What Disney ride changes to Princess and the Frog?

The new ride, scheduled to open in 2024, will be based on “The Princess and the Frog, a 2009 film that features Disney's first Black princess, Tiana. Following calls to remove the attraction, Disney announced in June 2020 that it would transform the ride from Splash Mountain to Tiana's Bayou Adventure.



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In July 2022, at the New Orleans ESSENCE Festival, Disney officially announced that Tiana's Bayou Adventure, the new version of Splash Mountain, would officially open at both Disneyland and Walt Disney World in late 2024.

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The closing of the 30-year-old ride — which Princess Diana visited in 1993 — follows years of calls for change because it features several characters from Disney's 1946 film Song of the South, which featured racist stereotypes.

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In the end, Splash Mountain met its demise as the story behind the ride's theme was not right for Disney's image. Splash Mountain featured the Song of the South story of plantation life that resonated as distasteful and needed to be replaced.

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Disney is converting Splash Mountain into Tiana's Bayou Adventure, an attraction that will highlight the company's first Black princess and be a love letter to New Orleans. Why it matters: Splash Mountain has been a fan favorite for years. In 2020, Disney said it would change the concept to be more inclusive.

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Tiana's Bayou Adventure will officially open at Disneyland in California and Magic Kingdom in Florida in late 2024. Walt Disney World's Splash Mountain attraction closed to begin this retheme at the end of January 2023 while Disneyland's closed on May 30th, 2023.

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