Splash Mountain is scheduled to be rethemed and reopen in 2024 as “Tiana’s Bayou Adventure,” based on the 2009 film The Princes and the Frog which features Disney’s first Black princess ...

Splash Mountain to close Jan. 23, ... The attraction has been under a cloud for years because it is based on the Disney movie "Song of the South," which was released in 1946 during the Jim Crow era.

Sunday was the last day for the ride in the Florida park. Controversy surrounded the ride, based on the 1946 film Song of the South and its racist themes. It will relaunch as Tiana's Bayou Adventure.

The Splash Mountain log flume ride opened in Disneyland’s Critter Country on July 17, 1989. Park designers reused animatronic creatures from the closed “America Sings” ride, and based them ...

The popular "Splash Mountain" attractions at Disneyland and Disney World are based on the controversial 1946 film "Song of the South" -- a movie long accused of peddling racist tropes about the ...

Splash Mountain is directly related to America’s long history of systemic racism, and it’s always been weird that Disney built it while simultaneously banishing the movie it’s based on.

Even though Splash Mountain was an institution in the Magic Kingdom park, the ride could never escape its racist origins. Its’ storyline and animatronics are all based on the 1946 Disney movie ...

The familiar song in the movie "Zip-a-dee-doo-dah," which was previously played in the Splash Mountain ride, is said to be based on a racist pre-Civil War song. Splash Mountain is scheduled to be ...

Disney World’s Splash Mountain ride has closed after more than 30 years. Some Disney fans are channeling their feelings about the closure by buying and selling any memories they can from the ...

Walt Disney World’s Splash Mountain attraction, located in the Magic Kingdom park, will be closed down starting Jan. 23, 2023, as the ride undergoes a long-awaited rebranding.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (WKRC) - Disneyland has officially set a closing date for a popular ride -- and it's approaching quickly. In 2020, Disney announced that "Splash Mountain" would be shut down at ...

Splash Mountain in Critter Country at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Wednesday, August 10, 2022. Splash Mountain is a log flume based on the animated sequences of the 1946 Disney film Song of the ...