Posted: July 05, 2020

Disney recently announced that they will be retheming Splash Mountain at Disneyland and Walt Disney World to Princess and the Frog featuring Tiana and her friends. Along with this announcement, Disney said that the reimagined attraction will join New Orleans Square at Disneyland. This land, found only at Disneyland in California, is currently home to Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion, and several shops and restaurants like the Blue Bayou and

Posted: July 05, 2020

It has been a wild ride worthy of a Disneyland attraction. After a groundswell of support built up for the idea of re-theming Splash Mountain at both Disneyland and Walt Disney World, Disney responded by announcing that the parks would do exactly that. While no timeline has been given, both parks' Splash Mountain rides will be replacing the existing Song of the South theme with The Princess and the Frog at some point down the road. The decision to turn

Posted: July 05, 2020

The Magic Happens parade, Fantasmic nighttime spectacular, Mickey 's Mix Magic fireworks, “Frozen” stage show and more than a dozen attractions may not return until a later date when Disneyland and Disney California Adventure finally reopen. Social distancing measures will force Disneyland and Disney California Adventure to keep some parades, nighttime spectaculars, shows, rides and attractions closed once the parks reopen following an extended

Posted: July 05, 2020

With the recent news of both Walt Disney World and Disneyland retheming the popular attraction, Splash Mountain, from the controversial Song of the South to the beloved The Princess and the Frog, it is sparking ideas and conversations between fans around other attractions. One conversation is around the retheming of the popular Adventureland attraction - The Jungle Cruise. But other fans are starting to bring up a specific scene in a different Disney ride

Posted: July 02, 2020

The Splash Mountain makeover coming to Disneyland will transform the classic log flume ride with a new Princess Tiana backstory that will take riders down on the bayou and tie the venerable Critter Country attraction to the New Orleans Square themed land next door. Disney plans to update the Splash Mountain log flume rides at Disneyland in Anaheim and Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Florida with a new theme based on the “Princess and the Frog”

Posted: July 02, 2020

The "Splash Mountain" attraction at Walt Disney World and Disneyland is being re-themed to The Princess and the Frog, Disney announced on Thursday. On Disney Parks Blog, a Disney official said that the classic attraction will be completely reimagined and that this project has been underway since last year. The ride will reportedly be set in 1966 New Orleans and will join Princess Tiana and Louis on a musical adventure, featuring music from

Posted: June 26, 2020

Disney will be the first to tell you that “Song of the South” is racist. For years, in fact, they haven 't shied away from it. In March, Disney executive chairman Bob Iger told shareholders that the film is “not appropriate in today 's world,” so much so the company wouldn 't even release it with an “outdated cultural depictions” disclaimer. “Song of the South” hasn 't been released since its 40th anniversary theatrical run in 1986 and it 's

Posted: June 26, 2020

Disneyland has been my second home since I was a little girl. So many things have changed in both parks over the years and I think about old attractions quite often as they are part of my childhood memories. One of the great things about Disney that separates them from other theme parks is that they are consistently changing and ever evolving. Walt Disney once said, “Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in