News Splash Mountain retheme to Princess and the Frog - Tiana's Bayou Adventure

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Disney Glimpses

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jinx8402 said:
I just think there is a big difference between a story that tries to sugarcoat slavery as not all that bad vs a story that includes a location that used to have slavery. Tiana takes place in the 1920-30s. The simple backstory could be it WAS a former plantation with slavery, but now Tiana and others own the the co-op and are making something that used to be a negative to be a positive for their community.
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Oh there's totally a difference between the two. I'm not really trying to equate them. And I think you offer a good perspective here. I think what I am really confused about is with a blank canvas why they would select this location in which the origins are so strongly associated. They can do anything they want and they are choosing this; especially after the reasons for the re-theme in the first place.

Nonetheless I am still excited for the attraction and I am optimistic it's getting the attention it requires.
 
JD80

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Disney Glimpses said:
Oh there's totally a difference between the two. I'm not really trying to equate them. And I think you offer a good perspective here. I think what I am really confused about is with a blank canvas why they would select this location in which the origins are so strongly associated. They can do anything they want and they are choosing this.
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You are equating them. You're discussing both situations equally.

For example "this location in which the origins are so strongly associated". It took like 30 pages in this thread just for people to realize there was a salt mine any where near the Bayou let alone anything you're proscribing to it.

Sometime you just have to get off the internet for a while.
 
Turtlekrawl

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Trauma said:
My god can’t we do anything anymore without nit picking every single last detail to find something offensive about it ?

Splash just closed and already the new ride is racist or something ?

It feels like living in these times is beyond exhausting.
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No (we) can’t. Those days are gone and that’s precisely why Splash is now closed. The new ride can’t escape nitpicking just because the IP is “better.”

Agree with the last part
 
Rich T

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Midwest Elitist said:
Ok, hear me out. So we don't need to change the name of the ride, AGAIN in 20 years, just call it "Problematic Mountain"! That way when it's eventually rethemed again for being problematic and is no longer a money generator, they don't have to change the name!
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They should just call it Splash Mtn.: Tiana’s Adventure. But, of course, then they couldn’t advertise TBA as a completely new ride.
 
Cmdr_Crimson

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Turtlekrawl said:
No (we) can’t. Those days are gone and that’s precisely why Splash is now closed. The new ride can’t escape nitpicking just because the IP is “better.”

Agree with the last part
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And to think that Eisner wanted it based around the movie Splash..
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Can't imagine what the ride would have been like with the plot..🤔
 
Buried20KLeague

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BasiltheBatLord said:
One thing that should make this at least a bit more comfortable for fans of the attraction is that Splash will go out as an incredibly well documented attraction. From 4k 360 POV videos to the soundtrack, it won't be lost to time like some older yesterland attractions.
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I would have been happier if someone could have pulled a "Mesa Verde Times" on it.
 
tanc

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My favorite memory of Splash was on one October night in 2014. I remember going to MNSSHP and the crowds were insanely low. I was able to ride Splash probably about 10 times in a row with absolutely no waits. It was just so much fun to be able to ride it so many times and appreciate it for what it is. I hope for the best with the retheme, but at least Tokyo for now is the one keeping it. I will be there in May so I'm pretty excited!
 
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mattpeto said:
Splash to Tiana was announced during Covid, but I believe the Briar Patch did open up briefly and guests bought up the historic amount of merch to resell.

The site that should be named has an article about from July 2020.
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I was there the day after the final merch drop, which was August 2020. I was so sad to miss it due to park reservations.
 
JohnD

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Cmdr_Crimson said:
And to think that Eisner wanted it based around the movie Splash..
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Can't imagine what the ride would have been like with the plot..🤔
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That's incorrect. He just wanted to change the name to "Splash Mountain" to promote the Splash film. While Imagineers doubtless thought that was screwy thinking, they leaned into it realizing it's a great name for the final drop.
 
Cmdr_Crimson

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JohnD said:
That's incorrect. He just wanted to change the name to "Splash Mountain" to promote the Splash film. While Imagineers doubtless thought that was screwy thinking, they leaned into it realizing it's a great name for the final drop.
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So, it was still intended to have the Brer Rabbit story but, promote a movie with a different plot?
 
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