Brer Panther
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News Splash Mountain retheme to Princess and the Frog - Tiana's Bayou Adventure
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Brer Oswald
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You better hope Bob Chapek is a closeted Brer Rabbit fan who’s just waiting for Iger to leave before he pulls the plug. Otherwise, it’s happening.
Brer Panther
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As a matter of fact, I am hoping that the rumors about Chapek wanting to keep Splash Mountain as is are true.
Of course, we don't know WHEN Iger will leave. I really, really, REALLY hope he doesn't extend his contract again.
_caleb
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So, just wanted to summarize the thread?
_caleb
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No, you’re right- it doesn’t matter what the title of this thread is.
Brer Panther
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How was that political?
_caleb
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There are like a half dozen threads for debating the retheme of Splash mountain, speculating about the likelihood of Disney changing course, paying tribute to the ride, imagineering a new ride, petitioning for the rerelease of Song of the South, etc.
It wasn’t political. And my post was actually about this comment:
Instead of the one I actually responded to.
This thread was supposed to be about the ride.
No big deal
Model3 McQueen
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- In the Parks
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The whole project is cancelled and instead Disney is gonna make a standalone PatF attraction elsewhere.
-My hopes and dreams
-My hopes and dreams
JohnD
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I made a statement of fact. 1. Why WDW desires to retheme and 2. What the theme should be. That's it. I'm neither arguing for nor against it. I'm perfectly okay with the retheme being delayed indefinitely.
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_caleb
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I was teasing you because you seemed to be just saying again what others have been saying in this thread for a while now. I'm glad we agree.
As soon as I get off work I'm Photoshopping Chapek with plushes of all the Brers
THE Monorail Lime
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Splash is extremely broken rn
Did it break down or are we talking animatronic
THE Monorail Lime
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Was down all day Wednesday
THE Monorail Lime
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Make it into Western River Adventure? 
Model3 McQueen
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- In the Parks
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Brer Oswald
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I’ve had many a dream where Splash Mountain was just one big water slide through a cartoon wonderland.
MerlinTheGoat
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If it was down for multiple days or a week or longer (outside of a scheduled refurb), then i'd worry. But an all-day downtime isn't that unusual for a ride (particularly a complex one like Splash). Unfortunate, but not uncommon.
While I haven't been to WDW in about a year now and can't speak to the quality of the finer details such as paint, lighting and such, the animatronics all appear to be present and mostly functional. This is a video from early November.
The only actual animatronic that I spotted not working is a small frog in the Laughing Place. The simpler laughing turtles are also missing some movement (a common problem for years now). But as far as I can tell, all of the other figures are present and seem to be working properly. Not that i'm excusing ANY figure being broken, but it's actually a lot better than it has been in the past. Especially considered WDW is in panicked penny pinching mode right now.
The worst condition i've ever seen it in was in 2012. The ride had been gradually deteriorating and falling apart for years, with 2012 being the worst. A large percentage of the animatronics had been removed outright, the remaining ones had little to no movement (there's an infamous video of the Riverboat chickens contorted so badly that they looked headless). Paint was faded and peeling, real vegetation on the exterior was all dead, the roof structure was leaking badly, broken lighting, sound missing or garbled and decorative rockwork was damaged (some even dangerously fell in or around guest areas). I can't stress enough how bad this was. Not to mention the water effects (frequently the big drop had no water). It got a massive refurb in early 2013 and came out looking pretty much brand new. It has had more minor ups and downs in quality since then, but they've at least done a better job maintaining it over the past 7 years. The animatronics in particular haven't been allowed to deteriorate to such a degree anymore.
Now that would be fun
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