Today at D23 details on Tiana’s Bayou Adventure were revealed!
Imagineers join Josh D’Amaro, chariman of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, onstage to discuss Tiana’s Bayou Adventure today!
Image from D23 livestream, September 11, 2022
The attraction is coming to Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort in late 2024.
We heard from Charita Carter, executive producer relevancy activations at Walt Disney Imagineering.
Also onstage was Ted Robledo, executive creative director at Walt Disney Imagineering.
Finally we met Carmen Smith, senior vice president creative development at Disney Parks, Experiences and Products at Walt Disney Imagineering.
They revealed more details and concept art of Tiana’s Bayou Adventure – and brought the house down with a fabulous musical performance by Anika Noni Rose!
D23 EXPO 2022 – Anika Noni Rose (Center) – (The Walt Disney Company)
What we know about the new attraction
This is a revamp of the existing Splash Mountain attraction.
There will be a complete theme change over to give us the feel of the bayou and New Orleans as we experienced in the movie, The Princess and the Frog.
Several members of the original film cast will return to lend their voices to the attraction, including:
D23 EXPO 2022 – (The Walt Disney Company) – Anika Noni Rose (Center)
Anika Noni Rose as Tiana
Bruno Campos as Naveen
Michael Leon Wooley as Louis
and Jenifer Lewis as Mama Odie
About the new story
Ted shared that in the new attraction, Tiana will be an entrepreneur and inspirational leader.
Guests will join Tiana and Louis to go to the bayou to invite friends to a party that is missing certain people that need to be there.
According to Charita, mist will be used in a new way to create true bayou magic.
Imagineers have been working with local artist Sharika Mahdi in New Orleans to develop the feel for this important new attraction.
Carmen shared: “Even though Tiana is a character in a story, her culture and the place that she comes from is very real.”
The attraction is going to be beautiful – day and night.
The attraction will be a love letter to New Orleans.
“It’s important for our guests to feel how we approach the story in an authentic way.
If you’ve been to New Orleans, you should feel like you’re coming home.
If you’ve never been to New Orleans, well, this should make you want to go.”
Stella Chase Reese has been involved and is an honorary imagineer. She’s the daughter of Chef Leah Chase, who was the inspiration for Tiana.
Following the presentation from Josh and the imagineers, we were treated to a fabulous musical performance!
Anika Noni Rose and amazing backup singers performed “Almost There” and “Dig a Little Deeper” from the movie.
There were dancers and even a New Orleans jazz band!
D23 EXPO 2022 – (The Walt Disney Company) – Anika Noni Rose (Center)
All guests received handkerchiefs to wave during Anika Noni Rose’s live performance.
The musical performance underscored something very important about the new attraction – the music will be a huge feature for us to enjoy!
D23 EXPO 2022 – (The Walt Disney Company) – Anika Noni Rose (Center)
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