My thoughts exactly. That old Snow White attraction spot was prime real estate for a new PatF attraction. Then they could have had an attraction representing African American folklore AND an attraction representing their first African American princess. And, bonus, little girls could have actually ridden the dark ride in Fantasyland.
They would wait till they lose money and want to gain it before they become that "woke" people need to realize this move was not done because of some loose insensitivity to splash, but rather a marketable way to pay themselves on the back and tell activists how great they are while it is really to pull a Frozen Maelstrom move on a larger scale.
I have a genuine question. Other than the ties to the film, which says it’s in Georgia, does Magic Kingdom’s Splash Mountain seem like it could take place in the American frontier? I thought I read that they changed the music style, colors, etc for it to fit at MK and if they went through lengths to change the setting for the ride, then the film setting shouldn’t matter.
Don't expect them to learn anything until the entire company is gutted and on life support. The one thing I've learned about bad management is that it is never willing to change direction of anything because that would indicate they made a mistake. I'm seeing some signs of that at Disney and I don't expect it to change anytime soon.
I’m aware, but you can at least make an argument for it based on how much people Demonize SoTS.
The circus tents in the Dumbo film were pitched by black slaves. It has as much basis to be rethemed as Splash does based on the argument that the source material is offensive, and it’s presence in the parks “reminds” people of the offensive source material.
Depp got uncancelled. It was an example of the cancel culture mob acting too early. They ruined his career and his life but they were wrong.
With you 100%! I loved PotC (well, the first 3). And I'm all girl power, feminism as well...but leave Pirates well enough alone. They've made, what, 5 films? Let it rest...find another story to tell about something else.
I have long since accepted Disney’s stereotypical portrayal of women.. The rub with Princess and the Frog was that they set it up as a “we’re finally acknowledging that women can be independent”, only to then have her give up all of her ambitions to become a frog.Finally with Elsa they got it almost right, and then Moana was perfect, imo.
It took many decades for Disney to get there, but they finally did.
All of that said, I don’t begrudge Disney their former stereotypes.. most of them were a product of their time (even though they should have known better by the time of Ariel and Tiana). I understand the long road though, which is why I don’t call for their demise. Same with CoP. I love that attraction, even while it makes my stomach churn a bit while watching it.. It’s a weird feeling, but I love it because the song is great, and the attraction reminds me that progress has been made.
Yet another ignorant rant by a clueless woke warrior that clearly has no clue about the movie or even the history of California. The movie wasn't set during slavery so clearly Mr. Baskett wasn't playing a slave in the movie since there were no slaves in it. Of course it also begs the question as to how the ride is slavery themed when it is connected to a movie set after slavery had ended. As for not being able to use the bathroom when he got his award, well segregation had ended by the time Mr. Baskett got his award so once again the woke warrior fails. While unclear from the rambling rant what the race of the writer is it has the air of a non-black author, which then begs the question as to how someone that isn't black knows so much about how a black person feels about the ride... does this woke warrior have ESP?
Splash still fits the time period. It’s 1800s African American folklore. And they made modifications to the music and the setpieces to make it fit the land.
