Tiana ride question re: watching spoilers

[Pluto468]

Any thoughts on when it might open in Dl? Wild speculation welcome!

Wildly speculating...I'd hoped to see it open in November but that doesn't seem likely.

 

[disneychrista]

Any thoughts on when it might open in Dl? Wild speculation welcome!

Since we are 4 months behind WDW in construction, assuming they don't run into any issues & it is the same transformation, my guess is October.

 

[Karin1984]

It is wise of Disney to put out a pov ride video, might reduce the amount of vloggers running over to the ride to get their footage in. Even if it reduces it just a bit.
Also wise because of all the emotions people have about the old ride.

That said... after watching it....

Spoiler

I do have my doubts if it will be considered a job well done.

I have no nostalgic feelings towards the old ride, and I get why updates were needed, but is this an improvement? The ride feels empty at certain places, especially around the 8 minute mark. The difference with the old splash (in my memory) is that in the quieter places you had the animals talking, making you feel that there was progress in the total story. Here there is not a lot of dialogue, just some random sentences, mainly the songs from the movie. But as this ride is not set within the movie, that feels off.

Not sure if the new story of the ride got properly told, I was several times a bit confused about what was happening. Mainly when we shrunk to the size of frogs. But maybe that improves woth watching it live.

Also thought it a weird choice to have a part where you run into another boat with people in it at the end. This is Disney themselves, they can make the perfect onride video without anyone in it.

 

[AstroBlasters]

This reskin is the definition of meh. I was hoping they could come up with something that would justify one movie taking over a major attraction, a restaurant, a large store in NO square, and the gutting of some of the critter country stores…. but this ain’t it.

 

[maleficent55]

I’m not watching! It’s everywhere too!

Want to experience myself, have to avoid all the way until next spring

 

[LKing]

It is wise of Disney to put out a pov ride video, might reduce the amount of vloggers running over to the ride to get their footage in.

Is the general consensus that Disney does not like vloggers? I think they view it as free marketing.

 

[Pluto468]

It is wise of Disney to put out a pov ride video, might reduce the amount of vloggers running over to the ride to get their footage in. Even if it reduces it just a bit.
Also wise because of all the emotions people have about the old ride.

That said... after watching it....

Spoiler

I do have my doubts if it will be considered a job well done.

I have no nostalgic feelings towards the old ride, and I get why updates were needed, but is this an improvement? The ride feels empty at certain places, especially around the 8 minute mark. The difference with the old splash (in my memory) is that in the quieter places you had the animals talking, making you feel that there was progress in the total story. Here there is not a lot of dialogue, just some random sentences, mainly the songs from the movie. But as this ride is not set within the movie, that feels off.

Not sure if the new story of the ride got properly told, I was several times a bit confused about what was happening. Mainly when we shrunk to the size of frogs. But maybe that improves woth watching it live.

Also thought it a weird choice to have a part where you run into another boat with people in it at the end. This is Disney themselves, they can make the perfect onride video without anyone in it.

Spoiler: Spoiler

I felt the same way. It feels very empty and frankly boring in alot of places. Also where was Naveen? Just that one bit of him at the end. The animatronics were great but it would have been cool if they'd included some more characters. It doesn't seem like an improvement over Splash and looks more like a "One and done" now. I had no idea we were supposed to be watching from a frog's perspective until I watched it a couple of times. It would have been way cooler to set the ride in the movie.

 

[Karin1984]

Is the general consensus that Disney does not like vloggers? I think they view it as free marketing.

Yes, I think they do see it as free marketing, but Disney also likes control. Now they controlled what the first onride look was going to be. And besides that, most traffic goes to their youtube channel. It is just a drop in the ocean of Disney's income, but I wouldn't be surprised if they did it to monetize this video.

 

[Karin1984]

Spoiler: Spoiler

I felt the same way. It feels very empty and frankly boring in alot of places. Also where was Naveen? Just that one bit of him at the end. The animatronics were great but it would have been cool if they'd included some more characters. It doesn't seem like an improvement over Splash and looks more like a "One and done" now. I had no idea we were supposed to be watching from a frog's perspective until I watched it a couple of times. It would have been way cooler to set the ride in the movie.

Spoiler

I re watched it and wrote more of my thoughts in another thread: https://www.disboards.com/threads/tiana-pov.3947337/#post-65529132

At certain points it is very empty! I think they did it save money on maintenance costs. All those small animatronics, surrounded by water, must be annoying to maintain. I did the ride several times and there are always animatronics no longer working.

I think the frog perspective is only for a short while, between a drop and a hill. The rest you are human size, I think.

And yeah, it would have been nice if this was a Tiana & Naveen adventure. But men take a backseat nowadays in Disney's storytelling, but that's another topic ;-)

 

[Corpsebride]

We watched the video and the ride looks beautiful! We loved the music, too! Dr. John and other legit New Orleans musicians really made me happy.
I'll never ride the ride because I don't like big drops, but I think the ride looks lovely!

 

[Pluto468]

We watched the video and the ride looks beautiful! We loved the music, too! Dr. John and other legit New Orleans musicians really made me happy.
I'll never ride the ride because I don't like big drops, but I think the ride looks lovely!

I agree about the musicians-amazing!

 

[AstroBlasters]

Notice that people will say it’s “pretty” or has “fun music”…. but not one person says that it’s a better story. No peril. No “thrill” in this “thrill ride”

 

[disneychrista]

Laughing place posted a side by side comparison. Fresh Baked also did one (I think with the same comparison video) with his analysis and commentary.

 

[LKing]

I was at Disneyland today and sat on the benches outside Hungry Bear for a bit. I can't tell you how many people walked by and commented that they saw on TikTok that Tiana's would be opening soon. I was surprised at how many people were talking about it, and that the majority of those talking about it mentioned TikTok.

 

[BrianL]

I have seen bits and peices, but won't watch a full ride-through until I can see it in person.

Also, keep in mind that the WDW and DL versions of Splash were slightly different, so the DL version will likely have some minor variations from the current video - most major scenes should be the same though.

 

[MonocularVision]

I don’t mind hearing “spoilers” but will definitely wait to see it all the first time when I ride it.

 

[mich311e]

We're going to try to avoid spoilers! We avoided most spoilers and videos/ride-throughs for the SWGE rides and MMRR and absolutely LOVED our first-time ride experiences! We rode MMRR for the first time in April and thought it was great. I'd seen bits and pieces on Instagram videos but had no idea what the ride would be like until we got on it.

 

[JerrodDragon89]

The Tech and Q looked to be improved, but.....the ride feels a little souless

I also agree while theme park fans wont love this I think most of the general public wont care and will ride this because its not a bad ride just....for my money not as great of a ride as what we had

With or without a villain, I think one of the main issues is you can interchange any of the characters and it makes no difference to the story...so then the ride feels like it has no character

Like everyone is just happy and wants to get to the party....there is not only zero conflict but most characters just feel like they are saying what all the other characters are saying as well without much flair to make it their own

For example look at Br'er Bear, he's easily tricked and the ride reflects that, Br'er Rabbit likes tricks and hates work, which is why he looked unhappy when he was on the Mine cart having to work to move along. Just slight little moments for the Story tellers to let you know who the character is.....here they all like the same thing and all have the same goal

I think the part where your a frog, should be where naveen is because I feel like he could have showed more of his character off but....no just Tia telling you the same thing she did in the room before.


I do want to say I don't hate this ride, I'm just disappointed and dislike sooooo much that Disney keeps making attractions like this that feel like boards made them over creators. Princess and The Frog is in my top 5 Animated Disney films and so for me, I've wanted this attraction since the movie was made but didn't think Disneyland had the space.....and now we take what was a pretty Iconic Ride and turn it into this which.....could be worst but also to me besides the tech is not improving the ride much besides things that they could have spent like 1/4 the money on and redone the Q and upgraded the tech.

I'll still for sure ride it and maybe Disneyland version will just click more for me because its shorter

 

[meeshy1342]

I love Princess & The Frog - it is one of my favorite Disney movies. I was so excited when Disney announced they would be updated Splash to P&F theme. I did watch the videos, and it looks fun but I think as other's have pointed out, the storyline is confusing.

Spoiler

I'm not sure why they couldn't just re-tell the story of the movie - it would've allowed for the inclusion of Dr. Facilier, which I think was an oversight and takes away from the ride. Most (if not all?) of the classic dark rides in Fantasyland are just re-telling the story of the movies, I think that would have been a better way to go with this ride

. That being said, I'm excited to ride it once it opens at Disneyland.

 

[JerrodDragon89]

I love Princess & The Frog - it is one of my favorite Disney movies. I was so excited when Disney announced they would be updated Splash to P&F theme. I did watch the videos, and it looks fun but I think as other's have pointed out, the storyline is confusing.

Spoiler

I'm not sure why they couldn't just re-tell the story of the movie - it would've allowed for the inclusion of Dr. Facilier, which I think was an oversight and takes away from the ride. Most (if not all?) of the classic dark rides in Fantasyland are just re-telling the story of the movies, I think that would have been a better way to go with this ride

. That being said, I'm excited to ride it once it opens at Disneyland.

Its in my top 5 Disney animated films

Love the movie and agree, retelling the story would have been much better.....I mean its been talked to death but not having...."are you Ready" playing as you go up the lift hill should be a crime....it was like made for this ride