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    Disney Announces Redesign Of Splash Mountain After Some Call Ride Themes Racist

    A Change.org petition says that the log flume ride is "steeped in extremely problematic and stereotypical racist tropes," from the 1946 film Song of the South.
    by Austin Horn Jun 25, 2020 1 minute
    Guests walk in line to Splash Mountain at Disneyland in 2013.

    Splash Mountain, a Disney Theme Park staple ride, is undergoing a design change in response to complaints about its association with the film . Disney on Thursday that the ride would be "re-themed" to focus on

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