David Bridges
Over the previous few days Disney followers who’ve managed to experience Tiana’s Bayou Journey 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 experience itself serves as a sequel in attraction kind, the place company comply with Tiana and buddies 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 experience for followers of the beloved Disney movie.
One of many largest official reveals is that in contrast to the Disney Princesses that got here earlier than her—even way back to Snow White—New Orleans’ very personal princess has an actual final identify. Within the queue for Walt Disney World’s attraction, followers have observed 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 Struggle I veteran; her relationship along with her mom, [who] we prefer to say was the entrepreneurial inspiration for her to be the profitable businesswoman that Tiana is at present in our story.”
See under for the in-universe affirmation of Tiana Rogers’ final identify.
The fairytale fandom has been very difficult in the case of the Disney Princess lineup and their official titles. Technically Rapunzel might have taken Eugene Fitzherbert’s identify—however it’s by no means canonized in Disney content material, very similar to the opposite married princesses together with Snow White or Cinderella (can the true 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 identify to honor him along with her profitable meals firm in New Orleans.
“Tiana’s story goes to be furthered in a brand new sequence that was introduced,” Robledo continued, confirming that Disney Imagineers labored intently with Disney animation to maintain inside canon on Tiana’s Bayou Journey because the studio prepares for her Disney Plus sequence Tiana, which is able to dig a bit deeper with what’s subsequent for the princess and her household. The sequence will concentrate on issues like, “Her relationship along with her husband, who’s from one other nation of doubtless of blended race. It’s a time of Indigenous folks and colonization. I believe that group, 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 wish to make sure that he’s included someplace in an actual manner. And truly, 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+ sequence Tiana, however for now occurring 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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