I'm not laughing at anyone who is upset. I totally understand the feeling of loss many people are experiencing. Lots of great memories have been made with Splash Mountain.
Add to that the cumulative effect: lots of rides have been removed, lots of badly-done overlays. Many would say an entire park was ruined. These things all tend to add up in the mind of the nostalgic fan. (Nevermind all the other changes happening in the world these days.) It makes sense to me that lots of people are mourning the losses of things they knew and loved.
This is not a nostalgia fanboy instance. Disney has decided they want to remove stories written by slaves. I completely understand the issues with Songs of the South, the portrayal of black American post-civil war is completely wrong. Splash Mountain does not make these same mistakes. Please educate me on what is so horribly wrong with Splash Mountain?
People are associating Splash Mountain with Songs of the South which is very easy to do. However, people forget what made Songs of the South bad in the first place. It is a movie that has not been present in American Culture because Disney refuses to release it. Splash Mountain does not have those issues.
What exactly is so culturally inappropriate about Splash Mountain? The simple association with Songs of the South? The original story Sleeping Beauty was based on included her being raped numerous times. Does that mean DLP and DLA need to tear down their castles?
As a shareholder of TWDC, I think it is an insanely reckless use of funds that simply demonstrates incompetence. It is about the bigger picture. "Oh, it's only gonna be a couple hundred million, no big deal!" but if they are willing to do this they are also able to make other bad fiscal decisions. I understand Disney just wants to rid themselves of anything relates to Songs of the South so they figure why not make it Tiana. but this is really a slap in the face to Black Americans.
If they wanted to retheme Splash once they do a huge laundry list of projects, be my guest, but they are nowhere near that point. But there are far more attractions which need more attention. Space Mountain is far older than Splash, which is in great condition. Space Mountain's condition is horrid, there is no arguing that it is not.
It is Disney saying that only one attraction relating to Black Americans is allowed in the parks. Splash Mountain is by no means the perfect attraction to carry this torch, but ignoring this is naive.
