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June 26, 2020

Disney updating Splash Mountain

By MIKE SCHNEIDER
Associated Press

Photo by Rebecca Schauss [enlarge]
Disney plans to re-theme the ride based on “The Princess and the Frog,” a 2009 Disney film with an African American female lead.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Amid calls to change the Splash Mountain theme park ride over its ties to “Song of the South,” the 1946 movie many view as racist, Disney officials said Thursday it was recasting the ride based on “The Princess and the Frog,” a 2009 Disney film with an African American female lead.


 
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