Disney is retheming Splash Mountain, the log flume ride based on Song of the South. It's time for this to happen--actually, well past time, writes grmartin.
I love Splash Mountain. It’s one of the best rides ever made by Disney, and even though it didn’t really exist when I was a kid , it’s still one of my favorite rides at any Disney park. Heck, I ranked the California version as. When you look at what makes a great theme park ride—the synthesis of theme, visuals, music, story and ride experience—it’s hard to find any design flaws on the surface. And despite all that, it’s absolutely time for the current version of Splash Mountain to go.
Disney wisely left all of that out of Splash Mountain. They focused on the movie’s animated portions, which depict the African-American folktales that Atlanta writer Joel Chandler Harris wrote down under the Remus name in the 1870s and ‘80s. These stories star a classic trickster figure in the form of Br’er Rabbit, who regularly outsmarts Br’er Fox and Br’er Bear as they try to catch and eat him.
I can understand the pain and disappointment some are feeling. I know what it’s like to see your favorite theme park ride disappear—my two favorites as a kid left the Magic Kingdom in the ‘90s. Unlike Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, though, Splash Mountain isn’t going away. It’s just getting a new story and a new theme. It’ll still be a log flume through a swamp with a massive drop near the end.
Again, I’m going to miss this music. If they do remove all or most of the audioanimatronics, I’ll miss those as well. If that riverboat full of singing chickens and a piano-playing pig is removed, I’ll legitimately be sad. But I know I’ll love the new music. I’ll love seeing the movie’s characters come to life, especially if it’s through audioanimatronics and not projections. If the ascent up the hill before the big drop is themed to Dr.
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