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Fortune
Eleanor Pringle

Disney fans bid $10,000 on bottle of water from a shut-down ride

The Splash Mountain ride at Walt Disney World (Credit: Joe Burbank‚—Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service/Getty Images)

Fans of the Disney brand are known for being among the most passionate in the world, but now the gang is willing to spend thousands of dollars on water that sellers are claiming was taken from the final days of the Splash Mountain ride.

The flume-style attraction closed at Walt Disney's World's park in Orlando on Jan. 23 with crowds watching to mark its final journeys. Those looking to turn a profit from the closure moved fast, gathering as much merchandise as they possible could.

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