

Disney announced Friday that the iconic amusement park ride will go on its final hike on Janubefore being shut down indefinitely in order to become “Tiana’s Bayou Adventure.” Splash Mountain first opened in 1989 and is based on the 1946 film ” Songs of the South.” The ride and film have since been criticized several times for having “racist undertones.” BOB PEARSON/AFP via Getty Images “There’s a reason that not a lot of people know it’s a Song of the South ride even if they’re familiar with the movie, and it’s because *nobody likes to talk about it.*.” Joseph Prezioso/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images y’all are embarrassing,” tweeted another person. splash mountain opened in 1992 during the Eisner era. “People losing their minds over a ‘classic ride’ being changed.

“There’s a reason that not a lot of people know it’s a Song of the South ride even if they’re familiar with the movie, and it’s because *nobody likes to talk about it,” continues the tweet. “But then I learned it was a ‘Song of the South’-themed ride and immediately switched to ‘oh burn it down 33 years ago,’ it’s not that hard.” “Here’s the thing, when I first heard Splash Mountain was on its way out a while back my first impression was ‘oh I guess that’s a bummer.'” tweeted one user. Splash Mountain first opened in 1989 and is based on the 1946 film ” Songs of the South.” The ride and film have since been criticized several times for having “racist undertones.” If you want a fun photo and you only have one shot, make sure to sit in the front.Bob Iger admits Disney was ‘too aggressive’ with theme park price hikesĭisneyland ditches ‘Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah’ from parade in latest woke nodĭisneyland record holder has no plans to beat streak after price hikesĭisney fanatic makes history visiting theme park for record days in a rowĪ Disney announcement caused quite a splash with fans of “Splash Mountain.”ĭisney said Friday that the iconic amusement park ride will go on its final hike on Janubefore being shut down indefinitely in order to become “Tiana’s Bayou Adventure” based on the 2009 film “Princess and the Frog,” reports Newsweek. But they had closed the line to stand-by peeps despite that the park was open for another 30 minutes because the wait was deemed too long (pretty sure it wasn't 30 min long but whateverrr). So we decided to immediately go back on line after we got off the ride. I'm sure that guy was a fine human but uhh I kind of hated him after that._. Xiangtai is in the back seat, Kåre is sitting in front of him, and I'm next to Kåre with HAND-FACE. I really go all-in with my horror-face.īUT YOU CAN'T SEE MY FACE COS THE GUY IN FRONT OF ME RAISED HIS HAND SO THAT IT PERFECTLY COVERED MY WHOLE FACE. So we decided, at my suggestion, to pose like we're scared out of our damn minds, which is easy for me to do. Xiangtai suggested we orchestrate a pose for our photo, something I've never attempted before out of the many times I've been on the ride because I'm usually too occupied by the dread of the drop (I know it's not scary, but for me the sinister/cute combo of the ride makes it feel worse than it is). I have a dumb story about our Splash Mountain photo. (They play an animated splash on the photo so it's more annoying to take a photo of it.
