While the move isn't mentioned on the ride, its characters Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox (pictured) are featured along with the movie's famed song, ‘Zip-a-dee-doo-dah’ĭisneyland in California was previously scheduled to reopen on July 17 but the company said Wednesday that date will be postponed due to a delay in the state's reopening protocols.Īccording to Disney, no work has taken place on Splash Mountain at either park during their closures, so visitors will see the original theme and characters when the parks reopen.Ī date has not been set for the debut of the Splash Mountain ride makeovers. 'We're thrilled to share Splash Mountain at Disneyland and Walt Disney World will be completely reimagined with a new story inspired by an all-time favorite Disney Animation film, "The Princess & The Frog",' the company announced Thursday.
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While the movie isn't mentioned on the ride, its characters Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox are featured along with the movie's famed song, 'Zip-a-dee-doo-dah'. Song of the South has been slammed for its problematic portrayal of the post-Civil War South, racist stereotypes and glossing over slavery. Splash Mountain came under harsh criticism for being based off the film which includes racist portrayals, and a petition racked up over 21,000 signatures urging Disney to change the theme of the fan-favorite log-flume ride at their parks. I get why the guest is upset, but I think I can see it from the cast member's POV as well.Disney announces it will ditch Splash Mountain's 'racist' 'Song of the South' theme and reimagine the attraction based on 'Princess and the Frog' which features their first black princessĭisney has announced it will ditch Splash Mountain's 'racist' theme based off the controversial 1946 film Song of the South, and will reimagine the attraction based on Princess and the Frog, which featured the studio's first black princess.
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Where does an attractions cast member draw the line between "they were escaping a sinking log" and "but this ride is full of industrial equipment covered in fake fur and smiles, but it could still kill them if they step wrongly?" My question, Robert, is how you treat the argument between "guest gets out of log on their own out of fear for their safety" and the cast member saying "this is a safety matter?" You have WAY more attraction experience than I do (I'm a former cast member, but the only attractions things I did were to act as guest control for the then-new Indiana Jones Adventure, and to help hand out "any attraction" FastPasses after a Pirates of the Caribbean breakdown in which the evacuating guests were blocking my way to a freight elevator I needed to use, so since I figured I was stuck for a bit I asked an old boss who WAS now Attractions if I could help in any way, and I got to hand out the FastPasses as well).
And while the odds might say it's possible that a sinking will happen to someone, the odds are infinitesimal that it will happen to you.īy all accounts, everyone got out safely yesterday, and Splash Mountain reopened this morning after a delayed opening. The water on flume rides such as Splash Mountain, Pirates of the Caribbean, and It's a Small World is maybe waist deep and you're almost always within a step of dry "land." On actual rafts, boats, and ships in Disney's fleet, cast members are trained to get you to safety, as well.
That said, I don't think that anyone ought to visit Disney with the fear of ending up on a sinking vessel. Yesterday was a Splash Mountain log's turn. Even if the chances of any one of them failing is tiny, the large number of boats that Disney owns make the odds not insignificant that one of those might sink in any given period. Ignoring the technicality that a "navy" is inherently military, Disney certainly launches an immense fleet of floating vehicles every day. Many cast members who have worked watercraft at Disney have heard the story that has third/fourth/whatever largest navy in the world. If you've been around the site for a while, or you have read my book, Stories from a Theme Park Insider, you might remember my story about driving a sinking Tom Sawyer Island raft. The hard truth here is that Disney ride vehicles sinking is not an uncommon occurrence. nice #DisneyWorld #splashmountain #MagicKingdom #disney not okay? /15zMnP1wgX- sky? August 3, 2020 So we got out of our boat because it was sinking while we were stuck there and the disney world employee decided to tell us that we should’ve stayed in the boat but it went under as soon as we all stepped out.
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