What Disney ride is replacing Splash Mountain?

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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In April 2022, Tokyo Disneyland's owner – the Oriental Land Company (OLC) – announced that Space Mountain would close in 2024 to pave the way for a reimagined experience. Alongside the ride, a newly developed plaza will be constructed, creating a fresh vision for Tomorrowland.

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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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With any attraction that has been around as long as this one has, closures are a necessary part of ensuring the ride can be enjoyed by fans for many more years to fans. Guests have noticed that Space Mountain is showings its age, so while it is sad, a closure was definitely expected by a lot of fans.

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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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Fact Check: Is Disney World moving out of Florida? New Orleans claim debunked. If you are a Disney World fan and recently heard about the park relocating to New Orleans, don't be disheartened, as the park is not going anywhere.

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Splash Mountain super fans, you may want to avert your eyes. For everyone else, Tiana is on the way as noticeable Splash Mountain demolition and construction efforts are ongoing at the Magic Kingdom for the 2024 opening of 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 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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A re-themed ride at Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resorts will now be called Tiana's Bayou Adventure. In many ways, Tiana's Bayou Adventure is a love letter to New Orleans, Charita Carter, executive producer of relevancy activations for Walt Disney Imagineering, said in a statement last year.

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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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Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at Disneyland park will be closed for a refurbishment beginning on April 3, 2023. The Disneyland calendar currently only goes through April 3, so a reopening date for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is not yet available. It will likely be a relatively basic refurbishment.

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According to Walt Disney World, Spaceship Earth will close on July 19, 2023 and will reopen… one day later, on July 20, 2023.

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