Splash Mountain re-theme announced

[M:SpilotISTC12]

Cant see how the theme will work with the location in frontierland and also how will they work a mountain into a story that blatently doest have any.

Well they are going to demo Frontierland because it represents a time that is not looked at too fondly! Time for Frontierland and Liberty Square to go!

 

[MuteSuperstar]

This will go over very well with kids and teens.

Does Princess and the Frog really resonate and hold up with this age group now? I mean by the time this is done that movie will be 12-13 years old already.

 

[GeoffR]

My heart is broken over this. I understand why they did it. I'm sure the change will be done very well. This was such a beloved attraction, and a few weeks of outcry erased it. It feels like they are trying to erase their history; the movie, music, characters are now all gone. I stand by my initial point in saying they should have put things in context; tell people who James Baskett was, explain the controveies of the film, but also explain how he was awarded an Oscar for his performance and how he wasn't even allowed to attend Opening Night, these things are important.

The ride needed work, and I know the Imagineers will do well and make something great. However, to me this feels like another monument being torn down by the mob.

 

[Bastet]

Pocahontas would work better in the location and with the ride

 

[PrincessNelly_NJ]

Does Princess and the Frog really resonate and hold up with this age group now?

It does. Especially with little black girls.

 

[GhostHost1000]

RIP Frontierland

and if disney keeps up with this type of stuff and their non-glitches system...they may not need the park reservation system to limit guests

 

[PuertoRekinSam]

The problems with the film are undeniable, and the attraction is forever linked to the film even if it does exclude the problematic themes.

The climax of the ride is based on one of the more controversial of the “Uncle Remus” stories.
Just do a google search for the line:
"Do anything you want with me – roas' me, hang me, skin me, drown me – but please, Br'er Fox, don't fling me in dat brier-patch"

to understand why it’s considered controversial by many.

 

[disneygeek90]

Honestly, country bears should have been gone a long time ago... COP too but thats another topic for another day lol

CoP just needs an update and a rewrite. Badly.

 

[MaximumEd]

My all time favorite ride. This stinks. Gut all the animatronics and bring on the lazy projection mapping.

 

[PrincessNelly_NJ]

Pocahontas would work better in the location and with the ride

Pocahontas is has its own controversies that probably wouldn't sit right with people though.

 

[denyuntilcaught]

As much as I love Splash Mountain, I am glad Disney is taking this step, and I hope that they'll allocate the resources needed to make the ride even better than Splash.

Agreed. Love Splash, but am looking forward to this version of the attraction. As others have said, PATF is criminally underrated and deserves an attraction.

 

[Rose&Crown]

This is horrible. So every ride needs an IP?

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I find this incredibly cynical...and I’m not sure how that’s “progress”??

 

[PolynesianPrincess]

Nope. Not cool. Get ready for an attraction that doesn't even hold a candle to what Splash is now. See what they did with TLM in Fantasyland? Get ready for something like that.

 

[marni1971]

It doesn’t need changing. If they want PatF build something new.

Or spend the budget where it’s really needed and fix what’s broken elsewhere.

Idiots.

I wonder how well it’s diverting interest from other items.

 

[ShoalFox]

This is horrible. So every ride needs an IP?

I understand the sentiment, but you realize Splash was already based on an IP, right?

 

[Andrew C]

It looks like this announcement probably occurred earlier than was originally planned. Likely intentional.

"As part of the creative development process, conceptual design work is well underway and Imagineers will soon be able to conduct preliminary reviews and develop a timeline for when the transformation can start to take shape."

 

[GeoffR]

Well they are going to demo Frontierland because it represents a time that is not looked at too fondly! Time for Frontierland and Liberty Square to go!

I look to Walt's Disneyland opening speech "Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams and the hard facts that have created America…with the hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world. "

Looks like people want to avoid 'hard facts'

 

[Mouse3268]

I think I just read some where that is is consulting on this.

That's what I figured would happen.

 

[brb1006]

I'm shocked, sad, but excited? Princess and the frog needed some love. It's such an underrated movie. There's a ton of potential for this. I hope they keep the ride length because that's one of my favorite things about it.

Won't be the same without "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah".