Released in 1946, Song of the South is both a live-action ... “The retheming of Splash Mountain is of particular importance today,” Disney said in a statement. “The new concept is inclusive ...

In American Disney parks, at least, Splash Mountain will be locked in the metaphorical Disney Vault, like Song of the South itself — and the company will spend future decades pretending it never ...

The film the ride was based on, Song of the South, had been voluntarily removed from circulation by Disney three years before Splash Mountain ever opened. The film was widely known to be racist ...

National Museum of American History It’s not a stretch to say that many Disney guests who rode Splash Mountain in its over 30 years of operation never saw the film it was based on, Song of the ...

There have been foiled plans, Splash Mountain water for sale and royal — in real life, even — visitors. Here’s a timeline of attraction highlights. • 1946: “Song of the South,” a live ...

the attraction — with its animal minstrels from “Song of the South,” the radioactive 1946 movie — had to go. But Disney also faced blowback. Last year, when Splash Mountain finally closed ...

Both have won Grammy Awards. Splash Mountain had received criticism for being based on the 1946 movie “Song of the South,” FOX Business previously reported. Splash Mountain closed last ...

But Splash Mountain is still a ride in which arguably the most popular song, “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah,” has connections to minstrel shows. The two cannot be completely divorced, and the words ...

Disney said the change had been in the works since 2019. Splash Mountain's Br'er Rabbit story is tied to "Song of the South," a 1946 Disney film that has been criticized for its idealized ...

LOS ANGELES – Disneyland’s Splash Mountain – the famed log flume ride whose imagery is rooted in the dated and racist 1946 film “Song of the South” – has an end date. Guests will have ...

Disneyland's Splash Mountain — the famed log flume ride whose imagery is rooted in the dated and racist 1946 film “Song of the South” — has an end date. Guests will have their final chance ...