I FINALLY Rode Tiana's Bayou Adventure! Is It A Worthy Splash Mountain Replacement?
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- Опубліковано 4 чер 2024
- Today we are at the Magic Kingdom for an early preview of Tiana's Bayou Adventure! This attraction replaces the much beloved Splash Mountain and with it comes a lot of discussion regarding if this ride is actually good or not! We find out for ourselves as we take a ride on Walt Disney World's newest reskinned attraction and answer the question, is Tiana's Bayou Adventure a worthy replacement for Splash Mountain?
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Tiana deserved a whole new ride 100% dedicated to her build from scratch, not a re-theme.
As somebody from Houston, TX aka “the bayou city”, that’s exactly how bayou water looks lol they got the color spot on 😂
Same. Bayou water is dark brown. I am sure they won’t be changing it to green or blue.
I’ve not been to the bayou but I’ve seen many swamps and yes, can agree, the brown is correct.
The only thing I found wrong was brown bears in the bayou , black bears yes
Same! Unless you are really from the south you won't it. It looks great to me.
We live across the lake from New Orleans and this is the correct color for our bayous, lakes, and rivers but it does need more algae bloom 😂
About the missing 'spice' for the party story - I heard the first Tiana animatronic say something like, "Go see Louis to find a band for the party.." Then, as you've been shrunken down and see the frogs and fireflies playing music, Louis remarks that you've found so many band members. Finale scene mentions that 'what you needed was here all along' ie the band members. Maybe they didn't mean a literal spice but that a band would 'spice' up the party.
The topic of finding the band felt like a consistent theme throughout. Just a thought!
I think the ride was originally supposed to be about finding a spice for the food at the party. That’s why the son sings about you “being the special spice”
@@MickeyMouse-672 I can totally see that being the meaning behind 'spice', too. Watching again to see if I can catch anything more about the food specifically..
@@ellemathens I’m not sure how far into the ride process they changed it, but the song must have been written already, because singing about the riders being the special spice all along, just doesn’t make too much sense
@@MickeyMouse-672 Completely agree!
@@MickeyMouse-672that doesn’t mean it’s talking about an actual spice though. It’s like when you say something is the spice of life. Or to spice things up. It’s just a figure of speech that plays into the bayou/Tiana’s foods theme nicely.
I’m from south Louisiana. Doo doo brown is the accurate color of bayou water. 😂
Please note: I love Princess and the Frog and I was very, very excited about this re-theme.
This is a weak ride and they did it cheap and fast and we can see it. I'm extremely disappointed and I hope that once Beyond Big Thunder happens and is operational, we get an upgrade to this. Special Spice is not the ear worm this needs and I have no idea why Almost There is included. She's already there. It doesn't make any sense. The story is also weird. There's no reason for us to be frogs.
I was really excited for it too because I love princess and the frog, but I wish they had used original songs for the ride or stuck with the movie plot. The ending was the best part
Its dark because they didn't have much to show you so they just hid it by turning off the lights. Remember the went from close to 100 bots to way less than half
I feel like it would have been cool if they did the big drop as Dr. Facilier's friends on the other side.
The ride really needs a little bit more dramatic tension. Something about Facilier's shadow haunting the Bayou could have given it a bit more of the original ride's classic Disney edge, I think. As it is, it's all whimsical, all the time, with even the drop lacking the buildup of the original. It feels like a modern Fantasyland ride now.
I think the reason the water was brown like that is to look like the water in the bayou in Louisiana. That’s how it looks in real life.
We rode it yesterday and even though the last scene was great, the rest of the ride was meh. You’re right in that it was super dark. Probably to hide that there’s not much going on between the occasional animatronics.
It’s really missing the charm and personality of Splash.
Than don't ride it anymore . One less person in the way.
@@VirgoDolltheres the charm 👍🏼
@@VirgoDollsomebody’s angry because their new ride is dogshit 😭😭
@VirgoDoll Better get your rides in before it’s changed back 😂
Splash mountain took you to a whimsical place.
I believe the "Spice" story was thrown out and was replaced by the "Help us find band members for our party" storyline. Which is odd, because the theming in the queue speaks solely to the "Spice" storyline, but the ride itself clashes directly with that setup.
The main problem with the attraction is the amount of dead space within the first 4 minutes of the ride. Before the second drop, there is about 3 15 second intervals of pitch black scenery before they transition to the auto animatronics. They could have utilized the space for more story telling with the critters if they are going to use that storyline rather than leaving it blank. Don’t care much about the story but wasting that amount of space is absurd
Why on earth are you getting small and then getting big if it's you who is expected to the party? This is the storyline after four years of work? It seems a bit weak to me. The animitronics may be fantastic to see, but screens and a lot of empty space -- four years later!! Okay.
I guess you still need more band members (after finding like 10 already?) so Mamma Odie shrinks you down and then you find about 4 more drum-playing frogs. Then she makes you big again. It is weird.
@@HackWeight Wow this story line is weak. Never good when characters have to be constantly talking during the ride to help explain the story line and even then it is not that obvious what is going on.
“Oh that is Louis! It’s so dark didn’t even notice!” Yup that’s the entire ride
One of the worst rethemes ever. Usually all new rethemings are guarantee of deceptions
Really bothers me that they use 2D animation for fireflies and yet CGI for Tiana, Louis and Mama Odie. It should have all been 2D.
Seems like splash mountain had more going on and was more cohesive. This just seems meh compared to how much it was being hyped up.
I disagree. Splash mountain was boring with no recognizable characters no one actually seen the movie it was based off. Very much MEH. Tiana ride looks amazing.
@@VirgoDoll Ok, so your saying a ride with over 100+ animatronic characters was boring? The A1000 model can NEVER EVER be compared to the jumping Brer Rabbit mechanism, due to the intensity of how the hydraulics worked on him, also the amount of money they spent on JUST that character. Not to mention, one can easily see how deformed the TBA storyline is; where we are "needed as musicians" for the Mardi Gras, then becoming frogs, then attending the party? SM on the other hand consisted of a story that fit together just like a puzzle; Brer Rabbit is leaving his home in the Briar Patch, we, the audience, is taken along with his travels, until being caught by Brer Fox and Brer Bear, finally escaping by going down Chickapin Hill (the climax drop) and returning back to a party for Brer Rabbit's return home. Plus, even if the characters aren't recognizable, one can easily see the protagonist and the antagonists of the ride. TBA can be getting a win win for the outside work, but Splash Mountain easily grounds down it for the storyline, plot, and even the animatronics. Just do some background research on both rides and come back to me with a good rebuttal. 😃
@@VirgoDollwhat’s the point of making it Tiana themed if they’re not going to follow the original story
@@cecknoxville3899uh the ride only had 68 characters. Tiana has 35. Please learn your facts and don’t embarrass yourself by doing a simple google search 😂
@@morgiemango6242 That’s still considered a downgrade… How is that a good thing?
Crap re theme. The animatronics look like whacky inflatable tube arm men with the fluttering arms, way to much dead space, a stupid story about spice but also a band for a Mardi Gras celebration but there's no Mardi Gras mention or deco anywhere other then that newspaper article on the table behind a wall in the line que. Sorry but thus was a bad idea on Disney's part and a waste if money
Well they are Disneys newest model the A2000 figure as seen in the frozen ride at Shanghai
The night time view was cool and your unique perspective since you used to work on the ride! And I'm glad you included some details like they didn't have the A/C going through part of the cue. I will never understand how something like that would be overlooked - it makes such a difference to guests. I'm not a fan of the boring story line of this ride. It seems like they could have come up with something more interesting and creative.
You are so wrong splash mountain was 100% better then tianas plant forest
Trash Mountain
Womp womp
yes i agree
The Magic King dumb!
I understand their reason why they wanted to replace Splash Mountain 🏔️ due to the slavery connection… but then they created a salt mine in a Louisiana setting. Salt mines, especially the one Disney modeled this after which is Avery Island, this is known for brutal slavery practices. So we replaced one attraction due to slavery connections with this new ride, which has slavery connections. 🤦♂️ - can someone please explain the logic to Disneys decision?
Thank you for being honest!! I’m perplexed as to why Facillier was not in the story, given the fact that MNSSHP hosts him on stage and he’s a big character during that season. I get that they changed the storyline. Anyone have any guesses? Did they not want to make it scary ? I’m lost on the storyline of this entire attraction. It doesn’t make sense…..but the spice hint was in the water 💦🤣
People claim it’s because he died in the movie but so did the firefly and he’s still part of the ride
My guess is Disney played it safe by making it joyful and lighthearted to avoid all the criticism they received from Splash
I recall reading years ago that they wanted to avoid the voodoo implications so they set the story to being after the movie events.
@@shoobamocha I think shrinking people and then making them big again is voodoo. Think Disney missed that part so they should close this ride and re-theme it.
That's really cool that you use to work for the Splash mountain ride. Must of been the best ride to work at besides all of the animatronics not working lol. Even if I would rather have Splash. This new ride looks amazing at night.
I feel ya. Seeing all these videos.. the storywise, it seems like its a kiddy story. Like it does fit better in Fantasyland versus a thrill attraction. Honestly, they should have just retold the movie.. but I get it, they didn't want to do that again. (but this story seems so weak.)
It is a downgrade. I knew it would be once Tony Baxter did not want anything to do with it.
Maybe it's just video footage vs being there, but to me it looks like the boats are going through a Rainforest Cafe.
Yeah the frog from the sign is now playing in the frog band…
i'm convinced whoever say it's "good" or above. are actually disney shills.
I don't expect to see your burly self in line than stay away
Saying it's not good to any degree is highly disingenuous
Whoever is saying its bad when never riding it are actually trolls who are always negative. See I can play that game too.
Nope not Disney Schills, just know fun storyline and excellent animatronics when I see it!
@@juliekm6495 LOL fun storyline ?!
I still prefer the old Splash Mountain due to it feeling a bit empty and lacking the suspense on the big drop, but I actually like the new queue. Still an overall downgrade compared to Splash, but I feel like if Disney added more animals in the bayou scene (There was a sense of life with all the previous animals in Splash, Tiana's is more "surreal" with the mood lighting. It definitely an opinion and will vary from person to person), and found a way to add Ray and Faciller in, perhaps in the old Laughing Place scene it could be redeemed.
Think they made it brown to simulate the brackish water of a swamp. Can still be improved but that’s the idea
That’s what I came here to say! Seems like the water is just dyed on purpose to fit the aesthetic, but it probably also does need more time to balance out chemical wise if it was burning eyes.
Too dark, missing Dr. Facilier and Ray since it is a sequel to the movie, replaced the finale party scene song with an original song (but should have had a song from the movie instead) and Tiana in her Princess dress (like she did in the concept art). Too much “dead” space where they could have put a lot more critters (which would also help with lighting). Not enough build up to the final drop (which should include the Shadow Man) and took out the riverboat, which would have fit perfectly in the ride and could have been an homage to the original ride. It is a cute ride, but considering it is supposed to be mostly for kids that are “Princess and the Frog” fans, it should have more details from the movie IMO-like the Little Mermaid ride.
Missing ingredient was band members and YOU! Brown water.. come on dude, it’s mimicking a Louisiana bayou, that’s intentional.
i feel like that if anyone rides Tiana's Bayou Adventure with younger children they'll be scared when entering the warehouse because o how dark the interior is.
I still prefer the old Splash mountain!
me too
Hey a fellow Splash Trash! I also was CP with Splash mountain as my home. Maintenance nightmare is for REAL! If the sun looked at the sensors the wrong way, not only does it shut down, a poor CM had to trudge up the stairs to confirm it's ok. Every. Time.
I figured all the Disney influencers would try and push this likes it's the greatest ride ever....I heard one literally say it was "phenomenal"....
I think the tension is part of why my child LOVED Splash mountain from the time she was three. I think the re-theme is a good thing, personally, but I do think that lack of tension will ultimately be a hindrance. If kids want to ride a ride like that, they're generally old enough to handle the tension. If they were crying it's their parents that misjudged.
That said, I think that could be easily added with some new audio at some point and minimal adjustments. So I hope Disney does up the tension at some point in the (near) future - maybe a year or two from now.
It's the Stitch's Great Escape problem again: no matter how much you water the rest of the experience down, there are still big scary moments that are an inherent part of the ride experience. Trying to sugarcoat them or ignore them doesn't just cause those elements to still be too scary for kids (that it wasn't designed for), but now they're less effective for teens and adults. Trying to please everyone, they pleased almost no one.
Yes the water is really that brown in the bayou and Mississippi River. My niece friend was there with her sister to ride and they said there were issues with the ride all day.
Your special spice makes us complete. It’s in the craptastic song at the end of the ride. Let’s keep the shadow man out because he’s dead but yet play Raymond’s voice goin down the bayou.. he’s dead too.. you’re now being followed by a squashed lightning bug. Doesn’t add up.
That is SUCH a good point this might be better suited for Fantasy Land. I wish they would have done that! I This ride needs a thrilling theme and story line, it just needs to be fixed and it’s doable
I don't understand the plot, or lack there of. They have so much talent, yet they produced this...
"Doo-Doo Brown" water is definitely staying. That's the theme for the ride.
One of my only “complaints” / criticisms. Is I wish that they were all 2D whenever a screen was in place. Like when we see Tiana and Louis. Especially since the fireflies and the old photographs in the queue are 2D.
Should have rethemed to Despicable Me Minion Splash
There in Disney not universal
@@genageeraert8039 Dread it, run from it, the minions will still arrive.
@@patrickfabian9885 Disney does not own minions, so there is no way it'll be in a Disney park. Who knows though Universal could do a minions/despicable me water ride one day.
They had such an opportunity to add Ray in the portion of riders being small. He’s my favorite character of the entire movie. It feels incomplete without him.
I still see the ride being very popular with the general public. It’s the only water ride in the park that gets you wet and will be a huge draw in the FL heat. It’s gonna devour the crowds, especially during the summer.
I think you are 100% correct in saying this was the wrong ride for this land. This is more of a fantasyland ride. They broke the cohesion of the frontierland, which is one of the big differentiators between Disney and its competitors: cohesive and consistent theming that leads to greater immersion. I think they got this wrong.
Frontierland needed to be change it’s a boring walk way
This ride needs the shadow man.
I miss the perilous tone of the lift hill leading to the drop, that always made me feel tense and now it's just happy go lucky like everything else in the ride.
I'm from New Orleans area that's what our mississippi mud water looks like
Babe. We are the spice. The music is the spice. The band is the spice.
It’s honestly shocking to me people are having so much trouble with this lol
Some food for thought: Dark rides/attractions both of the tame and thrilling variation are not limited to being only for Fantasyland; Magic Kingdom and Disneyland are full of dark rides/attractions in other lands of the park (pirates, Indiana Jones, space ranger spin, space mountain etc.) so, the common complaint that dark rides do not belong in other lands and even other parks has always been irrelevant. For the Magic Kingdom, Tiana's is a wonderful addition to complete Adventureland, and for those arguing that there's continuity issues with it's theme and where it sits, literally none of Frontierland or Liberty Square make cohesive sense based on location. Both lands are spread out and broken up so aggressively at that park 😂😂.
thank you for saving me the disappointment.. im sorry just horrible Disney,, really this could have been done much better... so many empty spaces and no real storyline.. they could have added more to this.. and where is the fireflies in the bushes and tree areas.. if this is a bayou swamp area they would have that... nope not impressed at all.. even old splash was better than this
Didn't want too many Dune references with the Spice. j/k, good review, thanks for your honest opinion. I took a tour of Splash Mountain backstage when I was a contractor and I believe they said they could have something like 40 or 60 boats go through at a time? Evac must be a pain!
Great video and review!!
All the rides break down at Disneyland at different times. The ride is just a sad replacement period.
This looks so booooooooooring 😭
I have a feeling some of the more dimly lit areas might be unfinished and Disney didn't want them to be seen just yet? Overall, looks good to me. I agree with the lack of cohesiveness in the story, there's too much repetition of Tiana stating how good the band was and should have more emphasis on the search/adventure aspect. I'd give it a B+. Hopefully Disney will learn that updating old rides into new attractions isn't as cost effective and should just demolish and rebuild from the ground up! (Looking at you new Tomorrowland for Disneyland)
They never improved the operating system at all they wasted money on animatronics
Adrian, you had me with the finale song till I remembered that you poo pood Everybody Wants To Rule The World 🌎 so now I question your music tastes 😂
I think they missed the mark on this one.... Even tho some of the animatronics look great the over or ride looks bland and the story telling seems ehhhhhh....
also that is how the water looks in the bayous from a Louisiana native. lol
Missed opportunity not to have someone selling real beignets there. I get they couldn't cook there, but they could have a runner bring the beignets after they are cooked elsewhere.
The first Louis is supposed to have a moving mouth btw I don’t know if it’s the code or what but something wasn’t working right
where is the Adventure? where is the sense of danger?
We skipped our preview since it's been going down a lot, and good thing we did because they cancelled our reservation time... I'll go eventually it's not going anywhere
Thanks…I always appreciate your coverage and reviews. I miss splash. I like the jazz music at the beginning but the final song is missing the mark.
Not just you …but why do vloggers always talk about their expensive big cameras 🤷🏻♀️ i , along with most people, can’t tell the difference 😂🤦🏻♀️
Shills influencers will to everything to like this re-skin and forget splash mountain.
They don't need a virtual queue. Only a few people want to ride (probably just for curiosity) so the lines will be fine. This seems to be way more stereotypical and problematic than Splash was. I can't stand it. The music, the stupid moving plants at the beginning, the lack of any kind of story, the failure to include "Get Ready", the characters without character, etc. How can Universal plan out such an amazing park and Disney comes out with...this...🙄
Easy answer to that question no no it is not, not even close, Disney sacrificed a classic beloved ride for a boring generic one with no story, no build up for the final drop, and a bunch of empty spaces
Jesus christ grow tf up
Im taking my first trip this year and have no emotional ties to Splash, so as a new guest, Im very excited to ride this. It looks beautiful to me.
“I love it but…” there’s always a but when it comes to this ride. Sounds like you love the track layout more than the theming and story.
It's cute and a bit more family friendly. But it lacks the bite of the original attraction.
it was so worth being closed in the beginning!!!!!
Has anyone ever watched videos of when New Coke premiered? Coke got people on camera proclaiming how good it was and that it was better than the original. As we know, sales didn't reflect those same thoughts. There can be pressure to like something because it's new and fresh. I believe time will tell the actual narrative of this ride and how it will be perceived. My high-level thoughts are the animatronics are excellent. Still, they chose quality over quantity in the animatronics causing a lot of dead space and a lackluster storyline. You have to nail it on all fronts when replacing a beloved product with another.
Splash Mountain was better
I'm also not a fan of mission space replacing horizons at epcot.
I think the water is pretty close to bayou or swamp water 😅 I agree that they need to add some more lighting. I love the colors of the lighting they do have, but the outside parts for sure need more bc there’s so much detail. I don’t agree that it belongs in Fantasyland, I think it fits in great, but do see where you’re coming from with the “tension” of Splash. No matter how many times I rode it, those vultures and that song always was suspenseful!! I’m so excited to ride it regardless!
The majority of the storytelling definitely happens in the queue. i.e. The license plate and other objects noted missing on bulletin boards in Tiana's office (that Lari and the other critters may or may not have "borrowed"...) make up the core instruments of the critters in the final band. The queue plaques and artwork definitely push the fact that Tiana is hosting the party and that there was a mix-up with the musicians. (She comes on the radio frequently to advertise that they're looking for replacements.)
But I'm with you that there's a small element missing. If this attraction were built from scratch, there would be a short pre-show or additional scene. As it stands, we skip the story beat of Tiana, Naveen, Louis (or whoever it may be) coming up with the idea to visit their critter friends in the bayou to sort out the music problem. We're never technically "recruited" if you will - we're just sort of told that we're already in the midst of doing something. For folks unfamiliar with the movie or riding without any information on the refurb, it might feel a bit random.
The ride has a decent exposition and conclusion, but there's nothing of substance to hold up the middle, especially for what is supposed to be a thrill ride.
I mentioned the new ride is very dark. Is it still brighter than pirates of the caribbean?
Great video, but it’s a bayou man. The water is supposed to look like that. They nailed it.
I agree with everything you said, down to not seeing Louis in the vegetable garden and the spice storyline dropped. I can't believe Disney released a POV without showing everything in the queue that established Tiana's Foods and the salt mine. Without showing that, they established a negative perception that hopefully, with videos like yours, will improve. 💙
Where is the "adventure"?
This should have been a boat ride attraction on a new flat track, a la Small World. The climbs and drops are irrelevant to the weak, adventureless storyline. Little kid level animatronics. There were 100 better uses of this ride track. This is a major fail for Disney.
Was the final big drop from Splash Mountain the same on Tiana’s Bayou? The drop seems less steep less scary. Thank you for the video
I hear if you drink the splash mountain tastes like Coca-Cola. Adrian can you go back and drink it so we can all have conformation? 🥤😛
Respectfully, that blurb you posted about the story doesn’t say anything about a spice lol. It says “the missing ingredient,” which doesn’t mean a literal cooking ingredient. The band was the missing ingredient.
The Bayou looks a lot like a Pirates landing. Wait... I didn't realize you went to Pirates instead.
Just watching the ride video disney put out, it seemed very empty. Like a work in progress, and things still needed to be added. Just expected more as an upgrade from the original.
Yah I think they just said missing ingredient, which winds up being the riders, I don’t think they meant an actual spice
Looks like it's beautiful to ride at night. So they took the hidden Mickey out at the entrance/exit before the big drop??
I noticed that too from other videos
9:00 😂😂😂
Night time ride will be fun
I'm not all that impressed, but maybe when I ride it in Sept, I'll like it better.
Thar was fun. Thank you
Acess granted
Looking at the POV of this ride, it gave me cancer.
Mark my words, when the 28th comes around. The public will loath this ride so much, that they'll demand Disney bring Splash Mountain back.
Haha yeah okay sure 😂
Disney is not going to fork out more money to bring back an old theme to a ride.
@@GrumpyCanCan Are you sure?
@@jacksonseyl5255 I mean on the Tiana's bayou adventure video there's 9,000 likes and 25,000 dislikes Tiana's bayou adventure is guaranteed to be a flop
@@mfhalston Exactly. How long do you think it'll take Disney to realize that?
Bayou water is not clear. 😅
It's supposed to look like swamp water.
the ride sucks
The water seems to match the ride, a ???? Show.
I also suspect that the 40 inch, and taller, kids did not seem to have an issue prior, so why did the Disney un-Imagineering group think this was a problem?