22 minutes ago

It has been a long time since I have posted on this site and it is is good to be back. After having watched the ride video, I wanted to log on here and see what people were saying. Good to know that I am not the only one that is underwhelmed. They had to know with all the controversy behind closing Splash, this retheme would be heavily scrutinized and would be considered a failure by many if it did not live up to or surpass what it was replacing. IMO, they not only did not live up to it, they failed miserably for the reasons shared by so many already. The comments on Youtube are brutal. Maybe it is because I had been reading some political news before I watched the video but the entire time I was watchig it, there was one exchange in a political debate that kept running through my head. To paraphrase Lloyd Benson responding to Dan Quayle in a Vice Presidential debate all those years ago: Sir, I knew Splash Mountain, Splash Mountain was a friend of mine. Sir, you are no Splash Mountain.

Sirwalterraleigh25 minutes ago

That was foolish all along. It’s like saying tower was essentially the same as the demon drop at cedar point… Splash was WDI. There are ride systems that creates a mystique for Disney far beyond the 5-10 minutes someone spent on it on a given day…the “how did they come up with this?” Places. Splash is one of those. I’d argue the best. And it was not about the thrill parts. Quintessential Disney is splash. Haunted mansion…pirates…20K and the Matterhorn…horizons…tower…kilamanjaro… Nobody else would ever try it because there’s no point. They just took one out that never needed to be touched. It’s a ridiculous unforced error. Just another in a long list of failed management ideas from a group that tells their investors they get to tell the customers what they want instead of studying what they want. The list is getting long and distinguished.

Sirwalterraleigh35 minutes ago

100%… Since when has this management EVER been quiet on something they could try to pump for cheap publicity/cash? That was the canary in this salt mine

Henry Mystic42 minutes ago

My thoughts exactly. It would just feel so natural. The way it is now feels so forced.

Surferboy56745 minutes ago

This would of worked a lot better. It’s such an obvious choice I’m surprised they didn’t go for it. The only reasonable explanation is they didn’t want to offend anyone and we scared Voodoo would do that. It’s a real shame we had to go for the safe story since no one could possibly be offended by the story we got.

ToTBellHop50 minutes ago

When I first heard the story, I didn’t actually mind the “find band members” portion since the start of Splash was also pretty light-hearted. What I don’t get is the whole, “we will shrink you down for 90 seconds and then make you big again.” It is so forced and also doesn’t make much sense following a movie where it actually wasn’t that simple to get a small thing big again. Apparently Mama Odie can just do that? When I was told the story, I wondered aloud why they wouldn’t just have the story be: 1) help Tiana find members of her band (cute critters and fireflies) 2) boat accidentally transported into The Other Side during the double dip (keep the fun vortex effect they made) 3) replace Laughing Place with Friends from the Other Side 4) have that impressive Mama Odie AA pull guests out of The Other Side with that same vortex effect from the double dip used on the lift hill 5) end at the party you found the critters for The “shrink for 90 seconds” portion is supposed to create some drama leading to a climax but 90 seconds isn’t enough time for that. They should have just used the demons from the film since the drama is baked in there. They don’t even need Facilier if they insist he’s dead even though they seemingly kept vocals from the very dead Ray in the ride.

Sir_Cliff53 minutes ago

I know this is wading into controversial territory, but... I agree that this could have worked a lot better if they had of basically listened to Tony Baxter's description of how the plot of the original Splash worked to build up and relieve tension and then designed a PatF story with the same story beats. One of the reasons I think they did not do this is because they wanted this to be a much lighter attraction specifically to appeal to PatF's younger fans. I know a lot of people will disagree with me, but I really feel that the big drop was more an obstacle or challenge for the designers of this ride rather than a feature because there is no way you would design a PatF-themed attraction from scratch that had such a big thrill element with the potential to scare younger children.