Got on Tiana's (is there really no thread around here? Huh) and I think the reviews were spot on.
Pros:
- It's GORGEOUS, easily the best looking ride in the resort. I could see a lot of proposals possibly happening on this ride.
- Animatronics are AMAZING. Again, best looking in the resort.
- The ride in itself is still a great time, Splash was well built
- The new additions to the queue are great little tidbits of world building
- There's some fun surprises in how they overlay certain scenes (the light shining in your eyes during what used to be a dark drop was very weird in a fun way)
Cons:
- The narrative is REALLY weak
- It's missing an element of danger to keep things exciting and to match the thrills/drops
- It desperately needs some antagonist of some sort.
- Not a huge fan of projections, but these parts feel minimal all together, so don't ruin any scenes necessarily
- This is obviously temporary, but you get WAY too wet. Like seriously WTF. Bring a pancho.
All in all, I miss Splash Mountain, but Tiana's will do so we get to keep the mountain. Most of my friends loved the ride but agreed the story could be a lot better. It'll definitely be something I hit most days when at the park, at least when VQ is over (which I think is unnecessary even now, btw -- it was a total walk on)