Tiana's Bayou Adventure Opens at Magic Kingdom, With New Wallpapers to Match
Tiana's Bayou Adventure is now open to all guests at Magic Kingdom Park, bringing New Orleans styling, live jazz influence and new Audio-Animatronics to Frontierland. Disney marked the opening with a set of downloadable wallpapers featuring Tiana, Louis the alligator and the bayou critters.
Tiana's Bayou Adventure is open to all guests at Magic Kingdom Park. The attraction picks up after the events of Walt Disney Animation Studios' The Princess and the Frog, staging a party hosted by Princess Tiana with New Orleans styling, a jazz-driven score and a set of new Audio-Animatronics. Disney marked the opening day with new downloadable wallpapers.
Key Details
- Where: Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World Resort
- Status: open to all guests
- Story: a bayou celebration hosted by Princess Tiana after the events of The Princess and the Frog
- Characters: Tiana, Louis the jazz-playing alligator and the new bayou critters
- New releases: downloadable wallpapers and GIPHY stickers for Instagram Stories
- To find the stickers: search "Princess Tiana" in GIPHY when posting
What guests find on the ride
The attraction is built around a welcome rather than a chase: New Orleans flair, authentic jazz and a party thrown by Tiana and characters from The Princess and the Frog. The Audio-Animatronics figures are the technical headline, and they carry a musical show that runs on original arrangements rather than reprises of the film's soundtrack.
The ride occupies the Frontierland flume that previously housed Splash Mountain, so the layout, the lift hills and the drop are familiar to anyone who rode the old attraction. Everything above the track is new. The story picks up after the film ends, with Tiana and Louis preparing a celebration and recruiting the bayou for a band, which is why the ride keeps introducing new animal characters on the way up rather than saving them for a finale.
Practically, that means the queue and the drop photo are the two places guests should slow down. The queue carries most of the setup for who Tiana has become since the film, and the final scenes gather the whole ensemble in one room.
The new wallpapers
Louis, the trumpet-playing alligator, fronts the first design. The second gathers Tiana and the bayou critters in a wider scene. Both are available for download, and the wallpaper gallery carries terms of use that are worth reading first.
Stickers for the ride photo
Disney also released GIPHY stickers to go with the opening. Searching "Princess Tiana" in GIPHY inside Instagram Stories brings up the set, which is aimed squarely at the photo everyone takes at the top of the drop.
What this means for guests
Opening week at a headline Magic Kingdom attraction means long standby waits and a virtual queue that fills within seconds of opening, so guests visiting now should plan the rest of Frontierland around a single Tiana's window rather than the reverse. Disney has published companion guides covering what to know before riding, the themed treats, the new Disney PhotoPass locations and the merchandise collection.