doctornick
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Yeah, people liked Mr Toad and it had it's fans, but it was/is no where near as popular as Splash. The outcry was more from a small vocal group than widespread among park goers.
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News Splash Mountain retheme to Princess and the Frog - Tiana's Bayou Adventure
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Parker in NYC
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We also didn't have social media then. Before someone goes all geek on this, let's say... we also didn't have MAINSTREAM social media then.
UNCgolf
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I think at least half of the US didn't even have at-home Internet then (and the people that did had slow dial-up).
Donaldfan1934
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Not necessarily. It’s worth mentioning the petitions to save Splash Mountain were already outpacing the ones to change it prior to the announcement.
Fable McCloud
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I would love if the ride kept the riverboat finale, and had a nod to Splash Mountain with Louis and Tiana singing/humming/playing just a few bars of "Zip-a-dee do da". That's the only part I'll miss with the re-theme, the finale.
Brer Oswald
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I meant more than it ended up getting. Not more than contrary opinions
Donaldfan1934
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Ok, got it. Your point makes a lot more sense now that you put it that way. Thanks for clarifying.
Brer Oswald
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Yeah. They closed it as soon as it was announced, because there was no point. It capped at 20K. It would have gotten more, but how many? We can only speculate.
Brer Panther
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But that would be acknowledging Song of the South's existence.
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Brer Oswald
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An oversimplification in some areas, but not wrong. Most of the points are correct.
If you want a more accurate reason on why SotS has the reputation it does, read the book “Who’s Afraid of Song of the South”.
It goes into detail on the complex subject. Something that isn’t talked about a lot:
The film had a lot of controversy due to slurs that were in the original draft. Walt hired someone to clean it up. He took out the slurs but left due to creative differences. Understandably disgruntled about the situation, he started spreading crap about the original script, with the slurs.
WEDway Inc & Company LLC
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Worth mentioning that Walt Disney Imagineering mentioned Carmen Smith, an imagineer on the Splash Mountain refurb, as well as Charita Carter. This is the first official new reference I've seen to this project in months.
Brer Panther
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Soooooo, Disney paused construction on the TRON and Guardians of the Galaxy rides, leaving them just stuck unfinished for a while, so they can do the Splash Mountain retheme?
Surferboy567
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If they won’t keep construction going on projects that have largely been built I can’t see them doing Splash. Unless they really want to purge it, which maybe they do considering how much they want to destroy all traces of Zip like it never existed.
I could see it going both ways, but projects that have buildings already should be completed first I would think?
Brer Oswald
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We’ll just have to see how it goes. It’s clear they want to prioritize the California version, but that’s hard when the California parks are closed. So who knows?
Animaniac93-98
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I don't see Splash happening before TRON opens.
Brer Oswald
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Not a chance.
WEDway Inc & Company LLC
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Tbh, I want them to expedite this project. Just get it done with. The longer it sits here as the original theme, the more controversial they look....
Riverrafter21
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Those are imagineers? Looks like a bunch of High School Math Teachers.
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