I am traveling to Tokyo Disneyland from Florida in 12 days, just to see Splash Mountain again. It is gonna be a big sigh of relief to see the REAL Splash Mountain again. Miss it like crazy every day.
Now I understand why cannot be rethemed in Tokyo... because Japan doesn't care and doesn't want the retheme in the first place... and consequently, because the whole area is Splash Mountain-themed, they should not just remove one single attraction but close the whole, according to the park map, 1/4 of the park to get rid of everything related to this attraction since all references to Song of the South are scattered all around(Critters Country)... at least we saved this one, the last normal Disneyland park in the world that didn't kneel to stupidity, nonsense and delirium.
That's one good thing about the OLC, they have near complete control over their park. They have the opportunity to change rides but if they think it's gonna be a detriment, they just say "Nah"
It's just disappointing that The Ceo of Disney "Bob Iger" thought it would be a good idea to get rid of a beloved and an amazing Attraction. When I was little I only went to "DisneyWorld" in 2011 and I wanted to go on Splash mountain but i wasn't tall enough to ride it, that made me upset. When i didn't know what the ride was about nor how cool it would've been to get that Opportunity. I would probably say two years ago i got myself into Splash Mountain/Song of the south Craze of Liking the Brer Characters very much to the story and that banger of a Song "Zip-a-dee-do-da". I'm just hoping some day we can get Splash back, it really sucks of Society is now adays. But I'm glad that Splash is still doing well in Tokyo. Let's hope that freaking CEO doesn't touch this amazing Attraction. 😤
Iger is a massive turd, don't get me wrong. But the biggest problem are these insane activist shareholders like BlackRock that don't incentivize, but FORCE, big companies like Disney to become activists through censorship, removal or pushing specific agendas. Rides have been unnecessarily sanitized like PotC and ESPECIALLY Jungle Cruise, but Splash Mountain is the worst victim so far. Until these shareholders are stopped through proper legislation, this insanity will never end, especially in the US.
Now the only thing stopping the rest of the world going to Tokyo as their park of choice is the fact the dialogues aren’t in other languages. If they had a headset or some way of experiencing the Tokyo attractions with the English dub (with original voice actors) I don’t see why anyone would even bother going magic kingdom or Disneyland
i think they should replace the hydraulic animatronics with electric ones since im sure the electric animatronics are easier to maintain (even though they are almost never broken in tokyo disneyland)
Rumors have come out that the mechanical ones used in Tiana's Bayou Abomination are constantly failing, partially, because they are mechanical, and the humidity of the ride is like kryptonite to them. If this is true, then that would probably be a horrible idea.
@TheWASHINGMACHINEBOY I agree with you 100%. I'm all for keeping their legacy rides completely unchanged, but with updated technology. Kind of like how they updated all of the animatronics on Pirates, but without all of the unnecessary censorship and movie references.
