Last chance to ride Splash Mountain as the classic Magic Kingdom attraction permanently closes this weekend

Jan 20, 2023 in "Splash Mountain"

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Posted: Friday January 20, 2023 9:44am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

The classic Magic Kingdom attraction Splash Mountain will permanently close this weekend after thrilling generations of guests for more than 30 years with its 5-story splashdown into a thorny Briar Patch.

Splash Mountain will close at the end of operations on January 22 2023

Splash Mountain had its grand opening on October 2 1992

Splash Mountain's final day of operation is Sunday, January 22, 2023. Park hours on Sunday are 9 am to 11pm.

The main drop is 52.5ft at 40mph

Splash Mountain will reopen in late 2024 as Tiana's Bayou Adventure.

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imagineer971 hour ago

Ok, let's try this again: From a Tokyo thread: Can't they just leave it alone???

LittleBuford1 hour ago

I imagine it’s your framing that got the post deleted. Had you merely reported the rumour without referring to different factions, I’m sure your post would still be here.

imagineer971 hour ago

If you can't talk about a Splash Mountain retheme here, where can you? I would like an explanation of why my post on Tokyo's Splash was removed. This is where we can talk about Splash Mountain being rethemed, right?

MisterPenguin2 hours ago

Letting us know was beneficent of you.

LittleBuford2 hours ago

More than that, her name is an actual word, though admittedly one I’ve never encountered in another context: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maleficent https://www.etymonline.com/word/maleficent

Eric Graham2 hours ago

I honestly really enjoyed the Cruella remake a lot to be honest.

McMickeyWorld3 hours ago

If they go for the easy route, they could just swap the figures for Duffy and Friends animatronics and that's it. With the IP, they don't need a very complex plot to work and be fun. It would sell millions in merchandise, a total success.

UNCgolf3 hours ago

If they do re-theme it in Tokyo, I wonder what it will be. I don't think OLC will be on board with changing it to Tiana; they'd probably want something different.

BocabearMar 22, 2024

I had forgotten about that, and the first one was cute... but none of the other live action remakes seem to be that great...it feels like all the sequel movies Disney was churning out in the late 90s, early 200s... Cinderella 2? Those were serious garbage...and now these live action remakes seem the same to me...

mickEbluMar 22, 2024

So are we finding out Dr. Facilier is making an appearance in TBA tomorrow or will it be just another mind boggling marketing decision from Disney when it comes to this attraction? Having a whole segment devoted to Keith David/ Facilier at the same event where they are doing a deep dive on the attraction would make zero sense unless he's in it.

James AlucobondMar 22, 2024

Cinderella is better, I think, but it’s really the only one, mostly because it didn’t concern itself with following the original story. The others are either unasked for facsimiles or weird attempts to make evil characters sympathetic (though I chuckle at Maleficent glossing over the fact that her name is literally meant to invoke the opposite of “beneficent”).

brb1006Mar 22, 2024

I really enjoyed the 1996 live-action adaptation of 101 Dalmatians.

BocabearMar 22, 2024

I can't think of one live action remake that was better than the original...I won't count Cruella because that was really something different.... There were things to like about the Cinderella and the BATB... but in general they never quite did it for me...Both of those movies had a dress problem... Cinderella's garish blue dress was so immense it wore her, and Belle's Golden gown was completely wrong period...Looked more like 1940s and way too demure... Actually Cinderella's Godmother gown was much prettier than what she conjured for Cindy...Almost like they made the white one for Cinderella and then changed their mind and decided to match the blue dress that was sold as Halloween costumes... The other live action remakes I think have all been terrible...

Rich TMar 22, 2024

Yes. And the remake isn’t strong enough (IMO) to be particularly memorable in script or visual style to stand out in its own. As lightweight as the animated classic is, it is very entertaining and memorable. That’s the whole problem with the remakes. Instead of presenting something original, cohesive and memorable, they’re chained to the curse of having to hit mandatory nostalgia-check-boxes even if doing so maybe isn’t the wisest move. Disney wants to have its cake and eat it too. And so we get a Little Mermaid remake with hideous CGI sidekicks and a Jungle Book where CGI characters are forced to perform clumsy, forgettable versions of songs that were wonderful in the original animated film.