Prepare for an entire new journey in Disney Parks! “Tiana’s Bayou Journey” is coming to each Walt Disney World and Disneyland subsequent 12 months, and theGrio traveled to New Orleans for a preview, together with Disney Imagineers, who broke down the inspiration behind the upcoming “The Princess and the Frog” themed attraction.
As theGrio beforehand reported, Disney is changing their famed Splash Mountain journey with “Tiana’s Bayou Journey” subsequent 12 months, a change first introduced in 2020. Straight from the world of the 2009 traditional “The Princess and the Frog,” the approaching attraction will take riders on to the New Orleans bayou, as Princess Tiana and Prince Naveen prepare for a “one-of-a-kind” Mardi Gras celebration.
Final month, Disney Imagineers gathered within the birthplace of “The Princess and the Frog” story: New Orleans. Govt inventive producer Charita Carter defined the significance of illustration not solely within the movie however within the “subsequent chapter” story within the journey.
“Tiana is an inspiration as a result of she is Disney’s first African American princess, and he or she is our first American princess,” Carter stated.
Because the story continues within the journey, Princess Tiana has opened up Tiana’s Meals, a thriving enterprise set in an outdated salt mine. Whereas experiencing the attraction, riders will encounter new and acquainted faces, all set to that traditional “The Princess and the Frog” music.
“We really feel that we’re making a love letter to New Orleans,” stated Carmen Smith, Disney’s senior vice chairman and govt of inventive improvement product/content material and inclusive methods. “It’s a tribute to all the nice individuals and communities and the artwork that’s right here,” she famous when discussing representing Black historical past and New Orleans within the journey
“Though Tiana is a personality in a narrative, her tradition and the place that she comes from could be very actual,” Smith added. “We wish this attraction to essentially discover what New Orleans is all about.”
From partnering with the New Orleans Jazz Museum, Sharika Mahdi of YAYA (Younger Aspirations Younger Artists Inc.) and the Historic New Orleans Assortment to tapping PJ Morton and Terence Blanchard for authentic music for the attraction, the Disney Imagineers left no stone unturned when creating an genuine and highly effective love letter to this wealthy American metropolis.
“Being right here and assembly so many various individuals actually helped us higher perceive what it’s prefer to dwell in New Orleans,” stated Smith. “We wish individuals from New Orleans to say, ‘Wow, they did their homework.’ And for many who have by no means been, we would like them to e book a flight, take a prepare and are available to New Orleans.”
“Tiana’s Bayou Journey” will formally debut subsequent 12 months at each Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Florida and at Disneyland in California.
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