Oh dear. So long Br'er Gator and Br'er Fox's tail.

[Yert3]

Was just on today. The Gator and Tail are back again. However, Hopping Brer Rabbit wasn't there.

Nice! I'm actually standing in line right now.

 

[LAKid53]

I believe we now know why Splash Mountain will go down later this month until November - gotta give Ol' Fox time to regrow that tail....

 

[Goofyernmost]

Was just on today. The Gator and Tail are back again. However, Hopping Brer Rabbit wasn't there.

Well, that just goes to show you that we can't have everything.

 

[graphite1326]

Was just on today. The Gator and Tail are back again. However, Hopping Brer Rabbit wasn't there.

This seems to happen quite often.

 

[EagleScout610]

However, Hopping Brer Rabbit wasn't there.

 

[Santa Raccoon 77]

 

[larryz]

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Hmm. Isn't it a weird coincidence that if you cut "BUDGET" in half and switch the syllables, you wind up with "GET BUD"?

 

[DfromATX]

Then never mind me and my false internet rumors

I read that too. I'm glad it was false.

 

[becca_]

http://micechat.com/168142-disneyland-photo-update-splash-going-dark/

Be glad that the missing tail was the only issue...

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

http://micechat.com/168142-disneyland-photo-update-splash-going-dark/

Be glad that the missing tail was the only issue...

That article is about the DL version of the ride..But, yeah Splash seems to be problmatic in any place it's at..

 

[becca_]

That article is about the DL version of the ride..But, yeah Splash seems to be problmatic in any place it's at..

I know - I was saying like be glad our splash only had two "minor" issues. Pretty bad over at DL

 

[Winter]

http://micechat.com/168142-disneyland-photo-update-splash-going-dark/

Be glad that the missing tail was the only issue...

What the heck.....

After reading that I was thinking that it's surprising that the ride can even stay open with all of those problems and missing stuff.... and then I remembered Hollywood Studios

 

[slappy magoo]

Was just on today. The Gator and Tail are back again. However, Hopping Brer Rabbit wasn't there.

Maybe this is their idea of a soft refurb? instead of closing a popular attraction for a few whole days to fix whatever needs fixing, keep it open and fix one thing at a time during closing hours?

 

[DfromATX]

http://micechat.com/168142-disneyland-photo-update-splash-going-dark/

Be glad that the missing tail was the only issue...

Splash is my favorite ride, but one time we rode with no sound... just wasn't the same!

 

[becca_]

Splash is my favorite ride, but one time we rode with no sound... just wasn't the same!

Oh no!! The music is the best part! I listen to it all the time at work

 

[FettFan]

If it is an outright removal would it be possible to rework the scene to include the same or similar gag?

Easy enough, I'm sure.
After all, they replaced the Tar Baby with a bee hive, which kind of ruins the moral of the story.

In the original folktale, as recorded by Joel Chandler Harris and animated by Disney Studios, Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear tricked Br'er Rabbit by creating a dummy out of tar. Br'er Rabbit thought that it was a real person and said hello to it....but when the Tar Baby didn't answer him, he threw a fit and punched it in the face, getting stuck in the tar.

Somehow, some idiot decided that it was "racist" (despite the fact that it's an Americanized version of an African folk tale), so when Disney built Splash they changed it to Br'er Rabbit getting clobbered on the head by a beehive and stuck in the honey.
In the original tale, Br'er Rabbit winds up getting captured because of his own actions...his unchecked attitude was what did him in.
In the ride, he's blameless.