First look at a finished show scene inside Tiana's Bayou Adventure

Apr 10, 2024 in "Tiana's Bayou Adventure"

Posted: Wednesday April 10, 2024 10:09am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

In this first look at one of the finished show scenes in Tiana's Bayou Adventure, here are a couple of amphibious friends who love to sit back, relax and catch up on all the gossip from around the bayou.

Gloria and Delores the frogs are best friends who love to observe folks as they float in logs down the bayou.


Also, keep an eye out for Lari the armadillo. This mischievous fella, while quiet in demeanor, seems to always show up where you least expect him to. He apparently has a habit of "borrowing" things that aren't his (although those things eventually make it into the right "paws").

In this final installment of the critter musician reveal, here is a first look at critters who bring the jazzy sounds and complex rhythms of Afro-Cuban music to life in the bayou at Tiana's Bayou Adventure.

Felipe the Frog – Deep among the cypress trees, you'll hear band leader Felipe making musical magic on the piano! Felipe is also the proprietor of an exclusive bayou night club, where the local fireflies love to dance the night away to a musical recipe of hot rhythms and spicy melodies. He's an old-school family guy, especially to his "family" in the band.

Mayra the Frog – Have you ever seen a frog play a flower blossom like a trumpet? You will when you meet Mayra; be sure to stick around for one of her toe-tapping solos. Mayra's the most ambitious of the four frogs and has been practicing her instrument since she was just a tadpole!

Mondo the Frog – Mondo is a natural on the conga drums, which he made as a happy accident when his favorite bottle cap got stuck on his second-favorite acorn. From there, the rhythm in Mondo's soul took over! He's very copacetic and accepts what comes, a trait as steady and reliable as his drumbeat.

Isabel the Green Tree Frog – Learning from Mondo's example, Isabel loves getting lost in the music playing her congas. She's the youngest member of the group, and there's nothing she loves more than "going with the flow" and getting to play drums all night long!

With this latest reveal, we still need an update on the opening date for Tiana's Bayou Adventure. For now, Disney is sticking to the "summer 2024" opening at Walt Disney World and later in 2024 at Disneyland Resort.

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ᗩLᘿᑕ ֊ᗩζᗩᗰ17 minutes ago

This addition, like the Ray and Evangeline stars just create big-ol question marks as to why they are being added. Were they always planned? Are Imagineers actively trying to "fix" the attraction with small tweaks here and there?

EagleScout61025 minutes ago

It's that scene from 1984 with the huge head but instead it's saying CO OPPPPPP.... CO OOPPPP

Brer Panther27 minutes ago

I can't make out what the employees are saying, I'll just assume it's "Tiana is such a strong female individual with her employee-owned food co-ops and her inspiring other girls of color to work hard and become big successes! Also, Disney is so woke!" or something along those lines.

donaldtoo2 hours ago

:facepalm:

Tha Realest2 hours ago

“Hey, it could be worse - the last group of workers that messed up were sent to work in the Star Wars Hotel.”

Jedi143 hours ago

There’s also a regular gumbo.

donaldtoo3 hours ago

No, Tiana has gone vegan with the plant-based “7 Greens Gumbo” at DLRs Tiana’s Palace… You know, because of all the Southern vegans that existed back in the 1920’s.

Disgruntled Walt4 hours ago

"Don't we sell meat products here? Do all these animals running around know that we plan to slaughter them?"

Tha Realest5 hours ago

“Why aren’t we invited to the party?” “I don’t know. Guess she doesn’t care about her employees that much after all.”

WorldExplorer5 hours ago

"Divorce? Isn't that a little extreme?" "She barely acknowledges he exists. It's been a long time comin' if you ask me."

Bocabear6 hours ago

That would make a great running post...."Things overheard from Tiana's Sweatshop Foods Factory Break Room"..... I'll start: "if we can get the critters to play music for a party for free, can we also get them to pack boxes and run the factory for free?

Disgruntled Walt7 hours ago

I can't make out what they're saying. So I'll fill in the blanks (forgive me, I think the recent weirdness of some of the other threads is rubbing off on me): "It's so strange how our boss can only move when the logs in the river through the middle of our factory start floating towards her." "Yes, and she keeps talking about how great those animals can play. Like, that's literally all she says. I'm a little concerned, because she ought to be discussing our company budget—how can we afford to let all these animals run loose in our food factory?" "I know, right! The incident with the bear sniffing up all the powdered sugar a couple months ago...I don't think the lawsuits have been settled yet, but it's not gonna be cheap." "Well, I ain't payin' for it. I say we charge the alligator that hangs around all day between his trumpet gigs. That in itself is weird, because alligators don't have lips!" "Well, maybe we should get back to work." "What are we even doing here, cooking? Packing food? Making beignets that will definitely not taste good by the time they get to where they're going?" "That's true. Who in 1927 is bulk ordering crates of beignets to be shipped somewhere? It doesn't actually make sense. You know what, I quit." "Me too. I'd say we could hitch a ride out of here on one of the company logs, but they're down for maintenance."

Disstevefan18 hours ago

Oh good. When the ride is down we can listen to the door. Unless they turn off the audio when the ride is down. ;)

Tha Realest8 hours ago

Good to see they have their eyes on the ball in terms of what’s been missing with this attraction.