Disney Announces Redesign Of Splash Mountain After Some Call Ride Themes Racist
Splash Mountain, a Disney Theme Park staple ride, is undergoing a design change in response to complaints about its association with the film Song of the South.
Disney announced in a statement on Thursday that the ride would be "re-themed" to focus on the 2009 animated film The Princess and the Frog.
A Change.org petition says that the log flume ride — versions of which are in Disney parks in Florida, California and Japan — is "steeped in extremely problematic and stereotypical racist tropes," from the 1946 film.
While the statement made clear that Splash Mountain will be redesigned in Disneyland and Disney World, it did not mention the version of the ride that exists in Tokyo.
"The retheming of Splash Mountain is of particular importance today," Ramirez said in Disney's statement.