New concept art and details unveiled for Tiana's Bayou Adventure at Walt Disney World

Apr 12, 2023 in "Tiana's Bayou Adventure"

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Tiana's Bayou Adventure concept art - April 2023

Posted: Wednesday April 12, 2023 1:13pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has today announced more details on the upcoming Tiana's Bayou Adventure attraction coming to Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom in late 2024, including news on animatronics and the appearance of Mama Odie.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure concept art - April 2023

As depicted in this newly released rendering above, Mama Odie jokes with guests along their journey after a special display of her magic. The two-hundred-year-old Bayou Fairy Godmother, with her eccentric belongings and “seeing eye snake,” Juju, is comically eccentric, yet wise and all-knowing, throughout the adventure. Actress Jenifer Lewis, who starred as the voice of Mama Odie in Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “The Princess and the Frog,” is once again returning to her role for the attraction.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure - Concept art of first drop into the bayou

Other new details announced for today for Tiana's Bayou Adventure include:

Brand-new cast of original Disney characters with distinct names and personalities
Dozens of entirely new Audio-Animatronics figures
Adorable critters with incredible talent, bringing the diverse flavors of musical gumbo found in New Orleans!
New, original music alongside favorite tunes from the film
Alluring scent of beignets being prepared for the party will be part of the attraction queue!
Additional talent voices from the film reprising their roles, including Bruno Campos as Prince Naveen, Michael Leon Wooley as Louis, and the one and only Anika Noni Rose as Princess Tiana
Familiar faces from the film such as Princess Tiana, Prince Naveen, Mama Odie, Louis, Eudora, Charlotte, “Big Daddy,” the King and Queen of Maldonia and Prince Ralphie

Disney also announced today that Splash Mountain at Disneyland park will be closed starting May 31, 2023.

Tiana's Bayou Adventure concept model - D23 Expo exhibit

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Sirwalterraleigh1 day ago

…oh I’m in the same boat. I know i feed the beast and that’s not good. But I still hope that some balance will return. No need for these line skips in wdw…there just isn’t that many people to justify them as they try to squeeze/rig it to make it seem like there is… It’s all FOMO for prebooking now that the silly FP+ is back. Then when you’re there you realize that there just isn’t that many people on the ground. And for god sakes…stop paying for the jockeys. It’s not “status”…it’s vanity bordering on stupidity

celluloid1 day ago

This is why I had to stop going to EPCOT for awhile and now the others. Uni studios nearly has this issue. Luckily as a whole I still enjoy much of the new. It sucks when so much of the trip feels like "Oh man remember when it was this here instead?"

solidyne1 day ago

Raleigh is so right here. It's ECON 101. I am one of the "guilty" ones, plopping down my dollars. However, I am buying nostalgia, I think. I'm paying to enjoy what remnants still tap the memories, while funding the very things that are shutting off that tap!

Chi842 days ago

Who’s dumping money on whatever they happen to be selling? Disney is expensive; I’m pretty sure people are getting discerning.

Sirwalterraleigh2 days ago

Different strokes for different folks …some wanna slap the muppets on a roller coaster…

Sirwalterraleigh2 days ago

That’s an opinion…and we know everybody’s got one Or…they can ADD a ride and not stop slapping bobs direct to video IP library in reskins everywhere? Cause that’s kinda the root of all the angst

Dreamer192 days ago

Change isn’t always good. I like change. I love making improvements to my house or buying a new car. On the other hand, when the Notre Dame ceiling and roof collapsed, it was proposed that they change it to glass and steel to keep up with the times. Thank goodness Disney wasn’t in charge of that.

Dreamer192 days ago

The first time I rode the DD flume, I enjoyed it so much I felt like I was cheating on Splash Mountain. Truly a great ride. Funny, too!

Jedi142 days ago

What if there are people in the “gutless” fanbase like change and the ride?

Touchdown2 days ago

Timber Mtn Log Flume at Knotts is also fantastic, as is its little brother the Paul Bunyan Log Chute at Mall of America.

celluloid2 days ago

My son rode Dudley Doright's for the first time yesterday and stated it is the best log flume in the world, except for Splash Mountain that is still in Japan. Even with Dudley's flaws I can't really disagree.

Sirwalterraleigh2 days ago

That may be…but showing up occasionally and dumping money on whatever they happen to be selling is the lack of control from one side of the market…for sure

Sirwalterraleigh2 days ago

Mostly a gutless fanbase that continues to show up and buy line skips? As long as they post higher revenues they have no reason to change

James Alucobond2 days ago

I doubt research trips would approach even half a percent of the budget, regardless of lavishness. I think the animatronics really are just overly complex relative to the payoff. Lantern Festival in Tokyo does a lot more with a lot less motion.