{"id":29268,"date":"2023-01-23T17:48:18","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T22:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=29268"},"modified":"2023-01-23T17:48:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T22:48:22","slug":"splash-mountain-closes-as-work-begins-to-transform-the-iconic-disney-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/01\/23\/splash-mountain-closes-as-work-begins-to-transform-the-iconic-disney-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Splash Mountain closes as work begins to transform the iconic Disney ride"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The makeover has begun on one of the most popular and iconic attractions at Disneyland and Walt Disney World.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"542\" height=\"396\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2-10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2-10.png 542w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2-10-300x219.png 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Splash Mountain is being transformed into Tiana&#8217;s Bayou Adventure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Riders took their last trip on Splash Mountain on Sunday. Some guests reportedly waited hours to get on the ride for one last time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new ride will feature characters from the animated movie &#8220;Princess and the Frog.&#8221; The creators say visitors will feel like they&#8217;ve &#8220;stepped into Tiana&#8217;s world&#8221; after hearing a special blend of &#8220;rhythm and blues that was born in Louisiana.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Disney, a plan has been in place since 2019 to change the theme of the log flume ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since it opened in both parks, Splash Mountain has been based on the movie &#8220;Song of the South,&#8221; which critics have attacked for its racist stereotypes since it was released in 1946.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tiana&#8217;s Bayou Adventure is scheduled to open in 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The makeover has begun on one of the most popular and iconic attractions at Disneyland and Walt Disney World. Splash Mountain is being transformed into Tiana&#8217;s Bayou Adventure. Riders took&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[4341],"class_list":["post-29268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regional-and-world-news","tag-splash-mountain-closes-as-work-begins-to-transform-the-iconic-disney-ride"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}