Will Tokyo Disneyland keep Splash Mountain?

Fortunately — and differing from its counterparts in Disneyland Park and Walt Disney World Resort's Magic Kingdom — Splash Mountain at Tokyo Disneyland is scheduled to reopen its doors on December 28, 2023, following a “Temporary Closure of Park Facilities.”



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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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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, 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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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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Disney announces Splash Mountain to become Tiana's Bayou Adventure in 2024. ORLANDO, Fla. - Walt Disney World has officially announced the name and opening date for The Princess and the Frog- themed attraction that will replace Splash Mountain at Magic Kingdom.

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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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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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The film, set on a plantation, features an elderly Black man known as Uncle Remus who tells traditional African American folk tales to white children cared for by Black servants. Walter White, the former executive secretary of the NAACP, said the film helps to perpetuate a dangerously glorified picture of slavery.

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Disney's imagineers will transform Splash Mountain into a Mardi Gras celebration with a new name: Tiana's Bayou Adventure. The ride was originally based on the controversial Disney film, Song of the South, which critics say portray racial stereotypes.

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Disneyland Park Ride closures:
  • Fantasmic! ...
  • Splash Mountain is closed and is being re-themed.
  • Tarzan's Treehouse is closed until further notice.
  • Wonderous Journeys ends on August 31, 2023.
  • The French Market restaurant and the Mint Julep bar are closed and will reopen on September 7, 2023 as Tiana's Place.


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