Louisiana's master blacksmith creates custom handcrafted weathervane for Tiana's Bayou Adventure at Walt Disney World

Jan 05, 2024 in "Tiana's Bayou Adventure"

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Tiana's Bayou Adventure weathervane

Posted: Friday January 5, 2024 11:15am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Walt Disney Imagineers have installed a custom handcrafted weathervane by Louisiana's master blacksmith, Darryl Reeves, at Tiana's Bayou Adventure in Magic Kingdom.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure weathervane

Darryl, a 3rd generation master blacksmith, and Vietnam Veteran has his work displayed across the city and worldwide.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure weathervane

"I take metal and do anything I want with it," the master blacksmith proudly says. "To have a free hand to design and fabricate the weathervane for Tiana's Bayou Adventure… that's an honor."

Tiana's Bayou Adventure replaces Splash Mountain with a planned opening in 2024 at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom.

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celluloid6 hours ago

. It has been the trend with many attractions recently, either new or what they were replaced by. The attraction's throughline does not mimic the events of the movie. This is different than directly recreating like a retelling. In many a theme park design, this is mimic through putting guests in similar conflicts that will evoke or put them feeling like the protagonist shoes of those stories. So often the guests will have a call to celebrate or emotional triumph moment. A key in emotional storytelling for the medium. Nothing that has been shared publicly have given this about the attraction (and nothing I and some others have seen have done this either) and it is par for the course as the post I quoted in my original post you are asking about mentions. It has a property with a nice invitation to have all of these things that made the film a good story and translate well, and not many of them were utilized.

_caleb7 hours ago

I’ve read all the pages in this thread (and in the other 2 TBA threads). Your post didn’t make sense to me, which is why I asked. What I’m especially curious about, though, is your statement that TBA does not include conflict or “substance triumphs when invited to mimic the success.” You posted it as a statement of fact, but I suspect it’s more of an assumption. I’m eager to learn what WDI has put together for the storyline of TBA. Despite all the teasers and snippets they’ve shared, there still seems to be a lot that’s unknown (case in point, the speculation about the fog effect at the top of the drop).

celluloid7 hours ago

There are about 500 of the 615 pages here that do a pretty good job of it. Or the quote directly above my post if you want a quick summary.

Homemade Imagineering8 hours ago

This is what I’m hoping most for TBA so as long as it delivers strong on this front, I will be far more forgiving towards a weak storyline

_caleb8 hours ago

Would you explain what “substance triumphs when invited to mimic the success” means, and how you know TBA doesn’t have it?

ToTBellHop8 hours ago

Well that’s fair. Maybe it‘ll work better than I imagine. Excited to see it, regardless. They don’t give us AA tour-de-forces any more.

Bayou8 hours ago

Storylines of rides should never too complicated. That's why Frozen Journey in Tokyo Disney doesn't work super well as a standalone ride without the context of the film it was based on.

Epcot82Guy11 hours ago

Gas Mountain...

ToTBellHop11 hours ago

Now that you mention it, this will be to the left of the log on the final lift hill:

SilentWindODoom12 hours ago

I remember it sweeping over everyone, and thought it way being released from the wheels as well to emulate braking. Perhaps, in the end, it's merely a matter of weather patterns? If I'd seen the effect on a windy day, then the mist out the back could fill everything and even be blown forward with the train and there you go.

𝕴𝖒𝖆𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖊𝖗9712 hours ago

Actual dialogue from the attraction: "Thanks, Mama O--oh dear, "

mickEblu12 hours ago

Mama Odie had a little too much gumbo last night?

𝕴𝖒𝖆𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖊𝖗9712 hours ago

To the extent that anything in this attraction "makes sense," it seems like something like this SHOULD happen. I mean, otherwise, what's the point of going to Mama Odie's house and having steam blown in our faces?

mickEblu12 hours ago

It's either a tiny snippet buried in one of her universal podcasts or she deleted it. But then again did she ever make the initial claim? I think it was the guest on her show who said that.