Tiana's Bayou Adventure Goes RAINFOREST CAFE MODE

[@andrewmusick9921]

I will say this forever, the buying of FOX for $70 billion is what killed Disney financially. You buy something for that much money and you don’t even have 5% return on the product, that’s where all their problems are.

[@sssspider]

Yeah, the Fox buyout will be Bob Iger’s lasting legacy on Disney and it ain’t a good one. All of their other unforced errors are still theoretically fixable if there was the political will to do so… but wasting 70+ billion dollars on Fox is the albatross around the mouse’s neck.

[@rickpontificates3406]

But Disney's string of WOKE FAILED MOVIES has done nothing to help

[@MrVIPGuest]

​@@rickpontificates3406 Leave the politics out of it please Edit: give me some examples of the politics besides just saying woke. I'm extremely critical of Disney and their lack of creativity, but putting POCs and LGBT folk in movies isn't the problem

[@repboy1]

And to think NBC Universal pushed the price of fox up to make Disney pay that much .😮was definitely strategic

[@rickpontificates3406]

@@MrVIPGuest Politics MUST be in this because Disney is now controlled by it (remember when Disney Interfered with Florida law?) and Disney uses "DEI" to reverse discriminate now.

[@blackfox1320]

This retheme for Tiana is beyond dead. That water tower is hideous. Whomever put the crown on there needs to be fired. I cant believe the iconic Splash Mountain was destroyed for this monstrosity

[@genxkay358]

💯 percent agree!

[@PhoenixGamerxx96]

You can blame the people that were crying "racism" for this.

[@katiepointer]

yes i agree

[@AnakinSkywalker_1858]

@@PhoenixGamerxx96racism? It was a fun animal themed sing along splash ride dāmn america to h£ll stupid garbagė country😡

[@fairygrandma9127]

Princess and Frog ride would have been better suited as a fantasyland dark ride.

[@JC-ct7wp]

I am personally not in favor of the re theming of Splash Mountain. However, I feel bad for the imagineers in charge of this. They are in a no win situation. How can they successfully replace the most popular ride that basically nobody wanted to see go away . Add in budget restraints and you have a recipe for a disaster.

[@Btn1136]

Yep. This ride will be a symbol of disneys downfall.

[@gtr82]

​@@Btn1136Nope

[@davidguthrie6316]

Agreed. It's not the fault of the imagineers that got shoved into the middle of this dilemma. It's the fault of Disney management

[@Plebcy]

"This is boring" describes almost everything Disney has done recently

[@ikew3150]

Cosmic rewind and tron coaster would say otherwise, two of my new favorite attractions at the Disney parks and many others as well.

[@louiswright8282]

​@@ikew3150 don't forget the Adventure Land Treehouse!

[@bamakappel]

@@ikew3150 tron is a clone of a Chinese ride that took 5 years to build so you have one original new ride and a crappy area of planters at Epcot in the last 6 years. Universal has almost built an entire new park in half the time. And let’s not talk about movies! Disney has lost it’s magic, and therefore my money!

[@uhhhhhhh4040]

@@bamakappel what you just did is called goal post moving. The original prompt was everything Disney has done recently is boring. They were proven wrong. Now you bring in the construction time which yes has been bad but doesn’t matter a single amount in what was being talked about.

[@Gooby-boobbby]

Nah, it’s just you

[@blopikhamhock]

"This is boring" from Bob, yikes. We could have predicted this based in how uninspiring WDI has been as of late, even considering tight budgets, but for the CEO to say it?! Truly awful.

[@RodGustavson]

Or, it could mean that Iger is on the right track and re-energizing Imagineering, something I doubt Peltz would do. What the company needs is something akin to Roy and Walt. A dreamer and a person who’ll finance the dream.

[@TheKarnophage]

What tight budgets, they spend money like drunken sailors with just about as much to show for it.

[@clarkkent7973]

Disney is no longer hiring and promoting based on merit.

[@eljefemaximo5420]

​@@RodGustavsonwith the audit of Reedy Creek it could wind up with Iger resigning or leaving Disney in handcuffs.

[@bradzillabrave6856]

I mean, the guy basically lives in a sweater vest. So if he thinks something is boring...that's saying something.

[@brianmccray4250]

The bayou's of Louisiana are famous for their mountains, much like Iowa is for it's ocean waterfronts.

[@uhhhhhhh4040]

Like Georgia is known for their mountains as well right?

[@rawkfist-ih6nk]

Georgia has mountains, hills, and it not particularly flat. New Orleans is very flat. I’m confused at why you thought that was a good comeback.

[@uhhhhhhh4040]

@@rawkfist-ih6nk well the bayou isn’t just New Orleans and there are in fact some hills sooooooo

[@uhhhhhhh4040]

@@rawkfist-ih6nk Wait I had an idea. What if the Bayou is this instance is just the inside which will be mostly flat show scenes and after the drop which is a low elevated part of the ride. That’s at least what I would do. As for the drop and mountain uhhhhhh well idk the drop could be the “backflow” but mouantain idk. Anyway my main point was that both this and Splash both don’t make sense at all for Frontierland

[@xavieraviles346]

​@@uhhhhhhh4040Louisiana is flat. This ride is taller than any hill in the New Orleans area...

[@katef96]

I’m not opposed to a Princess and the Frog ride in general, I’m opposed to my favorite ride being replaced.

[@shawnokeefe1580]

Your favorite ride was racist...had to go...sorry I loved it too but true

[@GenoHaunter]

@@shawnokeefe1580absolute tomfoolery. NOTHING about the ride was racist. NOTHING in the SLIGHTEST.

[@katef96]

@@shawnokeefe1580 You don’t honestly believe that, do you?

[@DaffyTaffy93]

Yeah because you know EVERYONE loves song of the south it’s in EVERYONES top 5 favorite Disney movies of all time 😅

[@katef96]

@@DaffyTaffy93 And the popularity of SotS matters how exactly?

[@captaingoosesdisneyadventu4428]

They should have build Tiana's Bayou Adventure it's own location, instead of re-theming a classic E-ticket attraction.

[@melinafiol]

Tbf they had to retheme splash mountain because of the racial undertones of the original film

[@Sphynx_daddy1]

@@melinafioloh give me a break..😂

[@vjbhatia77]

@@melinafiol and they’re in lies the problem… Activist and misguided people like you are in charge of Disney these days and are making these horrible decisions turning off the general normal public from coming in and enjoying what was once a great park

[@jsheridan02]

Racism everywhere lol

[@gtr82]

​@@Sphynx_daddy1Racist.

[@dougconley]

I agree with Jay, “The Disney I know & love has lost it’s way” 😢

[@JennJoseph716]

Walt’s vision changed many times when he was alive and what you love today with parks might not even be there if Walt was alive

[@randomuserofprogram]

The sad thing is, many people said that exact thing in years past, and we're branded homophobic, racist, ....(insert new buzzword here).... I, for one, am glad to see this gradually imploding. It's the biggest "told ya so" in recent memory. Hopefully, those same vocal ones screaming about racism and such will see the errors of their ways, and their childish behavior, and see it for what it really was. People replaced emotion with common sense, and saw that the direction the company was going was erroneous.

[@republ1c]

It is so sad to see the thing you loved be just another company trying to earn money

[@gridley]

@@JennJoseph716 True. But Walt Disney's cultural, creative, political judgment was generally better than the ideologues now running wild throughout the Disney Co 2023.

[@gtr82]

​@@randomuserofprogramYou're clueless.

[@primeftw5372]

I love how we went from having splash, a detailed curb appealing ride, with lots of detail. To.. 0 detail, can’t even see the rock or “dome” and looks like one piece of broccoli 🥦. Seriously go look at the two side by side. Dear Disney.. your slowly digging your own grave congrats

[@emilysalwen7553]

1:25 - “more fake leaves than that back corner of hobby lobby” I love it!

[@genxkay358]

I love Hobby Lobby and Brayden is spot on!

[@kentslocum]

While Chapek wasn't a saint, I have to admit that Iger has WAAAAAAY overspent on the acquisitions of Fox and Hulu, while underspending and underinvesting in the parks. Iger has been CEO for so long, pretty much any current issues with the company can be blamed on him.

[@charliemacsart]

Iger is 100% at fault for everything wrong with the company. Chapek wasn't great but he's clearly a scapegoat- no way Genie+ was developed that quickly under him. Iger's legacy has been nothing but "buy up other companies and shove IP synergy into as much as we can on the cheap". We need another duo to head the company, like Walt & Roy or Eisner & Wells. Their eras are objectively the best eras of the company, and its because creativity was at the forefront. When Wells died and Eisner was running Disney solo, he ended up like every other solo act in the company's history- not great.

[@legacysquid0625]

Iger and chapek are the same person just different faces

[@kentslocum]

​@@charliemacsartAgreed; you make an excellent point! We need a dynamic duo to lead the company: a business-focused guru and a customer-focused creative. With only one person at the helm, the Walt Disney Company is too unbalanced. Walt would come up with big ideas, and Roy would figure out how to fund them. Iger, on the other hand, has no ideas except to acquire other people's IPs. 😢

[@mr.cheese8604]

⁠@@kentslocumIt’s funny. I genuinely think in his head Bob says to himself, “There are so many IPs that exist, why would we ever waste money creating new ones.” I have no idea how someone develops that mentality.

[@kentslocum]

@@mr.cheese8604 To be fair, I'm okay with using existing IP in the parks--if done well! Even Walt Disney himself used IP on many opening-day attractions at Disneyland, most of which still exist and are considered absolute classics, like Sleeping Beauty Castle, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, Peter Pan's Flight, Dumbo Flying Elephants, etc. But retheming Splash Mountain as Tiana's Bayou Adventure? No matter how hard they try, it just won't be good enough. The fact that Disney couldn't be bothered to give Tiana her own attraction and had to awkwardly reskin an existing one is a slap in the face to all the Black people Disney claims to embrace.

[@454MCM]

Josh D’Amaro needs to go along with Iger.

[@Pjbrick]

If Bob Iger said that Tiana‘s is boring that kind of worries me a little bit

[@RazSkull673]

Woke activists are what should worry you by now.

[@esta8651]

Not me, he has a lot of bad takes. I’m amazed he’s in the entertainment business

[@Gooby-boobbby]

Source?

[@eljefemaximo5420]

Of course Tiana's ride is going to be boring look at the imagineer heading the project she's a woke activist with no imagination.

[@gtr82]

​@@eljefemaximo5420Wrong

[@td3053]

New Orleans native. Can vouch that that is infact not how a bayou looks like. Also, bayous are flat marshes. No mountains or hills in sight so this is pretty pretty dumb lookin.

[@shirw]

Totally agree!

[@RodGustavson]

Hence the reason to hide the mountain in so much greenery is ceases to be a mountain but a lush, thick bayou. Leaving it looking like Splash Mountain with exposed rock would be out of place.

[@td3053]

@@RodGustavson I don't think you understand the geography of a bayou. No hills, no mountains, no beautiful colorful flowers. Nothing that would at all ressemble the structure. Just leaves, murky water, rotting tree stumps, algae, moss, and gators for as far as the eye can see and past.

[@RodGustavson]

@@td3053 hence the need for the artificial leaves and moss - to hide the structure.

[@td3053]

@@RodGustavson oh got it! So it's a large mountain in the the bayou covered with moss and leaves!? Thanks for that explanation! Because a mountain in a bayou would look so out of place if it didn't have moss and leaves on it. 🫥

[@ottot3221]

Let's have one minute of silence for Splash Mountain as it will never be as good as that.

[@csingletary3]

There are no mountains in the Bayou.

[@MickeySightings]

Agree

[@uhhhhhhh4040]

Just like Georgia is known for their mountains

[@JennJoseph716]

Louisiana doesn’t have mountains but they do have hills These gentle hills are known as the Pleistocene Terrace, a two-million-year-old surface of hard clays originally covered with longleaf or loblolly pine savannas. Pushing up on the terrain from below are the Bentley and Montgomery Formations, which have raised some crests to over 350 feet above sea level So just stop thinking of splash “mountain and think of it as a lush hill lol

[@uhhhhhhh4040]

@@JennJoseph716 yep plus splash mountain itself wasn’t actually a mountain. They even say it on the Riverboat. It was always a hill people just called it a mountain.

[@genappithy]

But there is the Avery island salt dome which rises 165ft above the surrounding swamp

[@MickeySightings]

Bad themeing!!! The crown on the water tank is even more obnoxious in person. Also, replacing a ride from a movie based around sharecropping to a ride based around the sugar slave trade is a class act...good one Disney...whoever dreamed this up should banned from any Disney projects.

[@AziaXtremeNFinity]

5:19-5:25 you gotta a lot of nerve Iger for saying that considering YOU wanted this in the first place, others will say otherwise but no this was YOUR idea to change Splash Mountain for both of the American parks so now if we wanna ride Splash Mountain we have to go to Japan for it which is just an extra reason why I wanna go to Japan but not solely just for Tokyo Disney but WHY DO WE HAVE TO GO TO A DIFFERENT COUNTRY just to enjoy Splash Mountain Iger?!

[@genxkay358]

Yes! Agreed!

[@eric_in_florida]

As most of us feared, they're gonna screw up the Splash re-do. The pressure is on, especially now.

[@lol-rq3lk]

so you've ridden it

[@KhurtKhave669]

With all those plants, Tiana's Splash Mountain looks more like Te Fiti from Moana. 🌳⛰🌳🪴

[@RodGustavson]

Hmm. There a LOTS of plants in a bayou. So much that you don’t know what’s inside. It think hiding the mountain with a forest makes it fit in with the theme better - mountains don’t exist in bayous.

[@equilibrium1736]

That's because they were bulk ordered and reused. Zero imagination, zero effort, and completely cheap Disney at its worst.

[@vcarter0723]

If a New Orleans bayou didn't feel out of place enough in FRONTIERland right next to Big Thunder / wild west, then they put all this greenery. Next to cactus, a boneyard, and Pecos Bill. Taking everything the imagineers designed and throwing it right in the trash. Sad.

[@MatecaCorp]

A mud hill in Georgia didn’t fit either

[@rawkfist-ih6nk]

@MatecaCorp Georgia was part of the early frontier. It wasn’t very heavily populated and was considered by some to be one of the early “frontier” settlements in US history. Frontier is not exclusive to the west but that was the big boom of the frontier movement. Mud hill is an odd way to describe anything here to me but if that’s the way you see it then fair enough. But even if you did have a point there it fits far better than what looks like a set from Charlie and the chocolate factory.

[@FredFredrickson-bip-bang]

I've been watching your videos for awhile and I appreciate your apparent transformation from Disney fanboy to skeptical observer. I appreciate the maturity and objectivity you show with your reports. I see a bright future for you.

[@scareddog5450]

Fanboy doesn’t sell, going negative does. They could restore Epcot back to its previous incarnations, put back splash mountain with fresh paint and updated/fixed animatronics and all but this group would still find 15 minutes of complaints and things that “aren’t like they used to be” or all that the company has “lost its way.”

[@wbr9401]

Very early days Mickey Views Patreon here, Brayden’s takes & reporting have always been objective, neither an apologist before nor gone negative now. Just tells it like it is from someone who knows and the company’s history & business model and when the current leadership seems aligned with the Disney legacy and vision and when they seem to veer off course. One of the best Disney You Tube channels out there.

[@soccertl]

To me, the Tiana ride should have gone on the island, along with the restaurant. It would have fit more over there.

[@SuperRedtiger1]

I agree with that idea in the first place

[@bardwelldavidjelliff7632]

I never thought about your idea. Good idea!

[@RazSkull673]

I hate this so much. These bastards deserve to get fired across the board. Preferably fired by a squad.

[@AnakinSkywalker_1858]

Amen!! Too much woke pandering bullsh*

[@mikalmos369]

Having lived in Southern Louisiana I will tell you that "the Bayou" is indeed flat, so no amount of greenery is going to make me think it reminds me of any bayou. I've mentioned this before in comments and that is that the tallest point in Southern Louisiana is Monkey Hill at Audubon Zoo in New Orleans which is 33 ft (see my thumbnail of me working at Audubon Zoo taken not far from there.) It was artificially created so that the children of New Orleans would know what a hill was. This was a misguided and perhaps even patronizing retheme. (Edit/Addendum: Pocahontas and Brother Bear would have been much more appropriate overlays from a thematic point of view and would have addressed inclusivity issues as well. That said, more than half of my ancestors are indigenous and personally I find both of these films are problematic and at times even deeply offensive, however probably less so than Song of the South was to a lot of people because of the myth of the happy slave that it perpetuated in its framing device. Perhaps it's poetic justice that Tiana is giving the boot to Splash Mountain and perhaps this was optics wise Disney's whole point in the first place but obviously it was also an attempt to save cash and kill multiple birds with one stone. Even though Splash Mountain was based on that film (an arguably misconceived idea in the first place), since Disney had not been releasing it onto home video or re-releasing it to the theaters, the generation that first discovered Splash Mountain probably had no idea that the film even existed. I am in no means arguing for its continuation and at this point of course it's too late. Anyway my whole point of adding this edit was to clarify that I have a problem with Disney mishandling thematic questions across their properties not inclusivity. They may not always have been great at inclusivity though Walt often pushed for it's even if ham fistedly, usually themeing and creative lead messaging. And honestly the whole point lately they've been having a problem with is bean counters leading creative no matter what it's about. At the heart of this matter inclusivity has pretty much zero to do with this except in the case of this attraction or at least that's what they want us to think. It allows us to suspend our disbelief because Disney is appearing to do the right thing morally and creatively when really what they're doing is what they think is the right thing for their pocketbook and in their eyes hopefully to have greater access to ours. Of course they are a corporation and money is always the bottom line, but this has never stopped a corporation from making appropriate creative and moral choices something that we all believe that Disney has always risen above to make appropriate choices regardless of the bottom line. The company is toying around with this right now pushing the edges of what we will accept and pay for as consumers. It is a dangerous game that perhaps will lead ultimately to their destruction. The company has run into this conflict in the past I remember similar as a former Living Seas cast member at the beginning of the end of the Eisner era. Think 3rd iteration of Journey into Imagination, Epcot Mickey wand, Studios Mickey hat, and the ill fated off the shelf spinning Dino coaster all of which were face palms among cast members and guests alike. Perhaps those were bean counters trying to be creative leads instead of creative itself. Not too dissimilar to now but perhaps far less egregious. Trying too hard much then and perhaps not hard enough now. They were and are instances of Disney Jumping the Shark on something back then most likely Eisner himself. Like I said the beginning of the end of the Eisner era. Bob Iger has been a very mixed bag at best. I did enjoy Splash Mountain though I had no particular affinity to it and perhaps the opposite as a matter of fact my very first day at Epcot was the day that the gentleman died on Splash Mountain. Certainly not necessarily completely Disney's fault in that case, but it did certainly start me off with a bad taste in my mouth for it. As someone who has worked attractions I will tell you that cast members and guests alike ignore safety rules all the time and it's a wonder that more people aren't injured or die. Just saying life has risks especially if you ignore the warnings. Mistakes happen but mistakes are also chosen. When it comes to well-planned supposedly creatively lead decisions, this company certainly is aware of the risks that they are taking recently by letting accounting have the first say especially with their brand. Anyway, because part of my education was theater to be able to do effective presentations of Zoological information as well as the fact that I am indigenous and was a cast member at Disney World then later Audubon Zoo this whole thing has really gotten under my skin. Poor thematic choices of late seem to be particularly bad at Walt Disney World. Brayden has gone to great lengths to cover exactly this multiple times. I was simply again answering his question of what I thought of this conversion. I enjoyed the film and of course will hopefully enjoy the ride, but obviously the imagineers have been cut off at the knees by bean counters. Inclusivity will always continue and be increased in all of Disney as it should be, but while Disney continues this practice of letting bean counters lead the charge instead of creative, they will be lost in the wilderness and not in a good way. So maybe perhaps they won't be perceived as culturally insensitive anymore with this replacement, but certainly less egregious perceptions will take its place as in cheap, patronizing, and simply uncreative. Simply for me personally they've become really good at suspending my suspension of disbelief lately whether it's because creative that's obviously been kneecapped or simply insisting that blood can come from a stone or our pocketbooks with the assumption that we will continually be happy that we are being bled dry while being given an inferior product just because they're Disney. The public will not forget the incredibly high bar that the company has set for itself in the past. It is something that the company cannot forget without destroying its own future. Walt and Roy found a balance between creative and accounting that may not have always been perfect, but it is a goal that the company should seek for recreating its power structure and reinvigorating its brand in the coming years.)

[@therealventures]

Well said

[@Cam4Cameron]

“Perhaps even patronizing” 😂😂😂😂

[@oltorf520]

most of the state is below sea level lol

[@TrainerCTZ]

But it's a "salt dome" lol

[@CrescentCitySweaters]

Tiana’s Levee Adventure featuring submarine races would’ve been more apropos of New Orleans. If they wanted it to fit in with Frontierland, they could throw in two massive dueling oaks on the mountain. The dueling oaks are a real place (one of them fell during Katrina however) in City Park in New Orleans where influential people settled their differences. Does that fix the issues? Not in the slightest but they are already grasping at straws thematically

[@wrh41]

Yikes - weird things going on with Disney, destroying Walt’s vision.

[@cassidystarchild7907]

Walt Disney is dead and his vision was fulfilled long ago

[@austiniscoolduh]

It's interesting how the exact same thing that's going on with Disney is happening to the country as a whole as well. Basically just pure Greed. The future isnt looking so bright...

[@LowTide941]

@@austiniscoolduhhmmm way to bring politics into another conversation nobody asked you about.

[@RazSkull673]

@@cassidystarchild7907Oh? So lets erase him so you can have your tasteless future vision? Get out!!!

[@cassidystarchild7907]

@@stanfordite1 That sounds great. Walt did some weird things sometimes, like firing all his artists for attempting to unionize.

[@arielsea9087]

Going down the inclusion angle, why didn’t they ever give Pocahontas any area worthy of mention? They only gave Rapunzel a bathroom and a tiny tower with hair. They’re failing at the virtue signaling. Those are older movies that have been overlooked.

[@katef96]

Pocahontas is controversial for one thing, it’d be awfully hypocritical for Disney to kick the Br’ers out for having controversial source material but have that be ok.

[@blackfox1320]

BLM dude

[@legacysquid0625]

@@katef96well dumbo and Peter Pan still exist

[@therealventures]

"This is really boring" 😂 YIKES

[@fercuscuelalopez9454]

How can a company that would alienate price-wise almost half of its customer base, be this cheap??? I can predict now that 90% of that Tiana’s splash thingy will be artificial plants and foliage… just like they did for their Epcot/world celebration revamp 😂 Oh and for that Moana thing too 🤣

[@eljefemaximo5420]

Rest assured every penny will be pinched and every corner will be cut.

[@thebluetarp]

I absolutely HATE the green sludge Disney thinks looks cool! Hey Disney, IT DOESN’T!

[@TheRandomJguy]

I think I looks good 👍

[@gtr82]

Who are you?

[@dcmanno4]

Spent many years on the Bayou in Acadiana. The Bayou definitely has its greenery, but one thing the Bayou does not have is mountains and large hills like the one in this ride.

[@nascarthunder631]

"Imagineers"? I wouldn't even call them that anymore.

[@brainysmurf74]

Don’t you know by now that these people dont care. Look at Star wars and star trek, etc. Where contiunity has been discarded. They dont care about visual continuity anymore. Imagineering is pretty much dead. They fired most of the valuable creatives and hired hacks. Like the Harvard grad who designed that horrible star cruiser crap. This is what you get. Its not about talent any more. Its about gender, quotas and mediocrity.

[@SnowberryDesignCo]

Sad, sad, sad. All just so sad. Thank you, Brayden! I love your videos. Merry Christmas!! ❤

[@deanberdon2572]

No mountains in the bayou

[@rc06109]

Animation and theme parks would not be what they are today without Walt. Those are the areas Disney and its leaders need to focused on.

[@wayneumbach9413]

Things aren’t going to turn around with the current leadership. I’d take my chances with Peltz!

[@drathicusrex7244]

The actual bayou is a flat swamp… this makes absolutely no sense

[@Sir-Ray]

At this point, I'm team Peltz.

[@hollybabyyy]

Um fk no. Hes a raging Zionist and the family is known for being awful

[@Sir-Ray]

@@TheMess9898 Perhaps, but the grass isn't that green right now either.

[@LakeHowellDigitalVideo]

​@@TheMess9898Honestly, they need to be broken up (and dump all the money losing businesses like Disney Plus and ESPN / ABC). Last quarter, they had 21 BILLION in revenue, yet barely turned a profit around 225 million. Way too many divisions are losing money -- the resorts/theme parks are the only thing making money for them

[@irenez7439]

What about musk?

[@thedearleader7054]

@@hollybabyyy

[@LakeHowellDigitalVideo]

Yeah, that looks nothing like a Bayou or Louisiana. I don't think Disney's imagineers could successfully screw in a lightbulb nowadays. 😆

[@johndiaz1963]

Monitors projections and lights… I believe the “it’s really boring” review. The drop doesn’t make the ride, it enhances it. It’s the music the scenery and the characters that made the ride good.

[@akcsamiru]

crazy how a ride that isnt being totally replaced but just revamped is taking years, meanwhile universal makes a theme park in 5 years😂 ITS BECAUSE ALL OF THE EX STAFF FROM DISNEY WENT TO AND ARE WORKING FOR UNIVERSAL NOW!!!

[@TheDarkThunder]

The “redecoration” of the Grand Floridian did it for me. When they ditched the live band pit, I saw cost cutting coming. The Mary Poppins Returns stamps and mid century modern look is not doing it,

[@deletedaccountdnd]

Been pumping out the videos recently. I LOVE IT.

[@gregr3720]

I would fire the person who came up with the idea that Splash Mountain should be replaced with Tiana's Bayou Adventure. Okay, then they should re-theme The Board of Directors haven't been the Company very long. What do they know about what Disney is about? They don't care about the art. I don't care about what Elon Musk says. I move for a vote of no confidence in Josh D'Amaro's leadership.

[@frankcarney4882]

Splash Mountain was my favorite ride although I never saw the movie "Song of the South". And I believe it won't be the fun ride it was.

[@Old-Thunder69]

Splash Mountain is going to comeback once the rot is gone from Disney. No body cares about this new ride like no one cares about their new cringy movies. Disney was once an institution of creativity. Now it just sucks. Eisner warned us about Igor and he was 100% right.

[@Imzadi]

What did Eisner say?

[@josephbrown9685]

Sorry to break it to you. Splash Mountain is never coming back. At this point, traditional Disney may never return either. It would take a massive overhaul that I’m not sure is even possible.

[@equilibrium1736]

@@josephbrown9685 Then the domestic parks can go out of business and we will visit Japan where they respect our traditions.

[@trevorandre746]

Need some cypress trees including cypress knots magnolia trees. and moss hanging from branch

[@csp5113]

Thanks!

[@wbsouthton]

So, was Splash Mountain adversely affecting attendance, was the ride doing anything to affect return at the Park? Then who ever decided to destroy it, affect attendance is what you did. Period.

[@JennJoseph716]

They said the song which was part of old history was racist so it didn’t matter about long lines or love for the ride they had a group pressuring them to change it and since a lot of animatronics stopped working they decided to change thing up

[@JennJoseph716]

@@stanfordite1 I live in Florida and splash Mountain is not alive in Walt Disney World. It is it is now almost Tiana’s. The mountain is covered with lush greenery. It has a water tower with Tiana’s tiara Also, it’s not Disney that said the song is racist it’s the general public

[@JennJoseph716]

@@stanfordite1 you’re stupid you know that I do live in Kissimmee. I live about 12 minutes from Walt Disney World. I went to Magic Kingdom this weekend and Tiana’s Bayou adventure is happening because the old ride has been demolished inside and the outside is now full of lush green plants. I think you’re delusional and I don’t even think you live here in Florida so get over yourself.

[@AlenaBobena]

Getting farther and farther away from Walt’s vision.

[@vjbhatia77]

Wrong! He laid out a path, and just from studying his words over many decades, you would know what he would want in the future. Activists like you are ruining this once great company that was so wholesome and produced such family friendly favorites. No more unfortunately.

[@haventesla8648]

@@vjbhatia77 I guess it was wholesome and family friendly when women lacked agency and ethnic minorities were invariably villains or caricatures.

[@jerseyharlot]

@@vjbhatia77so basically, Walt wouldn’t want a ride themed to a black woman in his parks is what you’re saying?

[@BeingShari]

@@haventesla8648if that’s your view you’re part of the problem.

[@haventesla8648]

​@@BeingShari It's not just "my view" - it's the truth. Can you name one original Walt movie where the "heroine" didn't depend on a guy to save her, or where the ethnic minorities weren't servants or villains?

[@republ1c]

Mickey Views : This is SO OUTRAGEOUS, why is there so much lush in FRONTIERLAND Disney, probably: Welll..... What. about Tom Sawyer Island? Disney is getting outrageous with putting IPs every where and replacing our favourite rides with IPs so they get more "popular" Although I love Disney, Universal is building an entirely new park at a staggering rate when Disney can't even build Tron that was COPIED within 2 years Disney has got to step up their game

[@uhhhhhhh4040]

Splash mountain didn’t fit with Frontierland either. It was a ride that takes place in Georgia

[@republ1c]

@@uhhhhhhh4040 buddy, you gotta understand, this is changing the entire state of the land, Frontierland is supposed to be in the desert or in a county with some greenery, LIKE SPLASH MOUNTAIN. Now Disney moved in an ENTIRE RAINFOREST, not a bayou, but A RAINFOREST

[@uhhhhhhh4040]

@@republ1c I mean tbh if Frontierland is supposed to be a desert it’s failed at that outside of Big Thunder forever.

[@equilibrium1736]

@@uhhhhhhh4040 Splash Mountain's exterior was definitely styled and colors were chosen to blend with Frontierland. Anyone trying to argue whataboutism for this hideous overgrown green bush is simply brain dead.

[@kristadavis6801]

Shame they didn't go with the big boat that was shown in some of the concept art. Instead of a retheme it could have been an icon of it's own.

[@markstringer4452]

New Orleans is below sea level. Around New Orleans is a swamp. The mountain is completely out of place unless of course the mountain identifies as a swamp.

[@gtr82]

And there aren't talking, dancing beasts in France. Or talking, walking snowmen in Norway. It's all fantasy. Stop being offended by fantasy.

[@jonnyboy4289]

If getting rid of Frontierland is just so they can get rid of what is insensitive because curtain people call it offensive, then I'm boycotting the New Orleans area because it's meant to change and replace history. What I've learned after the critical and box office disappointment of the live action Little Mermaid remake (since its meant to "fix the past" and be more "modern" and "less offensive" and be more "sensitive" to its audience), I've learned that you can't please everyone, especially to a small loud and vocal minority, otherwise you'll be pleasing an audience that will never be satisfied no matter how hard you try (and you'll eventually ruin yourself and your craft in the end).

[@RodGustavson]

Live action Little Mermaid wasn’t made to fix the past. It was made to recycle a successful story, introducing it to a new generation, and re-invigorate the IP.

[@thedearleader7054]

@@RodGustavsonso you won’t be offended when I do a live action remake of princess and the frog with a Asian as Tiana

[@RodGustavson]

@@thedearleader7054 why would I be offended? If it’s your story, it’s your choice how you tell it, not mine. Whether I like it or not is a different matter. I did not like the live action Little Mermaid because I though the acting was poor and special affects looked weird.

[@thedearleader7054]

@@RodGustavson it’s about as stupid as making Snow White hispanic

[@RodGustavson]

@@thedearleader7054 It’s amazing how people who claim there is no racism, or claim to be color blind, are the first to be outraged that a fictional character isn’t white. Not that you’ve made those claims, but you know what I mean. Snow White isn’t about being white, or dwarves, or magic, or apples. It’s about jealousy. As long as the story is told and acted well, it will probably be good.

[@michaelmancusosthoughts]

Peltz is an outstanding board member. He was a major reason Wendy’s was able to turn around.

[@josephbrown9685]

“About 17 audio-animatronics” The ride length is 11 minutes, one of the longest in WDW. That means much of the ride will be devoid of animatronics. This is going to be the biggest mistake since the removal of the original Journey Into Imagination, perhaps even worse because Splash Mountain was a big crowd draw that helped alleviate busy days at the Magic Kingdom whereas this change is likely to not be nearly as popular.

[@brentbechtold7352]

I'm going to play devil's advocate at least slightly here. The only reason why Splash got as big a crowd of animatronics as it did was twofold- they were simple and were reused from America Sings. Here's the thing though, it was creatively redone. I'm pretty sure it's the same movements just recontexualized, they were saving money but working hand in hand with creativity rather than 'Look shiny new thing' or 'We have no budget'

[@josephbrown9685]

@@brentbechtold7352 That’s true of Disneyland’s Splash Mountain. I’m not sure if they reused any of the America Sings animatronics at WDW. Having additional, simple animatronics is fine and is better than screens or nothing at all. Many of the animatronics in Pirates and Haunted Mansion are simple with very little movement. Only a handful of complex ones are necessary to achieve an immersive atmosphere and, as you said, creativity in design can compensate for lack of budget.

[@brentbechtold7352]

@@josephbrown9685 You're absolutely right, I got things conflated in my head! I don't want to believe they're being purposefully cheap here, given the way they've been wanting to push the digital animatronics as of late (Frozen Ever After, the Na'vii Shaman, whatever the heck is going on with that Clawhauser in Shanghai) so what's left of the optimist in me wants to say maybe they just splurged on higher quality over quanity without thinking it through. The realist in me knows better and yeah, nothing about these reports bode well for what was my favorite themed and scored ride.

[@__Johnny__]

Needs more mangroves 😂😂😂 And yes I’ve been to NOLA several times in the past 30 years.

[@louisianimal24]

My hometown lol

[@louisianimal24]

I don’t understand how Disney construction is so painstakingly slow, and Universal on the other hand is building what will probably be a top 5 theme park in the WORLD in a record setting time. Universal is just better. If you’re gonna spend your hard earned cash, do it with them! You get a lot more for less.

[@kathypaltan1428]

I said that EXACT statement to my husband 3 days ago! The difference boggles my mind. Takes WDW FOREVER to do the simplest thing yet look at Universal’s work moving along rapidly. Could be money problems, Disney spending too much on their ever failing preachy movies and neglecting their parks. Classic fail!

[@louisianimal24]

⁠​⁠@@kathypaltan1428Yep! It’s those damn movies! So tired of it.. Disney doesn’t have anything but nostalgia bait to hold on to. Epic Universe will deal a massive blow to the mouse. They better come with something brilliant if they still want any level of competition because if not Universal will run away with it!

[@kathypaltan1428]

@@louisianimal24 I wholeheartedly agree!

[@pcollins1000]

But, have you noticed how their hotels are built at a much faster pace? 😡

[@pinballrick6031]

Compared to Universal, Disney does build at a snail's pace, but at least *Tiana's **_Boring_** Adventure* will open next year. It took two full years for Disneyland to reskin a treehouse.

[@therealventures]

Disney advertising on Meta still, doubled down on the ads, is the most hypocritical thing they've done.

[@bewarebewear1507]

Actually more than 170 animatronics are being trashed since you gotta add disneylands splash mountain WDW has 68 and disneylands has about 103 which is still a big loss, I still miss splash mountain

[@Troopertroll]

I think the choice to use the King Louie song for the intro is such an underrated and appropriate jab at the company.

[@TerryBenner]

They need to purge DEI from the company, roll back all DEI changes to date and go back to family oriented proud to be American roots.

[@jaybruminator]

Brayden, should have said wheel on the train instead of wagon. Since Walt loved trains. 😂

[@cindydeacereto4191]

Thank you Brayden! Merry Christmas to you as well 🎄

[@vincentparisi2644]

Iger feels frontierland is culturally insensitive. Like this guy who has stolen 100s of millions from the company knows sh-t. And D'Amaro is his court jester.

[@DouglasRickard]

And sources say Disney have already begun a propaganda arm to attack guests/fans who don't like the gutted re-theme of Splash

[@jerseyforhawks]

Surprise, no. Great idea for NeW attraction. If aligned with story of original movie. NOT A replacement. We will see. There are no mountains in the Bayou.

[@czculture3967]

Imagineering is gone, from the look of this new re theme to the new movies. And I can’t even imagine how the new music will even compare to splash mountain.

[@berserker7140]

Nothing exciting about a bayou. Unless you're getting chased by an alligator.

[@epcot8149]

Woke Disney management does exactly what we all knew, destroy beautiful Splash for a dumpster fire. How’s that stock doing? MDGA - MAKE DISNEY GREAT AGAIN

[@therealventures]

It's literally going to be a rainforest cafe ride 😂

[@magicaladventuresyt]

Looks like the Jungle Book log flume ride is coming along great!

[@genxkay358]

I do wish this is what they’d turn it into now. At least we’d have some good music like the Bare Necessities.

[@magicaladventuresyt]

@@genxkay358 funny you mention that - Ever since I rode Splash for the first time I wondered why the Jungle Book didn’t have a very similar ride in Animal Kingdom! Still hoping it happens!

[@genxkay358]

@@magicaladventuresyt I thought the same thing too. And I would love a Cave of Wonders ride. Maybe something similar to Star Tours.

[@eljefemaximo5420]

The unnecessary changing of Splash Mountain is a perfect representation of all the poor decisions Disney management has made in recent history. You have the Disney guarantee every penny will be pinched every corner will be cut an if you love screens Tiana's tribute to socialism will be chock full of them.

[@thedearleader7054]

I love socialism. 🤣😂🤣

[@eljefemaximo5420]

@@thedearleader7054 sure you do.

[@0rangebicycles864]

Long time lurker of your channel Braden, thank you for reporting the facts of these situations and laying off the opinion commentary.

[@wheeledwarriorsociety2013]

They could have made it a very scary ride if they made the theme late night along the river, mix in a little voodoo, grave yard, etc. right after the grave yard have the drop.

[@RoastBeefSandwich]

$3Bn is a lot of money but pales in comparison to the amount of money that Vanguard, Blackrock, etc., have in $DIS - and those people LOVE the DEI initiatives and the boring movies and they love the politically connected Bob Iger. So he's safe. Chapek was dealt an unwinnable hand.

[@coachken6130]

If the executives are making money, while the company loses money… that’s called “laundering”

[@michaelsullivan3581]

Thanks Brayden for being witty, funny and positive! I was laughing so hard during the TBA (TRC) portion that I had to rewind to check the parts that I guffawed through! Not to detract from your well espoused detective study of the "Control Olympics" rearing its hydra-like multi heads in the general direction of The Disney Board and CEO! It's a subject that just never ceases giving! I get the feeling it is just beginning to bloom like a Century Plant! Crash helmets may be required before this "phase" is done and dusted! Thanks so much for all the time and efforts you have put forth this year to bring us your startlingly poignant reports about the subjects we so adore! I wish you a very Merry Christmas, as well, kind Sir! 🌲

[@DcBjørnson]

Iger’s response doesn’t surprise me at all. Personally I was hoping that they would retheme all of critter country at Disneyland into a mini version of Pandora: World of Avatar, making Splash into a version of Navi River Journey and also a retheme of Winnie the Pooh ride.

[@unclerudy9797]

So sad what has happened to Disney... What a mess...

[@LtCmdrAmbrose]

Bayou's don't have hilll's and definitely no waterfalls 😂😂

[@EnjoiTanner]

keep up the great work we love all you do

[@ShowcaseofWishes]

Have been through Louisiana and never saw anything like this. Rainforest Cafe mode 🤣 keep up the great work. enjoy it.

[@PREZofUSSA]

Is that a leftover Disney Springs water tower?

[@tlw1950]

I think it’s from Petticoat Junction. Where the Bradley sisters and their dog used to swim.

[@itsHeatherKay]

Tiana’s Rainforest Cafe! 😂😂😂😂

[@finned958]

Looks more like Jungle Cruise 2: Even more diverse and boring. Disney has eliminated the danger and edge of the original attractions. Frankly, no longer worth visiting except for getting wet.

[@RIGiantsGuy]

Another easy idea that Disney could do… Close down, space Mountain, add 4K or 8K stuff on the ceiling, walls, and within the ride… Knocked down both of the tracks, and make one gigantic track that fits two or four people, wide, and make it double the Time that the original was. If you are fitting two or four times the amount of people, then the wait time will not be any different at all… You will be offering a high-quality upgrade that is legit, not a replacement BS thing. Copy the concept from guardians, but keep it space mountain themed… This to me would be an excellent upgrade, I am not a Tron fan as it is very short and somewhat visually pleasing. The only thing I like about it is the fact that it’s smooth overall. Space mountain was still one of my favorite rides regardless of how old it is… If they upgraded this and made it a much bigger track, my guess is that it would be the number one attraction at, Disney Magic Kingdom, 100%! That is a perfect upgrade/refurbished idea… Totally doable because you’re not changing the size of the building at all… You’re just redoing the track, making it one huge ride that fits more people… Maybe have a couple launches in it, something like that?! You could even create a ride where both tracks literally are right next to each other, so now you can load a ton of people, have it go out left or right once it leaves the platform. These are really easy ideas that could be completed if they wanted to!keep the theme, upgrade a 50-year-old attraction. Or let’s wait till 100th anniversary… LMAO. Welcome to Disney where we raise the ticket price and charge people to ride the same thing.

[@cw9583]

Disney has seriously strayed from its roots. Walt should be clawing his way out of the grave to fix this. Disney is focusing too much on adults rather than children. Get rid of the following: Fox Hulu Star Wars Avatar Anything that would not be appropriate for children Disney has been overpriced for years, but now it’s worse. The typical family cannot afford a trip to Disney without taking a second mortgage on their homes. Cast members need to be treated better and need increased compensation.

[@Imzadi]

I agree. The Disney adult has eaten Disney from the inside out. Disney forgot that the next generation is growing up with no connection to the new content at all. My kids don’t care about Star Wars or woke Snow White! They want princesses, fantasy, and make believe. Peter Pan, Lion King, OG Snow White. These movies captivated and had no woke message being shoved down our throats. Just colorful fun plots with great music and characters kids wanted to imagine in their dreams. Stop destroying childhood favorite by changing their race and preaching how misogynistic their stories were. Let’s us have our childhoods and focus on the next generations childhood by creating new original content that will penetrate the hearts of children. And for gosh sakes give Tiana her own stinkin ride because she deserves it and Louisiana doesn’t have mountains! They don’t identify as mountainess. Respect their pronouns!

[@ericrush3543]

Good to know super geniuses can also make a misspelling. Lol😂

[@hobgoblin4614]

Happy Holidays Brayden - Thanks for all you have brought via the #1 Disney news channel. Looking forward to what you have coming in 2024!

[@Usaisaboveall]

It’s merry Christmas

[@hobgoblin4614]

@@Usaisaboveall just trying to be inclusive of all - to some it's Merry Christmas, others Happy Hanukkah, others emphasize the Happy New Year part of it, other holidays I don't know of that happen in this time, others who are not religious but just enjoy this time of year - whoever or whatever you are - Happy Holidays (or whatever it is that you are celebrating or just happy about - I wish you well!)

[@janmartenlocher]

"..that TASTEFUL update went FULL Rainforest-Café mode...!!." - LMAO!!! 😆😆😆🙏🏻 Brilliantly worded,- Brayden!

[@GrumpyGolf4]

Disney is in huge trouble. People like me, who have gone to WDW multiple times per year for decades, are waking up to the realization that a Disney vacation is not a good value for the expenditure. We've been lied to about Disney being a Deluxe resort, it is not. The resentment and anger Disney has engendered is spilling over to all their veritcals. I'm boycotting everything Disney. I think I'm not alone. They are going to pay the ultimate price; i.e. the disolution of DIS as we know it today.

[@genxkay358]

We used to go to every couple years and it was an excellent value for the money. Now, I can’t justify going. Inflation is horrid and it’s difficult to go anywhere, and Disney is out of the question. I wish we could just reset it to 10 years ago. Magical express, grand Floridian orchestra, discounts and free dining, the night time parade, the dream lights, Main Street talking Mickey and the free fastpass system (phone free). ETA: we would spend a week at an on property resort and fly in.

[@lisathomas1622]

Louisiana has no mountains, so it has to be covered in plants to look like a bayou.

[@MooseTrailTV]

If they actually get rid of Frontierland because a bunch of lunatics think it’s “insensitive” I will no longer be giving money in any form to Disney and my kids will know universal as their nostalgia, not Disney parks

[@donnieabercrombie9624]

There are no mountains in the Bayou. Lots of snakes, spiders, gators, moonshiners, no mountains. They have wasted hundreds of thousands of dollars to get rid of a perfectly good ride with a perfectly good theme for stupid people who think a cartoon is offensive.

[@katiehobbs96]

I have to get over the epcot changes and hope that Tiana's turns out okay. But I'm worried about the future of Dinoland and Animal Kingdom's theme. I hope they keep Dinosaur or retheme it. But i'm afraid they will scrap the whole thing. And in the process also ignore DAK's theme by adding things that don't belong. Disney should focus on quality not quantity and go back to putting focus in the parks. They should only produce a few movies a year so that way they are good and don't bomb and more money can be invested into the parks.

[@SuperRedtiger1]

Me too

[@gremlinfinger5964]

I think you both need to get real and stop giving this company your money. That's the only way anything is going to change. This version of Disney is never going to wow you ever again. But they'll sure charge you like they are!

[@PhattyMatty2008]

I live in New Orleans: No, that looks nothing like a bayou.

[@jbl8745]

Keep bringing the news my favorite channel with the best intro music