French Quarter

Written by @AceAstro & @Outbound

The French Quarter is the Marketplace District of DisneyQuarter. From its bright colors to bustling atmosphere, the French Quarter will be a highlight of guests' stay in the shopping district.

The French Quarter is positioned on an island slightly larger than The Landing of Disney Springs. The island is joined by two ornate bridges, connecting to Audubon and City Parks respectively. There is one Streetcar and one Horse and Carriage stop in the French Quarter. 32 shops and dining make up the Quarter. These are:

Urban Outfitters
Haagen-Dazs
Apple Store
Chipotle
Umami Burger
Disney Pin Store
Coca-Cola Store
Pandora Jewelry

The Lego Store
Nike
Café Louis
Wetzel's Pretzels
Coach
Tommy Bahamas
Starbucks
World of Disney

Do Mar
Gap
Build-A-Bear
O'Scully's
Tiffany & Co
Williams-Senoma
Lacoste
Lagniappe

Rainforest Café
H&M
Indochino
TUMI
Ray-Ban
Aritzia
Lucky Brand
Forever 21

Of these 32, two shops, two restaurants, and one bar (the bolded options above) are specifically themed to DisneyQuarter. These original shops and dining strengthen the surrounding theme, fabricating a fully immersive French Quarter within Blue Sky Disneyland.

café louis

Take a rest at Café Louis, located right along the Main Square of the French Quarter. Although the French Quarter has come to represent a melting pot of many cultures, there is no denying the one that started it all: Francé. This quick service Café offers French entrees for a full and satisfyingly meal, pastries for a quick bite, and warm coffee for a day of rest and people-watching along the Quarter. Bon appetite!

Filet de Saumon, Boeuf Bourguignon, Lobster Bisque
Quiche, Baguette, Croissant, Scones, Crepes
Crème Brûlée, Tarte au Chocolat
Warm Coffee

Do Mar

Do Mar is Portuguese that roughly translates to "From the Sea". Located across from the World of Disney store and on the water, Do Mar brings guests a flair of delicious seafood cuisine. But not just any seafood. New Orleans has a large population of Brazilians who bring a new flavour to the city. Do Mar takes classic Louisiana Seafood and gives it the tastes of Brazil!

Some of these delicious dishes include:

Moqueca (Seafood stew using Fish, shrimp, and Lobster/ Crawfish. Pictured above)
Bobó de camarão (a shrimp chowder equivalent)
Casquinhas de siri (Crab cakes served in a large oyster shell)
Sopa Leão Veloso (Seafood Soup)

Lagniappe

Lagniappe is a common New Orleans term for "throwing in something extra". At the Lagniappe store, every purchase has a little extra something thrown in. This general New Orleans themed store will have every guest wants with all sorts of cliche New Orleans clothing, keychains, hats, etc. while also adding Disney characters into some of them ( such as Mardi Gras shirts with the Fab Five on the float). Every purchase follows "Lagniappe" as every purchase will include an exclusive little Lagniappe key chain or pin as a little keepsake of the shopping trip.

backalley Bend

Mysteries are a-bound in this dimly-lit store, selling exotics trinkets, costumes, and masks of various worldly cultures. Tucked away between Cafe Louis and Lacoste, you'll never know what you may find!

Expect for one thing, that isn't really advertised, but will surely travel once the Quarter opens... in the far back, there's a locked treasure chest that sings in a muffled voice, "Friends From the Other Side". Should you try to open the chest, a ghostly voice warns you of "awakening the doctor".

o'scully's irish pub

New Orleans has a large population of those with Irish ancestry. At, O'Scully's, this melting plot of cultures is celebrated with an old Irish Pub. Although it sells some pretty great drinks, O'Scully's is really about the themed story. Newspaper clippings are framed telling parts of its backstory, while live entertainment coexists within the world of DisneyQuarter.

Most often, the small stage off to the corner of O'Scully's houses the lazy guitar band the Pub Grubs, who are quite symbolically the pub's grub. You see, they got a gig one day, and being the lazy characters they are, liked the place so much they have since refused to leave. When they're not playing, they're "lounging" fast asleep in the back.

Every two hours is a live comedy show, which lasts 10 minutes of monologue and 10 minutes of an Irish jig. Molly O'Scully, the owner of the bar, leads guests through the history of O'Scully's Bar.

In the early twentieth century, Molly's great-grandfather Colin O'Scully dreamed of becoming a bagpiping prodigy. You see while bagpipes are most known for Scotland they are also common in Ireland. The only problem was... his bagpiping skills were terrible. Whenever he played all the animals would run away, thus protecting his family's potato farm from pesky critters. Only because no one ever told him his music was terrible, Colin assumed the animals were enjoying it. So when he came of age, Colin set out for New York City. He waved goodbye to his village and booked a ticket aboard the RMS Titanic. Needless to say that didn't go too well. Although Colin did end up saving his row when he played the bagpipe and all the rich people jumped overboard to stop listening, thus giving him and his companions a spacious lifeboat.

Upon arrival to the United States, Colin would travel around the country looking for bagpipe gigs. Unfortunately, there was not much of a market for Irish bagpipes (supposedly they're even louder than the Scottish ones). Still, Colin made the best of his opportunity, recording wherever he traveled, from New York to Los Angeles, Chicago to Houston, Miami to Seattle. Colin had many adventures, repeatedly finding himself coincidentally involved in news-worthy events reported on the framed newspapers around the pub. Finally, he made it to New Orleans, when after many years, he finally decided to give up his bagpiping dream. Though emotional, Colin knew he could always keep it as side-hobby. He passively took the first job available: bartender.

As it turned out Colin's lack of bagpipe skills was because he was unknowingly a master bartender. Within a year he owned the store, renaming it O'Scully's, and was known through the French Quarter for the best drinks in town. As it turned out, his trip to the US had been a success... just not for the reasons he'd expected. Still, every so often those bagpipes would come in handy: as a staunch Catholic, he would play every Sunday to get locals running off to Church.

After this story is told (with improv from guests), Molly transitions to unveil that in honor of her great-grandfather, the best Irish Bagpipe players have been hired to perform. Unknowingly to Molly, the bagpipers all got drunk on O'Scully's great drinks, and hilarity ensues.

french quarter streetmosphere

Along the streets of the French Quarter, you'll randomly find live jazz bands striking up a new tune. These friendly musicians act always in character: between songs starting conversations with nearby passerby's and having an overall great time.

Also featured at the French Quarter are Horse and Carriage Rides, available by reservation across Ray-Ban along the Canal. The carriages are themed to the Quarter, alternately colored in either dazzling purple or brilliant green. The trip is short but effective, traveling around the French Quarter, past the bridge for a short pass through the Antebellum Audubon Park, and lastly back onto the bridge to pass-by the Canal before stopping where the ride began.

madri gras celeberation

For the month of February, the French Quarter celebrates Madri Gras in full swing. Banners, balloons, and flags are raised around the Quarter in celebration. The relaxed jazz-band streetmosphere is swapped in favor of outlandish costumers, some with skin painted in dazzling colors, some others walking on stilts. The area generally mimics the actual Madri Gras of New Orleans, only without the rampant alcoholism.

The Madri Gras Celebration is also home to the temporary Let’s Party Gras! a near-clone of the show at Tokyo Disneyland. When Donald Duck is upset because he doesn't know how to celebrate Madri Gras, Mickey, Minnie, and the other Caballeros decide to teach him. The show's theater is transported along the waterfront from the lagoon, and is removed from the pier upon the event's conclusion.

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