Why Disney World's Splash Mountain Ride is Being Called Racist
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
- The Black Lives Matter Movement is bringing attention to Disney World's questionable history with black representation in the park. Twitter users have discovered Splash Mountain's racist origins and are calling for change.
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This is ridiculous. Splash Mountain doesn't have ANYTHING remotely racist. It just has characters that also happened to be in Song of the South. The movie ITSELF doesn't even have anything racist, it just happens to be set in an era where slavery is a thing. The kid in the movie treats the slave character, Uncle Remus, with 100% respect. If we can't remember that slavery existed and that it was wrong we're not learning from our mistakes.
The mob is running out of things to cancel and grasping at straws. If Splash Mountain is a problem now, guess you'll have to bring down the whole park, every other Disney Park and the company. Because Walt Disney was a racist.
That movie is racist
@@KEL-uj1nh No he wasn't you liar. Tell that to Mary Blair.
Quanzelle no its not. Lets just change history books while we’re at it because its soooo offensive! 🙄
FACTS
@@quanzelle Have you watched the film? Or have you just had people tell you it's racist and you believe them?
I didn't even know that Splash Mountain was based on a movie
samee
Same
Yep me too
is the most racist movie ever made thats why Disney never whant everybode forgot that movie
crunh it wasn’t racist at all. That’s total BS. It was a sweet film. Not one racial slur. No blacks mistreated. It’s leading role a black actor who won an award. Takes place after slavery was banned. Had a beautiful scene at the end with the black and white child playing together as friends.
Splash Mountain is one of my favorite places in the world. I wish I could go on it just one more time.
@Derek Smith I was able to last week
I went on it recently it’s going down really soon
@@BasilBruh10 is Spash Mountain still there? I’m going to Disney World Florida tomorrow. I’m already in a hotel
@@sarahbabara6684 yes it is. It will be gone around 2022 I assume
No Need To Remove It It’s a classic ride that should be cherished by all families of all races and the movie Song Of The South Is Not Racist At All the idea of African Americans being slaves is part of History Of The Past that is History That Is Not Racism That Is A Fact History Not Racism.
When he said “harmful feelings”, I rolled my eyes so far back I almost had a seizure. Smh
The star wars sequels were so crap I get "harmful feelings" when I visit star wars land. But I'm not asking to remove it.
@@a_man_duh3872 yeah but how is brer rabbit and the bears and the fox on the ride racist? that has nothing to do with racism. yes i get that it has to do with song of the south, but the ride has nothing that seems racist. thats just my opinion but your entitled to your own opinion, so i respect your opinion either way.
Same dude like if you are on a disney ride about a rabbit bear and croc and are offended you need to actually check yourself mentally.
@@a_man_duh3872 But the ride itself is not being racist!!! Where is there a single racist part in that ride, just tell me, where!??! I mean, I'm not trying to ignore the fact that it was based off a racist film, but it just that the ride doesent have anything to do with racism.
@@a_man_duh3872 surely if people found the ride racist they would of shut it down 32 years ago when it opened. And also Song of the South takes place post civil war…
“a lot of people have harmful feelings while going through the ride”
but they shouldn’t. you shouldn’t get offended by a damn disney ride
Haha chill out mate
I couldn’t agree more like people need to chill the f out. They are dang animals in the ride like wtf
I agree
I have a solution... DON'T GO ON THE RIDE IF IT "OFFENDS YOU"
I don’t think most people even know the ride is themed after that movie anyway?
I'd rather have a emperors new groove ride
Have them rushing down the river in seats with 2 people on each of a rock. That would be cool
Bahahahah
YES
with the “pull the lever kronk” and that’s when you go down
you realize there changing it for black lives matter basically-
There really isn't a land that the ENG's theme would fit into though.
There getting caught up in the moment. The ride has been one of the most popular at Disney since it was built in spite of the movie.
It’s not getting caught up in the moment this refurb has been in the works for roughly a year and is not in direct response to the current BLM movement anything said otherwise is false
Maybe, but the ride was controversial even upon opening because that film was always controversial. Tbh they should have changed it a long time ago.
@@TECfan1 i have to disagree.
This is so stupid
It is a fun ride and a fun theme
No need to redo a great ride
@@iloveoliverheisalapdog1113 There is nothing to disagree with lol. The ride and even the original film both had many groups of people raising their brows at when they released. That is a fact.
@@TECfan1 the criticism about the ride when it opened was very brief, probably because most people weren’t aware of song of the south’s existence.
The ride doesn’t even have the tar baby or Uncle Remus references!!!!!! Disney is nothing without Zip-a-dee-doo-da!
AGREEEDDD !!! IT is nothing with out SPLASH MOUNTAIN , SPLASH MOUNTAIN IS ONE OF IT'S SUCCESS RIDES PERIOD , IT'S ONE RIDE I DEFINITELY LOOK FORWARD TO WHEN I GO TO DISNEYLAND !!
I'm pretty sure Zip-a-dee-doo-da is one of their sing-a-long songs too. This just angers me to no end. Disney doesn't need to allow the no fun crowd to define them.
@@TubeScrewed
SuperLOLBrothers
IS RIGHT THEY AREN'T ANYTHING WITHOUT SLASH MOUNTAIN OR ZIP-A-DEE-DOO-DA!!!
YOU REALLY THINK ONE RIDE WILL EFFECT THE PARK
The Tar Baby story was actually based on an African folk story.
This would make sense if you actually saw Uncle Remus or any of the live action characters on the ride, but you don't. All you see from Song of the South are the cartoon animals, which had nothing to do with the film's... questionable tones, to say the least. It's pretty funny that only NOW people are getting offended by this.
people have been complaining about this since it opened
People have raised eyebrows to the theming even when it opened in the 80s, not just now. That's not a good excuse to keep it. It's still connected to that film. Why NOT retheme it, is a better question.
Keep in mind that just because it wasn't in headlines, that doesn't mean no one had problems with it.
I wonder when they will take down Peter Pan, which has truly terrible stereotypes of Native Americans.
Lol I'm thinking the same thing
There is aboslutley nothing racist within Splash Mountain smh
Honestly I’m pretty upset that they are changing it but if they also change the nice pool water smell in the ride then I will actually cry this is not a joke
They aren’t I think
Hopefully not!
They are changing it, the ride closed it down now
The racist part of the movie isn’t even in the ride
I agree 100 percent wtf is wrong with people it doesn't even have the racism in the ride
Andrew Pike 😤😤😤
The racist part isn’t even exactly racist as much as it is just brutally misrepresenting the struggles of being a slave. These people just want something to be angry about I swear to god.
EXACTLY!!!!
@@dantecorrado2220 these people? 🤔
I'm offended by the way rappers treat women. Should we cancel rap?
Yes. Obviously, yes.
U can’t cancel a whole music genre because of a few rappers because those people don’t represent the music genre
RoBlOX Tried well that’s obvious. Dig your head outta the sand logic doesn’t reign supreme
@@jsheridan02 the left doesn't have logic. Logic is how we know truth.
@@robloxtried6201 a few?
Did you know any of this Disney history??
I did. I wish I didn't.
@What’s Trending Actually I knew this history for almost 2 years now.
@What’sTrending clearly you dont
Keep the ride the same!!! Changing the ride is not going to solve racism in the world.
The PC mob is getting ridiculous. Thank god for South Parks PC babies. Learn a thing or two from them. Theres a reason why theyre making fun of you!
It’s so stupid and annoying it’s literally just a Disney ride
Emily Slade lol your so dumb if you think that will help with anything racial
SPLASH MOUNTAIN IS ONE OF IT'S SUCCESS RIDES PERIOD , IT'S ONE RIDE I DEFINITELY LOOK FORWARD TO WHEN I GO TO DISNEYLAND !!
But it’s there first ride of Disney princess who’s different color! Little kids who are that color I think will be very happy they are seeing something like this in a Disney ride!
Ruin another ride. Goodbye Disney
I say just keep the ride the same & make a Princess and the Frog ride. Seems easier than reskining and removing all of the animatronics.
Sign the petition to stop it!!
www.change.org/p/everyone-to-save-splash-mountain-and-keep-it-as-it-is-in-magic-kingdom-and-disneyland
The thing is the main character of song of the south is black so why change it?
@@wtracyfs exactly!🤷🏼♂️
I had song of the South on video once and there was no slavery in it at all it was just a good film with great character's in it so I think it was very annoying what these people did changing splash mountain. What else would they complain about next.
@@drewcarter3100 I hope you get enough signtues to get splash mountain put back to the way in was.
This is ridiculous get a damn life. The ride and the movie are classics.
I KNOW SO MANY MORE ARE FOR THE LOVE OF THE RIDE AND WANT IT TO STAY AS SPLASH MOUNTAIN!!!
And yet Disney itself has never released the film on home video. Not even in the 70s and 80s when they first had the opportunity to. Clearly you know nothing about the history of the film. Even when it was made in the 40s, many journalists criticized its racial depictions.
If it doesn't matter then why are you upset?
The fact that you're so upset of a theme park re-skinning a ride says a lot about your values. You should be the one getting a life. At least the people petitioning to change it are fighting for less racist movie rides in the park. And you're over here, "Get a life 😡 I love the wacky and whimsical animals! Who cares if it glorified slavery! You guys are babies, getting so upset over something so tiny! Keeping the little bunny and fox is way more important than black representation!😡" Yeesh get a life
And the animated parts of the film and how is that racist
If you don’t like it, don’t ride it. Rides been around for decades and sensitive snowflakes are offended now?! What’s next? Let’s replace Space Mountain because it violates their space. Leave it alone.
Space mountain is going to be next flying through outer space is racist because it's pitch black and starry lol
Jack Hammer what’s scary about these people they would actually believe you even when your joking.
What’s also next?! Country Bear Jamboree?! I hope that doesn’t get any force to become politically correct, just like what they did to Pirates Of The Caribbean
but its racist
sunyxday did you actually see the movie??!! Probably not. It takes place after the American Civil War and the abolition of Slavery. What, history hurts your feelings?! Sad.
Please just leave the ride alone. If you get offended by it then don’t ride it.
Yessssss please
If you don't like the change, then don't ride it. It's happening and I'm very excited for this change! :D
I agree leave the ride alone
@@Seroxm13 smh more ppl wanna keep the ride anyways
THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO DO SUCK IT UP BUTTER CUP . IF THERE'S SOMETHING I DON'T LIKE I JUST DON'T SIMPLY WATCH IT NO WORRIES , I'M COOL LIKE THAT . DON'T RIDE IT EASY. OR LIKE THE MOVIE CRITIC SAID IN HIS SHOW JUST DON'T WATCH IT. SIMPLE REALLY.
PLEASE let this petition die off, and not get too much attention! The ride is perfect the way it is! If it’s not broken, don’t fix it! 😡🤬
I AGREEE
AGREED
I 100% agree
has more traction than the petition to change it did. please sign www.change.org/p/everyone-to-keep-splash-mountain-as-it-is-in-magic-kingdom
I Agree
Did you know that James Baskett the man who played Uncle Remus was the first Black male performer to receive an Oscar for his role as Uncle Remus?
“Harmful” feelings and ties to the movie that made James Baskett the first black man to win an academy award, featured the vocal performance of Nick Stewart who did groundbreaking things for African American actors, starred Hattie McDaniel the first black woman to win an Oscar... this is all such harmful awful history, i just can’t handle it 😪😪😭
I think no change is needed I mean no one really was offended by it until now like common
Not true
@@quanzelle you have see the movie?
Quanzelle answer the question. And while you’re at it name one thing that’s racist in the ride. AND Tell me how you would know about the existence of the movie JUST by riding splash mountain. I’m. Waiting. 😑
Drew Sinclair all i’m saying is the it’s not only know people are offended. black people in general feel and know about the racist past and tendencies of Disney as a company but little white kids just see the glamour
Quanzelle little kids**. All kids only see glamour in Disney. The ride isn’t a problem. The ride itself isn’t racist, yes the movie is. But I’m guessing that most of these people saying it’s racist have either, JUST learned about Song of the South, or have never watched it. The movie doesn’t mock black people other than using the term “tar baby” which isn’t in the ride and you could argue that the black people in the movie have very stereotypical accents. The worst thing about the movie is the glamorization of the South after the Civil war. These things are mentioned no where in the ride. Nobody would be this upset if they said the ride was only based off of the folktales of Brer Rabbit. But since Disney has made a racially ignorant movie this ride “needs to go”
I dont think they should change the ride because nobody really, had a problem with it before all of this why speak out now, kinda a wired timing, if they really had a problem with it they would have started the the outrage about the ride a few years ago
Thats called cancel culture
People have had problems with it since it opened in the 80s... just because it's not in headlines doesn't mean people are just suddenly having a problem.
also why were the people shown in the tweets white people like why are yall offended
Okay but were you offended last year or anytime before last month?🤔 last I rode the ride I just saw dancing animals singing songs 😳
Its just cultural marxists being cultural marxists.
This is so stupid, splash mountain is my favorite ride. Princess and the frog doesn’t match frontier land and people need to not be so but hurt and get over it.
I really don’t think it needs redesigned. It’s never been a problem until now, so let’s just keep it the way it is. 🤷♀️
It's always been a problem, it's just only now black ppl are being listened to
@h e l l o I personally think it shouldn’t be redone because we aren’t trying to bring politics to Disney also it’s perfect the way it is
Quanzelle well, the ride might be based off of a racist film, but nothing in the ride itself is racist. I think it’s okay the way it is, but I didn’t know people really cared about that until now.
It’s always been a problem it’s only now getting coverage. Why are you Karens so thick!
Twistin' Mud i don’t know why we expect white people to understand but everything is political when the world hates you. black people walk around with. millions threatening their existence. if saying don’t be a racist is political then disney has always been political as they have a deep racist history beyond this movie and ride. it’s not political to say “stop reminding us about racism” it’s a human rights issue. put yourself in the place of a black person, your people are finally allowed to visit “the greatest place on earth” and you are reminded of a movie your grandma talked about and looked so hurt over while your trying to have fun. this is an everyday thing for black people. we are constantly reminded of america’s racist past in everyday things that white people dont notice. Did you know why master bedrooms are called that??? it’s because they was the slave masters room!! just because you have the privilege of not knowing these things doesn’t mean it’s not offensive!
I remember in the 1990s riding splash mountain there was nothing racist about it. I loved that ride, I bet Walt disney if he was alive would be so gutted his planned rides are closing.
First, it was splash mountain. And now it is Aunt Jemina, Uncle Ben, and Land O lakes Indian.
What is wrong with our world?
People with too little real education and too much time on their hands to cause chaos. Who needs Disney or any park for thrills. Just take a walking tour of inner city on Saturday night or ride the subway alone.
Please don’t change the ride!
To late
I will miss this ride goodby Splash Mountain😭
True
Yes
It going to be the same just a different theme
JORD 2 We will never hear those same nostalgic songs and sounds ever again. There is no reason to redo the ride.
@@kaj1239 a lot of times parks change their rides to something new what's wrong with them doing this to this ride?
This does divert from the BLM movement. People are overreacting to the events in Minneapolis.
Plus, if Disney wants to remove any trace of the Movie, they would have to remove the popular Disney theme, "Zip-a-dee-doo-dah" from every single park. And I know a lot of Disney fans love that song.
The believe the final drop of Splash Mountain represents Br'er Rabbit tricking Br'er Fox into tossing him into the Brier Patch in order to escape.
So one bad cop who kills a black man the world has gone insane we have to get rid of these things that were there for decades makes a lot of sense.
Blood Moon one ...bad cop ?
Blood Moon try again.
Blood Moon cops have killed black people way more. BLACK LIVES MATTER ✊🏿 ✊🏾✊🏽
Smiley Sadi umm a cop that kills anyone is a bad cop
If you think about it, do you think Disney would listen to a petition that was made on the internet. They most likely didn’t even see the post they got tagged.
This didn't age well at all...
They never listen to petitions. There have been some to add seasons to Disney channel shows, ones to change or bring back rides....etc etc. They may have pushed the announcement of this ride because of the current political climate of the country, but the ride needed to be changed or at least rehauled for a while now, and they've been planning that. Most of the anamatronics in it are broken or removed completely. And with the years of controversy surrounding the Song of the South and this ride, it's best just to re-theme it anyway and create new characters.
Alright so they're going to replace all the f*cking animals!!
I agree that it should be changed not only for its racist background but also because of how also the logs sink. There’s actual times where the logs sink mid-ride which is terrifying. And especially the really dirty water. I’m looking forward to the princess and the frog ride because at least I don’t have to worry about sinking and having to always think of ‘’ hey this ride has a racist background ’’. Disney wouldn’t release the movie so why have this ride? so I agree with Twitter for once-
Disney released the movie before segregation was abolished, I'm not even surprised. They were (and maybe still are) hella racist.
You know how to show your disapproval for the change? Don't go to the parks. Then the next time they try this crap they'll think twice.
3 years later they're bringing the ride back :)
I do not think they should change this great ride. It is so awesome
This ride is super fun but I think their changing it bc so many people are arguing about how the ride hurts some people’s feelings and doesn’t, plus I think it’s nice that their using princess and the frog it’s been my favourite movie for so long plus she the only black Disney princess so most people are probably very happy about that and it’s ok to not be too. And don’t worry the ride is still gonna be like the exact same just a different theme and most guys probably won’t like it bc it’s a princess ride but it will still be fun!
Great...and so let's get rid of "Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln" too as he was a racist...and then there's Main Street - that's really too "white"..oh, and Frontierland...those frontier guys beat up on the Indians, oops, I mean the Indigenous People, and let's not forget Tomorrowland - really too squeaky clean and "white", and of course the Dumbo ride scratch that as Dumbo had racism with the black crows...boy...lots of work to be done to cleanse Walt's sins!
A bit of an overreaction. The Song of the South is overtly aged and racist, the story should have never had a ride to begin with. No one is saying any of those lands are racist but you.
@@TECfan1 1. r/woosh 2. lemme explain this to you he was clearly making a joke this ride is not racist in the slightest and anyone who believes so is an absolute panzy as any racist part of the film is not included in the ride.
So true about the crows.
No i love great moments with mr. Lincoln he wasn’t a racist he freed the fucking slaves and believed for equality
Love the sarcasm 😂
What is so racist about the film? It shows blacks and whites getting along in perfect harmony. The film is set in the south during trying times but it has positive messages and morales. I’m literally watching it right now as I type this.
I never understood why people were angry about that either. They would have rather have shown an angry black guy instead of a nice, friendly black guy who was liked and well respected by kids?
Firstly starts with they portrayal of black people as former slaves. Also the propaganda that white people suddenly were just nice to black people in the literal racist ass south post slavery, as if segregation and the issue of white people being seen as the rich upper class and black people as poor wasn't to come. It very unnecessarily glorified slavery
The princess and the frog is based in Louisiana...Splash is literally in frontier land in the wild WEST. Makes no sense to me.
The argument is that New Orleans square is next door but makes you wonder how many mountains there are in Louisiana. Very dumb move on their part
In Disneyland it's in Critter Country, on the border of New Orleans Square, so all they have to do is extend the land. And in WDW, how exactly does a story of animals set in a Gerogian countryside fit the theme of the Wild West either?
@@TheBoilingMan There's no mountain in Song of the South either. "Mountain" is just a generic name thrown in when it opened in the 1989 to promote the Splash movie with Tom Hanks.
@@TheBoilingMan good point.
@@TECfan1 no the live action parts take place in Georgia the animated parts could be anywhere.
I'm starting to hate disney I use to go all the time first the tickets go up second The red head is gone third Splash mountain getting changed even though there is no racist part
Same there's no racist part in splash mountain and In my opinion the movie's not that racist either
Quick! The angry Twitter mob has spoken! Let's do everything they say! 🤦♀️🤷♀️
@@magical_willow6073 No they haven't. Only undesirables who don't belong in a Disney theme park have. The only guests who matter at Disney are the purists or "master guests." When I seize Disney in a hostile takeover I will be catering only to them. What's the mob going to do? Riot? Start a national Boycott Disney movement?
@@stanfordite Who is the Undesirables and why do you label them as such?
@@MADEbySOUL Undesirables are those demand Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar, that attractions be changed simply to reflect whatever is "trending" or the latest IP, are offended by stuff such as the auction or original chase scene in Pirates, or the idea of Splash Mountain being based on Song of the South, have no respect for thematic integrity, and those who hide behind the "Disneyland will never be finished" quote as if it were some holy law or one of the Ten Commandments. Us purists or "master guests" include those who were going to Disneyland when Walt was alive, their descendants, are immersed in Disney history, and those saw Disneyland and even WDW in their primes before Eisner came in and ultimately lost Frank Wells in that helicopter crash. Some call it "declining by degrees."
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@@magical_willow6073 yea right XD where did you get that from Twitter 🤡
If anything, it honors the African American tales of brer rabbit.
90% of the comments are disagreements on changing the ride. DISNEY YOU MUST READ THESE COMMENTS
EXACTLY WHY DOES DISNEY ONLY LISTEN TO THE KARENS OF THE WORLD
and 90% of them commenting are all white...
@@unhealthynirvanafan888 Like BRUH they talkin about a racist ride being "OFFENSIVE" to black people when most of the black people wanna keep the ride the same!
In this video maybe...because most of the viewers are probably conservative white people. I've seen other videos of the news that are full of people applauding the change.
Cancel culture overrides majority.
No keep the ride, that was the first ride i was ever in at Disney world
It’s staying dimbass it’s just gonna be a diff theme
I don't think people know about Mr. Walt Disney's history. Not good!
Walt Disney wasn’t alive when Splash Mountain was planned, but he was alive when Song of the South came out
Walt was not a racist. That is a myth and an urban legend.
stanfordite uh nobody said he was a racist lol
@@twistinmud1308 Read the rest of the comment section an see what stanfrodite means
Imagine being so sensitive that you cancel a theme park ride A THEME PARK RIDE
@TechMasterJason yeah and they have nothing better to do with their time
@TechMasterJason all they got time to do is cancel it people
@TechMasterJason it’s not that big of a deal, it’s good that disney is actually listening and doing something about it.
@@nadia-sg9rc mhm, I’m happy they’re changing the theme. The ride itself will be the same anyways
People are ruining Disneyland. Pirates, now this
Wait what about pirates ??😳
Hardly comparable. It didn't ruin it.
Lillian Donaldson Yes because we all know there were women pirates bossing men around in the 1700’s-1800’s. It’s not even historically accurate. You’re just a boob who has zero personality so being an activist gives you something to distract people from the fact that you’re boring....
Wait what did they do to the pirates ride?
Ariel Perez they changed the auction scene from selling off women to the same redhead being a... pirate now... and pridefully selling stuff.
I'm all for a Princess and the Frog ride. There should've already BEEN a ride!
Disney is erasing a ride based on an award winning film starring black men and women, based on a book of African folklore written by an abolitionist who interviewed actual slaves.
Meanwhile, the team that created the backstory of the ride (Tiana's Bayou Adventure) claimed they got the idea after visiting Avery Island. Want to guess what Avery Island is famous for? It was a well known plantation...
@@Mster_J You nailed it!
Wait your turn, there's still no Pocahontas or Mulan ride and those movies came out first.
I’m not. I never liked that movie.
No one actually wants that. They will merely put up with it.
it’s literally a ride
What a bunch of wusses going around crying poor me and making trouble for everyone else. Everyone of every color was laughing and happy when on this ride.
Each year there were many guests from kids to adults sitting on Splash Mountain log boat accompanied by the ride's OSTs from How Do You Do, Laughing Place, Burrow's Lament (minor key or Laughing Place) and finally Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah and they were caught in photos whilst sliding down on the finale drop.
Well it’s happening, Disney confirmed it’s happening
Who feels like killing Chapek?
Digital Apple me
@@TheDigitalApple no one should kill anyone
Bruh it’s a kids ride. Literally I didn’t know it was from a movie until a couple years ago.. it doesn’t affect me. They should not change the theme. And trust me, I’m always against racist people, and I deal with them a lot, fighting for the African Americans in this country, but this... It shouldn’t affect anyone. Forget the trashy movie focus on the ride it literally doesn’t have anything racist IN the ride. And don’t comment and say,”But the movie does” who cares about the movie no one likes it anyway.
White privilege
Quanzelle bruh that’s not white privileged, plus they don’t need to change the ride and there’s a reason disney never mentioned the song of the south because it’s a racist movie, but the only thing the song of the south is related to splash mountain is the animal character that’s it, there’s no racism in splash mountain plus I rode that ride before and it’s a classic ride, see the ride there’s no racism in that ride it is the movie and I am glad that disney never mentions the movie and plus it was never released on home video
Nycolas Roa it’s white privileged to not have known and to not care, cuz you see it doesn’t affect you
Why is social media dictating reality.. and history?
It's literally the most stupid thing that people would literally wanted cancel a fricking log flume ride, that's Twitter for ya
I don’t get why they have to change the ride if there’s nothing racist about it it’s a 40s movie that’s was so long ago I bet half of the people don’t even know that it was based off movie that was like 60 years ago I just don’t get it
Love riding this ride. Makes me feel like a klansman
Y’all are this upset, when the ride is gonna be the EXACT same just with different decorations.
Quick someone needs to make a campaign to save Splash Mountain from getting retheme in all of the Disney Parks.
I agree man
to late man there doing it now
If anything I think disney should fix the issue and make a digital enhance song of the south and give it a warning in the beginning of the movie and refurb the ride to have uncle Remus retell the story of his perspective and at the finale of the ride before you load into the loading docks there should be a uncle Remus animatronic that will say encouraging things like how everyone has that feeling where they just wanna sing
There is nothing wrong with Splash Mountain and it's not going anywhere. Twitter will be going away forever by 2030 and Song of the South is coming out within the next two decades, too. I also plan to seize control of Disney in a hostile takeover and will make it great again by having all decisions being made by asking "what would Walt do?" again like they were for decades after Walt died.
THe thought is, supposedly, it's a KIDS ride, and the ride gives bad ideas..It's for TEENAGERS, boomers, and old time radio folk (like my dad and mom) who, as children the same age as the ones in this flick, grew up next to the radio hearing Amos and ANdy and those folks. It's NOT Mfor KIDS.
@@SteveCarras No it's NOT a kids ride. You need to get this in your head right now: DISNEY IS NOT FOR KIDS. Never has been and never will be. Quoth Walt himself: "You're dead if you aim for kids, adults are just kids grown up anyway." Under my control, Disney will be catering to the only guests who matter, the purists or "master guests." Those who want original IP based attractions to have IP shoehorned in like the Tower of Terror fiasco, or PC/woke changes, or Marvel, or Star Wars, are undesirables. I will be turning kids into clones of their parents and even their grandparents. If you think Splash Mountain turns kids racist, then I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.
Spoke too soon
America a be nuked before this illusion of 2030
@@azalex91 I'm speaking to you from 2067. Splash Mountain is alive and well. Tiana has been erased from existence and anyone caught wearing Tiana clothing in the parks is required to change.
it’s just a cartoon why even bother and change this ride it just all about the rabbit and runs into the bears. And eventually escapes in the end Seriously I mean come on. It’s a great ride. there is no need to change it and if so why just move it to another section of the park there should be enough land. And this whole black lives matter thing I personally think that all lives matter. And what the cop did to him was terrible he was defenseless. I saw something on the news where black people are chasing down this guy with guns just because he’s white. There was another guy who was trying to defend his restaurant but couldn’t because these looters are ruining everything. There a statue of Abraham Lincoln freeing a slave and they are taking that down because it looks like he’s not free he’s in chains. At least change the statute and make the slave without chains. This is gonna get to the point where we can’t learn about the civil war in school. but isn’t that what’s history is all about learning about our mistakes so it doesn’t happen again. The cop is arrested already. And people need to chill out cops are very helpful when you need them so why would you ban all cops. What if your held at gun point and you try to call the cops for help but there’s no cops to save you because this whole black lives matter is happening I’m sick and tried of this bs.
How many have actually seen the movie? Cause most people don’t. Also when developing the ride, Disney had met with African American groups to make sure it was not racist. They had done test screenings of the movie with black audiences to see how they would react. They decided while James Baskett as Uncle Reemus was a high point of the movie, it would be better as a storytelling perspective and better in general to not have him in the ride, rather to give the narration to the character Bre’r Frog. The also changed the Animation story scene for the ride. Removing the Tar Baby scene and putting the Laughing Place scene in its place. If anything imo the animated characters of Song of the South shouldn’t be scene as racist. Br’er Rabbit is a representation of the slave outsmarting the white man (Br’er Fox and Br’er Bear). The characters today in the Disney Parks are scene more as Disneyland characters than film characters.
Unfortunately, people are too lazy to educate themselves and will just jump on the bandwagon to look 'woke'. Truly sad.
I will forever remember the BETTER, and BEST version of splash mountain. This is a dumb idea, but now that it’s confirmed, we can’t stop them now. 😒
I will forever remember Splash Mountain for being an original beautiful ride with loveable characters and an amazing story.It will always be "Splash Mountain".
The new update will definitely be better im so excited the old version was boring and bland
@@thegoddessofvanity7219 at first I hated the idea before seeing concepts and now I’m obsessed. I literally cannot wait!
Splash Mountain will and forever always be a iconic disneyland ride, changing it to princess and the frog is a horrible idea. The movie is mediocre, the songs are forgettable, nobody’s gonna ge singing any song or let alone remembers any song from that movie until recently thanks to disney+. The movie came out in 2009, nobody gave a shit about it until now because of the BLM movement, splash mountain has been around since the 80’s and has been rode on by many generations, nobody comes off this ride and says “hey that’s racist, let’s change it”, they’re too busy laughing or in shock of how wet they got, no racial depictions no nothing. Splash mountain is iconic disneyland, ripping that from disneyland history and replacing it with shit is just stupid, what’s gonna happen in the next 10 years when another George Flloyd type incident happens? Are they gonna retheme another ride? #Savesplashmountain.
Come on why this ride is a classic
I’ve never even been to Disney world/land so I’ve never been on the ride. As a black woman myself, I don’t think they need to change the ride but a princess and the frog theme would be cute
They want power. Keep the ride as it is! It’s a classic
Cultural Marxists gonna be cultural marxists
I just don't get it none of the ride itself is racist it's just the movie also why are people complaining now? so in my opinion i think we should keep Splash Mountain because none of the racist features in the movie get included in the ride, that means splash mountain is NOT RACIST people can fight me over this as long as they want but i'm just going to keep my opinion on the ride myself. thank you.
As a Historian, we need to recognize and acknowledge the stereotypes of the past. Depicting them isn’t necessarily condoning them. It’s important to know of our history, understand it and make positive changes for the future. The ride itself doesn’t even resemble the movie! I was just on it today!
as a historian cut the bs, recognizing and acknowledging history is important in cultural levels and educational environments. disney is using this ride solely for entertainment and profiting purposes, which is HIGHLY wrong when it’s background connects to racist depictions of african americans. The Tiana re-theme is perfect for the representation of black people in the park through their only black princess and connects to a movie which depicts the racial issues of black people in the 20th century. Bye splash mountain, hello beautiful tiana’s bayou adventure.
@@adrianamado5909 Example #17,489 why people need to pay attention to history class. Have you actually seen the movie or are you just automatically jumping in the “everything is racist” trend? Yes, racism is a problem, but just because something depicts part of the past, doesn’t mean it’s racist. If anything, the movie shows what happened back then and how bad it was and why things have changed. Was it perfect? No! It is from the 1920’s! Seeing how the history was viewed then is important too! How people brushed it all off and said slaves didn’t have it bad. Educate don’t erase. We’re talking about a ride, not a statue honoring someone who fought to keep slavery or was a slave owner. You totally missed my point.
people being deliberately obtuse on the internet claiming academic titles but replying with the arguments of a 5 year old is my favorite genre of stupidity. I did watch the movie and paid attention to it not like you sweetie. Do you really think romanticizing slavery and plantations is the right way to depict history? dear i invite you to take some cultural and lexical lessons since those history ones are not paying off, DEPICTING is one thing, being completely oblivious to what life in plantations really was by doing a movie with a catchy tune is another, and even worse is monetizing a ride out of this.
EDUCATING belongs to the schools and institutions and even disney has done it's part by not releasing the movie on digital platforms because it's INDEED offensive, they didn't do it for nothing dear ignorant lady. Exactly we're talking about a ride, a ride in a park of a company that rejects any sort of discrimination and wants to make everyone feel welcome, of course your white perspective doesn't get it since you're oblivious to it. Getting rid of splash mountain to introduce tiana’s theme is disney's move to hide the fact that what was done in the past is indeed offensive and needs to be erased to introduce what disney really is to the new generations. You're out here pretending splash mountain has some sort of positive cultural input in how black people lived in the 19th and 20th century.
i am a disney fan and i dont want to see attraction changed just because the sjws feel winged. I would like that in France it is there too. So the media when I see that they put "disney fans want to change the theme of the attraction" no I do not agree it is not all disney fans, the majority of those I know always want his either splash mountain. These people who claim to be a fan are nothing, they are not. Splash mountain is and must remain as it is.
uhhhh shut
@sunyxday ur not even a disney fan
@@julian1907 i only watch ravens home
I’m happy they are changing it but, boy, I’m going to miss hearing, “have a zip-it-de-do-dah ride”. And I’ll miss hearing and singing, how do you do and zip-it-de-do-dah.
Also what about all those America songs animatronics they reused? What will happen to them? One more thing, will the smell of the water be the same at least? It is the one think that sticks and I love it.
'Song of The South' isn't really racially insensitive. It takes place after the American Civil War, so the African("black") people in it are not slaves, and the movie is about the friendship between a young "white" boy and an old "black" man. It's a positive movie with positive messages. The only reasons that anybody thinks that this movie is racially insensitive are that they haven't done their research and assume that the film takes place before or during the Civil War, and the fact that Disney, thanks to Michael Eisner and Bob Iger, has not given the movie any kind of official release since 1986(other than some VHS and Laserdisc releases in certain countries), which only helps to perpetuate the notion that the movie is racially insensitive. If Disney had released the movie on VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray worldwide, there would be very few, if any, people who think that 'Song of The South' is racially insensitive. Is it a great movie? No, but it is a good movie with a positive message of friendship, and it deserves to be defended and seen.
For a movie of it's era, 'Song of The South' was actually pretty progressive in portraying multi-racial friendships when you consider that it was released during the segregation era of the American South. Disney needs to release the film on Blu-ray and make it available on Disney Plus, with bonus features included, including a feature-length documentary on the film's creation, release, and legacy. Also, to anyone who thinks that Walt Disney was racist, he wasn't. The "black" actors who were in the film were not allowed to attend the film's world premiere at the Fox Theater in Atlanta,GA, but that wasn't Walt's fault. It was 1946 and segregation in the American South was a thing by that point, as I've already mentioned. Walt hated the fact that the "black" actors weren't allowed to attend the premiere, but, obviously, there was nothing that he could do about it. Walt made it possible for James Baskett(the actor who played Uncle Remus and Brer Fox) to get an Oscar for his portrayal of Uncle Remus. #ReleaseSongofTheSouth and #BringbackSplashMountain.
This is the worst comment section I’ve EVER seen. So racist.
Right, and then referring to black people as "blacks"??? No wonder they're so oblivious to the racism in the movie that Splash Mountain is based on
Good Lord! It is a ride! As a woman, I suppose I could be offended at the redhead with the "wench for a bride" sign on the auction block in Pirates of the Caribbean. But i don't analyze modern politics on vacation.i guess I trust people to take it in the proper context too. I am on a pirate adventure and I just enjoy it. I thought that was the point is to leave the real world behind.
Unfortunately, everything said or done is offensive to someone and it's getting ridiculous.
@@magical_willow6073 No they weren't. It will be put back for the 75th anniversary in 2042.
they took that down too :(
They already revamped that part... she's an auctioneer now.
Never realised this was based on a movie or at all possibly racist. I just like Splash Mountain for what it is. Wouldn't it be better if we all just enjoyed SM as a fun family log flume ride telling the story of a rabbit outsmarting a fox and a bear, rather than looking too deeply into the ride's origins? Personally, I think this is an overreaction, as I love this ride, from it's characters, story, and catchy tunes, to it's climatic drop near the end. Shame to see it go.
At least they will replace it with a theme I know and love... oh wait... I've never seen Princess and the Frog. Oh well...
When youre offended by something, nowadays everyone is so entitled to try to change anything that upset them. Grow up.
God forbid History be remembered so as to never be repeated. Ridiculous !
Ugh nooooo I don’t want one of the most iconic ride in Disney to change😩
SPLASH MOUNTAIN IS ONE OF IT'S SUCCESS RIDES PERIOD , IT'S ONE RIDE I DEFINITELY LOOK FORWARD TO WHEN I GO TO DISNEYLAND !! There's more people wanting it to stay then to be rethemed.. Seriously there is more of people that want Splash Mountain to stay then be to the princess frog. I LOVE SPLASH MOUNTAIN TOO !!! It's an ICONIC RIDE WITH CLASSIC ICONIC Characters beloved by more then the people wanting it done away with
I KNOW SO MANY MORE ARE FOR THE LOVE OF THE RIDE AND WANT IT TO STAY AS SPLASH MOUNTAIN!!!
i could care less honestly, just let me enjoy the ride and the drops
Correct. If we got over Mr Toad’s Wild Ride, we’ll get over this.
They should not change the ride it’s not racist people are just hell’s sensitive for no reason
No, people aren't being sensitive. You're just ignorant. :) get therapy.
As someone not from the US I was wondering what's on the ride that makes it racist? Has anyone ever been there?
Emily Slade they were share croppers not slaves.
This is the most absurd thing I have ever heard
this is important for the movement , everyone saying “ the racist part isn’t even apart of the ride “ are what’s wrong with this society . you’re turning a blind a eye and inevitably bringing down the movement by continuing to brush off the subtle racism . it doesn’t matter if it’s your favorite ride and you CHOOSE to ignore the racism , it’s still there . we all need to realize that if disney is giving it’s support to the movement , it can reach many more people , since disney is so influential .
Leave Splash Mountain alone nothing in the ride references anything like that its like putting a kid in jail because his dad murdered someone
Who would ever think this stuff up
Of course Twitter would be all for it if they made a Twitter the ride they go insane for it 10/10 greatest ride in existence
Twitter the ride would just be surgeons giving out free lobotomies.
Lets just leave the damn ride alone and be more productive with this issue. This is not going to change anything if you really think about it.
The world is full of snowflakes this is one of the best rides and people r gonna ruin it for everyone rlse
People, please please please don't get caught up in the race baiting of this issue. Splash Mountain's change to Princess and Frog has been a consideration by Disney since 2009. It was then shelved due to the film not being as big a hit as they wanted. Since then, the film has gained traction and developed a cult following. In the last couple of years, the idea has reamerdged. This was also combined with the fact that current splash mountain merchandise has been on a severe decline in the last 15 years. The recent events have nothing to do with the change. It was already in motion.
It's never happening. Disney has never considered changing Splash Mountain to Princess and the Frog since 2009. You don't know anything that goes in Disney. Splash Mountain isn't going anywhere and that is that. There will never be any Princess and the Frog attraction, EVER.
@@stanfordite This comment didn’t age well. 😊
@@handle-schmandle Actually I'm speaking to you from the year 2067. It aged perfectly well. Splash Mountain is alive and well and was there for Disneyland's centennial on July 17, 2055. Tiana was banned like Pete Rose was from baseball. The Make Disney Great Again era has erased all traces of the two Bobs and Disney is now under control of an Owner who has brought back the "What would Walt do?" school of thought that ran Disney after his death.
Ironic how people were demanding a splash mountain retheme two weeks before it was announced
this girl on tik tok suggested to turn it into the emperors new groove and she made it seem pretty cool but at the same time it seems like it should stay the same. personally i think tiana deserves a new ride rather than revamping an old one
Why do people have a problem with changing it? Princess and the frog is much better.
Also to the people offended, they kept the racist imagery out of the ride. Just because the song is associated with racism doesn’t mean we re-theme an entire ride
Why erase history like that
i think its a good idea to still have the thrill and fun of it but just redesign the scenery so its based off the princess and the frog
So it should be a Meghan Markle and Harry ride ?
Don’t change characters or rides… create new content and stories for those who feel somehow offended! Disney can do that!
Wow a great idea. Get rid of one of the few rides that remained originally from Walt Disney. ANYTHING could be racist or offending in any way. I love that ride and don’t think it needs to change at all. I didn’t even know a movie excised for that!!! I just enjoyed the ride. Now I’m just having s childhood taken away from me. :( I’m not trying to be offending, but did they even think about the peoples who childhood and everything else is just now taken away from them. Plus, the movie was made in a time where that stuff was normal I guess. Also I went on this ride with my cousins on their first trip to Disney world with my grandfather (who passed) and grandmother we have an awesome picture of all of my cousins together and it’s such a funny picture. But I’m just hoping this doesn’t lead to other rides like the jungle cruise and pirates of the Caribbean because those were my grandfathers favorite rides, and I don’t want them different because I love them too. No it was not right, but normal for back in those times! People really need to gather more evidence before jumping to conclusions about everything being racist and offending.
99.99% of riders don't even care about the movie. Sensitive Karens
It's a friggin ride.
Why are all the tweets "blah blah blah this is something somethings racist" - signed, sincerely yours, a random white lady.