I review the FULL RIDE POV of Tianas Bayou Adventure in Magic Kingdom 

There’s legit more tension on the Pooh ride than this

Even Mr. Toad's had an Introduction, Conflict, and Resolution.

Imagine a Snow White ride without the witch, that’s what this ride is.

Ride animatronics look great and the visuals match that. However, the ride isn’t very fun. There’s nothing going on to excite the people riding it. As many others have said and commented, there’s no “danger”

Ultimately I think the biggest missed opportunity is the villain and using him as the build up to the drop instead of mama odie

It sounds like you’re trying to talk yourself into liking the new ride.

A weak, dark ride has replaced an iconic, loved ride. One time will be enough and not worth standing in a long ride. Very sad😫

They forgot the part where it tells a story. Why is peril or excitement not a thing in Disney anymore?

The bear on his back playing with a hive was replaced by an oversized bottle

The ride looks nice, but there is so much dead space in between the various scenes that it isn’t anywhere near as lively as Splash was. I didn’t find the story very riveting, either. That is just my opinion however, and not one based on personally riding it yet.

I think the biggest issue is that by putting it in Splash Mountain's structure, we are forced to compare the two. This story (or whatever you want to call it) would have served well as a C-Ticket Fantasyland dark ride. There would be less dead-space and you can pace the story better because you are building from scratch. You can't shoehorn a C-Ticket into a purpose built structure meant for an E-Ticket. Fancy animatronics, lighting, and projections aren't what makes something an E-Ticket. What you said about exposition is spot on. A good attraction doesn't need it. "Lets help Louis find a band", "That's a good band lets keep looking", "That one's good too", "I'm gonna shrink you", "I'm gonna unshrink you", "Now you're big and can go to the party and celebrate having literally done nothing of consequence". The End.

All you need to ask yourself is "is it worth getting wet to see this ride" I dont believe it is. Splash was, it had excitement, energy, and thrill. Tiana's doesnt to me, is a very simple plot. Personally I do not prefer rides being changed, however I know Disney can do great work on ride changes (examples: Gardians of the Galaxy (fantastic ride), Incredicoster, Snow whites enchanted wish, Finding Nemo Submarine, etc). This ride does not fill the shoes Splash mountain left. To me it screams rushed, rushed, rushed, rushed, and not done for the right reasons unfortunately.

Feels like a one and done ride to me. I think they dropped the ball by eliminating any kind of danger or villains from TBA. I mean I know Dr. Facilier died in the movie, but he was probably the best character in that film. They could've easily resurrected him as a ghost, etc. I'm sure Keith David wouldn't have minded reprising his role as well.

They could have kept so many of those critter animatronic but instead they purposely made the ride dark to hide the fact there are less to see

There are 3 signs over sections of the Tiana flume ride that make me think of "Applause" signs held up in front of TV studio audiences to make them clap at certain moments of a TV program.

Now that I've seen the whole ride, it's boring. The main issue is the obvious lack of anything going on. Where animatronics were is now a blank wall or a 5-second looped GIF screen with fireflies. There isn't an obvious story, and the final drop is anticlimactic.

I like to believe the armadillo is Facilier just kind of stalking us like the crow in the Mansion

RIP Splash Mountain, you died for nothing.

On all of the construction walls they advertised Tiana's FOOD and yet the "story" is about finding a band to play at a party. I will say the only thing about this I like is the addition of the water tower. That looks good, both off ride and on.

Nothing will ever compete with Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah at the end

Saw this on Reddit yesterday. I'm disappointed they didn't use Dr. Facilier and his Friends On The Other Side. His music and vibe would've been perfect for the main drop.

I love how universally panned this ride is getting... LOL. Goes to show how treasured Splash was and how they really fell short in this.

I’m not a fan of “book report rides”, but they should have just gone that route instead of whatever this was. Like what did the heavy marketing of “Tiana’s foods” even have to do with the ride itself?

I’m 29 years old, I grew up watching song of the south over and over and over again. Brer Rabbit was my favorite Disney character. My mom and grandma would wait in line to ride splash mountain with me over and over again. I’ve struggled with mental health a little in my life and I would always tell myself to go to my laughin place. Splash mountain was always such a comfort for me so this change has been like losing a family member. I’ve tried to be optimistic about Tiana because I love princess and the frog and love the music but this overlay is such a lost opportunity. It should have been based off the movie with dr Facilier at the drop and Tiana in her big green dress on the steamboat at the end. They really missed the ball on this one:(

They shut down for over a year and spent millions $$$ to destroy a popular fun ride loaded with animatronics and replaced with no story, no track changes, tons of dead space and needless shrinking.

Our 5 year old who LOVES Tiana and got to meet her last weekend while wearing her Tiana princess dress will be disappointed that Tiana won’t be in that dress.

As I said in my comment on the Disney video. It’s so empty. I’ll add that there is no suspense whatsoever and kind of makes the ride very boring. I will say that the outside facade and lighting is an upgrade just wish they had kept the tree on the mountain. But my opinion might change once I’m on the actual ride.

Its def worse than Spash imo. It's not terrible, but its not good either. Splash had a story with tons of animatronics, and memorable songs, and sets with lots of details , where Tiana doesn't really have those.

From what I saw it's everything I thought Disney would deliver we got less animatronics and more screens. It's obvious not one corner was left uncut no penny was left unpinched. This is Iger's Rocket Rods.

You also mentioned how Splash is more "busy" than Tiana's....as in there is more going on. I think Tony Baxter was following the idea of the "Cocktail Party" way of making an attraction like Pirates or HM where there is a lot going on and you aren't meant to just focus on one thing and you tend to notice new things in each ride-through. Modern attractions like this, BATB, Frozen, etc. employ singular set pieces that are meant to have you focus on them. So you have set piece, space, set piece, space, etc. trying to force story beats. That's why it feels empty at times.

The fact that we don’t get to hear zip a dee doo da at the parks takes away from the happiness you feel as you walk through Disneyland/world. Splash mountain was special and Disney totally blew it on this decision.

So many sets were replaced by just bushes. That scene with Brer fox and bear getting attacked by the gator is really the whole ride. What used to be sets and animatronics that moved the story are now just trees.

The ride concept for princess and the frog can work, but it needs a villain. This is just silly with a drop

My list of thoughts: -Outdoor ambience music should NEVER have vocals. There’s trying new things and then there is this, and this wasn’t good. -Main animatronics are great -Nonexistent story without any real substance -The animal band looks and moves like a dubai dreamworks ride -Empty portions that most are bringing up -Salsa music(?) in Laughing place part? -Horrible writing -Most of the projections are fine but that giant tiana bouncing her head is brutal -Overall soulless and creatively bankrupt experience -They turned an experience that was for all ages into something that only ages 2-5 would enjoy, but also considering the drops not many little kids are gonna want to ride it -No conflict or danger (Not because of what some call “woke” but just because modern day Disney is lazy and want to have only positivity now. I wanted to love this ride so badly, I really did. Makes me so angry that the haters at the beginning of all this are all smug thinking they were right. Tiana deserved SO much better and it makes me sick to my stomach

Even if it looks newer, it's not better or even as good. That's like saying the new Star Wars movies are the best because they have the best special effects, we all know that's not true. Splash Mountain made you laugh, made you smile, scared you. This unfortunately makes me feel nothing.

"Oh I see, I like that. Yeah. Ok I think that was good. The bottles, yeah the bottles. I like that better than what was there before. I think, oh yeah I see. Ok yeah that's different, I like it. That music fits because it's New Orleans. Yeah ok I see." TRANSLATION: "What did they do to my beloved ride? This is HORRIBLE but I don't want to lose my precious Disney access so I will be totally vague and then claim to like it."

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?

I hate to be a broken record and repeat what everyone else is saying, but the lack of danger is really disappointing here. Part of, dare i say MOST of the reason I loved Splash so much was getting soaked after that laughin place drop, and the whimsical and borderline creepy music sets in, the anxiety builds, and the dark music and scenes creep up on you with the hedgehogs and vultures. As a kid, it was such a perfect mix of anticipation, anxiety, fear, and excitement that I am not getting at ALL with this new ride. Once you enter the dark ride portion, it’s a party. Nice, fun, bayou party. Then, you go down the laughing place drop and it’s still, a bit of a party. Bugs and frogs dancing around, Tiana smiling and bopping her head, upbeat music. Then, you’re told by mama Odie that it’s time to get to the party! Well… didn’t we just come from a party… and we’re in a miniature sort of party right now? Everything is so happy and it lacks any kind of real substantive plot. I kind of prepared myself for Disney to go this direction with the attraction, but I’m still disappointed. That’s the glue that held splash together. In my opinion, if you have an action movie with stunning visuals, monster fights, mind-blowing CGI, etc etc but it lacks a real interesting and substantive plot… I probably wouldn’t watch that movie again. This ride reminds me of that. I LOVE most of the new visuals, the animatronics, the bayou feel, the final scene, pretty much everything about it but because I’m not invested in the storyline, it falls flat. Darn.

I was really optimistic about the change to Tiana’s, but I am pretty disappointed. I feel like there’s two stories being told that don’t tie in with each other. Tiana’s Dialogue is basically “the party’s up here” “keep going for the party” “you’re almost to the party” and then suddenly it goes to a song about a missing spice? I appreciate all of the work Disney has put into this, but this isn’t it.

Splash Mountain was whimsical and had a more memorable soundtrack. This is now a generic dark ride with no stakes or tension. Someone else pointed out that with Splash, you don't need to speak English to know whats going on, unfortunately the same can't be said for this ride. I agree - the scenes need to SHOW us whats going on.

The story is as interesting as a toddler’s show on Disney Junior. There is no element of Danger whatsoever. You say that you see how the super splash mountain fans may not like this. It’s not because it doesn’t compare to Splash, princess and the frog is a fine story with a fantastic villain and ride could’ve been been a great ride but the story is just trash and the lift hill has no suspense whatsoever. You fall into the log (I think) and you get small so you can find frogs to be part of the band, and then the lift hill is making you “big” again, it’s so half assed a storyline, so bad.

There's no story. There's no climax. There's no antagonist. There's no "adventure". It is completely creatively bankrupt.

I thought facilier was gonna throw you down for a splash.

They did my girl Tiana wrong.. :/

Judging from the video, this ride feels like it is the culmination of a first draft, as if they hadn't quite worked out all the necessary story details before they started construction. I have a huge love for Splash Mountain, and while I was sad to see it go, I understood the reasons. To that end, Tiana deserves an exciting and colorful adventure, like the movie. This ride is none of those things. There's no mystery, no danger, and really no story. It's not enough to move us from one scene to the next. We want to see a story. And we need to feel that element of danger. The omission of Dr. Facilier is so mind-boggling to me. Even the least-experienced ride designer would have thought of that (I mean, look at all the fans mentioning his omission!). The excuse they are giving is that this ride takes place after the movie, but that that's an early-stage decision that one would think could have been flushed out more before they started construction. How come no one stood up and questioned where or not this new "story" was exciting enough or interesting enough to replace the story of the original Splash Mountain? Did AI write this? I can only come to the conclusion that Facilier (and even the other characters like Big Daddy) are 'missing' because Disney didn't want to pay the actors for their voices, nor did they want to pay for the songs. And even if that were the case, how hard would it for the designers to through in elements of the Voodoo or black magic sequences from the film? Huge, huge missed opportunity and even bigger disappointment.

Team Disney Anaheim, you still have time to fix this. Californians would rather see a true, Walt Disney-style attraction that's a feast for the senses and has a storyline and arc. Back to the drawing board. Fill up this ride. Tell a story. Add a villain. I hope you didn't throw away the Splash Mountain animatronics. You need them. This ride should be just as good, if not better than Pirates of the Caribbean. It's not even close.

Louises butt is a great homage to the original ride. However I am so confused about the story in this ride. We start at tiana foods but dont see it again at all during the ride. I am not sure what the point then is even mentioning tiana foods.

All the comments are so great. The suggestions are so obvious about Facilier’s push, chase, and then escape to the party are simple, not convoluted, or labored. Congratulations Fresh Baked Family.

The finale song is the most notable weakness. The song isn’t catchy. It has no hook. It is definitely not a ear worm!

I dont understand us getting small for a moment and then big again loll

Have to admit. The story is pretty weak and as you said, it definitely feels like they’re really trying to sell it to you with the animatronics speaking about it. The biggest lost in my opinion is in the laughin place and the main drop. There is no suspense or buildup to the drop where there needs to be it just feels meaningless with no personality.

Splash Mountain 10 Tiana's Bayou Adventure 5

I just have issue with the story … there’s no suspense and so it doesn’t fit a ride that has drops. It’s more suited as a ride that just cruises along like small world, jungle cruise, or living with the land at Epcot. And the whole story is just looking for musicians? And when you find them you just continue looking for more musicians? Call it Tiana’s Blue Bayou River Cruise.

Boy, I don’t know… I agree with what David said when Splash closed that Disney MUST get this right after closing such a great attraction. I am really torn… My first thought was that I was expecting more after such a long closure. I think I this is “okay”, but not sure that I would call it great. I am feeling a tad disappointed. I think Disney may have missed the mark….

I have to disagree about the lighting, the purple hues are awful and have to agree with others the ride story is terrible making the ride boring. That lost song was a bad choice to

Tony Baxter must be heartbroken. Those whom I refer to as "Lack-of-Imaginationeers" took his beautiful masterpiece and transformed it into a dark, emotionless mess with lots of dead space, no story and no fun. The band "critters" aren't really audio-animatronics, more like figures that rock back and forth and move an arm, inadequate replacements for the elaborate characters from America Sings. There's just no comparison between the memorable characters with personality and dexterity like the geese, chickens and vultures from Splash Mountain when compared to the simple generic animal figures in the new ride. When I watched Disney's video of Tiana's Bayou Adventure, it felt like I was watching something from a knock-off park in China, trying to present a Disney-like attraction on a shoestring budget and failing miserably.

Gosh i love Princess and the Frog. I was so excited to see this ride. Honestly, i could barely get through watching it. The lighting is awesome, but the ride seems so incredibly boring. The stakes were pretty high replacing Splash Mountain, and i think Disney did not step up to the plate. So sad 😢

I am disappointed there is not a stronger more cohesive story. I think the biggest crime is that they did not utilize the song “Friends on the Otherside” for the finale drop. They could have had Mama Odie playfully singing “are you ready” as you are going up the final hill.

There’s no connection between anything. -Bayou’s don’t have mountains, so the clay sticking through is poorly done. -The food part is pointless cuz “you” are supposed to be the “special sauce”. like if that’s the story, then jt should be that you strunk down into a frog being made into gumbo, that would have been a better drop scene without faciliar. - Finding the band seemed out of place because you don’t even really seem them play at the end. -The armadillo is faciliar theroy i love but then make him a big part of the laughing place scene, like he was lerking all along and then caught us by surprise or something. - The lighting at night is so irrelevant because it adds nothing to the on bord experience other than hide a bunch of inconsistencies. - the signs are so infuriated cuz not only are they telling you what’s going on, they repeat. - all the small bridges in the prior set, the daytime aesthetic, all the moving pieces between big scenes, the set pieces told story up to the walls, and they used a lot of forced perspective to create the illusion that you are in a bigger place. This focuses the story on very specific details to cue you in on whats going on, but it lacks because making everything dark makes you feel like everything is closer. Yes the action looks like it’s closer, but it makes the room feel small. - lastly, the story is lacking on so much. Over all, this is just another way Disney is cutting corners and it’s been showing since the early 2010’s. From the food to the to the rides, shows, hotels, guest experience, consumer satisfaction, and not to mention Epic Universe down the road has former imagineers working at universal and they taken every critique Disney fans have been saying for years and have been given liberty to create an amazing theme park going experience.

Let’s just be honest they made it darker so that they did not have to put actually quality backgrounds in

I think I prefer the bayou scene in Pirates. The story in Tiana’s bayou adventure doesn’t seem very coherent with the action around the boat. Why do we need to be shrunk small? If she has a group of musicians already, why are we looking for them? What is the reason for the party? I like the vibrant colors of splash mountain and everything to look at, it’s so full. Tiana’s bayou adventure is full of waiting to get to the next scene. And I don’t like the signs. They look so commercial. The flowers are pretty and the outdoor lighting looks interesting.

it's insane the Doctor Facilier isn't singing "Are you Ready?" right before you drop. Seemed like the perfect opportunity.

I didn’t expect the vibe between the two to be SO different. Princess and the Frog is so fun and lively, so I’m wondering why the ride isn’t. Can’t deny that the ride is visually stunning tho, and of course, until I experience it myself I can’t fully form an opinion on it

The music: excellent The animatronics: well done The set: pretty good The storyline: very much *"direct to video"* =( There's absolutely NO tension or build up going into the drop - which is SUPPOSED TO BE the biggest thrill!! Instead, it's a total snooze fest. A *sorely* missed opportunity to add "Are You Ready…" 🎶 Overall, the storyline is convoluted and trying to be too many things at once. You need to gather musicians! Oh, but you also need to be shrunken down! Now you're a spice! WHAT THE HECK?!? In my opinion, they should rework everything from the part where you get shrunken down to the final drop Disney, you were almost there!

There is a lot of little things that drag down the attraction. Not using instrumental music in the outdoor section removes the impact of falling into the first indoor show scene and hearing the singing. The Tiana animatronics have no variety, just standing there and talking about the party. The critters barely move or have personality. The bayou doesn't feel alive when the only animals there all group together in one of three places. The context of the big drop does not make it feel any different from the other drops on the ride. Splash felt like it came from artists who understood that theme parks are their own storytelling medium. This feels like the imagineers failed to realize how all of the scenes and elements tied together, instead just tackling each aspect as its own separate thing.

Gonna be a walk on lol. They will have to add facilier. Put the bands and tiana in the first half, make it spooky for a while, then keep the last scene as is. I dont get why theres all this dialogue/exposition about the food, and then its about finding a band. How about... no dialogue, no story, just good music and we go past the bands and enjoy seeing them play. It aint that deep. Telling us what we are seeing really doesnt help. Even using the video of tianas face smiling in the scene before the lift hill detracts hesvily from that. Let us look around and have our own emotional reaction. Instead shes smiling and its like they want us to smile. SHOW, DONT TELL. The getting small thing also is so weird. Just let us be on the ride (and this scene would be good to replace w something from facilier). The change in lighting and color was really important in splash mountain too. The shift frommday time to dark. This ride doesnt considern color storyboarding at all. I absolutely love your coverage. I commented early on while watching but you really covered every point and covered it well. Edit: to be fair i saw another pov with a full train of riders and they looked to be enjoying themselves. Less spulless than disneys pov so its possible people will take to this but im not retracting my statement

I just returned from Georgia and visited the Uncle Remus museum. The curator, an African American woman, stated that she is appalled by Disney’s decision to reskin SM and “destroy the heritage” of the stories handed down. She also sent a letter of gratitude to the appropriate personnel at Tokyo Disney for retaining the attraction.

No thanks..I got to visit Tokyo to go back on Splash Mountain

Facilier could have tried to stop the partygoers from getting to the party in the schroom scene. Then they escape to the full blown party.

David, there is barely anything happening on this ride. Aside from the scene of Louis looking in the log, none of the principle characters have what's called in showbiz, "business." They're talking to us about looking for critters but they're never shown doing that (again, aside from Louis in the log). This is basic stuff that was disregarded, probably because its less expensive to program the A1000 AAs for one mode: standing and talking. Every principle AA is standing, talking... not actually doing anything.. The contrast to Splash is stark, where virtually every character, large or minor, had business.

I know people are saying more texture, more color, more lush…but Splash didn’t need that. Splash was a mountain in Frontier Land. Frontier land is like being in the old west. If you go to the frontier in southern Arizona you don’t get lush. You get the desert. That’s was Splash Mountain and it fit perfectly into Frontier land. This ride doesn’t.

Well... the ride has a lot of upgrades. The scenery is better, the animatronics are great (just wish there were more and a variety of ones), the lighting is very nice (besides the blinding spotlights on the main drop), and the finale/final scene is a lot, LOT better. But most of the ride is just scenery or just dark areas, I feel like Disney took the easy way out with that. They could of done so much more than just making areas dark or filling them with scenery (although in some parts it does look nice). And like most people think, there is really no story. Its all signs and monologues. They could of done so much more with the ride. But, I'm happy that they did improve some parts/aspects of the ride. If there was more of a story and more things going on in the ride, it would of been extremely better. Thanks for a great side by side comparison and reaction video!

it would be hilarious if they had this new version, and then at the end Disney totally "ruins" it with an Uncle Remus animatronic saying goodbye or something lmaooo

No storyline, no villains or conflict, no rush for the final splash. They just put together the idea "what happen after Princess and the Frog movie" and they fail in the storytelling basics. The original Splash Mountain was a total concept between the falls/Splash and the Storyline. Na'vi River Journey works because the concept it is to enjoy the lights and the nature and peace of the boat ride. Here they just put a light and nonsense story in a ride game system that cryes for a good and thrilling story

Visually it’s amazing, but Iger was right…it’s boring.

So as someone who was all for this retheme, I have mixed feelings. The good is the animatronics, the music, the lighting, cgi usage, and that finale. To me, that finale far surpasses the originals. The issues with this ride, and sadly that's a major problem, has to do heavily with the story and the third act. The story feels way too all over the place with no actual direction, where it feels like we're just being thrown back and forth. Worse is that it doesn't even feel consistent. As for the third act, it really needs a threat that gives us that aura of foreboding that the original had. They should have made the third act focus on friends on the other side and bring the shadow people back, where the lift has Dr. Facilier trying to get us before we take the final plunge.

I agree with Bob Iger - BORING!!

they played it safe,and it shows. there's no force of good triumphing over a force of evil. no moral or lesson to be learned. it's about putting together a band of animals to play at a party. yeah,great. even the music is mediocre. nothing memorable that will stick in your head an annoy you like "it's a small world" (hmmm maybe that's a good thing lol) or "great big beautiful tomorrow". i know i'll still be singing "zip a dee doo dah" after the last drop. care to join me?

What brand of headphones did you wear in this video?

David, I know you’re trying not to upset the Disney overlords and it’s clear you’re watching your words very carefully but let’s be honest here, this is a huge downgrade in possibly every aspect WDI used to excel at.

Compared scene to scene, every scene in Splash told a story. Even in still images. There was detail in the sets surrounding the characters, as well as a sense of movement - something going on - in every scene. In Tiana's, virtually every scene is either a single AA telling us something - with nothing going on around the character, or a cluster of AA's as in the band critters - with nothing going on around the characters. Nothing fleshing it out, nothing telling us who they are, or how and why they got there.

I will never forgive Disney for not focusing on the original story and giving us Dr. Facilier as a villain. Without a villain, this ride plays it too safe and has no focus. Hence the need for all the exposition, in a desperate bid to provide some purpose for the ride. Being shrunk to a frog should be the work of Dr. Facilier. Being restored to human again by Mama Odie should be a triumphant moment. But what we got was a lot of disconnected scenes that make no sense. 😢

I am not very impressed with this ride redo. It just doesn’t give me that “WOW” factor I was expecting. The animatronics are really fantastic. For the WDW version I give it a 7 out 10. I’m hoping the DL version will be a bit better.

Here’s an important question: if you heard an instrumental version of “special spice” at rope drop, would that get you hype for the day?

The color and brightness is what stands out to me the most. you seem to like the darker more "romantic" tone, but I much prefer the bright colorful cartoony nature of the original. I think that's really what's going to determine how people feel about this. The whole ride looks like the "Kiss the Girl" scene from Little Mermaid.

GRIZZLY MOUNTAIN, just moved into #1 Spot!!

After watching the WDW video, what do you think is going to happen at Disneyland splash at the section that was open air that they ended up enclosing ?

The fact that dr. Faciller is dead so he cant be in the ride but Ray is in the attraction despite also being dead means that disney thought dr. Faciller is actually considered a racist stereotype

Sometimes new isn't better! Starwars land is GREAT, it made almost invisible changes to Disneyland but added so much! Wish, improving upon instead of replacing was more of Disney thought process.

After viewing the whole ride through of Tiana’s, I found it to be underwhelming and boring. I thought it being Disney they’d do something spectacular that would make you forget all about the great iconic Splash Mountain. But no, Tiana’s lacks magic. Splash Mountain was cheery and had this amazing magical feel to it. That’s not existent with Tiana’s.

Were both Splash Mountains in Florida and California exactly the same?

It’s clear Disney spent some money on this, which I commend, especially for this amazing film. However, no amount of money or flashy animatronics can hide the complete lack of story and heart. They twisted themselves into pretzels trying to come up with a storyline when it could have been as simple as this… Tiana is throwing a party for the grand opening of her new restaurant and she invites the guests to come along. Along the way, Dr. Facilier intervenes and turns the guests into frogs. Luckily Mama Odie comes to the rescue and turns the guests back just in time to arrive at the grand opening party for Tiana’s Palace. Simple, easy and fun. This whole Tiana trying to find musicians which she finds 2 seconds into the attraction and then Mama Odie thinking it would be fun to turn the guests into frogs makes no sense.

I am still excited to ride it for the first time, but man am I disappointed by what I’ve seen from the POV videos. Mostly by the lack of excitement in the story, I understand why they didn’t use Dr Facililer but I still think it was a huge missed opportunity. Too much dead space, like 1/3rd of the animatronics of splash. I hope it comes off better in person, but just kinda seems boring except for the finale 😕

It’s a very bland and boring ride compared to splash. I feel if they could have just made an animation called splash mountain and told the story of the ride in a movie. They could have kept it. And could have kept such an iconic ride and a legendary song where people from all over the world knew it. Really sad to see splash go.

didn't louisiana salt mines use slaves?

LOL when you knew the Tiana projection would drive us crazy 😂

I wasn't a rabid Splash Mountain Fan, and I really didn't mind that they were redoing it, but I have to agree with people. It's boring, and they don't even make it clear enough that they are shrinking you for that short time. It has some good scenes, but overall, it's kind of Meh.

So the verdict is in no body likes Tiana's Bayou Adventure and no body is going to ride less wait off for me there loss

The new ride is stunning, and its clearly a great ride. But we lost the nostalgia. We lost the Iconic Mountain. We lost a great story ride. We lost the great sing-a-long classic songs. And we lost the ability to take our kids on the same ride our parents took us on when we were kids. Tiana also lost out on her own ride. Instead Disney was forced to fit a square peg in a round hole putting a Louisiana Bayou on a Mountain layout, forever entrapping her ride in controversy. What a blunder.

By now I am 100% certain that Disney is aware of the mixed reactions (mostly negative) of the “new” attraction. Sadly in this case, I believe the project fell short at some point and they continued anyways, perhaps even against their own best judgement. In my eyes, there is no room for uncertainty or doubt, especially in this new era of theme parks. I totally understand that they may have been up against the impossible task of reskinning an existing ride but they may have wanted to take their time and ensure a more positive experience and outcome for all. Unfortunately I look at this as an L and I’m sure Disney feels this way as well. Or at the very least, will soon enough. Laughing Place Forever