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What did the Princess and the Frog ride replace?

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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Tiana's Bayou Adventure is a new attraction replacing Splash Mountain at Disneyland and Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. This shares everything we know so far: opening timeframe, construction progress, concept art, and commentary about the Princess and the Frog inspired log flume ride. (Updated June 27, 2023.)

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The rides, as previously announced, are being re-themed after the 2009 animated film “The Princess and the Frog.” The decision was reportedly made following an outcry on social media concerning the original storyline for the attraction, which featured elements from Disney's controversial 1946 film “Song of the South.”

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Now, inspired by the film 'The Princess and the Frog', Tiana's Bayou Adventure will replace Splash Mountain as Walt Disney World. The new installment will offer sights and sounds of New Orleans to both the resorts in 2024.

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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 closing at Disneyland: Why it shut down and what Disney plans next. Disneyland's Splash Mountain has officially closed after more than 33 years at the California resort.

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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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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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In September 2009, Disney announced that Mickey's Toontown Fair at the Magic Kingdom would be demolished to make room for an expansion of Fantasyland. One of the new elements would be a Little Mermaid dark ride, much like the one slated for construction in California.

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What ride will replace Splash Mountain? Tiana's Bayou Adventure will replace Splash Mountain at Disneyland and Disney World. The new ride is inspired by the animated Disney film The Princess and the Frog.

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For more than 17 years, guests enjoyed the new version. Snow White's Scary Adventures at Magic Kingdom Park closed permanently on May 31, 2012. The space would be recycled into Princess Fairytale Hall, a Disney Princess “meet and greet.”

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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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The attraction is based on the animated sequences of the 1946 Disney film Song of the South. The ride experience begins with a peaceful outdoor float-through that leads to indoor dark ride segments, with a climactic steep drop into a briar patch followed by an indoor finale. The drop is 52.5 feet (16.0 meters).

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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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Here's the update from Disneyland. Space Mountain will be closed for refurbishment, beginning September 18, 2023, and will reopen October 27, 2023.

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Disney ride Splash Mountain closes, to relaunch as Tiana's Bayou Adventure 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.

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