Are they taking down Splash Mountain from Disneyland?

The attraction, first opened as a log-flume ride in the late 1980s, will cease operations to begin the next phase of development for Tiana's Bayou Adventure, opening at both Disneyland Park and Magic Kingdom Park in Walt Disney World Resort in 2024.



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The attraction, first opened as a log-flume ride in the late 1980s, will cease operations to begin the next phase of development for Tiana's Bayou Adventure. ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Splash Mountain at Disneyland Park will be closed starting May 31, 2023, Disney Parks announced Wednesday.

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Disneyland's Splash Mountain Officially Closes Today For Renovation After Criticism For Racist Stereotypes.

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Following controversy, Splash Mountain is now closed for redesign and will reopen as Tiana's Bayou Adventure in late 2024. Fans had one final run down Splash Mountain in Florida's Disney World on Sunday, before it closed for good. It had been in operation since 1992.

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Refurbishments & New Constructions On October 16, Moana Journey of Water will open at Epcot. Splash Mountain closed permanently beginning January 23, 2023. The ride is slated to reopen as Tiana's Bayou Adventure in late 2024.

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Splash Mountain permanently closed at Walt Disney World earlier in 2023, with construction on the ride's overhaul starting quickly at the Orlando, Florida Resort.

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Back in June 2020, calls to remove Splash Mountain came amid the wave of companies across the U.S. renaming, removing, and rebranding racist institutions. The push for brands to reexamine racist messaging followed worldwide protests sparked by the death of George Floyd.

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Slated to open in 2024 at the Disneyland Park is Tiana's Bayou Adventure, a log flume ride that's themed after The Princess and the Frog and which replaced Splash Mountain.

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Splash Mountain, one of the theme park's most famous rides, features music and characters from the controversial 1946 film, “Song of the South.” The movie follows a young boy at a Georgia plantation during the Reconstruction era. The film has been criticized for using racist stereotypes and glorifying plantation life.

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In case you've missed it, people are selling (what they claim is) water from Disney World's Splash Mountain, the famed ride that's getting reimagined because of its connections to the racist old movie Song of the South.

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River Country is one of only two Disney parks to permanently close, along with Discovery Island, which is situated parallel to the water park.

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Splash Mountain is being rethemed into a Princess and the Frog overlay called Tiana's Bayou Adventure which will open in late 2024 in both Disneyland and Walt Disney World. We just got the first look at what the exterior redesign will look like at the 2022 D23 Expo.

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Disneyland Park Ride closures:
  • Fantasmic! ...
  • Splash Mountain is closed and is being re-themed.
  • Tarzan's Treehouse is closed until further notice.
  • Wonderous Journeys ends on August 31, 2023.
  • The French Market restaurant and the Mint Julep bar are closed and will reopen on September 7, 2023 as Tiana's Place.


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New and Reimagined Attractions and Lands Coming to Disneyland Resort in 2023
  • Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway — NOW OPEN!!
  • San Fransokyo Square — A Reimagined Land — NOW OPEN!
  • World of Color — One — NOW SHOWING!
  • Reimagined Adventureland Treehouse — Opening Fall 2023.


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Disney is taking that issue to the Florida courts. Now, Florida is striking back at Disney in the courts, suing them to keep Splash Mountain as is and not retheme the ride.

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Disney's Splash Mountain to be renamed Tiana's Bayou Adventure. Disney's Splash Mountain will become Tiana's Bayou Adventure after the attraction is rethemed. The attraction is scheduled to open in the Florida and California parks in late 2024.

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Given this, we expect the new and improved Splash Mountain to open a few months before Tiana's Bayou Adventure. We are estimating a re-opening of Splash Mountain in early 2024. What do you think of Splash Mountain replacing Pirates of The Caribbean?

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Disney has confirmed that Splash Mountain will officially close in Disneyland on May 31st, 2023. That means the last day to ride the attraction will be on May 30th.

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Splash Mountain Closing at Disneyland & Disney World Magic Kingdom's Splash Mountain creatures sang their last notes in January of 2023, and Disneyland's on May 31, 2023. Now, the ride has closed its doors forever.

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