Walt Disney Imagineering shared a never-before-seen look inside Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, a highly anticipated ride slated to open this summer at Walt Disney World and later in the year at Disneyland.
In the latest episode of “We Call It Imagineering,” viewers get an inside look at the attraction at Disney World as Grammy-winning musician PJ Morton, who created the score for the attraction, and Imagineers journey down into the bayou.
Walt Disney Imagineering shared a never-before-seen look inside Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, a highly anticipated ride slated to open this summer at Walt Disney World and later in the year at Disneyland. (Disney) 
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure opens June 28 at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida! The ride will take guests on a musical adventure picking up after the events of the Walt Disney Animation Studios film, “The Princess and the Frog,” (Bennett Stoops) 
The new rides at Disneyland and Disney World are being presented as a trip to the bayou with Tiana, the protagonist from “The Princess and the Frog.” (Disney) 
As depicted in this rendering, Mama Odie jokes with guests along their journey after a special display of her magic in Tiana’s Bayou Adventure coming to Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort in 2024. (Artist Concept/Disneyland Resort) 
Walt Disney Imagineering shared a never-before-seen look inside Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, a highly anticipated ride slated to open this summer at Walt Disney World and later in the year at Disneyland. (Disney) 
Walt Disney Imagineering shared a never-before-seen look inside Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, a highly anticipated ride slated to open this summer at Walt Disney World and later in the year at Disneyland. (Disney)
Morton’s song “Special Spice,” sung by Princess Tiana voice actress Anika Noni Rose, is featured prominently in the attraction.
The attraction’s storyline will pick up where the 2009 animated feature left off.
“Walt Disney Imagineering is creating an original, next-chapter story for Tiana. Within the attraction queue, guests will discover that she continues to grow her business with Tiana’s Foods – an employee-owned cooperative,” the Disney Parks Blog announced last year.
“Combining her talents with those of the local community, Tiana has transformed an aging salt mine and built a beloved brand.”
Throughout the attraction, riders will spot audio-animatronic versions of Princess Tiana, Prince Naveen, Louis the alligator, Mama Odie, Eudora, Charlotte, Naveen’s younger brother Prince Ralphie and more.
The ride is replacing Splash Mountain at both U.S. parks.
In recent years, Splash Mountain has drawn heat since it featured characters and music from the 1946 animated feature “Song of the South,” a movie criticized for its stereotypes of Black men and its romanticized view of the post-Civil War South.
Fans called for Disney to redo the theme of the “Song of the South”-inspired Splash Mountain in 2020 amid a racial reckoning across the U.S.
Disney World’s attraction is slated to open on June 28. An opening date for Disneyland’s version of the attraction has yet to be released.
