Disney World and Disneyland's Splash Mountain log-flume ride will be rethemed into a Princess and the Frog attraction.
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Disney officials announced Friday that Splash Mountain will be renamed Tiana's Bayou Adventure after it receives a Princess and the Frog makeover in late 2024, USA Today reports. The announcement was made at the ESSENCE Fest in New Orleans.
Disneyland's Splash Mountain has officially closed after more than 33 years at the California resort. Disney announced plans to close Splash Mountain – at Disneyland and Walt Disney World – in 2020 after a petition to change the beloved water ride's theme went viral.
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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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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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.
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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Disney's Splash Mountain was inspired by the 1946 film Song of the South and opened in 1989 and 1992 at Disneyland Park and Magic Kingdom respectively. However, the ride is now being permanently replaced at both the locations.
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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Tiana's Bayou Adventure will be a musical adventure boat ride in Frontierland at Magic Kingdom. The attraction picks up right after the end of The Princess and the Frog film.