The Princess and the Frog

**The Princess and the Frog** is a 2009 Disney animated feature-film, loosely based on the fairy-tale of the Frog Prince.

## Summary

The Princess and the Frog is set in New Orleans during the 1920s.

## Attractions

### Disney's Port Orleans Resort

This New Orleans themed resort has a Princess and the Frog inspired storyline to their riverside suites. Here it is explained that Tiana and Naveen had the location constructed as a vacation resort where they hosted other princes and princesses from across the world.

### New Adventures with Princess Tiana

This is a log-flume ride to be featured in Disneyland's Critter Country and the Magic Kingdom's Frontierland. From what is known, it will likely depict the bayous of New Orleans and the treehouse of Mama Odie.

### Tiana's Place

This is a restaurant on the Disney Wonder cruise-ship.

## Connections

### Jungle Cruise

In the Jungle Cruise Adventure Game there is a Princess Tiana doll in the possession of a young girl member of the Temple family.

### Mark Twain Riverboat

The song, "Down in New Orleans" from the film plays when passing New Orleans Square in this attraction. It is likely that in the future the narration will feature dialogue about the *New Adventures with Princess Tiana* given it being the replacement for Splash Mountain which is part of the attraction's narration. A depiction of the Mark Twain Riverboat appears on a poster for New Orleans Square in Tiana's Place.

### New Orleans Square

New Orleans Square contains theming to the Princess and the Frog. In the Tiana's Place restaurant of the Disney Wonder is a poster advertising, "New Orleans Square".

#### Haunted Mansion

In the climax of the film, Dr. Facilier and Tiana fight in a New Orleans cemetery. Amongst the tombstones in the graveyard is one belonging to Madame Leota, inferring that the graveyard might be the one located behind the Haunted Mansion. Ultimately, this cemetery becomes the place of Dr. Facilier's demise when he is dragged to the Spirit World by the Loa.

In the *Mystical Spirits of the Blue Bayou* event, Dr. Facilier summoned the female ballroom dancers from the Haunted Mansion alongside Sally Slater and Constance Hatchaway to assist him.

#### Pirates of the Caribbean

Dr. Facilier served as host for the *Mystical Spirits of the Blue Bayou* event, set within the Blue Bayou of Pirates of the Caribbean. In it, he acknowledges the Blue Bayou containing a high amount of mystical powers for him to harness. The, "W" and, "R" initials from the Royal Street Gallery also appear on the poster advertising New Orleans Square in Tiana's Place.

### Oceaneer Lab

A cooking-book by Princess Tiana appears in the library of the R.V. Oceaneer Lab, at-least by the 2010s.

### Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom

In this attraction, the Princess and the Frog is used for the missions set in Frontierland and Liberty Square. It has Dr. Facilier being brought back from the Spirit World by the Greek god Hades and being tasked with assisting him in stealing the Crystal of the Magic Kingdom, promising to make Facilier ruler of Frontierland. Facilier attempts to get revenge on Tiana only to be confronted by the apprentices of the sorcerer Merlin and turned into a frog himself before being sent back to the realm of the Loa for his failure. The mission ends with Merlin, Mama Odie, Tiana, and Louis thanking the apprentices from the Liberty Belle Riverboat.

### Films

#### Aladdin

The Genie's lamp is shown in Mama Odie's treehouse.

#### The Little Mermaid

There is a float of King Triton appearing in the Mardi Gras parade of this film's climax.

#### The Nightmare Before Christmas

Jack Skellington's shadow is shown to be amongst the shadows sent to assist Dr. Facilier by the Loa.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.fromscreentotheme.com/FunFindFriday.aspx
2. ↑ https://www.disneytouristblog.com/tianas-place-restaurant-review/