Through Tiana’s Foods, the entrepreneurial princess engages folks in her community and passes along some of her own business acumen. Splash Mountain no more, the salt dome and surrounding area will be a base of operation for Tiana’s Foods, an employee-owned cooperative Tiana has established on the heels of the success of her restaurant, Tiana’s Palace. Walt Disney Imagineers researched the region extensively and identified one of the only geological structures in Louisiana with elevation, Avery Island, a salt dome that stands 163 feet above sea level. The new attraction, which picks up where the 2009 animated film “The Princess and the Frog” left off, will preserve the iconic “mountain” structure, giving it a new backstory rooted in the real-world setting for Tiana’s story, New Orleans, Louisiana. The popular log flume ride that opened in 1989 at Disneyland and 1992 at Walt Disney World has been the subject of ongoing controversy due to its characters and storyline, which are based on the racist 1946 film “Song of the South,” a film Disney CEO Bob Iger called “not appropriate in today’s world.” Here’s the latest on what to expect from Tiana’s Bayou Adventure.ĭisney Trading the Briar Patch for the Bayouĭisney first announced the impending retheme of Splash Mountain on June 24, 2021. With an opening date of 2024, it’s not quite time to start singing “We’re almost there,” but we’re definitely on our way. They’ve also shared a first look at original characters and a new scene being developed for the new ride. 23, 2023, to make way for the new attraction. Disney fans are another step closer to goin’ down the bayou at Walt Disney World and Disneyland on Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, the “Princess and the Frog”-themed reimagining of Splash Mountain coming to Magic Kingdom park and Disneyland park.ĭisney has announced that Disney World’s version of Splash Mountain at Magic Kingdom park will close permanently on Jan.

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