News Splash Mountain retheme to Princess and the Frog - Tiana's Bayou Adventure

[SteveAZee]

Don't know about others. But, when I hear 'musician', I think Barry Manilow. After all, he wrote the songs!

Ironic, since he didn't write "I Write the Songs". Alanis Morrissette co-wrote Ironic, which really doesn't have much irony in it, ironically. Don't get me started on jumbo shrimp.

 

[Goofnut1980]

How sure?...

'Injun Joe's Cave' Sign Removed, Raft Names Painted Over at Tom Sawyer Island in Magic Kingdom

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It makes me giggle how they are handling things. Instead of making it themed to Tom Sawyer, they just paint over and do nothing. It seems a little half done, but that is now the Disney way.

 

[Dear Prudence]

It makes me giggle how they are handling things. Instead of making it themed to Tom Sawyer, they just paint over and do nothing. It seems a little half done, but that is now the Disney way.

Disneyland kept a lot of the Tom Sawyer theme. It just also has pirate stuff, making it the actual pirate island of Tom's dreams. It's brilliant.

 

[𝐌𝖆𝖓 𝖎𝖓 𝐖𝖊𝖇]

It makes me giggle how they are handling things. Instead of making it themed to Tom Sawyer, they just paint over and do nothing. It seems a little half done, but that is now the Disney way.

I have no doubt it'll be PatF'd soon.

 

[EagleScout610]

 

[owlsandcoffee]

Oh, God, I saw this yesterday. Everyone was sending it to me. Disneyland took theirs out over 10 years ago. I know people mean well by sending this to me, thinking that I will be excited about good news, but, like, the 'Injun Joe' ish is legitimately one of my mental health triggers. Having flashbacks to elementary school and having kids mock me that my biofather was "Injun Joe," a "drunk Indian," etc. Talk about bad memory lane.

At any rate, non-Native people on either "side" of the argument were predictably annoying.

If IJ causes such harmful memories for you I imagine that's the case for a lot of people with Indigenous heritage. In that case, I'm glad it's going. Hopefully whatever they do keeps the spirit of TSI while being a bit more fresh.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

If IJ causes such harmful memories for you I imagine that's the case for a lot of people with Indigenous heritage. In that case, I'm glad it's going. Hopefully whatever they do keeps the spirit of TSI while being a bit more fresh.

I believe the names for the three rafts were Joe, Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn?

Maybe make Joe's raft Becky Thatcher? Still a character from the book, and then they'd have a female character represented too along with all three being named after the kids.

 

[Sharon&Susan]

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Surprised that they even mentioned the current theme of the ride in that blurb.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Surprised that they even mentioned the current theme of the ride in that blurb.

It's from the Official Guide, so I assume it's simply Disney policy now that any mention of Splash include the plans to change it.

 

[owlsandcoffee]

I believe the names for the three rafts were Joe, Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn?

Maybe make Joe's raft Becky Thatcher? Still a character from the book, and then they'd have a female character represented too along with all three being named after the kids.

Yeah, that would've been fine with me, although I'm not indigenous. I was talking specifically about IJ

 

[Dear Prudence]

@owlsandcoffee I personally love that Disneyland kept the TSI theme

Also, I 1000000% support giving Becky her own raft because she was 1/3rd of that adventure

 

[EagleScout610]

It's from the Official Guide, so I assume it's simply Disney policy now that any mention of Splash include the plans to change it.

Personally I'm imaging Chapek standing over the editor's shoulder going "Go on...say how we're getting rid of Racist Bunny"

 

[Midwest Elitist]

Personally I'm imaging Chapek standing over the editor's shoulder going "Go on...say how we're getting rid of Racist Bunny"

It still mentions Fastpass+. This was probably written early last year. Don't think it means anything, for better or worse.

 

[owlsandcoffee]

@owlsandcoffee I personally love that Disneyland kept the TSI theme

Also, I 1000000% support giving Becky her own raft because she was 1/3rd of that adventure

As do I. I would prefer that WDW keep it themed to TS. Just get rid of the IJ stuff

 

[EagleScout610]

I wonder if we're gonna get 30th Merch for Orlando this year, given it's not down for the retheme at that point (Which from what i can tell is unlikely)

 

[FantasiaMickey2000]

I wonder if we're gonna get 30th Merch for Orlando this year, given it's not down for the retheme at that point (Which from what i can tell is unlikely)

They haven’t sold Splash merchandise (with very limited exceptions) since they sold out of their initial inventory after re-opening. I’d be shocked if they had any new splash merchandise ever again.

 

[matt9112]

They haven’t sold Splash merchandise (with very limited exceptions) since they sold out of their initial inventory after re-opening. I’d be shocked if they had any new splash merchandise ever again.

The one time they dont put moving merch above all else. I could understand not making new merch designs etc but honestly amazed they dint just re order old merch to you know make money.

 

[JoeCamel]

The one time they dont put moving merch above all else. I could understand not making new merch designs etc but honestly amazed they dint just re order old merch to you know make money.

maybe they did and can't get it

 

[GoneForGood]

I'd be shocked if we get farewell merch.
I mean, "Time to be moving along" is PRIME ride closing cash-in material.

 

[EagleScout610]

Seems like Br'er Rabbit and Br'er Bear are being replaced by the chipmunks when Frontierland Hoedown returns next month. Not suprising but still a litte sad