Disney is attempting to make you hungry when you wait in line.
The brand new “Princess and the Frog” experience at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, will evoke the senses to make visitors really feel like they’ve traveled to New Orleans.
Tiana’s Bayou Journey, which is changing Splash Mountain, is formally set to open on Friday, June 28 — and parkgoers ready in line will get a whiff of a New Orleans basic: beignets.
A consultant for Disney confirmed to Those that the fried pastry closely featured within the film that the experience relies on will probably be integrated into the expertise.
Consider it as a extra family-friendly model of filmmaker John Waters’ wacky “Scent-O-Imaginative and prescient” concept.
The scent will probably be dispersed all through the road through Smellitzers, the time period for Disney’s scent dispensers, which additionally ship a dusty odor by way of the Haunted Mansion experience, based on Folks.
In fact, the odor of freshly baked beignets isn’t the one New Orleans particular being dropped at the experience, which will probably be a musical journey selecting up the place the movie “The Princess and the Frog” left off.
“You’ll be part of Princess Tiana on an journey by way of the bayou as she prepares to host a one-of-a-kind celebration throughout Mardi Gras season the place everyone seems to be welcome,” Vice President at Magic Kingdom Park Sarah Riles wrote in a weblog put up.
The memorable 50-foot drop that Disney followers know and love from Splash Mountain remains to be a spotlight, and the remainder of the journey will probably be touring “by way of the bayou into the following chapter of Tiana’s story.”
Whereas these visiting Disney World in Florida will get to benefit from the experience this summer time, these hoping to go to Disneyland in California must wait till later this 12 months.