Interesting point. MMRR is a perfectly wonderful and delightful attraction that would stand well on its own merits but is in an unfair competition with the ride that it replaced, and against which it will always be unfavorably compared.
Not necessarily. I haven’t yet experienced MMRR, but I’m pretty sure I’ll prefer it to TGMR, which I found tired and uninteresting when I last rode it (in 2017).
I thought one of the reasons given for *not* changing it is that the general public is unaware of the characters' connection to a clearly racist movie.
I would say the majority of people had NO clue about SOTS either way the ride was NOT an issue for 3 decades until a social media campaign was launched and everyone felt like they had no choice but hop on the bandwagon for FOMO and Disney caved for NO reason at all.... They painted themselves into a corner and now feel they have no way out.... Ive stated numerous times if the ride was such a problem it would have been shut down immediately simple as that regardless of that causing capacity issues at MK.... yet the ride is still overly popular and i see ZERO outrage anymore about the ride... funny how that is... do we imply that anyone who dares ride this still are racist? Personally the ride is in such shambles and the lack of maintenance my guess bc the ride is heavy with AA even before the announcement Disney is partially doing this to save money in the long run. I have no issue with Tiana getting a ride but why not a brand new one along w/ maybe a nice much needed restaurant and generate a ton of money and then "retheme" splash to maybe a new series on say Disney+ and problem solved..... Obviously noone boycotting Disney bc the ride is still there and creating a PR nightmare online for them and it be the same when Tiana unfortunately replaces Splash....
The ride itself isnt going to change, just the theming of it.
Maybe folks like you can start platforming places like the Wren's Nest in Atlanta.
Replacing a ride based on African American Folk Tales with a ride based on European Fairytales sweeps away racism??
Splash Mountain is based on Song of the South, which is based on the the Uncle Remus Tales, which were both appropriated and created by a white American man. Besides this, there are a few obvious differences between the two films that don’t need pointing out.
"The ride itself isn't going to change, just most of what makes it great."
How do we know these are not the "consultants" Carter mentioned in her interview?
They have no interest in truly rectifying their very egregious mistakes. They would rather hurt the people whom this actually effects in ways I fear are irreversible. Nothing they have done has been ANY move to actually rectify their egregious mistakes.Splash Mountain is based on Song of the South, which is based on the the Uncle Remus Tales, which were both appropriated and created by a white American man. Besides this, there are a few obvious differences between the two films that don’t need pointing out.
If Disney truly cared about correcting their decades-old mistake, they’d actually consult African and African American folklore experts, as well as historians, to get the stories and characters accurate. They’ve showed no signs of doing this, unfortunately.
They’re not the consultants because they’re changing the movie to PatF. No need to consult people on the Brer tales, Anansi, Adanko, etc. if they’re not moving forward with a project surrounding those stories and characters. This is a PatF ride. They’re consulting people on things like jazz music, Creole and Cajun culture/African American culture in New Orleans, etc., probably.
