Splash Mountain, the iconic log flume ride at Disneyland and Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, will undergo a makeover to remove a storyline based on ... characters from a movie that romanticized ...

In 2020, Disney announced it would close the popular but controversial Splash Mountain at both ... But its story was based on the 1946 movie "Songs of the South," which has been criticized for ...

The ride was originally called Splash Mountain, based on the 1946 movie "Song of the South." Critics called for the ride to change because of the controversy surrounding racial undertones in the ...

Splash Mountain, a mainstay ride at ... The log flume ride is themed on the 1946 movie “Song of the South,” now viewed by critics as based on racial stereotypes that are unacceptable in ...

The water ride had been themed to “Song of the South,” a 1946 Disney movie ... based on Tiana’s story solves Disney’s past problematic racial depictions. By refurbishing Splash Mountain ...