Back in the day, Universal was negatively compared to Disney because their rides would continually break down & be closed(looking at you Jaws & Kong). Universal was abused for rushing to open attractions before strenuously testing them before opening to the public while Disney opened rides & they stayed up & functioning. Fast forward to now & Disney has done the same thing. A little bit more time testing rides under full use conditions would probably uncover these issues before the ride was opened to the public. Disney’s money grabbing first philosophy probably drives this. There is no longer any attempt to uphold or attempt to meet the standards of the past. Is that because Disney guests are willing to except Disney’s statements about how great it still is; or, have the guests from Disney’s glory days just given up & no longer expect Disney to meet their prior standards?
Who is being racist. Them are facts. You woke people are sorry people. You are making this country sick. Them are facts. The original ride was great. You always want to take the past away unless it benefits you.
They were wanting to get rid of Splash Mountain for many years. Disney wants to erase the “Song of the South” movie from existence. They just want to bury it. And they were going to get rid of that ride’s theming as soon as they could.
Without taking sides on preference between Tiana and Splash, what people conveniently forget in the rose colored glasses of memory … Splash Mountain was also down constantly. I was unable to ride the last two times I attempted to ride it, one on each coast, complete with Fast Passes.
Their D.E.I practices have infiltrated their maintenance capabilities. They don’t want to pay for quality people, they are happy with candidates that barely earned the degree.
Not that I’m disagreeing with your overall sentiment, but do you have any first hand knowledge of Disney’s maintenance operation or data that can support your statement?…I just hate it when facts get in the way of a good emotional outburst.
1. Splash Mt was already falling apart. 2. They mostly ignored this and quickly put together a new ride without fixing the real issues of the ride. 3. I’ve been evacuated off that ride, you don’t want to know what it looks like behind the scenes. I’ve had anxiety riding it ever since and only ride it now if my kids ask. Otherwise I stay away from it. 4. No one under 40 knows wtf Song of the south is, get over it. Disney has always been a work in progress and Walt himself changed things. 5. Tiana deserved a better ride. I think Pocahontas fits better but what do I know. Whatever it is, that mountain is rotting away from the inside and constant water erosion.
Thing is, Splash Mountain was broke all the time too. And the animatronics didn’t work half the time either. The ride itself has engineering flaws, and the animatronics don’t do well around water and the Florida heat/humidity. Permanently fixing the problems would likely necessitate a tear down and new ride vehicles. Much more money than they want to spend.
I don’t mind the change in theme, there was so much to capitalize on from the film. What bothers me is the quality produced from their D.E.I engineers that create the actual mechanical aspects of the “imagineered” design. Get them all in one room to see the pool of folks I’m talking about. It won’t be confidence inspiring.
Tianas Bayou Adventure ride takes place in 1927 right before the Mississippi river flood disaster and doesn’t even mention Charles Lindbergh first airplane flight over the Atlantic Ocean. Also where’s Walt Disney cartoon reference to Alice comedies with Julius the cat or even Oswald the lucky rabbit? Where’s Felix the cat? Or the Great Gatsby book? Or coca cola sign ads? Or alcohol prohibition reference. Mamie Smith song New Orleans isn’t in the attraction. The Disney imagineers did not do enough research
Tianas Bayou Adventure ride itself is a huge letdown Tiana looks like Bessie Coleman an African American aviator pilot who crashed her airplane in 1926. But anyways I’m still waiting for additional animatronics to be added in Tiana’s Bayou Adventure ride at Disneyland and Disney world. I want Disney imagineers to spend additional millions of dollars and add more spoonbill birds especially at the dropoff dancing to dig a little deeper in 2 rows. I also want lady butterflies in the frog shrinking section, also while they’re at it put in a little bluebird, a riverboat against the New Orleans backdrop, show Naveen arguing with Louis the alligator like in the Little Golden Book Tianas Bayou Adventure.
Also they should have a Mississippi 1927 flood memorial plaque so Disney guests never forget about the 1927 flood and that it almost flooded New Orleans and Baton Rouge and tell us the history of the 1927 flood in the queue.
And finally I want to see a Halloween season version of Dr facilier magic splash Bayou show with spooky, masks, dolls, shadow spirits, skeletons coming to life singing friends on the other side song especially at the dropoff, then I’ll come back to Disneyland again for that villain ride before it reverts back to the updated Tianas Bayou Adventure ride.
The problem is that Disney is now run by the 20% not the 80% of what America wants. They’ve lost their way unbelievably to what Walt’s ideas were I have been going to Disney World since I was a kid I also bought Disney Vacation Club back in the day and really kind of regret it now because when I bought in I thought I was going to have a place that was spectacular all the time It is not it has changed considerably from when we bought in. So much has been lost due to financial losses of this company and their woke ideas that have not worked and they keep pushing dana Walden is going to make it even worse. Here’s a rundown of things that they have done since I’ve been alive. No Disney shuttle to and from The airport, You can no longer check your bags and and get them picked up at your door You can no longer sign into your airplane at your hotels you can no longer buy something at the park and then have it delivered to you at your hotel one of the most stupidest things they could have gotten rid of because there’s so many times people want to buy things and don’t want to carry them around and now they see something and say hey should I buy this I don’t want to carry it around forget it whereas before they would have bought. They totally screwed up Pirates of the Caribbean by taking Red out and making some woke abomination that would never be there.They have ruined Jungle Cruise for no apparent reason by taking out the shrunken head guy who was hilarious changed the way the people were on the pole because there was a white person on top or some stupid reason like that. You’ve now destroyed the rivers of America That whole area is lost The feel is not the same whatsoever. They’ve taken out a Bug’s Life which was a wicked fun and put it in Zootopia which I love but just did a horrible job of showing Zootopia. Should have just added the ride but they got cheap because again we’ll go back to standards and they lose money because they keep making crap. And then let’s just talk about the fact that you used to be able to make fast passes for free. Actually made it fun You used to have an hour early time and now you get A half hour which is just stupid really. The changes in fantasmic suck. In the fireworks show at Magic Kingdom is not even close to what it used to be doesn’t even come close to making you feel anything where the other one did completely way more emotional way more hit home This one sucks. No more Star Wars Day on the cruise boats which was absolutely awesome. In the Star Wars show at Hollywood Studios the fireworks show was spectacular and they got rid of that as well. These are just the few that come right off the top of my head I know there’s even more. This company is by morons they don’t get it they don’t deserve it And my only hope is that someday someone takes this over and puts everything back in the love that this company had in the standards my God the standards have dropped unbelievably.
One last thing people used to come Magic Kingdom to go on Splash Mountain nobody goes to Magic Kingdom now to say hey I want to go on Woke Mountain Nobody does they lost that feel completely. Also the idea that Splash Mountain was down all the time as completely fake news. I can’t even count how many times I’ve been to Disney World since I was born in 1978 every time we’ve gone there it was open and it was a memory that I have especially with my father and kids. This is just another way that people from the far wacky left are trying to make their idea look right when it is complete garbage.
I read an SOP of early 90s for an e-ride in DLP. There was a comprehensive list of scenes and show effects that were required to work before any guests enter the line. If two state of the art audio animatronics were not moving as expected, the ride would go 101.
Go woke go broke Disney trying to remove a classic bryer patch fable theme to some brown chick story nobody knows or cares about. is racial profiling at its worst Go woke go broke I’ll NEVER visit any of Disney s WOKE products ever again!
It’s true they destroyed one of our most favorite attractions for a ride through the swamp collecting vegetables for a dinner we don’t even get to enjoy. They cheated both Splash Mountain fans and Tiana fans. We have on our mantle 3 Splash Mountain Frames from our Disney Trips through the years. Shame we will not be able to continue the tradition.
Comments for Confirmed: Disney’s $142M Splash Mountain Replacement Fails Riding Standards After 2 Years
Who, me?
They destroyed Splash and built this abomination in direct response to the George Floyd case. All to appease the woke cult at the time.
Peter
Amen! Very true.
Deb
Back in the day, Universal was negatively compared to Disney because their rides would continually break down & be closed(looking at you Jaws & Kong). Universal was abused for rushing to open attractions before strenuously testing them before opening to the public while Disney opened rides & they stayed up & functioning. Fast forward to now & Disney has done the same thing. A little bit more time testing rides under full use conditions would probably uncover these issues before the ride was opened to the public. Disney’s money grabbing first philosophy probably drives this. There is no longer any attempt to uphold or attempt to meet the standards of the past. Is that because Disney guests are willing to except Disney’s statements about how great it still is; or, have the guests from Disney’s glory days just given up & no longer expect Disney to meet their prior standards?
Elli
You are disgusting to bring that up as if it’s even slightly relevant. Get your racist behind out of this happy place.
Mwl
The ride is down more than up. We were there for a week and even when it was up the cast members were saying it was down.
Nick
Dear Disney mod, please delete Ellis very hateful comment. They are obviously a black suprem@cist b u l l y. Thank you.
GMFleetTruckerDude
Elli this place could be a lot happier if you weren’t r@cist yourself?
CB
How is that racist? It’s a true fact!
Martha
🫵🏻
Gusset Who
Who is being racist. Them are facts. You woke people are sorry people. You are making this country sick. Them are facts. The original ride was great. You always want to take the past away unless it benefits you.
Cromulent Corpuscle
I don’t think you know what relevant means.
Charles Knight
Truth hurts, does it? This is absolutely true.
Craig Criswell
That is exactly what Disney did! So get your gay ass out of The Happiest Place In the World
Lucy
👍🏻
DowntoEarth
Spot on!
David
They were wanting to get rid of Splash Mountain for many years. Disney wants to erase the “Song of the South” movie from existence. They just want to bury it. And they were going to get rid of that ride’s theming as soon as they could.
Dixie Pixie
True.
Michelle
This is what they get to try and bend their knee and worship at the altar of stupidity and woke garbage! Bring back splash mountain
Yasmin
Oh is that why it went?
Tammy Faye
Trumpanzees love pulling nonsense out of their own a-holes, don’t they? Congrats on your marriage to your sibling
Remmy
No, we leave that to you rinos
Lucy
U spelt left-wing terr0rists wrong
Thumper
Bottom line, the old saying if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it! Sometimes leaving things as they are is best!
GMFleetTruckerDude
👍
Rufus Firefly
Without taking sides on preference between Tiana and Splash, what people conveniently forget in the rose colored glasses of memory … Splash Mountain was also down constantly. I was unable to ride the last two times I attempted to ride it, one on each coast, complete with Fast Passes.
Dixie Pixie
Their D.E.I practices have infiltrated their maintenance capabilities. They don’t want to pay for quality people, they are happy with candidates that barely earned the degree.
George
Not that I’m disagreeing with your overall sentiment, but do you have any first hand knowledge of Disney’s maintenance operation or data that can support your statement?…I just hate it when facts get in the way of a good emotional outburst.
Cromulent Corpuscle
I’m still upset they turned Me Toad’s Wild Ride into a Winnie The Pooh ride. And I love Winnie the Pooh.
Amanda
1. Splash Mt was already falling apart. 2. They mostly ignored this and quickly put together a new ride without fixing the real issues of the ride. 3. I’ve been evacuated off that ride, you don’t want to know what it looks like behind the scenes. I’ve had anxiety riding it ever since and only ride it now if my kids ask. Otherwise I stay away from it. 4. No one under 40 knows wtf Song of the south is, get over it. Disney has always been a work in progress and Walt himself changed things. 5. Tiana deserved a better ride. I think Pocahontas fits better but what do I know. Whatever it is, that mountain is rotting away from the inside and constant water erosion.
David
Thing is, Splash Mountain was broke all the time too. And the animatronics didn’t work half the time either. The ride itself has engineering flaws, and the animatronics don’t do well around water and the Florida heat/humidity. Permanently fixing the problems would likely necessitate a tear down and new ride vehicles. Much more money than they want to spend.
Dixie Pixie
I don’t mind the change in theme, there was so much to capitalize on from the film. What bothers me is the quality produced from their D.E.I engineers that create the actual mechanical aspects of the “imagineered” design. Get them all in one room to see the pool of folks I’m talking about. It won’t be confidence inspiring.
CrosswalkX
Tianas Bayou Adventure ride takes place in 1927 right before the Mississippi river flood disaster and doesn’t even mention Charles Lindbergh first airplane flight over the Atlantic Ocean. Also where’s Walt Disney cartoon reference to Alice comedies with Julius the cat or even Oswald the lucky rabbit? Where’s Felix the cat? Or the Great Gatsby book? Or coca cola sign ads? Or alcohol prohibition reference. Mamie Smith song New Orleans isn’t in the attraction. The Disney imagineers did not do enough research
Tianas Bayou Adventure ride itself is a huge letdown Tiana looks like Bessie Coleman an African American aviator pilot who crashed her airplane in 1926. But anyways I’m still waiting for additional animatronics to be added in Tiana’s Bayou Adventure ride at Disneyland and Disney world. I want Disney imagineers to spend additional millions of dollars and add more spoonbill birds especially at the dropoff dancing to dig a little deeper in 2 rows. I also want lady butterflies in the frog shrinking section, also while they’re at it put in a little bluebird, a riverboat against the New Orleans backdrop, show Naveen arguing with Louis the alligator like in the Little Golden Book Tianas Bayou Adventure.
Also they should have a Mississippi 1927 flood memorial plaque so Disney guests never forget about the 1927 flood and that it almost flooded New Orleans and Baton Rouge and tell us the history of the 1927 flood in the queue.
And finally I want to see a Halloween season version of Dr facilier magic splash Bayou show with spooky, masks, dolls, shadow spirits, skeletons coming to life singing friends on the other side song especially at the dropoff, then I’ll come back to Disneyland again for that villain ride before it reverts back to the updated Tianas Bayou Adventure ride.
Andrew
We can’t get rid of Splash Mountain. Disney won’t erase the “Song of the South” movie from existence.
Pete
I had pancakes this morning…with strawberries
Old Disney
The problem is that Disney is now run by the 20% not the 80% of what America wants. They’ve lost their way unbelievably to what Walt’s ideas were I have been going to Disney World since I was a kid I also bought Disney Vacation Club back in the day and really kind of regret it now because when I bought in I thought I was going to have a place that was spectacular all the time It is not it has changed considerably from when we bought in. So much has been lost due to financial losses of this company and their woke ideas that have not worked and they keep pushing dana Walden is going to make it even worse. Here’s a rundown of things that they have done since I’ve been alive. No Disney shuttle to and from The airport, You can no longer check your bags and and get them picked up at your door You can no longer sign into your airplane at your hotels you can no longer buy something at the park and then have it delivered to you at your hotel one of the most stupidest things they could have gotten rid of because there’s so many times people want to buy things and don’t want to carry them around and now they see something and say hey should I buy this I don’t want to carry it around forget it whereas before they would have bought. They totally screwed up Pirates of the Caribbean by taking Red out and making some woke abomination that would never be there.They have ruined Jungle Cruise for no apparent reason by taking out the shrunken head guy who was hilarious changed the way the people were on the pole because there was a white person on top or some stupid reason like that. You’ve now destroyed the rivers of America That whole area is lost The feel is not the same whatsoever. They’ve taken out a Bug’s Life which was a wicked fun and put it in Zootopia which I love but just did a horrible job of showing Zootopia. Should have just added the ride but they got cheap because again we’ll go back to standards and they lose money because they keep making crap. And then let’s just talk about the fact that you used to be able to make fast passes for free. Actually made it fun You used to have an hour early time and now you get A half hour which is just stupid really. The changes in fantasmic suck. In the fireworks show at Magic Kingdom is not even close to what it used to be doesn’t even come close to making you feel anything where the other one did completely way more emotional way more hit home This one sucks. No more Star Wars Day on the cruise boats which was absolutely awesome. In the Star Wars show at Hollywood Studios the fireworks show was spectacular and they got rid of that as well. These are just the few that come right off the top of my head I know there’s even more. This company is by morons they don’t get it they don’t deserve it And my only hope is that someday someone takes this over and puts everything back in the love that this company had in the standards my God the standards have dropped unbelievably.
Old Disney
One last thing people used to come Magic Kingdom to go on Splash Mountain nobody goes to Magic Kingdom now to say hey I want to go on Woke Mountain Nobody does they lost that feel completely. Also the idea that Splash Mountain was down all the time as completely fake news. I can’t even count how many times I’ve been to Disney World since I was born in 1978 every time we’ve gone there it was open and it was a memory that I have especially with my father and kids. This is just another way that people from the far wacky left are trying to make their idea look right when it is complete garbage.
Mr. Ford
Wow, just wow. Just curious, have you ever thought about some professional help?
Lucy
Maybe that’s what you should look for instead? 🤔
Old disney
Thats the comment because you have no rebuttal to the facts or truth. Thats the 20%
Nickbsl
I read an SOP of early 90s for an e-ride in DLP. There was a comprehensive list of scenes and show effects that were required to work before any guests enter the line. If two state of the art audio animatronics were not moving as expected, the ride would go 101.
bob
Go woke go broke Disney trying to remove a classic bryer patch fable theme to some brown chick story nobody knows or cares about. is racial profiling at its worst Go woke go broke I’ll NEVER visit any of Disney s WOKE products ever again!
Lulamae
It’s true they destroyed one of our most favorite attractions for a ride through the swamp collecting vegetables for a dinner we don’t even get to enjoy. They cheated both Splash Mountain fans and Tiana fans. We have on our mantle 3 Splash Mountain Frames from our Disney Trips through the years. Shame we will not be able to continue the tradition.