UPDATE: 9/14/23. We can hardly contain our excitement and are next level honored to be involved in this project, y’all! We will soon be in the studio recording & co-producing, two songs for the new attractions/ride at Disneyworld and Disneyland. Thank you Disney for including zydeco and sharing it with the millions of people who visit your theme parks. This ride with all the wonderful music of Louisiana could potentially be around for 30 years…….imagine how many families will be exposed to the music of New Orleans and Louisiana!
Yep, the Disney gift to Louisiana that keeps on giving! An animated films and a theme park ride/attraction.
It all started with the classic animated film The Princess & The Frog from 2009 that was set in the enchanted city of New Orleans, and now this will happen in late 2024 – a new themed ride and attraction named “Tiana’s Bayou Adventure” that will replace the recently closed, Splash Mountain.
Reported by major news outlets everywhere, including Good Morning America:
“The new rendering of one of the ride’s new distinctive scenes features zydeco-style tunes, a type of music native to Louisiana born from a special blend of rhythm and blues. Tiana and her friends old and new — including jazz-loving alligator Louis, and a band full of critters that includes an otter, a rabbit, a racoon, a beaver, a turtle and others — will explain the importance of zydeco, the blending of sounds and styles of so many cultures, and invite all guests to join in on the celebration.”
More bright lights will be shining on the music of Louisiana and our Black American Roots Music, Z Y D E C O!
Merci beaucoup, a thousand times Walt Disney.
“The rendering shared by Disney showed of one of the ride’s new distinctive scenes features zydeco-style tunes, a type of music native to Louisiana born from a special blend of rhythm and blues. Tiana and her friends old and new — including jazz-loving alligator Louis, and a band full of critters that includes an otter, a rabbit, a racoon, a beaver, a turtle and others — will explain the importance of zydeco, the blending of sounds and styles of so many cultures, and invite all guests to join in on the celebration.”
Disney has announced that our friends PJ Morton and Terence Blanchard are leading the charge on the music, with a little help from their friends!