PiratesMansion
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This is probably what's realistically going to happen.
Splash in Tokyo is likely safe over the short term. It may still be here in ten years, but beyond that may be pushing it.
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Tiana's Bayou Adventure: Disneyland Watch & Discussion
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Splash in Tokyo is likely safe over the short term. It may still be here in ten years, but beyond that may be pushing it.
BrerFoxesBayouAdventure
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The chinese stereotype cat will be there and no one will bat an eye. The character is present on merchandise so yeah.
You just want it gone.
Splash is likely safe for the time being as SotS (and those incarnations of the characters) are public domain in Japan and they don't have to pay Disney for royalties.
Rich T
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I’m just being realistic and looking forward to seeing what they do. They’ve removed a classic song for no other apparent reason. They’re also turning their Space Mountain into a yummy-looking lemon meringue pie. Their DL is definitely the most fun castle park to watch evolve.
brb1006
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I think an Aristocats attraction would fit better at Fantasyland, considering they have a shop dedicated to Marie over there.
brb1006
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Heck, The Chinese Alley Cat was present in concept art for The Aristocats float in the Happiness is Here Parade.
The meltdown over the closing of MK’s Splash tomorrow has been very interesting and entertaining to watch. Some of my favorites, so far:
-folks still thinking a petition will do anything (
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-claims that this is the worst decision in the history of theme parks ()
-talks about how if the overlay isn’t good, how much of a disservice and how awful it will be for the African American community ()
-folks still thinking a petition will do anything (
)-claims that this is the worst decision in the history of theme parks (
)-talks about how if the overlay isn’t good, how much of a disservice and how awful it will be for the African American community (
)
PiratesMansion
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People on Twitter are unhinged. Like, sending death threats to others who do not share their opinion on the closing of a log ride being the worst thing ever unhinged.The meltdown over the closing of MK’s Splash tomorrow has been very interesting and entertaining to watch. Some of my favorites, so far:
-folks still thinking a petition will do anything (
-claims that this is the worst decision in the history of theme parks (
-talks about how if the overlay isn’t good, how much of a disservice and how awful it will be for the African American community (
BrerFoxesBayouAdventure
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Both groups are unhinged, I'm not going to entertain the notion of picking sides here.
Someone said those who aren’t bothered by this change/support it are not Walt Disney fans.
If I didn’t need to get some things done today and if I wasn’t hanging out with one of my best friends, I know exactly what I’d be doing on this fine Sunday.
Disney Analyst
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Where does one find the unhinged on Twitter? I need some entertainment.
Type in #splashmountain in the search bar on Twitter and you’ll find plenty.
You should give credit to the person you directly copied this post from.Someone brought their Splash Mountain plush collection for a final photo today at Walt Disney World (from a facebook fan group) (This is NOT a shrine of random plushes.)
This is it. Petty, wrong, and mean. And funny.
brb1006
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@EagleScout610 posted this meme from Spongebob Squarepants regarding the final day of WDW's Splash Mountain from the WDW thread.
brb1006
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You're telling me, isn't that right Mr. Potato Head?Theodora knew exactly what she was doing posting those photos.
BasiltheBatLord
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Salute to Splash Mountain East. Line officially closed as of this hour.
Soleurs
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This is the correct assessment. Most people have no idea what SotS is, they see the ride as cute animals singing songs including one they've known for decades.
Br'er Rabbit weren't in Usatama for 2022, they also haven't been out greeting guests since February 2020 despite just about every other character being dug out at some point.
The last I heard is Disney tried to push OLC harder recently and offered to pay more, and it still wasn't enough. Can't say exact numbers but they wanted Disney to cover the vast majority of the cost including marketing for a rehab of any kind, and it still wouldn't be PatF. They conceded to removing the song from loops, that's about the most progress they made.
waltography
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I was wondering if there'd be a fistfight among the vloggers over who'd take the last log. We're waiting with bated breath...
BuzzedPotatoHead89
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I will say given some of the chaos I wonder what the plan is out west. Perhaps just a surprise closure to avoid issues for the CMs? Or (if/when we get an announced closure date) maybe a VQ with ILL option to bilk consumers for the last remaining days and better control capacity.
As I recall, ToT west did do a themed hard ticket party event before the GoTG conversion but I don’t think that’s something WDI would want to do given the perception of profiteering off the “problematic” franchise.