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Day Two of Tiana’s Bayou Adventure Sees Ride Closures and a Stall in Merch Sales

AlexGherzo | Jun 29, 2024 | 2

Day one of Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, despite ride closures and the lackluster attendance of the accompanying live show, was more successful than a lot of people thought it would be. The merchandise (which was sold in The Emporium, as the ride’s shop has not yet opened) seemed to be selling, and t...

Park Hoppin’ Attends the Tiana’s Bayou Adventure Opening Day

AlexGherzo | Jun 28, 2024 | 0

Today was the grand opening of Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, and Krista and Jay were there! Not there as in “on the ride,” because the crack of dawn was already too late to reserve your spot on the virtual queue, but they’ve got plenty of footage of the ride – which was actually running – in ...

Tiana’s Bayou Adventure Opens Tomorrow and Park Hoppin’ Will Be There

AlexGherzo | Jun 27, 2024 | 0

The big day is here, and Disney isn’t prepared. Tomorrow will be the official opening of Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, the Disney World ride that is replacing Splash Mountain, which has been deemed racist by… nobody, to my knowledge, or at least nobody outside of the woker than woke halls of Disney...

Tiana’s Bayou Adventure Breaks Down Again

AlexGherzo | Jun 4, 2024 | 0

Remember that disastrous preview of Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, Disney’s replacement for Splash Mountain in The Magic Kingdom? It broke down, animatronics malfunctioned, fire alarms sounded, and the press and online influencers were evacuated from the ride, as reported on Park Hoppin’. Well, toda...

Tiana’s Bayou Adventure Breaks Down During Previews

AlexGherzo | Jun 3, 2024 | 3

Replacing the beloved Splash Mountain may prove to be yet another costly mistake for Disney. If you’ll remember, Disney decided that, due to its ties to Song of the South, Splash Mountain was racist, so they’re replacing it with an attraction based on The Princess and the Frog. The new ride, Tia...

An Interview With ThatTuggLife

BlabberingCollector | May 26, 2022 | 2

Blabbering Collector: How did you get into Geeks + Gamers? ThatTuggLife: Before Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker came out, I was on Reddit, and one user leaked a whole bunch of information, like the Rey and Kylo kiss, Rey’s yellow lightsaber, the two lightsabers, Luke and Leia’s Force Gh...