D23 Down in New Orleans event to include a sneak peek at Tiana's Bayou Adventure

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Tiana's Bayou Adventure coming summer 2024 mural

Posted: Wednesday March 6, 2024 7:50pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

The upcoming D23 event, Down in New Orleans – Celebrating 15 Years of The Princess and the Frog, will include a deep-dive presentation from Walt Disney Imagineering into the creation of Tiana's Bayou Adventure.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure coming summer 2024 mural

Taking place on March 23, 2024, in New Orleans, Louisiana, the D23 event will celebrate 15 years of Walt Disney Animation Studios' classic The Princess and the Frog.

D23 says, "Guests of this event will get a peek at what's cooking with Tiana's Bayou Adventure-coming to Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resort later this year. At a specially curated presentation, you'll discover new ingredients at play from Walt Disney Imagineering, detailing the impeccable research, collaboration, and creative development that is bringing elements of the real-life magic from New Orleans to this exciting attraction. It's going to be a can't-miss deep dive into what fans can anticipate from this new adventure with Tiana, Naveen, and a whole bayou of friends, both new and familiar!"

The D23 Down in New Orleans event on March 23 also provides one of two upcoming opportunities for Disney to announce an opening date for Tiana's Bayou Adventure, the other being the Annual Shareholders meeting on April 3.

D23 Down in New Orleans event poster

Learn more about the D23 Down in New Orleans event.

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Brer Oswald6 minutes ago

The Mom19 minutes ago

Things are getting a little OT again.

Magicart871 hour ago

I'm starting to think the drop won't be obscured as initially thought and instead the mist will be used to diffuse the lighting to create an effect similar to those of moonflower lighting or God rays. Only it'd be facing the riders up the ascent to create a "magical" light tunnel.

Bocabear1 hour ago

the lights with the bottles look like they are just running through their test sequence... doing full spectrum... I am hoping the bottle end up being individually lit indifferent colors... cuz yeah, full spectrum colored lighting is so-o 2010...

Ukdisneyguys2 hours ago

Another new video for you guys from last night! Not sure who was on it but they were testing with people and mist sound effects too.

Figments Friend8 hours ago

Ohhhhh….. Now I will never be able to unsee this when looking at the Attraction’s ‘hill’….! 🤣 -

Drew the Disney Dude12 hours ago

I'm happy to report that this did make the final cut, but is not working correctly at the moment. The entire waterfall/50-foot drop light up as well, which is a bonus from what I was expecting. It's currently not timed correctly, but I'll be sure to post a video as soon as it is. My eyes lit up seeing it and I am very happy it made the final plan.

Tha Realest12 hours ago

Maybe they ran out of money towards the end and went to Spencer’s Gifts and Five Below for the lighting effects.

Stupido13 hours ago

My first critique of this retheme: I really don't like the glowing bottles at night. What makes Mama Odie's bottles so special is the rainbow cast from them all glowing different colors. The bottles all glowing the same color and cycling feels like 2010s bedroom lighting technology. I think each bottle glowing its own color, even if they all changed, would have looked much more impressive. That being said, I'm reserving the right to change my mind when I see it in person for myself in July.

SpectroMan9313 hours ago

Also from Drew. Color changing lights on the bottles has been turned on. Also looks like the mist effect has been scaled back from early tests.

TeriofTerror13 hours ago

You guys are assuming a lot.

TheCoasterNerd14 hours ago

via @Drew the Disney Dude

nickys16 hours ago

You forgot the maintenance fees in that calculation.

Professortango117 hours ago

They typically blanket a wall in a repeating fashion or in a specific formation to make the collection of posters feel like a bigger artistic statement. It usually more collage-like or mixed media with plastered posters and graffiti and murals all creating a sense of displayed art. Maybe we can bring in the folks who did the barn and ingredients on the exposed fence and they can paint a bunch of murals on the walls.