After Backlash, Splash Mountain To Be Replaced By A 'Princess And The Frog' Attraction At Disney Theme Parks
The Princess and the Frog film, Disney officials announced Thursday.The revamping comes after racist monuments and symbols across the United States are being taken down due to protests and outrage over the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmad Arbaury, Breonna Taylor and thousands of other Black people being brutalized in America. A Change.org petition called for Disney to drop Splash Mountain, built in the 1980s for $70 million, because the inspiration was based on the racist film, Song of the South, which Disney has reportedly kept out of circulation for decades.