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Tiana’s Bayou Adventure opens at Disneyland: what to expect
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Tiana’s Bayou Adventure opens at Disneyland: what to expect

New themed foods and merchandise are coming to Tiana’s Palace in Disneyland Resort to celebrate the grand opening of Tiana’s Bayou Adventure this week.

Disneyland’s newest attraction is set to open this Friday.

Walt Disney Imagineers spent months reimagining Splash Mountain in Tiana’s Bayou Adventure after Disney announced the project in 2020.

Visitors wanting to ride the attraction during opening weekend will need to join a virtual queue Friday at 7 a.m., noon or 4 p.m.

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Some of the dishes you can try at Tiana’s Palace include the classic banana sprinkled with powdered sugar and a drizzle of honey. This item will only be available this week.

Permanent menu items include the catfish po’boy, which is a Southern-style catfish fillet with lettuce, tomatoes and mayonnaise on toasted New Orleans French bread.

Next, the jambalaya, made with chicken, sausages, heritage rice and Creole sauce.

Of course, no trip to New Orleans is complete without a classic donut. It has a strawberry cream filling topped with strawberry frosting.

The water ride features “big drops,” according to the attraction’s website, and is aimed at riders 40 inches or taller.

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Disneyland and Disney World Tiana’s Bayou Adventure replaced the decades-old Splash Mountain rides, which were criticized on social media because they featured characters and music from “Song of the South,” a 1946 animated film accused of ‘use racist tropes about the post-Civil War era. South.

Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is based on the 2009 animated film, “The Princess and the Frog.”