Tiana’s Bayou Journey Breaks 87 Years of a Bizarre Disney Princess Canon

Over the previous few days Disney fans who have managed to ride Tiana’s Bayou Adventure at Walt Disney World have been among the many first to expertise the continuation of Tiana’s fairytale after the occasions 2009’s The Princess and the Frog. The journey itself serves as a sequel in attraction kind, the place visitors comply with Tiana and associates as they put collectively a band for his or her Mardi Gras celebration. However there are such a lot of extra particulars revealed even earlier than you board the flume water journey for followers of the beloved Disney movie.

One of many greatest official reveals is that not like the Disney Princesses that got here earlier than her—even way back to Snow White—New Orleans’ very own princess has an actual final title. Within the queue for Walt Disney World’s attraction, followers have seen that Tiana is known as Tiana Rogers, daughter of Sargent James Rogers, in newspaper clippings and cooking awards for Tiana’s Palace and Tiana’s Meals (her culinary co-op). And this was intentional, Disney Imagineer Ted Robledo shared: “There’s a lot of her story that was touched upon within the movie, the connection along with her father, a World Battle I veteran; her relationship along with her mom, [who] we wish to say was the entrepreneurial inspiration for her to be the profitable businesswoman that Tiana is right now in our story.”

See beneath for the in-universe affirmation of Tiana Rogers’ final title.

The fairytale fandom has been very tough on the subject of the Disney Princess lineup and their official titles. Technically Rapunzel may have taken Eugene Fitzherbert’s title—nevertheless it’s by no means canonized in Disney content material, very like the opposite married princesses together with Snow White or Cinderella (can the actual Mrs. Charming please get up?). Even within the case of The Princess and the Frog, Tiana did marry Prince Naveen of Maldonia, which might make her Tiana Rogers, Princess of Maldonia, since she clearly saved her father’s title to honor him along with her profitable meals firm in New Orleans.

“Tiana’s story goes to be furthered in a brand new collection that was introduced,” Robledo continued, confirming that Disney Imagineers labored carefully with Disney animation to maintain inside canon on Tiana’s Bayou Journey because the studio prepares for her Disney Plus collection Tiana, which can dig slightly deeper with what’s subsequent for the princess and her household. The collection will concentrate on issues like, “Her relationship along with her husband, who’s from one other nation of seemingly of combined race. It’s a time of Indigenous folks and colonization. I believe that staff, from what little we heard, goes to discover that route. However I’ll say this about Naveen: we knew early on, and even when Naveen performs a small position or large position on this story, he has a job—they’re a married couple, they care about one another. So to honor that, we need to be sure he’s included someplace in an actual approach. And really, it’s fairly humorous, as this little efficiency of our story.” We will’t wait to see Tiana and Naveen return with extra adventures down in New Orleans with Disney+ collection Tiana, however for now happening bayou log boat rides will do at Disney Parks.

Tiana’s Bayou Journey is now open at Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL and is about to open quickly at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA.

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