“People gonna come here from everywhere, and I’m almost there.”
are about to become a reality at Walt Disney World.
will open June 28 at the Florida resort, Disney announced Sunday during
The opening date is almost exactly four years after Disney first announced that it would be replacing with a story inspired by “The Princess and the Frog.”
The reimagining is also underway at Disneyland in California, which will open its Tiana Bayou Adventure .
Here’s what travelers should know about the highly anticipated ride:
It’s not a retelling of “The Princess and the Frog”
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is set after the events of “The Princess and the Frog.”
Having achieved her dreams, Tiana is now giving back to her community through a new co-op called Tiana’s Foods, which is built into a new incarnation of Splash Mountain’s mountain. Guests will learn all about it in the ride’s queue, which will smell like beignets.
Guests will travel along the bayou as Tiana prepares to throw a big Mardi Gras bash and everyone is invited.
From the music to the art to the inspiration for Tiana herself – late James Beard-award-winning of – Tiana’s Bayou Adventure will pay tribute to the spirit of New Orleans.
“She’s fantastical, but she came from a very real place,” Walt Disney Imagineering Executive Creative Producer-VP Charita Carter said in 2022. She hopes guests from Louisiana will ride Tiana’s Bayou Adventure and say, “Yeah, this feels right.”
Will Tiana’s Bayou Adventure have animatronics?
The created for Hong Kong Disneyland’s , Shanghai Disney Resort’s , and Tokyo DisneySea’s are finally coming to Disney’s U.S. parks in Tiana’s Bayou Adventure.
In sneak peeks shared by Walt Disney Imagineering, , and are seen fluidly moving their arms and swiveling their heads and hips with ease.
In addition to familiar characters from the film, the attraction will feature created just for the attraction.
Why did Disney close Splash Mountain?
Splash Mountain’s Br’er Rabbit story was inspired by “Song of the South,” a 1946 Disney film, which had long been criticized for its idealized portrayal of plantation life.
Disney has not tied Splash Mountain’s closing to “Song of the South,” the way an garnering more than 21,000 signatures did in 2020.
That June, Disney announced plans to reimagine Splash Mountain at Disney World and Disneyland with a “Princess and the Frog”-inspired theme, noting plans had been in the works .
However, when was asked at a that March if the film would be added to Disney+, he said, “I’ve felt, as long as I’ve been CEO, that ‘Song of the South’ was – even with a disclaimer – was just not appropriate in today’s world.”
The attraction at Tokyo Disney Resort, which is owned by The Oriental Land Co.
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