Having the story revolve around AFTER Tiana has her happily every after is crazy. It would have been so hype to have “Friends on the Other Side” playing as you ascend the lift hill
That would definitely have improved what they presented. Though I will still always love Splash Mountain best because I loved the Br'er Rabbit tales as a child.
I think the primary problem in Tiana’s is that there’s no narrative conflict, no suspense. The original laughin place felt delirious, ridiculous in a way. Tiana’s version is “sanitized” and doesn’t ask much of the participant. This is particularly clear right before the big drop. In Splash, Brer Rabbit is in captivity, about to be eaten. To the viewer empathizing with him, you feel as though you are in danger as well. In Tiana’s the narrative is telling you, “let’s do a conga line!” As far as “thrill” and plot relevance, Splash definitely wins. This certainly has to do, in part, with the fact that the ride was designed to fit the narrative, which put Tiana’s at a disadvantage anyway. But they definitely reduced tension or “fear factor” (at least for little kids) to make it more appealing to a wider audience, at least on paper. Probably not the best choice, as Disney was never meant to be “easy viewing,” but an adventure. Personally, this is what concerns me the most. In Disney’s attempt to “universalize” or “sanitize” their work as a means of being inclusive or inoffensive, it has actually become much harder for guests to enter into the world that is supposed to be for them. This is a paradigm shift in Disney’s philosophy and there’s not much anyone can do about it. At least that’s my opinion.
I feel like at the end or “conflict,” Dr. Facilier and the song "Friends on the Other Side" would’ve fit perfectly into the ride 😞 sadly it’s just not there.
They could have made it more suspenseful. I was confused when you were suddenly supposed to have been turned into a frog at that one drop? Like they could have had the voodoo guy doing voodoo guy things before that
Not to mention that Tiana doesn't even look like Tiana. There was soooo much potential, and they didn't reach it. I thought they were going to have it be like the events of the movie as the ride. It would have made it so much better.
Does anyone else appreciate how Splash Mountain had all real plants on the exterior but TBA just uses cheap looking faux plants? Just makes you appreciate Splash way more
I really miss splash mountain. It had it all. It gave the Disney spirit. The suspense and the music. The history it gave. I really miss it. It won’t ever be the same now to go to Disney. They keep changing the classics instead of just improving them. I know we must evolve with time but why take away a ride that everyone enjoy going to. I don’t even know if I ever want to go ride it cause then it will ruin my childhood memories. I want to keep those then wipe them gone.
I mean I loved Splash Mountain and grew up with it too, but I don't understand why you can't keep your memories and love them, but also enjoy the thing that comes after it. Your memories are not being replaced, it's just a new experience. If this being replaced is going to ruin Disney for you, then I genuinely feel really sorry for you.
@@MegKnightusIf you’re truly so young you can’t grasp not wanting to tarnish a childhood memory I *genuinely* feel sorry for you. What a simple concept to not be able to fathom.
Ok I’ll put it like this, I think they did a great job with the animatronics (even though they’re already malfunctioning) and the special effects but that’s it. The theme and music in my opinion doesn’t fit the track itself very well. If they would’ve just built Tiana a whole brand new dark ride then it would’ve fit a whole lot better. One of the best things about Splash Mountain was the music, it went so well with each section of the ride. Welcoming riders with happy music like “How do you do”, then changing the tune to something more dark and serious once getting to the vultures and the final drop, then finishing with happy music again like “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Da”. I feel like Tiana’s garbage just had happy joyous music throughout the entire ride. At least Splash Mountain took riders literally through a ride of emotions. Just my opinion, they dropped the ball with this trash
@ which is mind blowing in itself isn’t it? Splash Mountain was hands down one of the most popular rides at the park, hell it brought more attention to that section of the park. Doesn’t make any sense to change a popular ride. If it works why fix it?
@@MUNDOM316 it’s because some upset Karen found out that the film it was based on (song of the south) was not politically correct because god forbid a film made before being politically correct was important wasn’t politically correct, and they just HAD to complain, now karens are trying to complain about the haunted mansion being “too scary” and are getting angry over scenes in pirates that were removed 10 years ago for being uncomfortable. PEOPLE ARE TOO SENSITIVE NOW AND NEED TO REALIZE THAT THESE RIDES WERE BUILT IN THE 50S AND 60S
@@unboxingwithjayson2474 and a lot of those people probably never watched the film, Song of the South, to give a legit opinion about it. I’ve never seen it either so I can’t either but what I’ve read about the movie is how much it helped lay the foundation for black actors. Even the actor who played Uncle Remus saw nothing wrong or offensive about the movie and was actually very proud of the film’s success. But you’re right that was just the norm for movies and cartoons back in the 40’s. Pick the cartoon, looney tunes, Popeye, Tom and Jerry, etc. they all did it. You’re right everyone just needs to stop being so damn sensitive. The most annoying part about all of this is it was 1 ride in this massive park that offended a small group, if they didn’t like it then how about just not riding the ride you don’t like? I hate the tea cups but I’m not going to bitch up a storm to get rid of it, I’ll simply just skip it
@@Jokervrgt However, the new theme really doesn't fix any of the issues Splash Mountain was accused of (PatF was also accused of insensitivity with the voodoo depictions, so it's rather hypocritical to claim one theme is insensitive while replacing it with another).
Glad I was able to enjoy Splash Mountain one last time with my wife and kids before they changed it a few years back. Even though I’ve never seen the “Song of the South”, “Zippa De Do Dah” was always something that brought joy to me when I heard it and I’m glad my children got to hear it as well.
@MegKnightus Splash mountain didn't have a great story either bc it's hard to follow but I've you ride it enough or know the movie it's pretty simple So Bear Rabbit is being chased by Breat Fox and Brear Bare who are incompetent and can't find him so Bear Rabbit goes to the 'laughing place ' (after the 2nd drop ) to basically go party but he gets stuck in honey and brear fox finds him (final drop ) brear Rabbit tricks brear fox by saying that if he throws him down the mountain into the brear patch he'll never escape but becuse hes little he can and then he celebrates at the end .
My biggest problem is tension: Splash: this rabbit’s bouta be cooked and falls into the briar patch, Death crows heighten danger as you drop with him into certain death Tiana: you big now! Party timeee 🎊! Have fun!!🌼🌻🌸 It’s just.. not fun anymore
Splash mountain was the only Disney ride I was always smiling on, apart from the railway. Something about the scenery and the story was just so good you could only be happy on that ride.
I love splash mountain’s music. And the suspense right before the fall always got me excited and scared! It has always been my favorite ride. It was the best ride ever!
I fell like most people aren’t talking about the way you feel watching these. When I was watching splash mountain it felt like just something whole heartedly made for kids to enjoy no matter how many people rode it, but tianas bayu feels like they were just trying to get people to go on the ride then want to go buy tiana merch.
@@khayenq Except it was originally designed as a more thrilling ride to cater to teens and adults. Trying to make it pander to children too young to ride defeats the entire purpose. I swear the entire defense of TBA relies on its fans being completely media illiterate.
so disappointing that Splash Mountain is gone. When i was finally able to bring my daughter (6) they had already shut down for construction. ill miss it, it was my favorite ride.
@@pinkpeonies3236what’s funny about that is, you’d probably think i was “woke.” infact, i can say with certainty that you would. but some of us still enjoy the nostalgia. the films, the tv shows, the stories. i understand that things were just made differently back then. hell, a lot of the things i said in high school in 2013-2017 are not deemed acceptable or PC today. things changed, but we must not erase it all or we will forgot where we came from. It felt forced putting Tiana’s Bayou there, when it could’ve gone anywhere else. It feels to me like they felt they could only do ONE thing with it in order to clear its name. before, we could ride Splash Mountain, and know that even though the film it’s based off isn’t PC, that is history. and damn it i just wanna sing zippity-doo-dah, dip under the briar patch and laugh.
My only real problem with the new version of the ride is the buildup to the drop. Splash did it so much better, giving it an actual narrative that made the buildup to the drop foreboding. Why did the new version leave out Doctor Facilier and his spirits for this part? He was one of the best parts of Princess and the Frog and would've been great for that. Instead of that multicolored light on the way up imagine a projection that had his spirits swirling all around as you went up there with "Are you ready?" going in the background.
Genuinely the biggest issue with the retheme is that the existing ride system is just such a _terrible_ match for the story they're trying to tell, and they don't work well together at all. If they didn't want to commit to being a darker thrill ride, why reuse a thrill ride set up with those darker story beats in mind?
@@whittadeandkendra2772 Lol ironic you say that. "The Originals" vampires from NOLA used to say "always and forever" as their motto. But yeah, Splash all the way despite me loving the NOLA vibe.
One of my most distinct childhood memories is riding Splash Mountain when I was five. I remember the creepiness and feeling of entrapment in that final tunnel before the big drop 100% added to my suspense, it had my heart racing I was so scared, and I LOVED it. It was thrilling in a way few things were when I was that age. There’s a reason I remember the feeling so well even though I was so young. I feel as though they could have done something similar with this rebrand while still keeping it light. Get kids’ hearts racing by having Dr. Facilier laughing near the peak of the drop, and fill the tunnel with the crazy colors and shadow minions he summons during his songs, which they could do using the same lighting mechanism they already have. I guarantee that would make the thrill of the ride much more memorable to younger kids than just the anticipation of the drop alone would, all while still making it fun and light for them.
My main issue with Tiana's is all of the giant screens that should have been practical animatronics. Even if the fireflies were just on strings moving up and down (for example) it still would have been better than staring at a giant ipad.
As a Louisiana native, I cannot put into words how angry I am that they not only got rid of Splash Mountain, but made a cheap-o discount dollar store reject version of Louisana as its replacement which does LA absolutely ZERO favors since it also breaks down a lot.
Interesting that at the top of the splashdown the water stream on Tiana's side is broken; the boat is going down a dry slide. I understand how some of the complex new animatronics hastily installed may have malfunctioned; but as the flume itself is unchanged why was it malfunctioning all summer too?
Tiana starts waaaaay stronger! Slight edge to Splash once you get inside after the 1st drop. After the 2nd drop I just like Splash more, it gives more emotional scope. But I do enjoy what Tiana did there. From the final drop on I have to give it to Splash though. Tiana has more life there, but splash had the better song. The very ending is a wash, I like the frogs with the city landscape, but prefer brear rabbit at the very very end lol
For me. It depends on its lore and its lighting and music. not its landscape nor its outside, tianas also used music from the movie, so I like splasher better. But you do you, im not complaining!
Tiana's starts and ends well, but completely collapses in the middle because it has no real story holding the thrills up. Instead of the thrills complementing and accentuating the story, they clash with it.
I went on Splash Mountain in Japan recently and it really makes me miss the ride in California. I haven’t been on Tiana’s Bayou Adventure yet, but from what I have seen Splash Mountain wins in a long shot.
As much I do love BOTH "Song of the South" and "The Princess and The Frog", I really wish Disney could've left the OLD Splash Mountain the way it was, and put the "Princess and the Frog" Ride somewhere else in the Parks!
@@Yeat602 It's by no means perfect and absolutely has portions that have not aged well, but the parts that do work have a lot of heart to them. Splash Mountain only worked as well as it did because Song of the South had enough going for it to work as a foundation.
I've never experienced the original Spash Mountain, but I did ride Tiana's Bayou. I won't lie. The ride felt kind of lackluster. It felt like it was lazily slapped together in comparison to all of the other rides at Magic Kingdom. I liked the Princess and the Frog movie, but Disney really dropped the ball when it came to this ride. They even did the collectible pin a dirty by featuring every major character, BUT Tiana on it! This was almost as bad as them _literally_ pulling a dirty by featuring Tangled as a set of RESTROOMS instead of an actual attraction!
Funny now that you mentioned Tangled, right at the area where you meet Anna and Elsa, that used to be a meet and greet place for Rapunzel and Eugene. And I LOVED it so much because Tangled was my most favorite Disney Princess movie! My heart broke when it got replaced with the Anna and Elsa meet up.
I hate to know what became of everything that was in the previous final scene. The steamboat, all of those animatronics... I really hope they weren't trashed.
@@robSmith-be4jlyou don’t get it, all the money used for the props in the ride previously would be wasted in this garbage of an attraction. Not to mention that the props costs way more for the theme before this ride.
I love the new version of this ride. Kids pointed and smiled in glee as they were riding when we went. I’ve ridden the one before this, and it’s not that big of a difference. It’s practically the same ride but with the clear vibes of dark New Orleans and the movie💚🐸
It feels too happy now, the moments before the drop are supposed to be dark and chilling, they just slapped lasers in the lift hill and called it a day, it’s lazy and cheap, they should have just left splash the way it was, now time for the real competition, Tiana vs Jurassic World the ride at universal studios, they got the drop right, they make it scary, people get offended too easily these days and need to stop being so sensitive
2:35 Entering Slash Mountain: *Brightly Light, Dozens of Happy Critters Singing an Upbeat Song* Entering Tiana's Mountain: *Darkness, Disembodied Singing with No Signs of Life in Sight 👁️👁️* I think that comparison speaks for itself (Edit for all the braindead comments I'm getting: I am referring to the initial drop into the show building. I'm not trying to argue that Splash wasn't dark in some scenes. Of course it's dark, it's a dark ride! 🙄 I was just pointing out the difference between the first thing the rider sees and when entering the mountain for both versions of the attraction)
Splash was so cool, that scene before the drop and burrows lament gives me chills and makes me nerd out. Idk what the hell tiana is going for a guardians vibe? It’s a party? I’m not sure 😂😂😂.
I rode it recently and #1: it went too fast to enjoy anything going on or appreciate the animatronics. Splash Mountain felt like it was 5 minutes longer than Tiana’s; #2: I don’t remember any of the music, whereas How Do You Do stuck in my head for 25 years. Seriously, I thought about that song all the time. And #3: there definitely was no tension for the drop and nothing leading up to it. Makes the terrifying drop pointless. Tiana’s should have just been a flat boat ride with no drops. Given these factors, I probably won’t ride it again. It’s a lot of work to prepare for getting soaked with not enough payoff. 😊For me, at least.
that's a cool side by side comparison. I recently went on the Tiana's ride and got the front seat. Its been many years since I've rode Splash mountain, so most of it I do not remember. thanks for sharing.
6:06 Wow the difference between the water pressure on the falls is huge. I like Tiana’s version of the ride much better, but I don’t like the waterfall having less water.
I went on it last weekend (My daughter is a cast member) and we got soaked! I have never gotten so wet on that ride before! So not to worry it's plenty full and you WILL get very wet. (Thankfully we brought a change of clothes, including under ware) Overall it was cool, but I do have to admit I'd like Splash Mountain better. But I also remember when they opened Splash Mountain (I was 12) and how excited I was as it was the biggest/new ride they had opened in a while.
I mean im not sure if they mightve changed the splash levels at the time you went, byt when me and my gf went, we got DRENCHED. I have never been more soaked on a water coaster. We needed to buy extra clothes because of how soaked we were. We went roighly the first week the ride was open for cast and magic members. The ride was really fun, but i do hope they reduce the splash level because that was a little too much lol.
The water coming down the drop is an effect that can be temperamental, so it was likely just misbehaving on the day this was filmed. I've seen that it does work/still exists!
I just rode it last week and got soaked. Much more than we ever have before when it was splash mountain. I was wondering if it had a raised water level. When you watch this video each time there is a “splash zone” the new version seems to have a much larger splash confirming my suspicion. Thanks for the video.
I loved Splash Mountain, but like, this isn’t terrible at all. People were acting like there were big chunks of unfinished areas, but the dark and tableau elements are all the same. Also, point of note: this is not a “Classic” ride in the sense that it’s from the first two decades. It went up in 1984; long after Walt had died.
"Classic" refers to specific examples of a given medium that will be held in high regard for a long time to come. While some classic attractions are indeed older, there are still examples of newer attractions that can be held in that same regard (Splash Mountain being of particular note because of how its design heavily influenced other thrill rides going forward). TBA is not a modern Pirates or Haunted Mansion tier attraction; it joins the likes of Stitch's Great Escape and Rocket Rods in terms of poorly recycling their (much better) predecessors.
Splash Mountain had charm, animatronics, & had parts of terror, that was necessary for a log flume For Tiana's Bayou Adventure, half of the indoor section is just screens, the plot is more confusing, there is absolutely no terror, & it just feels like a cheap remake. Splash Mountain wins Tiana's Bayou Adventure should of remained in the scrapbooks
Splash Mountain had that fear of what was gona happen next, even if you knew. Sigh...another classic ride Disney changed because a few people complained 😢
Not a bad ride, but Splash is just sooo much better in almost every way. That finale scene might be the only real competition Splash has with this new ride, I think it’s absolutely incredible. But other than that, the animatronics aren’t as animated and there’s not as many and the music was far catchier in splash (but it’s still pretty good at tiana’s)
@@dogg-paws it clearly isn’t, it has everything splash has, having him wouldn’t make sense. Maybe if nostalgia blind people like you were not so oblivious to the fact you could actually make good statements
@@Syrup-n3t Oh come on, Dr. Facilier was one of the best Disney villains ever made, and if they were gonna retheme the ride, they needed to create a very exciting story like Splash Mountain was and they completely failed. The lack of Dr. Faciler was a symptom of the terrible plan of lacking a conflict in the story. You don't need to be "nostalgia blind" to see TBA for the downgrade it is. You've been deceived.
RIP Splash Mountain, the Disney spirit, and the Disney quality, which were scrubbed to make way for something so much less. And I can feel it, even though I have never ridden on TBA (Splash Mountain was an absolute blast!).
@@A_A610Everyone’s being really nice calling Splash a thrill ride lol. The most thrilling part was the drop we still have. Oh, or maybe the darkness they bathe the riders in for six hours haha
@@KekerikiGreen ...It was? The whole ride built up to a big dramatic final drop. That's why the ride was set up and paced the way it was, with the thrill of the final drop as its whole thematic focus. I swear the core defense of TBA relies almost entirely on basic media illiteracy.
The core problem with the ride is that the existing ride system just does not fit with the story they're trying to tell. If they wanted a ride inclusive and welcoming of everyone, they should have used a tamer ride system without height requirements that actually _would_ be welcoming of everyone.
My daughter loved it. It’s a ride and she knew the characters. I know many people are complaining but Disney is not an adult theme park. It’s for kids. I know Briar Rabbit but my kids don’t and to be honest splash mountain looked quite dusty over the years. It was old. I’m in my 40’s. That bear concert thing is old too and I think that was my mothers generation we just went because it had air conditioning. Disney is evolving for the new generation. Disney’s need to change that jungle book ride too. It needs a refresh.
It's one thing to refresh an older attraction for a new generation of audiences, it's another when an attraction purposefully built for a particular kind of story with careful attention to detail gets "refreshed" with a half-baked revamp that for some reason tries to do the opposite of everything it was originally designed to. I don't necessarily care that it was rethemed, but I do care that the new story really doesn't match the ride system they're trying to shoehorn it into. Splash Mountain committed to being a thrill ride, and that's why it worked so well; TBA for some reason want to pretend it's not, and that's why I feel it doesn't work anywhere near as well.
Walt did say “I do not make films primarily for children. I make them for the child in all of us, whether we be six or sixty.” and “Adults are only kids grown up.” He made it for adults to enjoy with their kids, and when the kids are grown up they can enjoy it again, hopefully with their own kids. If they were going to re-theme it, fine. But Walt also had a principle that if you replace something in the park, it needs to be even better. This is not.
This goes to show Tiana’s isn’t as bare boned as people made it seem. Both rides have plenty of dark parts. The main difference is that Tiana’s isn’t creepy and the scariness of Splash definitely helped build up the drop. But besides that I think they did a good job with Tiana’s. They probably wanted to leave the scary stuff for Villains Land.
My kids were devastated to hear that Splash Mountain was gone. Too bad Disney didn’t think to leave at least one alone. I’d love a Tiana ride but one put in Epcot or something. A whole new one all hers.
@@MagicMonkey96 the parks in Tokyo are not majority owned by the Disney company otherwise they would have changed it too. I don’t speak Japanese so that version of Zip a Dee do dah doesn’t ring the same for me 😆
As someone who disliked SM (don’t like water rides in general), I really appreciate the side by side because while I think TBA looks great, I probably won’t go on it. But this video makes me consider it.
Splash had way cuter critters and better music. Tiana isn't horrible but nowhere close to as good as Splash. By the way, why does Tiana still show sandstone walls?
Splash Mountain was clearly designed, engineered, and built with Splash Mountain in mind. Redecorating it to fit the Louisiana Bayou makes zero logical sense. It only works inside the mountain, which shouldn’t exist, until you go up a random hill. Sure. They try to make sense of it with the spirits or whatever, but it just looks cheap and breaks the immersion. It seems like a cheap redesign in a pitiful attempt to keep the park fresh, but it falls short because they planned and executed it poorly by forcing a them that doesn’t work for the design and layout. Disney can’t stop asking for L’s.
![[4K] Splash Mountain Front Row POV - Magic Kingdom - Walt Disney World Resort](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/pBBatgCUDVI/mqdefault.jpg)
Not having the voodoo man at the final drop or anywhere it seems is such a missed opportunity
I love how we all collectively agreed that the Shadow Man should have been there at the big drop lol
"Are you reeeeaaaady? Are you reaaaaaaadddy?"
It's pathetic. I'm pretty sure they were afraid to offend anyone.
@ i doubt that would offend anyone. They probably just didn’t want it to be scary for kids.
The same guy who plays the voodoo guy played husk in hazbin hotel
Having the story revolve around AFTER Tiana has her happily every after is crazy. It would have been so hype to have “Friends on the Other Side” playing as you ascend the lift hill
A followup story wouldn't have been as bad if they had, you know, an actual story worth telling...
That would definitely have improved what they presented. Though I will still always love Splash Mountain best because I loved the Br'er Rabbit tales as a child.
Gotta say though, nothing beats "zippidy doo dah." That was such a happy, classic song.
I miss it
@@josephberg6815 Me too. It's my all time favorite Disney song.
@@kylekeller3398got rid of it because it was a slave song imitation
Yeah with that old black man singing it. Good ole days when America was great again right guys?
I only know it through a Goofy cartoon where he was less dog and more man. He had a dog called Bawser?
Big Princess and the Frog fan here ... But Splash Mountain is so much better.
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I think the primary problem in Tiana’s is that there’s no narrative conflict, no suspense. The original laughin place felt delirious, ridiculous in a way. Tiana’s version is “sanitized” and doesn’t ask much of the participant. This is particularly clear right before the big drop. In Splash, Brer Rabbit is in captivity, about to be eaten. To the viewer empathizing with him, you feel as though you are in danger as well. In Tiana’s the narrative is telling you, “let’s do a conga line!” As far as “thrill” and plot relevance, Splash definitely wins. This certainly has to do, in part, with the fact that the ride was designed to fit the narrative, which put Tiana’s at a disadvantage anyway. But they definitely reduced tension or “fear factor” (at least for little kids) to make it more appealing to a wider audience, at least on paper. Probably not the best choice, as Disney was never meant to be “easy viewing,” but an adventure. Personally, this is what concerns me the most. In Disney’s attempt to “universalize” or “sanitize” their work as a means of being inclusive or inoffensive, it has actually become much harder for guests to enter into the world that is supposed to be for them. This is a paradigm shift in Disney’s philosophy and there’s not much anyone can do about it. At least that’s my opinion.
I feel like at the end or “conflict,” Dr. Facilier and the song "Friends on the Other Side" would’ve fit perfectly into the ride 😞 sadly it’s just not there.
They could have made it more suspenseful. I was confused when you were suddenly supposed to have been turned into a frog at that one drop? Like they could have had the voodoo guy doing voodoo guy things before that
In fact, did they completely leave out the villian? I don't see him
Tiana isn’t a horror film, so it’s much more bright and fun. splash mountain was very boring.
Not to mention that Tiana doesn't even look like Tiana. There was soooo much potential, and they didn't reach it. I thought they were going to have it be like the events of the movie as the ride. It would have made it so much better.
Does anyone else appreciate how Splash Mountain had all real plants on the exterior but TBA just uses cheap looking faux plants? Just makes you appreciate Splash way more
It would have been cooler if they changed the big incline to the drop with Dr Facilier cause makes sense
Sorry, that’s too offensive and scary
Maybe have the end of the drop be a voodoo mouth that takes you to a musical “other side” with trippy visuals before returning to the real world
I really miss splash mountain. It had it all. It gave the Disney spirit. The suspense and the music. The history it gave. I really miss it. It won’t ever be the same now to go to Disney. They keep changing the classics instead of just improving them. I know we must evolve with time but why take away a ride that everyone enjoy going to. I don’t even know if I ever want to go ride it cause then it will ruin my childhood memories. I want to keep those then wipe them gone.
I mean I loved Splash Mountain and grew up with it too, but I don't understand why you can't keep your memories and love them, but also enjoy the thing that comes after it. Your memories are not being replaced, it's just a new experience. If this being replaced is going to ruin Disney for you, then I genuinely feel really sorry for you.
the beautiful part about you tube is you can see it in its original state anytime that you want. i do for sure. i love the ol splash mountain
Dinosaur is up next
@@MegKnightusIf you’re truly so young you can’t grasp not wanting to tarnish a childhood memory I *genuinely* feel sorry for you. What a simple concept to not be able to fathom.
Ok I’ll put it like this, I think they did a great job with the animatronics (even though they’re already malfunctioning) and the special effects but that’s it. The theme and music in my opinion doesn’t fit the track itself very well. If they would’ve just built Tiana a whole brand new dark ride then it would’ve fit a whole lot better. One of the best things about Splash Mountain was the music, it went so well with each section of the ride. Welcoming riders with happy music like “How do you do”, then changing the tune to something more dark and serious once getting to the vultures and the final drop, then finishing with happy music again like “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Da”. I feel like Tiana’s garbage just had happy joyous music throughout the entire ride. At least Splash Mountain took riders literally through a ride of emotions. Just my opinion, they dropped the ball with this trash
Well said! You hit the nail on the head! Too bad they couldn’t leave a fan favorite alone.
@ which is mind blowing in itself isn’t it? Splash Mountain was hands down one of the most popular rides at the park, hell it brought more attention to that section of the park. Doesn’t make any sense to change a popular ride. If it works why fix it?
@@MUNDOM316 it’s because some upset Karen found out that the film it was based on (song of the south) was not politically correct because god forbid a film made before being politically correct was important wasn’t politically correct, and they just HAD to complain, now karens are trying to complain about the haunted mansion being “too scary” and are getting angry over scenes in pirates that were removed 10 years ago for being uncomfortable. PEOPLE ARE TOO SENSITIVE NOW AND NEED TO REALIZE THAT THESE RIDES WERE BUILT IN THE 50S AND 60S
@@unboxingwithjayson2474 and a lot of those people probably never watched the film, Song of the South, to give a legit opinion about it. I’ve never seen it either so I can’t either but what I’ve read about the movie is how much it helped lay the foundation for black actors. Even the actor who played Uncle Remus saw nothing wrong or offensive about the movie and was actually very proud of the film’s success. But you’re right that was just the norm for movies and cartoons back in the 40’s. Pick the cartoon, looney tunes, Popeye, Tom and Jerry, etc. they all did it. You’re right everyone just needs to stop being so damn sensitive. The most annoying part about all of this is it was 1 ride in this massive park that offended a small group, if they didn’t like it then how about just not riding the ride you don’t like? I hate the tea cups but I’m not going to bitch up a storm to get rid of it, I’ll simply just skip it
@@unboxingwithjayson2474 I wish I could just keep hitting the like button on your comment over and over
Splash mountain felt like a fun adventure. Tiana felt like a shopping cart ride through the farmers market
@@mybless4 And the new theme doesn't work as well with the ride.
@@mybless4splash mountain theme is way better
I like splash mountain but the ride is kind of racist
@@Jokervrgt However, the new theme really doesn't fix any of the issues Splash Mountain was accused of (PatF was also accused of insensitivity with the voodoo depictions, so it's rather hypocritical to claim one theme is insensitive while replacing it with another).
@@Jokervrgthave you seen the movie l?
Glad I was able to enjoy Splash Mountain one last time with my wife and kids before they changed it a few years back. Even though I’ve never seen the “Song of the South”, “Zippa De Do Dah” was always something that brought joy to me when I heard it and I’m glad my children got to hear it as well.
The new ride fails in one major way: story telling
Definitely. There is no emotional fluctuation in it anymore, doesn’t really tell a story.
What exactly was the original story of this ride? I have ridden this ride over a dozen times and I cannot tell you what the story is.
@MegKnightus Splash mountain didn't have a great story either bc it's hard to follow but I've you ride it enough or know the movie it's pretty simple
So Bear Rabbit is being chased by Breat Fox and Brear Bare who are incompetent and can't find him so Bear Rabbit goes to the 'laughing place ' (after the 2nd drop ) to basically go party but he gets stuck in honey and brear fox finds him (final drop ) brear Rabbit tricks brear fox by saying that if he throws him down the mountain into the brear patch he'll never escape but becuse hes little he can and then he celebrates at the end .
My biggest problem is tension:
Splash: this rabbit’s bouta be cooked and falls into the briar patch, Death crows heighten danger as you drop with him into certain death
Tiana: you big now! Party timeee 🎊! Have fun!!🌼🌻🌸
It’s just.. not fun anymore
1:40 They removed this duck and that is the real travesty of all this 🦆💀
I saw the duck too, hopefully it doesn't get hurt there. It probably thought this was just one weird, big pond.😊💕
Fish
Shark
@@wilsonmu6337close, you get one more guess
sounds crazy but i will so miss the thorns on the drop haha!!! i’ve always loved those
Don’t worry, everyone will. The thorns were iconic
Splash mountain was the only Disney ride I was always smiling on, apart from the railway. Something about the scenery and the story was just so good you could only be happy on that ride.
Watching this video makes me miss splash mountain.
aww I miss splash mountain it was my childhood ride.
Well good 4 u it still exists in tokyo
SAME
You act like you go every month. Like it’s a park down the street from you 😂 Now this will be someone else’s childhood
@@lax0rd1eWhat?
It’s literally the same ride with more decorations around it 😂. Times change.
I love splash mountain’s music. And the suspense right before the fall always got me excited and scared! It has always been my favorite ride. It was the best ride ever!
Thank you for Disnyeland Tokyo still keep the original ride 😔
Good to know! But I bet all the songs are in japanese😂😢😅
@@furball711 Actually, I remember the songs being in English! Just the dialogue was in Japanese
@47ratsinahoodie OMG! that is amazing!!! Please Japan...keep this gem...🙏
My list of reasons to go to Disney Tokyo keeps getting longer 😅
@furball711 the Japanese are not pu$$ies like the West
I fell like most people aren’t talking about the way you feel watching these. When I was watching splash mountain it felt like just something whole heartedly made for kids to enjoy no matter how many people rode it, but tianas bayu feels like they were just trying to get people to go on the ride then want to go buy tiana merch.
Great with surface level visuals, but ultimately lacks any meaningful depth to make it impactful.
I disagree, I remeber going to splash mountain feeling terrified 💀 The new design- though lacking depth- feels way more comforting for children.
@@khayenq Except it was originally designed as a more thrilling ride to cater to teens and adults. Trying to make it pander to children too young to ride defeats the entire purpose.
I swear the entire defense of TBA relies on its fans being completely media illiterate.
so disappointing that Splash Mountain is gone. When i was finally able to bring my daughter (6) they had already shut down for construction. ill miss it, it was my favorite ride.
Same. Now they tailored it to their woke culture.
@@pinkpeonies3236what’s funny about that is, you’d probably think i was “woke.” infact, i can say with certainty that you would. but some of us still enjoy the nostalgia. the films, the tv shows, the stories. i understand that things were just made differently back then. hell, a lot of the things i said in high school in 2013-2017 are not deemed acceptable or PC today. things changed, but we must not erase it all or we will forgot where we came from. It felt forced putting Tiana’s Bayou there, when it could’ve gone anywhere else. It feels to me like they felt they could only do ONE thing with it in order to clear its name. before, we could ride Splash Mountain, and know that even though the film it’s based off isn’t PC, that is history. and damn it i just wanna sing zippity-doo-dah, dip under the briar patch and laugh.
My only real problem with the new version of the ride is the buildup to the drop. Splash did it so much better, giving it an actual narrative that made the buildup to the drop foreboding. Why did the new version leave out Doctor Facilier and his spirits for this part? He was one of the best parts of Princess and the Frog and would've been great for that. Instead of that multicolored light on the way up imagine a projection that had his spirits swirling all around as you went up there with "Are you ready?" going in the background.
Genuinely the biggest issue with the retheme is that the existing ride system is just such a _terrible_ match for the story they're trying to tell, and they don't work well together at all. If they didn't want to commit to being a darker thrill ride, why reuse a thrill ride set up with those darker story beats in mind?
And the winner is... SPLASH MOUNTAIN!!! 💦⛰🐰🦊🐻
Always and forever.
@@whittadeandkendra2772 Lol ironic you say that. "The Originals" vampires from NOLA used to say "always and forever" as their motto. But yeah, Splash all the way despite me loving the NOLA vibe.
@@kylekeller3398 Absolutely
...but does Splash Mountain have Okra?
Eh, disagree. The new one is cool! People just don't like change.
How did they not have Facilier and his friends singing “are you ready?” At the big drop
One of my most distinct childhood memories is riding Splash Mountain when I was five. I remember the creepiness and feeling of entrapment in that final tunnel before the big drop 100% added to my suspense, it had my heart racing I was so scared, and I LOVED it. It was thrilling in a way few things were when I was that age. There’s a reason I remember the feeling so well even though I was so young.
I feel as though they could have done something similar with this rebrand while still keeping it light. Get kids’ hearts racing by having Dr. Facilier laughing near the peak of the drop, and fill the tunnel with the crazy colors and shadow minions he summons during his songs, which they could do using the same lighting mechanism they already have. I guarantee that would make the thrill of the ride much more memorable to younger kids than just the anticipation of the drop alone would, all while still making it fun and light for them.
seeing how they wrecked the laughing place actually hurts
It’s not that bad
@@Yeat602it’s not that bad because it’s actually terrible
@@jasongonzalez1061 how bro just except it’s gone buddy
@@Yeat602i did accept it i’m just commenting my opinion on a COMPARISON video where these sorts of comments are valid
😂😂😂
My main issue with Tiana's is all of the giant screens that should have been practical animatronics. Even if the fireflies were just on strings moving up and down (for example) it still would have been better than staring at a giant ipad.
Yeah. I noticed that. All the practical effects replaced with screens. Very disappointing.
I do think not having the bad guy was a missed opportunity...
Agreed. If they're going to revamp to their woke culture at least add in the cool baddie instead of making the ride Tatiana's whole food market.
@ lol
@@pinkpeonies3236her name is Tiana .
As a Louisiana native, I cannot put into words how angry I am that they not only got rid of Splash Mountain, but made a cheap-o discount dollar store reject version of Louisana as its replacement which does LA absolutely ZERO favors since it also breaks down a lot.
i can’t believe people aren’t talking about how tiana doesn’t even look like tiana
Space Mountain, Thunder Mountain, and of course… well never mind I guess.
We still have Matterhorn mountain
@ Not at Disney World☹️
Splash Mountain was the best ride
Interesting that at the top of the splashdown the water stream on Tiana's side is broken; the boat is going down a dry slide. I understand how some of the complex new animatronics hastily installed may have malfunctioned; but as the flume itself is unchanged why was it malfunctioning all summer too?
It is not that deep
2:40
The fact as you enter the tunnel, Tiana has nothing, only to show off a Tv screen. Which seems to be a big thing now days, Tv screens
Tiana starts waaaaay stronger! Slight edge to Splash once you get inside after the 1st drop. After the 2nd drop I just like Splash more, it gives more emotional scope. But I do enjoy what Tiana did there. From the final drop on I have to give it to Splash though. Tiana has more life there, but splash had the better song. The very ending is a wash, I like the frogs with the city landscape, but prefer brear rabbit at the very very end lol
also Tiana wins by a landslide being prettier on the outside and amazing at night.
For me. It depends on its lore and its lighting and music. not its landscape nor its outside, tianas also used music from the movie, so I like splasher better. But you do you, im not complaining!
Tiana's starts and ends well, but completely collapses in the middle because it has no real story holding the thrills up. Instead of the thrills complementing and accentuating the story, they clash with it.
I went on Splash Mountain in Japan recently and it really makes me miss the ride in California. I haven’t been on Tiana’s Bayou Adventure yet, but from what I have seen Splash Mountain wins in a long shot.
As much I do love BOTH "Song of the South" and "The Princess and The Frog", I really wish Disney could've left the OLD Splash Mountain the way it was, and put the "Princess and the Frog" Ride somewhere else in the Parks!
No way u like song of the south
Me too, Sean!
@@Yeat602 hey buddy hey buddy, people can like their own thing okay? So keep your mouth shut.
@@Yeat602 It's by no means perfect and absolutely has portions that have not aged well, but the parts that do work have a lot of heart to them. Splash Mountain only worked as well as it did because Song of the South had enough going for it to work as a foundation.
@@A_A610 ok then say something else not that u like a story that is very racist
I've never experienced the original Spash Mountain, but I did ride Tiana's Bayou. I won't lie. The ride felt kind of lackluster. It felt like it was lazily slapped together in comparison to all of the other rides at Magic Kingdom.
I liked the Princess and the Frog movie, but Disney really dropped the ball when it came to this ride. They even did the collectible pin a dirty by featuring every major character, BUT Tiana on it!
This was almost as bad as them _literally_ pulling a dirty by featuring Tangled as a set of RESTROOMS instead of an actual attraction!
Funny now that you mentioned Tangled, right at the area where you meet Anna and Elsa, that used to be a meet and greet place for Rapunzel and Eugene. And I LOVED it so much because Tangled was my most favorite Disney Princess movie!
My heart broke when it got replaced with the Anna and Elsa meet up.
What I dont like in most of the recent Disney rides is the abuse of poorly executed screen images. There are some great exceptions tho.
For being told that Song of the South was racist a lot of people still liked the ride who aren’t racist
Anybody who said "Song of the South" is racist never saw it.
@ and how can they watch it anyway without bringing up piracy cause let’s face it that’s everyone’s bread and butter
Everything is racist and offensive when you go woke it's ridiculous
Fun comparison... Thank you!
Conclusion: 1) They removed a classic. 2) They could have done SO MUCH better with Princess & the Frog. 3) I miss Splash Mountain.
I hate to know what became of everything that was in the previous final scene. The steamboat, all of those animatronics... I really hope they weren't trashed.
It’s not yours so you don’t have to worry about it.
@@robSmith-be4jl The Statue of Liberty isn't yours, so don't worry if NYC decides to demolish it.
You see how stupid that sounds?
@@robSmith-be4jl So, should people be okay if NYC decides to demolish the Statue of Liberty? It wasn't theirs after all.
@@robSmith-be4jlyou don’t get it, all the money used for the props in the ride previously would be wasted in this garbage of an attraction. Not to mention that the props costs way more for the theme before this ride.
I don't know about the animatronics in the final scene, but I did hear that the riverboat itself was destroyed!
Absolutuely no contest. Splash Mountain is the clear winner.
I really don't see why LOL
@@WanderyenErinYeah same I’ve rode both, they both have the same charm
I love the new version of this ride. Kids pointed and smiled in glee as they were riding when we went.
I’ve ridden the one before this, and it’s not that big of a difference. It’s practically the same ride but with the clear vibes of dark New Orleans and the movie💚🐸
It feels too happy now, the moments before the drop are supposed to be dark and chilling, they just slapped lasers in the lift hill and called it a day, it’s lazy and cheap, they should have just left splash the way it was, now time for the real competition, Tiana vs Jurassic World the ride at universal studios, they got the drop right, they make it scary, people get offended too easily these days and need to stop being so sensitive
I don’t think anyone actually prefers Tiana’s Bayou Adventure over Splash Mountain.
2:35
Entering Slash Mountain: *Brightly Light, Dozens of Happy Critters Singing an Upbeat Song*
Entering Tiana's Mountain:
*Darkness, Disembodied Singing with No Signs of Life in Sight 👁️👁️*
I think that comparison speaks for itself
(Edit for all the braindead comments I'm getting: I am referring to the initial drop into the show building. I'm not trying to argue that Splash wasn't dark in some scenes. Of course it's dark, it's a dark ride! 🙄 I was just pointing out the difference between the first thing the rider sees and when entering the mountain for both versions of the attraction)
Every other moment: far more light and action on the other side...
@glumgobgroonkslopeater Really? Looks like much brighter and more going on with TBA for most of the ride.
@@doctordunc Please go see an Optometrist
@glumgobgroonkslopeaterclassic rage bait 😂
@@doctorduncTiana looks bad.
0:46
The lack of water fall on Tiana’s ride🫠
Ikr 😞
Sad
In my only defense it was just during previews, the water is now rushing down the fall
Splash was so cool, that scene before the drop and burrows lament gives me chills and makes me nerd out. Idk what the hell tiana is going for a guardians vibe? It’s a party? I’m not sure 😂😂😂.
Ironic as Disney HAS lost sight of what is important.
I don't get why they changed the ride. Seems the new ride is worse than the original. 😂😂😂😂
6:36 “oh I got wet I got wet” yeah no duh it’s a water ride
This ride will never be like Splash Mountain. This ride is awful. Splash Mountains was the best ride and had the best songs. It will be missed.
Forgive me, but I like the old version, Splash Mountain, and even its music is happier and the attraction is more fun with its animatronics.
Nothing to forgive. Disney lost their way years ago. This is just more proof of it
@GrimSoulBanisher TRUE
I agree
They got rid of Zippity Do Dah? That's just sacrilege.
Great video!! Can’t wait to try the new version.
Still love splash mountain
I rode it recently and #1: it went too fast to enjoy anything going on or appreciate the animatronics. Splash Mountain felt like it was 5 minutes longer than Tiana’s; #2: I don’t remember any of the music, whereas How Do You Do stuck in my head for 25 years. Seriously, I thought about that song all the time. And #3: there definitely was no tension for the drop and nothing leading up to it. Makes the terrifying drop pointless. Tiana’s should have just been a flat boat ride with no drops.
Given these factors, I probably won’t ride it again. It’s a lot of work to prepare for getting soaked with not enough payoff. 😊For me, at least.
that's a cool side by side comparison. I recently went on the Tiana's ride and got the front seat. Its been many years since I've rode Splash mountain, so most of it I do not remember.
thanks for sharing.
6:06 Wow the difference between the water pressure on the falls is huge. I like Tiana’s version of the ride much better, but I don’t like the waterfall having less water.
I went on it last weekend (My daughter is a cast member) and we got soaked! I have never gotten so wet on that ride before! So not to worry it's plenty full and you WILL get very wet. (Thankfully we brought a change of clothes, including under ware)
Overall it was cool, but I do have to admit I'd like Splash Mountain better. But I also remember when they opened Splash Mountain (I was 12) and how excited I was as it was the biggest/new ride they had opened in a while.
I mean im not sure if they mightve changed the splash levels at the time you went, byt when me and my gf went, we got DRENCHED. I have never been more soaked on a water coaster. We needed to buy extra clothes because of how soaked we were. We went roighly the first week the ride was open for cast and magic members. The ride was really fun, but i do hope they reduce the splash level because that was a little too much lol.
The water coming down the drop is an effect that can be temperamental, so it was likely just misbehaving on the day this was filmed. I've seen that it does work/still exists!
They fixed that
I just rode it last week and got soaked. Much more than we ever have before when it was splash mountain. I was wondering if it had a raised water level. When you watch this video each time there is a “splash zone” the new version seems to have a much larger splash confirming my suspicion. Thanks for the video.
They did a nice job, but it lacks all of the “vibes” that Splash Mountain was loved for. 😢
I loved Splash Mountain, but like, this isn’t terrible at all. People were acting like there were big chunks of unfinished areas, but the dark and tableau elements are all the same. Also, point of note: this is not a “Classic” ride in the sense that it’s from the first two decades. It went up in 1984; long after Walt had died.
"Classic" refers to specific examples of a given medium that will be held in high regard for a long time to come. While some classic attractions are indeed older, there are still examples of newer attractions that can be held in that same regard (Splash Mountain being of particular note because of how its design heavily influenced other thrill rides going forward).
TBA is not a modern Pirates or Haunted Mansion tier attraction; it joins the likes of Stitch's Great Escape and Rocket Rods in terms of poorly recycling their (much better) predecessors.
It actually opened in 1989. And later at Disney World. I think that there are big areas of nothing at Disney World.
It is terrible.
Splash Mountain had charm, animatronics, & had parts of terror, that was necessary for a log flume
For Tiana's Bayou Adventure, half of the indoor section is just screens, the plot is more confusing, there is absolutely no terror, & it just feels like a cheap remake.
Splash Mountain wins
Tiana's Bayou Adventure should of remained in the scrapbooks
Because I love Louis the Alligator
1:21 2:56 3:20 4:29 7:09 7:21
hehe me toooo
Splash Mountain had that fear of what was gona happen next, even if you knew. Sigh...another classic ride Disney changed because a few people complained 😢
Exactly, they ruined a great whimsical ride for stupid reasons.
Tell me about it.
“Disneyland will never be finished”- Walt
@@claresseromero3576 he also said that we don’t replace it unless it’s replaced with something better.
And now you guys are going to be the ones complaining for it back, making the other group upset,
Will never forgive them for what they've done to Splash Mountain and Tower of Terror 😤
Not to mention the spinning boat dog was a fan favorite animatronic that wasn’t there in recent years automatically makes splash so much better.
Not a bad ride, but Splash is just sooo much better in almost every way. That finale scene might be the only real competition Splash has with this new ride, I think it’s absolutely incredible. But other than that, the animatronics aren’t as animated and there’s not as many and the music was far catchier in splash (but it’s still pretty good at tiana’s)
Princess and the Frog is a good movie with some great music, so it’s really unfortunate this ride didn’t live up to the potential it could have had.
@@ChrisJones-gx7fcidk I think it’s amazing but that’s just mo
@@Syrup-n3t Oh come on, TBA doesn't even have Dr. Facilier. It's a disappointment all-around.
@@dogg-paws it clearly isn’t, it has everything splash has, having him wouldn’t make sense. Maybe if nostalgia blind people like you were not so oblivious to the fact you could actually make good statements
@@Syrup-n3t Oh come on, Dr. Facilier was one of the best Disney villains ever made, and if they were gonna retheme the ride, they needed to create a very exciting story like Splash Mountain was and they completely failed. The lack of Dr. Faciler was a symptom of the terrible plan of lacking a conflict in the story.
You don't need to be "nostalgia blind" to see TBA for the downgrade it is. You've been deceived.
Bring back the rabbit 🐇
@@rgroppi1305 and the fox and bear 🦊🐻
And especially the duck 🦆
He’s the important one here
@@unboxingwithjayson2474 You mean goose? 🪿
No the duck 1:41
The real duck that isn’t part of the attraction
Breaks my heart
R.I.P to splash Mountain it’s sadly no more😔
Splash mountain was always boring until the big drop. Look at how much empty space there is. I'm glad they added more stuff
Was anybody else singing along to everybody’s got a laughing place during the video? That tells you something
@glumgobgroonkslopeaterhow do you do is sooo good though nothing on Tiana is good. Burrows lament is killer.
Wait...this is what they use the state of the art audio animatronics for? 🤣
They’re going to be different. Two different rides. People don’t like change. I’m excited to ride it.
Splash Mountain >
We’ll be heading to Tokyo 🇯🇵 this spring to continue on the splash mountain legacy/memories/tradition
Bring back Splash Mountain!!!
The problem is that even if they did, it wouldn’t be the same. Those animatronics are long gone now.
Srry to say this but idk if they could.. :/
only in another multiverse
It’s really sad how hard Disney works to ruin everything for no reason 😂😂😂
Splash Mountain's x100 better
RIP Splash Mountain. They did you wrong 😑
Splash mountain was awesome
RIP Splash Mountain, the Disney spirit, and the Disney quality, which were scrubbed to make way for something so much less. And I can feel it, even though I have never ridden on TBA (Splash Mountain was an absolute blast!).
I don't care what anyone says, I loved tianas. Its my favorite movie after all.
It's a fun movie, but this does a terrible job of translating that into a thrill ride.
Tiana is always better
@@Furture2000 "I don't care about quality as long as characters are shoved in my face"
@@A_A610Everyone’s being really nice calling Splash a thrill ride lol. The most thrilling part was the drop we still have. Oh, or maybe the darkness they bathe the riders in for six hours haha
@@KekerikiGreen ...It was? The whole ride built up to a big dramatic final drop. That's why the ride was set up and paced the way it was, with the thrill of the final drop as its whole thematic focus.
I swear the core defense of TBA relies almost entirely on basic media illiteracy.
Loved Tiana Bayou Adventure!
1:40 Even that one Duck has more personality and charisma than the new Tiana ride
HAHAHA I live in Japan and can still ride Splash whenever I want! HAHAHA! PS new ride looks awful, thank goodness tdl said hell no
Could we not have kept one Splash stateside at the very least?
Edit: just listen to the music at 3:20, there’s no comparison.
Splash mountain will always be better in my heart🐻🐺❤️
Not an upgrade
It’s just strange to me that they adapted this specific ride for Tiana’s story. The mountains and waterfalls of the bayou?
The core problem with the ride is that the existing ride system just does not fit with the story they're trying to tell. If they wanted a ride inclusive and welcoming of everyone, they should have used a tamer ride system without height requirements that actually _would_ be welcoming of everyone.
My daughter loved it. It’s a ride and she knew the characters. I know many people are complaining but Disney is not an adult theme park. It’s for kids. I know Briar Rabbit but my kids don’t and to be honest splash mountain looked quite dusty over the years. It was old. I’m in my 40’s. That bear concert thing is old too and I think that was my mothers generation we just went because it had air conditioning. Disney is evolving for the new generation. Disney’s need to change that jungle book ride too. It needs a refresh.
It's one thing to refresh an older attraction for a new generation of audiences, it's another when an attraction purposefully built for a particular kind of story with careful attention to detail gets "refreshed" with a half-baked revamp that for some reason tries to do the opposite of everything it was originally designed to.
I don't necessarily care that it was rethemed, but I do care that the new story really doesn't match the ride system they're trying to shoehorn it into. Splash Mountain committed to being a thrill ride, and that's why it worked so well; TBA for some reason want to pretend it's not, and that's why I feel it doesn't work anywhere near as well.
Walt did say “I do not make films primarily for children. I make them for the child in all of us, whether we be six or sixty.” and “Adults are only kids grown up.” He made it for adults to enjoy with their kids, and when the kids are grown up they can enjoy it again, hopefully with their own kids.
If they were going to re-theme it, fine. But Walt also had a principle that if you replace something in the park, it needs to be even better. This is not.
It's cool that your daughter likes the story & understands it but it was a classic. Renovate it, yes, retheme the whole ride to an IP? No
Splash was a cooler ride, glad I rode it before they made the change.
This goes to show Tiana’s isn’t as bare boned as people made it seem. Both rides have plenty of dark parts. The main difference is that Tiana’s isn’t creepy and the scariness of Splash definitely helped build up the drop. But besides that I think they did a good job with Tiana’s. They probably wanted to leave the scary stuff for Villains Land.
I miss Splash Mountain!
Pretty sure the kids will enjoy the ride regardless of the theme!!
"Who cares, it's for kids" as though that isn't the exact sentiment Walt Disney himself personally detested...
My kids were devastated to hear that Splash Mountain was gone. Too bad Disney didn’t think to leave at least one alone. I’d love a Tiana ride but one put in Epcot or something. A whole new one all hers.
@@tirzahmyers3392they left the one in Tokyo alone
@@MagicMonkey96 the parks in Tokyo are not majority owned by the Disney company otherwise they would have changed it too. I don’t speak Japanese so that version of Zip a Dee do dah doesn’t ring the same for me 😆
As someone who disliked SM (don’t like water rides in general), I really appreciate the side by side because while I think TBA looks great, I probably won’t go on it. But this video makes me consider it.
As always, Disneyland’s is better than Disney world’s!
Especially that is right next to New Orleans Square.
I mean, DL splash was arguably worse than MK version. But DL Tiana is better than MK
Disneyland is a rundown theme park like Six Flags. Nothing at DL is better than at WDW.
@@TheGraduate702The food, the atmosphere, the weather, the cleanliness, the maintenance. But yeah, “nothing”
@ don’t forget the ghetto and surly park attendants and cast members, outdated attractions, unkept grounds, etc.. @ Anaheim
Same ride just different scenery still fun and kids enjoy
Splash had way cuter critters and better music. Tiana isn't horrible but nowhere close to as good as Splash.
By the way, why does Tiana still show sandstone walls?
Splash Mountain was clearly designed, engineered, and built with Splash Mountain in mind. Redecorating it to fit the Louisiana Bayou makes zero logical sense. It only works inside the mountain, which shouldn’t exist, until you go up a random hill. Sure. They try to make sense of it with the spirits or whatever, but it just looks cheap and breaks the immersion. It seems like a cheap redesign in a pitiful attempt to keep the park fresh, but it falls short because they planned and executed it poorly by forcing a them that doesn’t work for the design and layout. Disney can’t stop asking for L’s.