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    Disneyland sets Splash Mountain closing date, releases new concept art for Tiana's Bayou Adventure

    by Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times Apr 12, 2023 4 minutes
    This artist’ s conception shows a scene from Tiana’ s Bayou Adventure, coming to Disneyland and Walt Disney World in 2024 to replace Splash Mountain.

    LOS ANGELES — Disneyland's Splash Mountain — the famed log flume ride whose imagery is rooted in the dated and racist 1946 film "Song of the South" — has an end date. Guests will have their final chance to plunge a five-story drop through a briar patch on May 30, giving Disneyland attendees one last busy Memorial Day weekend to experience the attraction in its current form.

    But the show building and imaginative water-logged track isn't going anywhere. The attraction will reopen in 2024 as Tiana's Bayou Adventure, which will re-theme the ride to the Walt Disney Co.'s 2009 animated work "The Princess and the Frog," a fairy tale that starred the company's first Black princess.

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