It’s been more than four years since Disney shocked fans — and devastated many of them — when it announced that Splash Mountain would be closing at both Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort. The announcement came as Song of the South (1946) — the movie Splash Mountain was based on — received renewed criticism for its racist overtones. At the time the closure was announced, Disney also revealed that the flume attraction would be getting a Princess and the Frog (2009) retheme.
Initially, there was A LOT of backlash against closing the beloved ride. Petitions
