I’m actually just surprised we had pages of many, many posters listing out the princess lineup and even ancillary non ‘Disney princess’ ones.
Pocahontas is an actual ‘Disney Princess’ and not one poster remembered that fact.
There’s 12 of them and arguably Pocahontas, Mulan, Merida (who is part of the lineup) +\- Aurora are weaker. I don’t think it’s that exciting or groundbreaking that a mid tier princess is now getting an attraction when all the more popular ones ahead of her already have one.
It’s an extremely powerful merchandise line and not really that shocking Disney is dipping into it again. Particularly when the west coast based imagineers needed a Southern critter based replacement for the ride abutting New Orleans. This isn’t just a Princess and the Frog attraction in isolation, it’s another Disney Princess attraction.
The Disney Princess brand, which doesn’t include Frozen, is a 100billion dollar brand.