Disney shares a close-up look at the new Mama Odie Audio-Animatronics figure coming to Tiana's Bayou Adventure

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Jenifer Lewis meets Mama Odie Audio-Animatronics figure

Posted: Wednesday April 24, 2024 12:24pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Walt Disney Imagineering has shared a close-up look at the new Mama Odie Audio-Animatronics figure coming to Tiana's Bayou Adventure this summer at Walt Disney World.

Jenifer Lewis meets Mama Odie Audio-Animatronics figure

In the video, Jenifer Lewis, the voice of Mama Odie from The Princess and the Frog movie, meets the Mama Odie Audio-Animatronic figure for the first time. Watch below for a look.

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imagineer9747 minutes ago

WWI

SilentWindODoom52 minutes ago

I was just throwing out silly hypotheticals. But wait. WWII? When was that brought up in the 1920's movie?

I’m in agreement with that general sentiment, as I thought was clear from my posts. As to the plague storyline, there actually was an outbreak of the disease in eighteenth-century France, though I’m not sure the filmmakers knew that, and—to your point—they certainly don’t try to portray it with any accuracy.

TrainsOfDisney1 hour ago

In a fantastical, idealized past WWII wouldn’t have happened either. And yet, that’s included as part of the story. So maybe don’t just blame the fans for overthinking - the company does it too!

Professortango11 hour ago

Just pointing out that you can't bind pieces of media, especially those created as Fairy Tales for families/kids, in historical restraints. The Black Plague storyline was one of the many problems with the live action remake.

LittleBuford1 hour ago

I imagine you’re joking, but if you’re not, the inclusion of the Eiffel Tower is a clear anachronism designed to indicate the place but not the timeframe. It’s comparable to the sculptor working on the Sphinx during “A Whole New York”—he is meant to tell us that Aladdin and Jasmine are travelling through Egypt, but he’s about 4000 years (!) out of date.

Professortango11 hour ago

But the inclusion of the Eifel Tower means it takes place a bare minimum of 100 years after the French Revolution, since the FR was 1789 and the Eifel Tower opened in 1889. Funny piece of history, the Eifel Tower is why we now have the Ferris Wheel, as it was conceived as a structure that would rival the Eifel Tower being built for the 1889 Worlds Faire when America decided to host their own just a few years after.

UNCgolf2 hours ago

Oh, duh. Can't believe I forgot that line. Especially since I specifically thought of Lumiere and his "French" accent, but then handwaved that away with the English accents of Cogsworth and Mrs. Potts.

TheCoasterNerd3 hours ago

Tiana's Bayou Adventure has been added to the internal attractions system for Magic Kingdom cast members and is listed along with all the other operating attractions such as Winnie the Pooh and Tomorrowland Speedway. Listed as Standby (Not Available) but does that mean that it'll operate with standby instead of VQ? Who knows. Either way, this means that CM previews are starting very soon.

SilentWindODoom3 hours ago

Dangit. You found a better pic than me. Still...

LittleBuford3 hours ago

It’s definitely France! The village has French signs, Belle is shown reading a French book, and then there’s this: ETA: I see @SilentWindODoom beat me to it!

SilentWindODoom3 hours ago

But... but... Lumiere told me. Hehehe. It was all just joking at the silliness of such deep thought into it. Because, everybody say it together...

UNCgolf3 hours ago

Yeah, I've seen the French Revolution thing before in regards to BatB, but I don't think the animated version fits neatly into a real life timeline. If I was forced to place it somewhere I'd go post-Revolution nineteenth century (as you mentioned), but there are problems with that too. Beyond that, I don't think the movie indicates it's supposed to be taking place in France at all (I could be misremembering). Some of the locations are inspired by places in France and of course the original story is French, but I always had the impression the movie was just supposed to be in a fantasy land inspired by central Europe. Even the live action version takes some inspiration from locations not only in France but Germany and even Portugal.