It’s as if the Imagineers lost interest making this ride about halfway, and decided to open it anyway. Too much dead space coupled with fragments of a story met with zero suspense.
I don't think this is about imagineers I think this is about value engineering after the fact, the same as the epcot landscaping. What the imagineers come up with and what Disney actually signed of on are not necessarily the same thing.
The lack vision of Disney has been painfully apparent for several years. Greed has filled the gaps. Imagineering has been thinned out. Look across to Universal for where many have ended up. Unfortunately Disney’s agenda settled upon charging top dollar for mediocrity.
@@HyeLaine He was quoted by several outlets as saying it was lackluster and incredibly boring after he did the initial walk through about a month and a half ago.
@@HyeLaine It was a leaked account from when he supposedly went on a test ride. I had my doubts about its authenticity. But now that I have seen the ride, it was definitely legit.
@@laurad2442 interesting that he’s not happy with it. However, if it was Bob Gurr in charge this wouldn’t be happening. Got my Bobs confused. Gurr is an original ❤️
I believe one of the problems with this ride is the fans. Y’all are sad it’s gone I’m sad you are not saying thank you to the people that worked so hard for you
The ride is.... animatronic.... dead space... creepy non-blinking limited animation -- dead space -- aniatronic -- dead space -- screen projection -- animatronic -- dead space etc. Only the finale really worked for me, and even then instead of tapering off, the celebration just ends abruptly with more dead space till the last animatronic
Honestly, if they wanted to save money on the ride, they could've just KEPT the original steamboat from SM. It fits in the New Orleans asthetic of the film, and would've allowed for more money to go to making the rest of the ride more interesting
Isnt it still a wip? Seems like it wasnt meant to release for a while longer. What they have is great, its just the empty spaces and no suspension that people seem to not like
I live in NOLA and I think it was a … choice to set it here. I guess the “you are now the size of frogs” bit could be a way around the fact we don’t have cliffs or waterfalls or mountains.
Yep. Splash Mountain deserved an update. Tiana deserved her own ride. Instead, we lost the Iconic Splash Mountain, and Tiana's ride will forever be riddled with controversy.
This is the "Wish" of Disney rides. In fact, it's worse - this one doesn't even have a villain in it. But while it's no secret Disney movies have lost their oomph over the past few years, this one hurt me twice as much since the Disney rides that came right before it (Anna and Elsa's Frozen Journey, Rapunzel's Lantern Festival etc.) were actually stunning and brilliantly executed. We've come to the point where you can tell exactly when Disney's main executives have creative control over the company's projects and when they don't. Yuck.
I actually think this one is better that WDW’s Frozen with the fugly, uncanny valley projection faces. Plus the story is actually trying something with Tiana. I don’t think it was fantastic with the parts of the ride where they don’t have a lot going on and screens but I’ll always prefer when a ride tries with the story.
@@dr.winstonsmith I mean yeah, like I said it’s still not fantastic; but I still take it over the characters vacantly singing while barely moving with projected on faces.
right? Disney in America sucks now. They should have just re imagined splash mountain as it is in Tokyo Disney. But they won't spend the money. Cheap assholes.
It is OFFICIAL...it is 100x WORSE than Splash Mountain. ON Splash Mountain that last room before the big drop was pure sensory overload...SOOOOOO GOOD!
I know!! I always tried to see something new and could never see it all. There was barely anything in the Tiana version. And Zip-a-dee-doo-dah had me singing and feeling happy for hours after the ride.
The ride just seems empty. They now have like half of the amount of animatronics in Splash Mountain. And they put too many screens, which is too ugly for my likings.
Disney tried to hide this in their video where some were speculating that there was more going on. Nope, it's as empty as it looks. Just more areas of a painted wall. A long hallway with one animatronic.
Why is it so damn dark? Feels like they wanted to hide a whole bunch of nothing. In the old Splash, there was always something to see wherever you looked.
Tiana is one of best Disney princesses as she started with no generational wealth but used hard work, smarts, and perseverance to get what she wanted... and she "got the man" through her personality and strength while a literal frog - not through being the fairest in the land or a delicate sleeping beauty. That's a character worthy of an E-Ticket. But what did we get? A narratively shallow ride about getting music for a party with half the scenic detail and kinetic energy of the attraction it replaced. Tiana deserves better than Disney Parks can give her. If OLC opts to swap for Tiana I really hope they don't take any notes from their licensor.
Yeah, they somehow turned a story about a Disney Princess that DOESN'T have generational wealth and actually has to work for her dream into a superficial story about her throwing a massive party. It feels cynical and corporate, especially when they talk about Tiana's foods being an "eMpLoYeE oWnEd CoMpAnY"
Thank God we can watch POV videos of the original. Not seeing the giant thorn bush at the drop really made me sad. Really solidifying that Splash Mountain is gone forever. I'm so torn because I love Princess and the Fog too. But this just didn't make the cut for me. Facilier needed to be in it to give some sort of suspense. He would have been an amazing animatronic. And his voodoo style. That song "Are you Ready" when they are being transformed in his voodoo room. That music as you go up the final drop with the bright neon colors and voodoo creatures would have been amazing. And they could use blacklight to make it neon on the way down! So much they could have done. So disappointing.
Exactly! It's a thrill ride with drops too big for most little kids, so I don't understand why they didn't include more tension or some darker elements. It's defiantly a pretty ride, but the story seems better suited for an attraction in fantasyland geared at all ages.
I actually commented on ways it could've been improved for those who sought more thrills. I'm honestly not one of them, but I did want Facilier to show up. I can't see anything PatF without him.
Bob Iger: Its boring Everyone: YEA NO FUCKING SHIT (You have nothing to sing over and over and over again) Tiana just stares at us and talks until the end. Like wtf? Brer Rabbit at least welcomed us to the cartoon world by singing!!!
Disney: This ride was based on a former slave's fairytales. Daz' racis', remake it for MODERN AUDIENCES. Also Disney: Base it on a film about voodoo mythology that had a strong black villain and every beat for a great ride. Also Disney: Let's use none of that, we can't have a black villain, or any sort of villain, or drama or plot urgency. ALSO Disney: Mah budgetz, so instead of timeless scenes, let them stare at projections. Darken the empty 75%.
I’ve never seen so many scenes with Mama Odie in it until this ride. Not even the movie showed her millions of times… there’s no way this project was worth the wait 😩 it had potential for so much more!
Absolute dog water….cutting off 70% of the lighting to hide lack of content is just a slap in the face. The fact that an all-time great ride had to go to make room for this is tragic (thank you for uploading this POV though- complaints are in no way directed towards the channel)
I don’t think this is the GREATEST fail yet. I hate to say this because i know the imagineers worked very hard, but Wish was one of their greatest fails yet. It was short, quirky and it looks like something that would stream on Disney Jr. But not all hope is lost. I have faith for the sequel to Inside Out, and i think The Rise of Red looks really good. Sure, it might not have the same cast, but I am willing to give these newbies a chance.
Now that I’ve seen the full ride through, which I have been waiting for months, this is exactly what I knew was going to happen. Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is 100% the inferior version, and it has nothing to do with Tiana.
Nothing at all to do with tiana. The animatronics are impressive but the story line is dull, the screens are lazy and it just seems to lack heart. Im pretty disappointed and kind of knew I would be, however, when I saw the animatronics originally - I had hope. We shall see whats like in person…
The attraction was inspired by politics more than by creativity. Beyond ideology, the ride is conceptually clumsy (story, etc) & artistically uninspiring (widescreens, etc)
Honestly, I'd like them to just cancel the opening date start over. I really liked the movie, but this just seemed disconnected from even that. After seeing this video I have no desire to ever ride it.
Disney is so cheap that they added a shrinking gimmick as an excuse to not build animatronics for the leadup to the drop. Gigantic faces projected onto the wall, who thought this was a good idea? Atrocious. This is what became of what was easily the best ride in the park.
THIS IS AWFUL! WHERE THE HELL IS THE MAGIC???? UGH JUST SO BORING!!! YOUR SO GREAT AT KILLING ALL THE FUN RIDES AND ALL THE MAGIC!!!! SLASH MOUNTAIN WAS EPIC! NOTHING LIKE IT IN THE WHOLE WORLD!!!!
This is the result of a group of people who were more excited to destroy Splash Mountain then to provide the audience with an engaging let alone coherent story. The music is boring. Most of the attraction is lifeless. Aside from Tiana, Odie, and Louis, the animatronics are lifeless husks who simply rock back and forth that make the Chuck E Cheese animatronics seem masterclass. This might be okay for a lesser park but this is Disney and Splash Mountain was one of three crown jewels that included Haunted Mansion and Pirates. This has nothing to do with The Frog Princess other than having characters from it. Fail.
The music is not boring if you’re a fan of the original Princess and the Frog movie. It’s a really good movie I encourage you to watch it if you haven’t.
@@MichaelJacksonRobloxGaming I watched it and loved it. Once again, this ride has nothing to do with that movie other than a few characters making an appearance.
@@CarolCityCane305 Making a sequel doesn’t mean you remove the cores of the original story. Dr. Facilier is probably one of the best villains in Disney history and given his ties to the occult and his “friends on the other side”, he could have easily been made part of the attraction. Messing around with voodoo was the heart and soul of Princess and the Frog and would have made for an exciting attraction. Beauty with a sprinkling of creepy. Fans of that movie expect to see that even in a sequel. Just as fans of Alien expect to see a creature pop out of someone’s chest and fans of A Nightmare on Elm Street expect to see Freddy in the sequels to these franchises.
What is this ride??! There is no conflict or storyline, not very many animatronics with good movement, tons of area with nothing going on, and may I mention again NO STORYLINE. Splash mountain was built nearly 35 years ago and was LEAGUES ahead of whatever this is. This is not Disney quality and whoever was in charge of this doesn’t deserve to be in imagineering.
So much darkness....lots of empty dark space..,.how is this better???? Where are the friends from the other side???? I will not wait 3 to 4 hours for this. Not happening.
Who are these “imagineers?” This was so damn basic and has 0 story.. I would be so embarrassed if THIS is all I could come up with… (former splash CM and scenic painter for Disney) ….it is colorful and animatronics are amazing.. but it fell short sadly
@@juliapaiva.643 and that started when disney way back decided to cancel that fantasy expansion to animal kingdom thats around the time eisner went insane (because of wells dying) and universal basicly said come to us we gift yall unlimited money and resources and make us the best themed lands and as of now they are still doing that ;p
Nah they could fix this simply by adding falcifer. I've seen greath suggestion with minimal change. Like hest the one shrinking you down and make that part with more tension. Jsut replace the last tiana before by him. Also better music.
journey into your imagination was worse in my opinion. But, yes this is isn’t great either. However, I feel like this ride can easily be modified to be better. I don’t see splash mountain returning unlike figment.
Despite the "lack" of animatronics, I thought putting the "Almost there" theme towards the end of the ride was a nice touch, like "you're ALMOST at the end of the ride"
I feel really disappointed it doesn’t have the shadow man at the big drop. The “are you ready” song going up the lift hill is a big miss. Imagine the base bump going up that thing.
this comment, and another comparing it to peter pan, are exactly what I have been saying when i first heard about the story and the number of animatronics.
OHD vids are toxic optimism. He is never highly critical he just sucks up and keeps being a disney fanboy. Like when is he going to realize that disney is mediocre and not as good as the early 2000s and before
@@notlegitkoolaid4911 I mean, I don't judge him. The purpose of his channel is to try to preserve the original feeling people should have when visiting Disney. He, more than anybody, knows right how Disney parks had downgraded, and although he tries to stay aways from harsh criticism, I've never seen he denying this as a fact. I've seen he having divergent opinions from the general audience, but never denying facts. It would be totally condraditory if Dallin started criticizing Disney in every video instead of focusing on the good aspects of the parks, the same way it would be contraditory if Poseidon Entertainment started praising current Disney management instead of bringing some criticism to it
@@notlegitkoolaid4911I thought that at first too, but he’s actually VERY critical a lot of the time, and much more critical about their movie lineup than their park lineup. It’s not toxic optimism, it’s just his genuine thoughts, which I would prefer to lying any day
@@markh9910No it wasn’t. It was made for families. That’s a crucial distinction. And even children have a pretty good gauge for quality. People act like children’s media doesn’t need to be good, but it’s just as, if not more important
I was very "close" with Brer Bear back in the day and this location is very near and dear to my heart. As Walt once said "As long as there's imagination left in the world, Disneyland will never be complete." I believe this also goes for WDW. I do understand it was time to bring in a new attraction, but that attraction needs to be better than the one before. I knew every inch of Splash and it was all filled with excitement around every corner. I watched another POV prior to this one and both have confirmed there are a few characters placed here and there with a lot of dark areas. To me that seems like they really didn't have anything to fill an area with and kind of shows their thinking is if you make it dark and put in one or two thing to focus on nobody will notice the empty space, but sorry I did. Where the laughing place was, ummmm yea it seems like a wasted space with just videos. Splashes ending was bigger and brighter with the showboat, I understand this is a totally different movie but if that is all they could come up with then it is kind of sad. I really hope it wins over the hearts of the Splash lovers and is successful, but as of right now it has not won mine.
It's pretty garbage. Literally the main highlight of Princess and the Frog is the villain, and he's left out. Princess and the Frog was already a poor choice as the theme, and then they didn't even make use of it's best aspects. Sad that Splash Mountain died for this.
This is why I will always be pro Disneyland Japan. They refuse to touch any of the classics and are owned by different management. Not to mention it’s cheaper and they actually value visitors experience
huge downgrade, soundtracks mostly bad, messy plot, anticlimactic drop, dark and dull a lot of the time. the ride only looks good in the scenes you can actually somewhat see.
Messy plot? There is no plot. "Going to the party" is not a plot. That's a singular story beat. How did they base this on PatF and then use NONE of it? Yikes, they done fucked this one up.
Bob Iger was right, this is boring. Splash mountain there was new stuff every turn, this looks like they didn’t what to do so they just put a bunch of trees. Splash mountain will always be better
Great POV by the way!! Better than official Disney!!! 😂 Much as I'd love to embrace this new ride ... and despite incredible music, animatronics and effects.... it seems a fraction of what once was.
Imagine a transformation scene just like the Beast in Tokyo from frogs to human with Tiana's green gown 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 and the Dr Facilier during the drop with his great song, colors and his friends from the other side 😍
In summer of 2025 when it's gonna be a choice for a family to dish out cash on an all out vacation. This ride I just witnessed vs epic universe Super Nintendo land and all the other new things Coming. I am scared for Disney it took 6 years for plants at Epcot and like 7 years for Tron which is just a clone of the one over seas but even worse than that one . I truly am interested in seeing the Disney value when this new park drops 😂
They get what they deserve. I’m waiting for that day. Everything coming ❤ to Disney will b quite delicious to me. They shouldnt have pandered to the few
Actually, This ride takes place after "The Princess and The Frog" and if remember the end of that movie, Dr. Facilier basically gets sucked into hell after he broke his "Friends" Bargin.
@@jaggerguth4391 This is the same company that made Emperor Palpatine "somehow" return, you're telling me they couldn't retcon some actual tension or conflict here?
@@jaggerguth4391 Yeah, and the Imagineers made that choice, besides, what if his "friends" let him out to pay off his debt, or act as one of them as an enforcer. There's so many ways to do this
This is really bad! Can't wait to ride that awesome new Donkey Kong coaster over at the new and exciting Epic Universe. As for this new snooze fest wake me up when it's over.
I'm sorry,...but this is supposed to be set in a Louisiana swamp? This feels absolutely nothing like that. Nothing at all like that! It feels soooo disjointed and out of place and even completely random. The entire attraction feels so glued together and duct taped, with string wrapped around it to hold it all together. It's a terrible ride with a couple of really expensive and cool animatronics.
@@jaredfamily123 - I live in South Florida. We got a GIANT swamp called "Everglades". I go fishing and air-boating there all the time. The Bayou is flat, under sea level, has no water falls and doesn't have massive quantities of clay and rockwork formations.
Overall score for me: 7/10 Splash was better but going into a swamp looks like fun and all, just wish they had a bigger storyline, but those animatronics do look cutting edge! Plus Timoleon the otter looks so cute. Splash is still better cuz of the Br’er’s.
@@itsjamesworld6982 That was Disney's fault. It's like saying the Jurassic World ride is better than Jurassic park because they actually bothered to fix the animatronics when doing the refurb, when if both were operating at full efficiency, Park is by far the better ride.
It is a dark ride in water. I like the idea of being shrunk then grown. But it is a stark contrast from the beautiful color of Splash Moutain. And the finale melody has to go.
Actually if you watch any of the side by sides, Tiana's is wayy more colorful. I was surprised to see how dull the coloring was in splash with the comparison. Also didn't realize how flat the props looked.
Wow this ride is mediocre as hell. I had a feeling Disney would fail. Just not This miserably. The last decent thing they did was Rise of the Resistance and even that ride has been made worst than when it first opened due to lazy maintenance.
this is just sad. i didnt want them to get rid of splash mountain for this exact reason. disney doing all their rides so dirty. bet the wait time is 3+ hours as well. this just hurts to see. i hope everyone tells staff and management how lackluster and boring this is. they made a mistake by taking out one of the most well known rides there. it makes me scared for what theyre going to do with my ultimate fave: the Haunted Mansion
DISNEY BRING BACK THE BRIAR RABBIT AND GANG CUZ TIANAS IS BORING AND NOT WORTH IT !! BUT WHEN SPLASH MOUNTAIN WAS WITH BRIAR RABBIT AND GANG THE LINES WERE OUT THE DOOR AND ROUND THE CORNER
![Tiana's Bayou Adventure FULL Ride POV [4K] Multi Cam- Magic Kingdom Walt Disney World](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/mKY1Ojrs7Dg/mqdefault.jpg)
It’s as if the Imagineers lost interest making this ride about halfway, and decided to open it anyway. Too much dead space coupled with fragments of a story met with zero suspense.
If this is an example of today's Imagineers than they need to rebrand to something else. There is no imagination on display for most of this.
Have to agree 100% I think the whole thing is a disaster @@randomfools808
I don't think this is about imagineers I think this is about value engineering after the fact, the same as the epcot landscaping. What the imagineers come up with and what Disney actually signed of on are not necessarily the same thing.
The lack vision of Disney has been painfully apparent for several years. Greed has filled the gaps. Imagineering has been thinned out. Look across to Universal for where many have ended up. Unfortunately Disney’s agenda settled upon charging top dollar for mediocrity.
Best way to put it. Looks like it's still a work in progress and there's things they still need to add.
Unfortunately, Bob Iger was right....
This is incredibly boring and feels like a straight to Disney+ sequel.
I am curious where can we find his opinion on this ride? Thank you
@@HyeLaine He was quoted by several outlets as saying it was lackluster and incredibly boring after he did the initial walk through about a month and a half ago.
@@HyeLaine It was a leaked account from when he supposedly went on a test ride. I had my doubts about its authenticity. But now that I have seen the ride, it was definitely legit.
@@laurad2442 interesting that he’s not happy with it. However, if it was Bob Gurr in charge this wouldn’t be happening. Got my Bobs confused. Gurr is an original ❤️
I wish Iger forced to Imaginers to think bigger
The ride seems empty to the point of them turning out lights to hide empty scenes. Makes me sad tbh. I think Walt would be sad too.
Yup. It's even more empty during the outside portion of the ride
So sad my splash mountain is gone :(
I believe one of the problems with this ride is the fans. Y’all are sad it’s gone I’m sad you are not saying thank you to the people that worked so hard for you
@@michaelwestendorf9105who worked so hard for us 😂 corporate that needs more money and tried to stay woke with bs cmon now 😂😂
@@michaelwestendorf9105this ride is amazing. I’m so glad they made it!
The ride is.... animatronic.... dead space... creepy non-blinking limited animation -- dead space -- aniatronic -- dead space -- screen projection -- animatronic -- dead space etc. Only the finale really worked for me, and even then instead of tapering off, the celebration just ends abruptly with more dead space till the last animatronic
And the animations are CURSED 3D instead of traditional 2D! Like wtf!
Honestly, if they wanted to save money on the ride, they could've just KEPT the original steamboat from SM. It fits in the New Orleans asthetic of the film, and would've allowed for more money to go to making the rest of the ride more interesting
Creepy is a freaking ride about a cartoon that sold the idea of a family of slaves being happy in SLAVERY! Thank God they updated this.
@@Suflankerbffr have u even ever been on the ride pick something else to be angry abt
So you’re saying it’s just Splash Mountain but with screen projections and no longer IP that kids don’t know about? Works for me.
Nothing to even look at in many parts of the ride. I don’t get it.
this ride sucks🤬
Isnt it still a wip?
Seems like it wasnt meant to release for a while longer. What they have is great, its just the empty spaces and no suspension that people seem to not like
@kaidayuri5526 rumor has it they rushed the opening and that's why there's a bunch of screens
スプラッシュマウンテンの方が夢があって良かった
Ahh yes, the scenic caves, cliffs and mountains of Louisiana.
Not only that, of south Louisiana. I love your sardonic humor.
Right?! Doesn't really make sense. 😆
Splash mountain (song of the south) is set in Georgia.
@@ScarletHoligay They mean Tiana, who is based out of Louisiana.. but to be fair, Louisiana does have caves, cliffs and mountains to a degree.
I live in NOLA and I think it was a … choice to set it here. I guess the “you are now the size of frogs” bit could be a way around the fact we don’t have cliffs or waterfalls or mountains.
not only did they do splash mountain dirty,but tiana too.
yes i agree
ya but they worked hard on this😊
Yep. Splash Mountain deserved an update. Tiana deserved her own ride. Instead, we lost the Iconic Splash Mountain, and Tiana's ride will forever be riddled with controversy.
I feel bad for Tiana and the beers! Disney needs new imaginers.
@@CallmehFionaK3582 For Disney, this is a horrible job.
This is the "Wish" of Disney rides. In fact, it's worse - this one doesn't even have a villain in it. But while it's no secret Disney movies have lost their oomph over the past few years, this one hurt me twice as much since the Disney rides that came right before it (Anna and Elsa's Frozen Journey, Rapunzel's Lantern Festival etc.) were actually stunning and brilliantly executed. We've come to the point where you can tell exactly when Disney's main executives have creative control over the company's projects and when they don't. Yuck.
I actually think this one is better that WDW’s Frozen with the fugly, uncanny valley projection faces. Plus the story is actually trying something with Tiana. I don’t think it was fantastic with the parts of the ride where they don’t have a lot going on and screens but I’ll always prefer when a ride tries with the story.
@@Nightman221k Oh that's for sure! I'm talking about Anna and Elsa's Frozen Journey over at Tokyo Disney Sea. Go take a look if you haven't already!
@@Nightman221kThis ride hardly even tries with a story though. Constant narrator exposition is poor storytelling.
@@dr.winstonsmith I mean yeah, like I said it’s still not fantastic; but I still take it over the characters vacantly singing while barely moving with projected on faces.
@@Nightman221k I was talking about the Frozen rides in Asia :) Those feature practical faces instead of projected ones like in WDW
I think this definitely shows that Disney ain’t ready when Universal’s Epic Universe opens up next year.
Lol
Universal nowadays is so much better and at least they respect their audience.
right? Disney in America sucks now. They should have just re imagined splash mountain as it is in Tokyo Disney. But they won't spend the money. Cheap assholes.
The thing everytime they try to respond to universal they fail lol
Epic is going to whoop their ass 💀
It is OFFICIAL...it is 100x WORSE than Splash Mountain. ON Splash Mountain that last room before the big drop was pure sensory overload...SOOOOOO GOOD!
splash mountain is way better then this gabge
I know!! I always tried to see something new and could never see it all. There was barely anything in the Tiana version. And Zip-a-dee-doo-dah had me singing and feeling happy for hours after the ride.
@@katiepointercalm down girl 😂
@@katiepointerOk thats rude I mean I miss it but you can still be nice
So true this ride is boody why did they have to close splash mountain
Imagine if the Peter Pan ride was just a tour around London after the events of the movie.
As a NOLA native I can definitely say the bayou boat tours here are 200% more interesting than this “ride”.
this should have been rethemed to peter pan tbh, better than these crap
lol
A tour of London that ends with a party of course!
Dude. I’m going to London soon and I already know a lot of it.
The ride just seems empty. They now have like half of the amount of animatronics in Splash Mountain. And they put too many screens, which is too ugly for my likings.
this ride fucking sucks and this ride will never be as cool or fun as splash Mountain😡
@@katiepointerexactly
@@katiepointerWhat kind of stuff are you smoking? And where can I get some? 😂😂
@@coasterfanatic3you’re probably woke
Disney tried to hide this in their video where some were speculating that there was more going on. Nope, it's as empty as it looks. Just more areas of a painted wall. A long hallway with one animatronic.
Why is it so damn dark? Feels like they wanted to hide a whole bunch of nothing. In the old Splash, there was always something to see wherever you looked.
this ride sucks🤬
It's dark to try to hide that emptyness and highlight the animatronics there. It's a trick that doesn't work.
@@katiepointergirl we know stop spamming the same thing😂
Splash mountain was dark too 💀
Tiana is one of best Disney princesses as she started with no generational wealth but used hard work, smarts, and perseverance to get what she wanted... and she "got the man" through her personality and strength while a literal frog - not through being the fairest in the land or a delicate sleeping beauty. That's a character worthy of an E-Ticket.
But what did we get? A narratively shallow ride about getting music for a party with half the scenic detail and kinetic energy of the attraction it replaced. Tiana deserves better than Disney Parks can give her. If OLC opts to swap for Tiana I really hope they don't take any notes from their licensor.
Take it out!! Not good!!!!
Yeah, they somehow turned a story about a Disney Princess that DOESN'T have generational wealth and actually has to work for her dream into a superficial story about her throwing a massive party. It feels cynical and corporate, especially when they talk about Tiana's foods being an "eMpLoYeE oWnEd CoMpAnY"
well then how is she a princess is she that kind of implies generational wealth
@@jonnym4670she’s a princess because she married a prince
That is not a aspire or inspire black people. Nobody wants to follow after a struggle princess.
Thank God we can watch POV videos of the original. Not seeing the giant thorn bush at the drop really made me sad. Really solidifying that Splash Mountain is gone forever. I'm so torn because I love Princess and the Fog too. But this just didn't make the cut for me. Facilier needed to be in it to give some sort of suspense. He would have been an amazing animatronic. And his voodoo style. That song "Are you Ready" when they are being transformed in his voodoo room. That music as you go up the final drop with the bright neon colors and voodoo creatures would have been amazing. And they could use blacklight to make it neon on the way down! So much they could have done. So disappointing.
Exactly! It's a thrill ride with drops too big for most little kids, so I don't understand why they didn't include more tension or some darker elements. It's defiantly a pretty ride, but the story seems better suited for an attraction in fantasyland geared at all ages.
@@tired_all_the_time02 1000% agree.
#savesplashmountain at Disney parks
I have done that a half dozen times since these video's started showing up. I needed to cleanse my mind of the stupid.
I actually commented on ways it could've been improved for those who sought more thrills. I'm honestly not one of them, but I did want Facilier to show up. I can't see anything PatF without him.
This ride needs a villain
real missed opportunity
Shadow man singing are you ready going up the drop would have been perfect
Imagine Dr.Facilier saying Are you ready!? As you go down the drop
This takes place after Dr. facilier was defeated
@@faizafox8546 Yeah, Dr. Facilier is at his own "Laughing in pain place" if you catch my meaning.
Bob Iger: Its boring
Everyone: YEA NO FUCKING SHIT
(You have nothing to sing over and over and over again)
Tiana just stares at us and talks until the end. Like wtf?
Brer Rabbit at least welcomed us to the cartoon world by singing!!!
yes i agree splash mountain is way better
And the Animatronic don’t move or talk until you are I front of them two
@BetoZayasGaoking well it moves but is programed to act like no is there. Which is boring!!!
Disney: This ride was based on a former slave's fairytales. Daz' racis', remake it for MODERN AUDIENCES.
Also Disney: Base it on a film about voodoo mythology that had a strong black villain and every beat for a great ride.
Also Disney: Let's use none of that, we can't have a black villain, or any sort of villain, or drama or plot urgency.
ALSO Disney: Mah budgetz, so instead of timeless scenes, let them stare at projections. Darken the empty 75%.
Near enough!
Wtf... where's the prince, the bad guy, the princess...
What an absolute cluster f-- of an attraction. An insult to guests and Disney’s own history and brand.
Chuck E. Cheese in the swamp.
And we all know what happened to Chucky E Cheese! The same hopefully happens to this version!
Come to Tokyo, we have the original splash mountain.
I just might do that some time.
Sounds like a great idea to me!
Yippie
I’ve never seen so many scenes with Mama Odie in it until this ride. Not even the movie showed her millions of times… there’s no way this project was worth the wait 😩 it had potential for so much more!
The fact this vanilla-based 'experience' will, more than likely, exist for 30+ years is the real tragedy.
It won't last long if nobody wants to ride it.
A visually stunning ride, but I’m surprised they didn’t try to create more of a narrative. A ride is a journey and journeys need conflict.
Especially before the drop
Even Jungle Cruise has the murderous hippos
Disney thinks today's kids are too sensitive to handle conflict and anything remotely frightening
Have those Three Frog Hunters show up as antagonists.
@@sabrinamiller3671 Could be. Even the original Snow White was worse than this.
Absolute dog water….cutting off 70% of the lighting to hide lack of content is just a slap in the face. The fact that an all-time great ride had to go to make room for this is tragic (thank you for uploading this POV though- complaints are in no way directed towards the channel)
Epic universe will blow this out of water literally
yes i agree
People who miss splash mountain
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Edit: Wow thanks for 1.2k likes
i do
Me too😢
Me too.
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Me too
Thank you for this just saved me a couple hundred bucks, how pathetic, my Disney day are over
Disney has been making lots of bad decisions lately... this has to be one of their greatest fails yet.
I don’t think this is the GREATEST fail yet. I hate to say this because i know the imagineers worked very hard, but Wish was one of their greatest fails yet. It was short, quirky and it looks like something that would stream on Disney Jr. But not all hope is lost. I have faith for the sequel to Inside Out, and i think The Rise of Red looks really good. Sure, it might not have the same cast, but I am willing to give these newbies a chance.
You would have to be joking to say they worked
Disney really went, “Yep, let’s ruin everyone’s childhood.”
Disney really blew this one.
This ride is now just a reminder that Disney will make huge knee jerk reactions to please corporate America. They are followers now, not innovators.
Now that I’ve seen the full ride through, which I have been waiting for months, this is exactly what I knew was going to happen. Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is 100% the inferior version, and it has nothing to do with Tiana.
Nothing at all to do with tiana. The animatronics are impressive but the story line is dull, the screens are lazy and it just seems to lack heart. Im pretty disappointed and kind of knew I would be, however, when I saw the animatronics originally - I had hope. We shall see whats like in person…
The attraction was inspired by politics more than by creativity. Beyond ideology, the ride is conceptually clumsy (story, etc) & artistically uninspiring (widescreens, etc)
Not politics, greed. They keep cutting corners since galaxy’s edge
@@Perpetual_Kid No. It was politics. Their stated reasons for the change made that very clear. And the results make it even clearer.
When they first announced it and said "it's a celebration after the movie" I was like oh no it's going to be the exact same ride as Frozen at Epcot.
Honestly, I'd like them to just cancel the opening date start over. I really liked the movie, but this just seemed disconnected from even that. After seeing this video I have no desire to ever ride it.
Disney is so cheap that they added a shrinking gimmick as an excuse to not build animatronics for the leadup to the drop. Gigantic faces projected onto the wall, who thought this was a good idea? Atrocious. This is what became of what was easily the best ride in the park.
Splash Mountain had so much more than this... animatronics, music and a story 😂 Why Disney???
because of George Floyd.
THIS IS AWFUL! WHERE THE HELL IS THE MAGIC???? UGH JUST SO BORING!!!
YOUR SO GREAT AT KILLING ALL THE FUN RIDES AND ALL THE MAGIC!!!!
SLASH MOUNTAIN WAS EPIC! NOTHING LIKE IT IN THE WHOLE WORLD!!!!
@@strugl3snugle245no because of the racist movie the ride was based on…
@ryan-uk6jf thank god for BLM and Politics because the original ride sucked
Yes
Time to go to Japan...
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This is the result of a group of people who were more excited to destroy Splash Mountain then to provide the audience with an engaging let alone coherent story. The music is boring. Most of the attraction is lifeless. Aside from Tiana, Odie, and Louis, the animatronics are lifeless husks who simply rock back and forth that make the Chuck E Cheese animatronics seem masterclass. This might be okay for a lesser park but this is Disney and Splash Mountain was one of three crown jewels that included Haunted Mansion and Pirates. This has nothing to do with The Frog Princess other than having characters from it. Fail.
The music is not boring if you’re a fan of the original Princess and the Frog movie. It’s a really good movie I encourage you to watch it if you haven’t.
@@MichaelJacksonRobloxGaming I watched it and loved it. Once again, this ride has nothing to do with that movie other than a few characters making an appearance.
@@Behinddarkness86no shit the ride was meant to be after the movie
@@CarolCityCane305 Making a sequel doesn’t mean you remove the cores of the original story. Dr. Facilier is probably one of the best villains in Disney history and given his ties to the occult and his “friends on the other side”, he could have easily been made part of the attraction. Messing around with voodoo was the heart and soul of Princess and the Frog and would have made for an exciting attraction. Beauty with a sprinkling of creepy. Fans of that movie expect to see that even in a sequel. Just as fans of Alien expect to see a creature pop out of someone’s chest and fans of A Nightmare on Elm Street expect to see Freddy in the sequels to these franchises.
Can't wait for them to tear down Space Mountain for whatever BlackRock is pushing today.
What is this ride??! There is no conflict or storyline, not very many animatronics with good movement, tons of area with nothing going on, and may I mention again NO STORYLINE. Splash mountain was built nearly 35 years ago and was LEAGUES ahead of whatever this is. This is not Disney quality and whoever was in charge of this doesn’t deserve to be in imagineering.
You know what this ride really needs? Those three hillbilly hunters showing up as the main villains.
Yeah, I wish those guys were there!
I was thinking Dr. Facilie’s “friends” should at least make an appearance.
@@rochestasI agree
that's actually a great idea!!!!
It needs Brer Bear to show up and toss Tiana into the briar patch... and bring back Splash Mountain!
All things considered, I still prefer the Original Splash Mountain!
Oh f. U. C. K. You, You need to Move On, Splash Mountain has already moved on as Tianas Bayou Adventure And Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is Way Better
God forbid this one have a preference
@@USSVoyager5you sound like a loser
@@USSVoyager5 pretty harsh... I prefer splash as well because it has a story and narrative.
@@USSVoyager5 People can have different opinions lmao, he was respectful about it too
I don't think Disney could make more of a downgrade if they actually tried. Half assed and lackluster would be the first things that come to mind 😎
So much darkness....lots of empty dark space..,.how is this better???? Where are the friends from the other side???? I will not wait 3 to 4 hours for this. Not happening.
Bro the OG splash mountain was 1,000,000,000% better.
Yes, it was, so was the OG Pirates of the Carribean.
Who are these “imagineers?” This was so damn basic and has 0 story.. I would be so embarrassed if THIS is all I could come up with… (former splash CM and scenic painter for Disney) ….it is colorful and animatronics are amazing.. but it fell short sadly
These are Imagineers that have no Imagination.
@@jaggerguth4391 it’s ironic ain’t
It? 😭😅
@@RMA84the ones who were actually good are already hired by Universal Orlando.
@@juliapaiva.643 oh man!!! Haha that’s facts!!! 💯.. well at least we have epic universe to look forward too!! 🙏🏾🤩
@@juliapaiva.643 and that started when disney way back decided to cancel that fantasy expansion to animal kingdom thats around the time eisner went insane (because of wells dying) and universal basicly said come to us we gift yall unlimited money and resources and make us the best themed lands and as of now they are still doing that ;p
"Oh, please God, somebody just throw me in the damn briar patch!!!"
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure ❌ Tiana’s Boring Adventure ✅
😂
This is basically Journey Into Your Imagination all over again
Perfect comment!
It’s not nearly that bad. This is infinitely more fixable imo
Nah they could fix this simply by adding falcifer. I've seen greath suggestion with minimal change. Like hest the one shrinking you down and make that part with more tension. Jsut replace the last tiana before by him. Also better music.
journey into your imagination was worse in my opinion. But, yes this is isn’t great either. However, I feel like this ride can easily be modified to be better. I don’t see splash mountain returning unlike figment.
Are we gonna get Eric Idle as the man in the moon?
Despite the "lack" of animatronics, I thought putting the "Almost there" theme towards the end of the ride was a nice touch, like "you're ALMOST at the end of the ride"
Almost there ti the end of this incredibly bring ride!
why is this better than disney’s pov
EXACTLY
Disneys had too many cuts
Literally my first thought after watching
true
Now any point of view is better than Disney's 🥲🥲🤭
I feel really disappointed it doesn’t have the shadow man at the big drop. The “are you ready” song going up the lift hill is a big miss. Imagine the base bump going up that thing.
A PatF retheme had SO much potential...that went absolutely nowhere.
this comment, and another comparing it to peter pan, are exactly what I have been saying when i first heard about the story and the number of animatronics.
Most people visited Disney to ride "Splash Mountain" one time in their lives... Now it´s gone... So sad!
Once the novelty of the redo wears off, I predict not so long lines for this.
I don’t. People will be riding it to cool off
Offhand Disney made a great video about how TBA would be a make-or-break for Disney parks. He was right, and it's a breaking point
OHD vids are toxic optimism. He is never highly critical he just sucks up and keeps being a disney fanboy. Like when is he going to realize that disney is mediocre and not as good as the early 2000s and before
@@notlegitkoolaid4911 I mean, I don't judge him. The purpose of his channel is to try to preserve the original feeling people should have when visiting Disney. He, more than anybody, knows right how Disney parks had downgraded, and although he tries to stay aways from harsh criticism, I've never seen he denying this as a fact. I've seen he having divergent opinions from the general audience, but never denying facts. It would be totally condraditory if Dallin started criticizing Disney in every video instead of focusing on the good aspects of the parks, the same way it would be contraditory if Poseidon Entertainment started praising current Disney management instead of bringing some criticism to it
@@notlegitkoolaid4911I thought that at first too, but he’s actually VERY critical a lot of the time, and much more critical about their movie lineup than their park lineup. It’s not toxic optimism, it’s just his genuine thoughts, which I would prefer to lying any day
Why does it matter? The entire park was made for children.
@@markh9910No it wasn’t. It was made for families. That’s a crucial distinction. And even children have a pretty good gauge for quality. People act like children’s media doesn’t need to be good, but it’s just as, if not more important
Even if they didn't destroy Splash Mountain to make this and it were just a new ride, it looks like a big Meh.... :(
yes i agree this ride sucks🤬
I was very "close" with Brer Bear back in the day and this location is very near and dear to my heart. As Walt once said "As long as there's imagination left in the world, Disneyland will never be complete." I believe this also goes for WDW. I do understand it was time to bring in a new attraction, but that attraction needs to be better than the one before. I knew every inch of Splash and it was all filled with excitement around every corner.
I watched another POV prior to this one and both have confirmed there are a few characters placed here and there with a lot of dark areas. To me that seems like they really didn't have anything to fill an area with and kind of shows their thinking is if you make it dark and put in one or two thing to focus on nobody will notice the empty space, but sorry I did. Where the laughing place was, ummmm yea it seems like a wasted space with just videos. Splashes ending was bigger and brighter with the showboat, I understand this is a totally different movie but if that is all they could come up with then it is kind of sad.
I really hope it wins over the hearts of the Splash lovers and is successful, but as of right now it has not won mine.
this ride sucks🤬
It's pretty garbage. Literally the main highlight of Princess and the Frog is the villain, and he's left out. Princess and the Frog was already a poor choice as the theme, and then they didn't even make use of it's best aspects. Sad that Splash Mountain died for this.
Let’s just hope that splash is in a “coma” and will be revived somewhere down the road.
this ride sucks so bad
This is why I will always be pro Disneyland Japan. They refuse to touch any of the classics and are owned by different management. Not to mention it’s cheaper and they actually value visitors experience
The avatar boat ride is more impressive than this.
Oh that singing 🫣😭”annnaya”
huge downgrade, soundtracks mostly bad, messy plot, anticlimactic drop, dark and dull a lot of the time. the ride only looks good in the scenes you can actually somewhat see.
Remember, this is a video, not real life. So it could be different?
Ok never mind this ride kinda sucks
Messy plot? There is no plot.
"Going to the party" is not a plot. That's a singular story beat.
How did they base this on PatF and then use NONE of it? Yikes, they done fucked this one up.
Saying there's a plot is generous 😂
Bob Iger was right, this is boring. Splash mountain there was new stuff every turn, this looks like they didn’t what to do so they just put a bunch of trees. Splash mountain will always be better
Hey Bob Iger. Please bring Winx Club under Disney
Where are you finding that Bob said this ride was boring?
Wish the ride had more of a story, missed opportunity to not have the villian be here
I would have picture the Three Hillbilly hunters as the main villains.
The drop portion towards the end could of really of used the shadow man
This is supposed to be a sequel to the movie and Doctor Facilier died at the end of the movie so that wouldn’t really work out :/
So did the firefly and he’s here
The “are you ready” would be a nice build up.
CTRL + Z this whole project, Disney. Downgrade.
Great POV by the way!! Better than official Disney!!! 😂 Much as I'd love to embrace this new ride ... and despite incredible music, animatronics and effects.... it seems a fraction of what once was.
It’s definitely not a zipity do da kind of day
Thanks for posting!! Now I know not to waste my time with this ride!
Lol! This ride needs an enema.
And a barf bag as well!
This is it??? God is it so underwhelming and tacky.
At least the dancing Okra was cool. But even then, there were only 2.
Sorry, Disney. No Splash, no cash.
yes i agree🤬
Then fly to Japan. I think Splash is still there.
@@Afroman29not that easy lil bro
Yep I agree.
The big drop would have been a great time for The Shadow man to show up.
Dr. Facilier’s absence is definitely what hurts at least if he was in the ride he could get a plot line going.
Imagine a transformation scene just like the Beast in Tokyo from frogs to human with Tiana's green gown 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 and the Dr Facilier during the drop with his great song, colors and his friends from the other side 😍
That was exactly what I was thinking!
In summer of 2025 when it's gonna be a choice for a family to dish out cash on an all out vacation. This ride I just witnessed vs epic universe Super Nintendo land and all the other new things
Coming. I am scared for Disney it took 6 years for plants at Epcot and like 7 years for Tron which is just a clone of the one over seas but even worse than that one . I truly am interested in seeing the Disney value when this new park drops 😂
They get what they deserve. I’m waiting for that day. Everything coming ❤ to Disney will b quite delicious to me. They shouldnt have pandered to the few
This ride looks absolutely horrible! Great work Disney!
This is awful. Disney Imagineering should be embarrassed. This ride makes E.T. At Universal look exciting.
E.T. is better this gabge😠
How dare you comparing E.T with this trash ? E.T is a classic masterpiece.
It would have been better if they had Dr. facilier at the end and it played his "Are you ready" music has you're about to drop.
Actually, This ride takes place after "The Princess and The Frog" and if remember the end of that movie, Dr. Facilier basically gets sucked into hell after he broke his "Friends" Bargin.
@@jaggerguth4391 This is the same company that made Emperor Palpatine "somehow" return, you're telling me they couldn't retcon some actual tension or conflict here?
@@jaggerguth4391 Isn't Ray in the firefly sequence?
@@jaggerguth4391 Yeah, and the Imagineers made that choice, besides, what if his "friends" let him out to pay off his debt, or act as one of them as an enforcer. There's so many ways to do this
@@davidguthrie6316 I suggest using the Three Hillbilly Hunters as the main villains.
This is really bad! Can't wait to ride that awesome new Donkey Kong coaster over at the new and exciting Epic Universe. As for this new snooze fest wake me up when it's over.
me to the new Donkey Kong coaster is cool and so is epic universe is way better then Tiana's bayou adventure🤬
I'll be joining you on the snooze. Can you pass me a pillow?
I like the music! Looks fun - thanks
This is what I was worried about, they took out the peril.
“Tiana’s foods” 🗿
not this ride sucks🤬
I'm sorry,...but this is supposed to be set in a Louisiana swamp? This feels absolutely nothing like that. Nothing at all like that! It feels soooo disjointed and out of place and even completely random. The entire attraction feels so glued together and duct taped, with string wrapped around it to hold it all together. It's a terrible ride with a couple of really expensive and cool animatronics.
I don’t think you’ve ever been to a swamp buddy
@@jaredfamily123 - I live in South Florida. We got a GIANT swamp called "Everglades". I go fishing and air-boating there all the time. The Bayou is flat, under sea level, has no water falls and doesn't have massive quantities of clay and rockwork formations.
@@CLIFFLIX funny enough I live like 15 minutes away from the Everglades I live in Boynton
How are we going up in a Bayou 😂
@@jaredfamily123Buddy, half of this ride looks nothing like a swamp. Looks like Arizona in much of it.
Overall score for me: 7/10
Splash was better but going into a swamp looks like fun and all, just wish they had a bigger storyline, but those animatronics do look cutting edge! Plus Timoleon the otter looks so cute. Splash is still better cuz of the Br’er’s.
I say 8/10 because I didn't like splash by the end of itd life because it would get stuck and was in bad condition
-10000/10 it’s absolutely crap
@@itsjamesworld6982 That was Disney's fault. It's like saying the Jurassic World ride is better than Jurassic park because they actually bothered to fix the animatronics when doing the refurb, when if both were operating at full efficiency, Park is by far the better ride.
There are too many spots in the ride where nothing is going on
The ride should be named: Tiana takes over Splash Mountain…
This is really sad. Splash mountain was so much better. There seems to be no story here.
splash mountain is better then this gabge
The villain man would at least make it a little more interesting to have him try to kidnap the passengers or something
It is a dark ride in water. I like the idea of being shrunk then grown. But it is a stark contrast from the beautiful color of Splash Moutain. And the finale melody has to go.
Actually if you watch any of the side by sides, Tiana's is wayy more colorful. I was surprised to see how dull the coloring was in splash with the comparison. Also didn't realize how flat the props looked.
@@kpov2533Yeah, and if you watch the side by side again, you’ll see that in splash youre not sitting in the dark half the time
The shrinking is cool but does not belong with PATF IMO
yes i agree
Is there even a story?
Yes Tiana is gathering musical friends to celebrate with family during Mardi gras her success and growth in cooking
@@kpov2533for a ride it’s a pretty lackluster story all they had to do was follow the movie storyline and it would’ve been perfect
Yeah, a story of how killing a beloved ride for SJW's creates a bland and boring future.
The riders get lost, and shrink to frog size
no
Wow this ride is mediocre as hell. I had a feeling Disney would fail. Just not This miserably. The last decent thing they did was Rise of the Resistance and even that ride has been made worst than when it first opened due to lazy maintenance.
Seems like the ride has some serious pacing issues with both stuff to see but also logs hacing to wait for others to go.
What they do to splash mountain bro😭 this ride went from a 10/10 to a 7/10😭
this ride sucks
7/10 ? You are awfully generous.
@@sebclot9478😂 very generous
you misspelled -7/10
@@realyyrgrace Lol....
this is just sad. i didnt want them to get rid of splash mountain for this exact reason. disney doing all their rides so dirty. bet the wait time is 3+ hours as well. this just hurts to see. i hope everyone tells staff and management how lackluster and boring this is. they made a mistake by taking out one of the most well known rides there. it makes me scared for what theyre going to do with my ultimate fave: the Haunted Mansion
I don't think Disney was "READY"
Thankfully, I happen to have some very good friends on the other side who are happy to help with this
I REALLY hope the tide gets better in Disneyland
As iger said, it's BORING 😂
Bring back Splash Mountain!
F... U... C... K. You Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is way better
Its too late at this point 😢
@@forceghostyoda5730 They can still restructure the ride to have an interesting story
Bring back SM asasp! This version is the shits!
yes i agree
kinda hurts seeing how imagineers have lost their touch of magic as a lifelong disney fan
Missed opportunity to add in Dr Faciliar
REALL
Front or back row, it still SUCKS
How about Middle row?
yes i agree this ride sucks 🤬
DISNEY BRING BACK THE BRIAR RABBIT AND GANG CUZ TIANAS IS BORING AND NOT WORTH IT !! BUT WHEN SPLASH MOUNTAIN WAS WITH BRIAR RABBIT AND GANG THE LINES WERE OUT THE DOOR AND ROUND THE CORNER
yes i agree