James F
Hyper Poster
Splash Mountain was my favourite ride overall, from it's theming, atmosphere, ride experience, storytelling etc. Above any coaster, given the chance I would ride Splash Mountain every day. I am not going to lie, it's a bitter pill to swallow to see Disney change one it's most popular rides to another empty passive experience.
I was a little optimistic with the original designer Tony Baxer on-board with this refurb, but it's more of the same of what we have seen recently with Disney. IP synergy and sanitisation. A shame because it could of been great considering the ride system they have to work with.
They did make a couple of upgrades here and there, such as the lighting and animotrontics, but ultimately the storytelling is transparently poor. I think if Disney really cared about Princess of the Frog they would of created an original ride from the ground up, while it might seem like a wasted potential, hopefully there is more to this in real life from what we have seen in the POV.
I was a little optimistic with the original designer Tony Baxer on-board with this refurb, but it's more of the same of what we have seen recently with Disney. IP synergy and sanitisation. A shame because it could of been great considering the ride system they have to work with.
They did make a couple of upgrades here and there, such as the lighting and animotrontics, but ultimately the storytelling is transparently poor. I think if Disney really cared about Princess of the Frog they would of created an original ride from the ground up, while it might seem like a wasted potential, hopefully there is more to this in real life from what we have seen in the POV.
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