News Disney World's Splash Mountain closing in January 2022 for refurbishment

[EagleScout610]

What's far worse than this is that according to the artwork I've seen for the Tiana makeover, briars are going to remain when that conversion is done.

Are we talking new artwork or the same one we've seen since 2020?

 

[Sir_Cliff]

It wouldn't have been hard to paint all of the Briar Patch in the first place. I just think they don't care. I don't even think this has to do with the retheme like some places are claiming. I'm betting Disney just dosen't want to pay the cost needed to maintain an attraction this large.

Yes, this is yet another moment that really makes you ask what has happened to Disney? Everything now seems literally half-assed.

 

[MrPromey]

Yes, this is yet another moment that really makes you ask what has happened to Disney? Everything now seems literally half-assed.

Almost feels intentional at this point, doesn’t it?

 

[Sir_Cliff]

Almost feels intentional at this point, doesn’t it?

Yes, you'd swear someone was making a point they weren't being given the resources to do a proper job.

 

[AprilLMO]

Disney World's Splash Mountain closing in January 2022 for refurbishment

Disney World's Splash Mountain closing in January 2022 for refurbishment

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I am very sad to see this ride close for a ride that doesn't even fit the theme of the land it is in. This is our favorite ride and if it was such a bad ride why are the lines so long All the time? They could have placed a Princess and the Frog ride in another location like where they took away the original Snow White and turned that entire building into a meet and greet. So Sad Disney !!! to put a ride in that doesn't even pertain to the movie her first time at Mardi Gra she grew up in New Orleans.

 

[Centauri Space Station]

How did splash fit in Frontierland?

 

[Midwest Elitist]

How did splash fit in Frontierland?

They hired the best country instrumentalists for the soundtrack and themed the mountain to fit the land.

Are we seriously doing this again?

 

[RSoxNo1]

They hired the best country instrumentalists for the soundtrack and themed the mountain to fit the land.

Are we seriously doing this again?

It fit in Frontierland because it was a good ride and most people didn't care.

The reality is, it technically didn't fit in Frontierland.

 

[peter11435]

They hired the best country instrumentalists for the soundtrack and themed the mountain to fit the land.

Are we seriously doing this again?

Splash mountain never fit in Frontierland. The mountain was not themed to fit either. You just liked it and were used to it. Tiana won’t fit either

 

[Incomudro]

Splash mountain never fit in Frontierland. The mountain was not themed to fit either. You just liked it and were used to it. Tiana won’t fit either

It looked like it fit, and seemed like it fit which was all that really mattered.

 

[larryz]

Splash mountain never fit in Frontierland. The mountain was not themed to fit either. You just liked it and were used to it. Tiana won’t fit either

Diversity demands that people "fit in" anywhere and everywhere... it's simply not allowed to require conformity to time and place.

 

[Brer Oswald]

Splash mountain never fit in Frontierland. The mountain was not themed to fit either. You just liked it and were used to it. Tiana won’t fit either

I think it fit in Frontierland just as well as CBJ does. Or Pirates in Adventureland. Or CoP in Tomorrowland. Or Small World in Fantasyland.

 

[itsy bitsy spider]

So the ride is changing because??? Some free people who aren't even on the ride enjoyed their lives in "Song of the South"?

 

[ToTBellHop]

So the ride is changing because??? Some free people who aren't even on the ride enjoyed their lives in "Song of the South"?

It’s changing because many, like myself, are offended by rabbits.

Everyone loves frogs.

 

[JoeCamel]

It’s changing because many, like myself, are offended by rabbits.

Everyone loves frogs.

I thought it was for safety as the guests were getting hung up in the briars

 

[celluloid]

Splash and Everest now down for our January trip. solo trip without my kids. Finally can do all the grown up rides

Isn't the modern WDW Guest Service experience great? I think that is an old article piece. I hope Everest is open for you.

I hope you have a good time anyway.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Splash and Everest now down for our January trip. solo trip without my kids. Finally can do all the grown up rides

Everest closed last year, not this year.

 

[mysto]

I planning a trip for when everything is open. Does anyone know of a crowd calendar that can predict that?

 

[Touchdown]

I planning a trip for when everything is open. Does anyone know of a crowd calendar that can predict that?

Well Tiana doesn’t open till 2024. So nothing the rest of the year. Barring a longer refurbishment, you can usually count on no refurbishments the week of July 4 and Christmas, granted they are the two busiest weeks of the year.