In Disney's The Princess and the Frog, which U.S. city is the main setting?

New Orleans is the main setting of Disney's The Princess and the Frog.

The film follows Tiana, a hardworking waitress and aspiring restaurateur living in 1920s New Orleans. Its story moves through recognizable elements of Louisiana culture, including jazz, bayou landscapes, Mardi Gras imagery, Creole-inspired food, and local architecture. These details help distinguish the film from earlier Disney fairy-tale settings.

The movie is loosely based on E. D. Baker's 2002 novel The Frog Princess, which itself reimagines the traditional Frog Prince story. Disney's version combines that premise with characters and musical styles designed around New Orleans. Tiana becomes a frog after kissing Prince Naveen, believing the kiss will break his curse.

A common mix-up is treating the bayou as the story's city setting. The Louisiana bayou is important to the plot, but it is a rural wetland environment outside the urban center. New Orleans remains the film's principal human setting and the home of Tiana's restaurant ambitions.