LOS ANGELES — Disneyland's Splash Mountain — the famed log flume ride whose imagery is rooted in the dated and racist 1946 film "Song of the South" — has an end date. Guests will have their final chance to plunge a five-story drop through a briar patch on May 30, giving Disneyland attendees one last busy Memorial Day weekend to experience the attraction in its current form.
But the show building and imaginative water-logged track isn't going anywhere. The attraction will reopen in 2024 as Tiana's Bayou Adventure, which will re-theme the ride to the Walt Disney Co.'s 2009 animated work "The Princess and the Frog," a fairy tale that starred the company's first Black princess.
In revealing the news on Wednesday morning, the Disneyland Resort also announced that Tiana's Bayou Adventure will feature more than a dozen original audio-animatronic figures. Additionally, Jenifer Lewis will reprise her role as as Mama Odie, the "200-year-old bayou fairy godmother." Previously, Disney has revealed that Bruno Campos would return as Prince Naveen, Michael-Leon Wooley would reprise the role of Louis and Anika Noni Rose is back to voice Princess Tiana.
