Is Splash Mountain returning to Disneyland?

But the imaginative water-based track and mountainous building aren't going anywhere. The attraction will reopen in 2024 as Tiana's Bayou Adventure, which will re-theme the ride to the Walt Disney Co.'s 2009 animated work “The Princess and the Frog,” a fairy tale that starred the company's first Black princess.



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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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Splash Mountain Closing at Disneyland & Disney World Magic Kingdom's Splash Mountain closed in January 2023, but Disneyland Park will soon open a new ride, Tiana's Bayou Adventure, inspired by Tiana from The Princess and the Frog.

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Splash Mountain closed on January 23rd for a long refurbishment. The ride is being re-themed to become Tiana's Bayou Adventure, with a Princess and the Frog theme. The new ride will reopen sometime in late 2024. We'll be watching for more updates on the reopening timeline.

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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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Everything That Will Be CLOSED in Disneyland in 2023
  • Snow-topped Sleeping Beauty Castle in Disneyland.
  • Fantasmic! at Disneyland Resort.
  • Rivers of America.
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  • Adventureland Treehouse — August 2023.
  • Tom Sawyer Island.
  • The Golden Horseshoe at Disneyland.
  • Mark Twain Riverboat.


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  • Fantasmic – Paused until at least Spring 2024.
  • “it's a small world” – Closed October 23, 2023 through November 9, 2023.
  • Main Street Electrical Parade – Return Date Unknown.
  • Mark Twain Riverboat – Closed September 17, 2023 through TBD.
  • Space Mountain – Closed September 18, 2023 through October 25, 2023.


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Several attractions and restaurants are closed in Disney World, but for most of them, we know approximately when they'll reopen. For example, Tiana's Bayou Adventure (formerly Splash Mountain) will be open in late 2024.

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According to Disneyland officials, the renovation project is expected to last more than a year. The re-imagined ride, which will be called Tiana's Bayou Adventure, is scheduled to open in late 2024.

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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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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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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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Splash Mountain has permanently closed at Disneyland in California and Walt Disney World in Florida. While the structure and ride path will remain the same, the story will be changed to and rethemed to The Princess and the Frog Disney Animated movie based on New Orleans.

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The Haunted Mansion is closed for refurbishment from August 14 to August 31, 2023. It will reopen as the Haunted Mansion Holiday on September 1, 2023!

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