Walt Disney Imagineering shares new photos of progress at Tiana's Bayou Adventure in Magic Kingdom

dreamfinding31 minutes ago

As DisTwitter has been saying today: AAs don’t make up for lack of story.

Incomudro33 minutes ago

It's attractive looking. I knew it would be. But it's attractive without substance. Without humor, feeling, creativity...

dreamfinding34 minutes ago

Makes me scared for Country Bears.

Incomudro35 minutes ago

Right? Barely any humor at all.

TheCoasterNerd51 minutes ago

You know this... how? I've heard several very reliable people saying it's still alive

IanDLBZF57 minutes ago

Not out of the question at this stage.

TheCoasterNerd59 minutes ago

Random thought - is there a chance they didn't have Facilier because Beyond Big Thunder is coming and the villains land is gonna have Facilier's presence?

IanDLBZF1 hour ago

This. Josh D'Amaro should have held Iger and/or whomever is CFO responsible for actions occurring within parks and resorts. And if anything, I'd expect improvements to TBA on the West Coast, and maybe some upgrades on the East Coast if (and when) there's enough negative feedback regarding it. It's not a matter of "will they do any improvements" but rather seems probable.

Incomudro1 hour ago

Can't say I feel bad for the imaginears involved. They had one job as the saying goes. The source material was there in the film. Watching PatF, so much of it lends itself perfectly to this ride layout. But no... The people who made this ride "knew better than that. They abandoned virtually everything that made that film work, and came up with their own employee Owned, food conglomerate, assemble the band, but you're the secret spice mumbo jumbo, but just kept a couple of the characters from the film.

TheCoasterNerd1 hour ago

Iger/Chapek/McCarthy Chapek/McCarthy Chapek/Covid Iger/McCarthy None of those were really D'Amaro. He doesn't make budget decisions, the CEO and CFO do. You and I both know what the Imagineers can do with money. If McCarthy and the CEOs had given them the money, it'd be a totally different story. You've seen Tokyo. You've seen Fantasy Springs. You've seen what they can do with the IP mandate when they get a usable budget. The only reason there are so many screens, the only reason there's so much emptiness, the only reason that there's no tree on top of the ride, the only reason the Starcruiser was so expensive, the only reason the 50th failed, the only reason Disney fans complain about so much is because $$$. Christine McCarthy and Iger don't give them the proper budget. From everything we've seen, Josh truly cares about the parks and is one of their biggest fans. He'd give them a higher budget if he could. The higher-ups say "Have this much, and make sure to focus on this underrepresented group so we don't upset any minorities" and Imagineers have to run with it. The real question is how long Iger will be around. Luckily, based on my quick Google, Christine McCarthy (the CFO at the time of these decisions) is gone and there's an interim CFO who will be replaced soon. Hopefully whoever comes next is better.

FettFan1 hour ago

MerlinTheGoat1 hour ago

It was us all along. Not joking either, the new song is about friends and loved ones being the "special spice".

Midwest Elitist1 hour ago

I think what it means to be American is that I can have a group with friends of different backgrounds which would be shamed in other cultures, but here it works because our differences allow us to recognize what we share in common, and we take the time to learn about those differences. It makes for a more interesting society.

James Alucobond1 hour ago