Walt Disney Imagineering has pulled back the curtain on advanced new audio-animatronics of Prince Naveen, Mama Odie, Louis the alligator and others planned for the Tiana’s Bayou Adventure attractions coming to Disneyland and Walt Disney World. Imagineering’s most advanced animatronic figures will play starring roles in the “Princess and the Frog” attractions taking over the former Splash Mountain rides on both coasts. The 48 new cutting-edge animatronics have already been installed at Florida’s Magic Kingdom – where is set to officially open on Friday, June 28 following a series of previews.
Many of the Disneyland animatronics are still undergoing testing at Imagineering’s campus in Glendale ahead of a planned opening of the Anaheim ride later this year. Imagineering showed off four versions of the “Tiana-matronics” that will appear in a series of outfits throughout the ride. Tiana directs a bayou critter band in one scene and presides over a Mardi Gras musical celebration in another.
Louis the alligator will also make multiple appearances in the ride. Imagineering showed off the Louis animatronics in various stages of completion with the underlying mechanics visible. Voodoo priestess Mama Odie also shows up more than once in the attraction.
Juju, Odie’s forked-tongue seeing-eye snake, bounces near a plate of beignets in one scene. Related Articles Imagineering also showed off animatronic versions of Tiana’s mother Eudora, Tiana’s friend Charlotte La B.
