First is the food, which is integral to the story of Tiana’s, the movie it’s based on — 2009’s The Princess and the Frog — and New Orleans culture.
In Magic Kingdom, Golden Oak Outpost, Pinocchio Village Haus, the Plaza Ice Cream Parlor, the Plaza Restaurant, the Friar’s Nook and Main Street Confectionery will all have new items and returning favorites beginning on June 28.
There’s no popcorn bucket (yet) but there is a new sipper featuring Princess Tiana, Louis the alligator and a fun swirling straw. You can find those at the Friar’s Nook and outdoor snack spots near Cinderella Castle.
Golden Oak Outpost
- Hot honey chicken with sweet potato fries: Nuggets tossed in hot honey sauce and served with New Orleans olive relish and Cajun-spiced sweet potato fries
- Shrimp gumbo with sweet potato fries: With shrimp and andouille sausage, topped with Cajun-spiced sweet potato fries
- Tiana’s Famous Beignets: Light and fluffy fried confections with powdered sugar and honey drizzle
- Peach cobbler: Cinnamon panna cotta, peach cobbler, brown sugar streusel, whipped cream and a Tiana chocolate piece
- Butter pecan praline sundae: Butter pecan ice cream topped with praline sauce, spiced pecans and whipped cream
- Tiana’s Chantilly Cake: Vanilla chiffon cake, lemon chantilly, fresh strawberries and topped with a fondant flower and a Tiana chocolate piece
- Tiana’s Sweet Popcorn Serenade: Caramel popcorn with praline pecans, M&M’s caramel chocolate candies, pretzel pieces and dark chocolate drizzle
- Tiana’s Bayou Crunch: Cajun cheddar popcorn with M&M’s peanut butter chocolate candies, cheddar crackers, pretzel pieces and white chocolate drizzle
- Green apple gummi frogs
- Spicy butter toffee peanuts
- Amorette’s Patisserie: Over the Bayou vanilla cake bar
- Bayou Lavender Lemonade: Available at Dockside Diner (Hollywood Studios), the Plaza Restaurant and the Friar’s Nook (Magic Kingdom), Amorette’s Patisserie (Disney Springs), Beaches Pool Bar and Courtyard Pool Bar (Grand Floridian) and Mardi Grogs Pool Bar (Port Orleans Resort).
- Lily Pad crisped rice cereal treat and pecan praline caramel apple: Both available at Main Street Confectionery and Big Top Sourvenirs (Magic Kingdom), Goofy’s Candy Company and Candy Cauldron (Disney Springs), Zuri’s Sweet Shop (Animal Kingdom), Screen Door General Store (BoardWalk) and Bayview Gifts (Contemporary Resort).
Also opening with the ride in Frontierland is Critter Co-Op. The gift shop will offer new collections for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure and The Princess and the Frog, including T-shirts, bucket hats, Mickey ear headbands, toys and accessories for kids and adults.
There will be new and exclusive Loungefly bags and Spirit Jerseys, of course, and collectible figurines and critter plushes. The shop’s Tiana’s Foods treat collection will include bananas foster chocolate bars, festive Mardi Gras Melody popcorn and Mama Odie’s roasted pepper hot sauce.
It wouldn’t be a new Disney attraction without a new high-tech toy. The Critter Co-Op will be the place to snag an Interactive Firefly, inspired by the glowing insects from the movie. These fireflies can sit on your shoulder and will light up and interact with other fireflies when they see each other.
Disney World will also be the first place outside New Orleans to have a selection of Dooky Chase’s Restaurant spices for purchase. The Princess and the Frog famously took inspiration from legendary restaurateur Leah Chase when creating Tiana. The spices available include fried chicken seasoning, seafood seasoning, gumbo base and meat seasoning.
The new Tiana’s Bayou Adventure and The Princess and the Frog collections will be available starting June 28 at the Emporium in Magic Kingdom. The Critter Co-Op will open “shortly after the attraction debuts,” according to Disney.
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure opens on June 28, transforming what used to be Splash Mountain into a celebration of New Orleans and African American history, food and culture.
