Disney is closing its iconic ride Splash Mountain on Monday, January 23. The movie behind the ride, "Song of the South," was criticized for its depiction of Black Americans in a post-slavery era. The ...

Splash Mountain, the iconic log flume ride at Disneyland and Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, will undergo a makeover to remove a storyline based on the controversial 1946 film Song of the South.

Walt Disney World permanently shut down Splash Mountain on Monday, but it certainly wasn’t because of a lack of interest as the popular ride had record lines on its final day. Splash Mountain, which ...

The history of Disney's Song of the South is one of cheer, racism, and the odd choice to build an amusement park ride based on a film generations have never seen, or ever will. The film is one filled ...

Disney has always championed their back catalogue of classics, but for the last few decades, they’ve done their best to keep quiet about one of them. That film is 1946’s Song of the South, a ...

You don’t need to rush to Disneyland to get your last ride on Splash Mountain before the classic log flume ride undergoes a highly anticipated major makeover that will see Princess Tiana move in and ...

On Aug. 24, 2022, a rumor began to spread on TikTok that said Walt Disney World Resort canceled its plans to retheme the Splash Mountain ride from 1946's "Song of the South" to 2009's "The Princess ...

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 to plunge a ...