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Topic	Disneyland's Splash Mountain slated to be rethemed to Princess and the Frog
FortuneCookie 06/26/20 11:53:54 PM #93:	I can honestly say that I have seen Song of the South and that I found Br'er Rabbit to be more entertaining than Bugs Bunny or Mickey Mouse. Has anyone here opposed to the change seen the film? And if you haven't, would you watch the movie if given the chance? The ride itself is still there. They're not tearing down Splash Mountain to make room for a Princess and the Frog tilt-a-whirl. They're merely re-theming the ride. I've always found it a questionable decision to model a ride after a property which most guests to Disney World do not have any familiarity with or access too. When the ride debuted, it was eight years removed from the last theatrical showing of Song of the South and the film never received a home video release in the US. Yet the ride curiously acts as if guests should be familiar with the tale of Br'er Rabbit running from and outsmarting his foils Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear. No introduction is given to them, nor is the context fully discernible from the ride itself. It's a ride based off of a licensed property you most likely haven't seen. To which guests are treated to out-of-context scenes such as Br'er Bear hanging in tree with a noose around his butt. You wanna know what that's a reference to? In the first of three animated shorts, Br'er Rabbit is caught in a noose set by Br'er Fox, but convinces Br'er Bear he's being paid to sit in the noose. Br'er Bear gladly takes his place in the hopes of making money and inadvertently frees Br'er Rabbit in the process. No way would any guest have guessed that's what happened if they hadn't seen the film themselves. And 99.9% of guests to Disney World have not seen Song of the South. If Song of the South is to remain under lock and key (something I have my own reservations about -- but that's another topic), why shouldn't the ride be patterned after a movie which everyone has access to? You can go on Disney+ right now and watch The Princess and the Frog. It just makes more sense to have a ride like this based on a property people can see than to give out-of-context snapshots of a movie they in all likelihood cannot watch. --- 2020 going to be a CE kind of year ~ Panthera <cite>FortuneCookie posted [p:941321221] in Disneyland... [t:78802150]...</cite> <quote>I can honestly say that I have seen Song of the South and that I found Br'er Rabbit to be more entertaining than Bugs Bunny or Mickey Mouse. Has anyone here opposed to the change seen the film? And if you haven't, would you watch the movie if given the chance? The ride itself is still there. They're not tearing down Splash Mountain to make room for a Princess and the Frog tilt-a-whirl. They're merely re-theming the ride. I've always found it a questionable decision to model a ride after a property which most guests to Disney World do not have any familiarity with or access too. When the ride debuted, it was eight years removed from the last theatrical showing of Song of the South and the film never received a home video release in the US. Yet the ride curiously acts as if guests should be familiar with the tale of Br'er Rabbit running from and outsmarting his foils Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear. No introduction is given to them, nor is the context fully discernible from the ride itself. It's a ride based off of a licensed property you most likely haven't seen. To which guests are treated to out-of-context scenes such as Br'er Bear hanging in tree with a noose around his butt. You wanna know what that's a reference to? In the first of three animated shorts, Br'er Rabbit is caught in a noose set by Br'er Fox, but convinces Br'er Bear he's being paid to sit in the noose. Br'er Bear gladly takes his place in the hopes of making money and inadvertently frees Br'er Rabbit in the process. No way would any guest have guessed that's what happened if they hadn't seen the film themselves. And 99.9% of guests to Disney World have not seen Song of the South. If Song of the South is to remain under lock and key (something I have my own reservations about -- but that's another topic), why shouldn't the ride be patterned after a movie which everyone has access to? You can go on Disney+ right now and watch The Princess and the Frog. It just makes more sense to have a ride like this based on a property people can see than to give out-of-context snapshots of a movie they in all likelihood cannot watch. --- 2020 going to be a CE kind of year ~ Panthera</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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