The French Market Restaurant in the New Orleans Square at Disneyland park is set to be transformed into Tiana’s Palace. This reimagining is inspired by the Walt Disney Animation Studios film, “The Princess and the Frog,” in which Tiana transforms an old sugar mill into her dream restaurant. The new Tiana’s Palace is an exciting opportunity to tell even more Tiana stories in New Orleans Square.
This is after the recent opening of Eudora’s Chic Boutique Featuring Tiana’s Gourmet Secrets, in New Orleans Square, and in addition to the scheduled 2024 opening of Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, a thrilling attraction replacing Splash Mountain. The announced restaurant will complete the Tiana’s themed area and provide guests a full immersive experience into the Princess & The Frog story, and although Tiana’s Palace will not be a character dining location, guests may very well find Tiana in New Orleans Square.
The restaurant will showcase elegant fixtures and appointments reminiscent of Tiana’s life and friendships, and offer quick-service style dining, with authentic New Orleans flavors inspired by Tiana’s friends and adventures, much like the restaurant from the film.
The menu at Tiana’s Palace will expand on many of the current favorites served in the location, explore seasonal flavors and, of course, offer some New Orleans classics. It will be a gathering place for friends and family to enjoy great food and celebrate together, just like Tiana and her father James dreamed of. Disney Imagineers are partnering with Disney Animation artists from the original film to bring this story to life at Disneyland park, taking inspiration from the exterior of the original French Market Restaurant in New Orleans Square (used when designing Tiana’s Palace for the movie), so this will be a long-dreamt addition to the parks for all Tiana fans.
To begin this work, French Market Restaurant (and Mint Julep Bar) will be closed beginning February 17, 2023, and will reopen as Tiana’s Palace (alongside Mint Julep Bar with its famous mint juleps and Mickey beignets) later in the year.,
