Disneyland announced today that its new "The Princess and the Frog"-themed restaurant will open early next month.
Tiana's Palace is taking over the old French Market space in Disneyland's New Orleans Square and will open to park guests on September 7. Disneyland has been adding decoration to the exterior of the long-standing restaurant to transform it into the iconic restaurant from the film, adding a riverboat-inspired wheelhouse and smokestacks to its facade.
On the inside, Disney also is promising more decorative touches inspired by Tiana's story, as well as a new menu for the restaurant. Stay tuned for more details on that.
The transformation of the French Market into Tiana's Palace is just the next step in Tiana's emerging presence in the park. Sometime next year, the former Splash Mountain log flume ride will reopen as Tiana's Bayou Adventure, with a completed reimagined story, setting, characters, and soundtrack, all carrying on the story established in "The Princess and the Frog." See Here's how Disney is cooking up the story for Tiana's Bayou Adventure for more details on that project.
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You know this is all made up right? Like those aren't real animals and that's not a real salt mine growing food for the real restaurant. It's all just fantasy and fun man.
Like Disney wouldn't actually hire woodland creatures to make its food if it could train them to do the job. You can't tell me that the person who trained the squirrels for that Willy Wonka flick didn't calls from people in the fast food business.
*Note: This post might or might not be serious. I hope that it isn't, but I fear that might be.
@thecolonel
Now now…didn’t Ratatouille teach folks that rats CAN cook!!
There’s even a Remy based restaurant at Walt Disney Studio Park.
Critters & animals have been providing melas for Disney patrons for decades & Animal Kingdom even sold “animal dung & poo” inspired food!
Even Mickey is a mouse! We shouldn’t be too hard on rodents! Maybe Tiana is on the right track!
@Robert: touche sir. I imagine there is some division of R&D that's been trying to train rats to cook food ever since Ratatouille came out. If they ever accomplished this they'd slap a signature dining designation on it so fast and it'd be the most in demand res to get. Knowing the Disney fan base.
I really hope frog legs are on the menu.
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So this is the place they sell the food that Tiana grows in her underground co-op, yes? Eventually, you'll be able to ride a log down an underground river and see all the critters growing your food, the possums and the rats and the grub worms and the spiders and the bats, tending to your carrots and your lettuce and your tomatoes and all the other magical foods that grow underground without sunshine (maybe Tiana installed saline grow lights?).
And then, you can go just down the road there, to the restaurant, and eat all that underground food. Sounds delicious! Disney really nailed this one.