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  • 2022-08-29 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Disney World Cancel Its Splash Mountain Retheme? (en)
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  • On Aug. 24, 2022, a rumor began to spread on TikTok that said Walt Disney World Resort canceled its plans to retheme the Splash Mountain ride from 1946's Song of the South to 2009's The Princess and the Frog. Five days later, the video had been viewed nearly 2 million times. It's true that Disney had announced it would be changing the ride. However, the idea that they had reversed their decision and canceled those plans was nothing more than satire from a Disney blog. (For more details regarding the real Splash Mountain retheme plans, skip to the end of this story.) The video came from TikTok user @mousetrapnews: The narrator in the satirical video delivered the news like this: I’m literally so sad what?! one commenter posted. Are you kidding me? another person remarked. I was actually excited for 'The Princess' and Tiana one, a third person said. Many of the commenters believed the news to be real, even though the @mousetrapnews bio reads, Real Disney News That is 100% FAKE. The Moused Trusted Name in Disney News. The end of the TikTok video asked viewers to visit The Mouse Trap blog on mousetrapnews.com for more details. Part of the article read as follows: On its About page, The Mouse Trap blog calls itself the world's best satire site: According to The Associated Press, in June 2020, Disney announced plans to change the theme of the Splash Mountain ride amid calls from those who believed it to evoke feelings of racism: The plans to change the ride were announced just weeks following the May 2020 killing of George Floyd. Floyd, a Black man, was recorded on video as he was murdered by police officers in Minneapolis, prompting worldwide protests, violence, and a furious reexamination of racism and policing in the U.S. To sum up this story, no, Disney World wasn’t planning on canceling their retheme plans for Splash Mountain. This was nothing more than satire published on a Disney blog. For further reading, we previously reported on other satire from The Mouse Trap blog that said Disney would be lowering the drinking age to 18 and demolishing Cinderella Castle. (en)
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