The Petition to Save Splash Mountain At Disney World Is Nearing 100,000 Signatures

Author Joe Winner

December 7th, 2022 10:50 AM

Disney World has announced the closing date for Splash Mountain as January 23, 2023. So if you want one last Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Da ride you’ll need to do it soon. Because Splash Mountain is being re imagined with a new story based on The Princess and the Frog. According to Inside The Magic, “Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is expected to open in late 2024, which implies that the reimagining will take up to two years.”

But people who love the nostalgia of Splash Mountain are not happy. As one poster on the change.org board wrote “The story behind Splash Mountain will likely never be known to 99% of riders. Rather, it’s seen a cute ride with animal characters. Please don’t redo this ride. Give The Princess and the Frog it’s own due, as WDW should have years ago by putting a Tiana’s Place in at Port Orleans, the riverboat at Disney Springs, or returning the paddle boat at Magic Kingdom.”

She’s not wrong. Splash Mountain isn’t really about the banned movie Song Of The South. It’s a lot closer to “The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit”, a book you can still buy on Amazon. And the petition to save the ride is nearing 100,000 signatures.

That ride has been at Disney World since 1989 and is a true landmark. Many people rode it as a kid, then took their own kids on the ride. The attraction has really fallen into disrepair and it’s unlikely that Disney will change it’s mind on this. So if you want one last splash, you should plan that trip soon.

'Die Hard' Tops List of America's Favorite Christmas Movies

• 10. Jack Frost

  IMDB Rating: 5.4
  Favorite in 2 states: New Jersey and Pennsylvania
  Rotten Tomatoes score: 19%

  The film starred Michael Keaton as the titular character. As a touring musician clinging to dreams of stardom, the aging rocker (Keaton) never had much time for his wife, Gabby (Kelly Preston), and young son, Charlie (Joseph Cross). A year after his tragic death in a car accident on Christmas Day, Charlie plays a mournful tune on his father’s harmonica. Much to his surprise, Jack Frost is magically brought to life as a snowman on the family lawn.

• 9. Jingle All The Way

  IMDB Rating: 5.7
  Favorite in 2 states: Vermont and Minnesota
  Rotten Tomatoes score: 20%

  Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in this 1996 comedy film as workaholic Howard Langston. He wants to make things up to his son, Jamie (Jake Lloyd), and wife, Liz (Rita Wilson). He promises to get Jamie the hottest toy of the season, Turbo-Man — even though it’s Christmas Eve and the toy is practically sold out. As Langston hunts down the elusive gift, he runs into mailman Myron (Sinbad), another father on the same quest.

• 8. The Holiday

  IMDB Rating: 6.9
  Favorite in 2 states: Massachusetts, Washington, D.C.
  Rotten Tomatoes score: 50%

  This 2006 rom-com stars Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, and Jack Black. Dumped and depressed, Iris (Winslet) agrees to swap homes with similarly unlucky-in-love Amanda (Diaz) for a much-needed break. Iris finds herself in a palatial Hollywood mansion while Amanda navigates the lanes of a picture-perfect English village. Soon enough, both lovelorn ladies bump into local lads perfect for a romantic pick-me-up.

• 7. The Santa Clause

  IMDB Rating: 6.5
  Favorite in 2 states: Indiana, Tennessee
  Rotten Tomatoes score: 73%

  The 1994 film follows the story of divorced dad Scott (Tim Allen), who has custody of his son (Eric Lloyd) on Christmas Eve. After he accidentally kills a man in a Santa suit, they are magically transported to the North Pole, where an elf explains that Scott must take Santa’s place before the next Christmas arrives. Scott thinks he’s dreaming, but over the next several months, he gains weight and grows a big white beard.

• 6. Christmas with the Kranks

  IMDB Rating: 5.4
  Favorite in 3 states: South Carolina, Alabama, Kentucky
  Rotten Tomatoes score: 5%

  Allen stars in another Christmas-themed film ten years after The Santa Clause. This time, he stars as Luther Krank, joined by his wife Nora Krank (Jamie Lee Curtis), who plans to skip the Christmas traditions and take a cruise in the Caribbean instead. This doesn’t sit well with their Christmas-obsessed neighbors Vic Frohmeyer (Dan Aykroyd) and Walt Scheel (M. Emmet Walsh), who are determined to win the annual “best decorated street” competition, and the Kranks soon find themselves social outcasts because of their lack of Christmas spirit.

• 5. Elf

  IMDB Rating: 7.1
  Favorite in 3 states: Iowa, Nebraska, Ohio
  Rotten Tomatoes score: 86%

  In 2003, Will Ferrell set himself apart from all other live-action Christmas movies with a starring role as an elf. Ferrell plays Buddy, who was accidentally transported to the North Pole as a toddler and raised to adulthood among Santa’s elves. Unable to shake the feeling that he doesn’t fit in, the adult Buddy travels to New York, in full elf uniform, in search of his real father. His real father is Walter Hobbs (James Caan), a cynical businessman. After a DNA test proves this, Walter reluctantly attempts to start a relationship with the childlike Buddy with increasingly chaotic results.

• 4. White Christmas

  IMDB Rating: 7.6
  Favorite in 3 states: Oregon, Utah, Wisconsin
  Rotten Tomatoes score: 77%

  This 1954 musical comedy stars Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby) and Phil Davis (Danny Kaye), who join sister act Betty (Rosemary Clooney) and Judy Haynes (Vera-Ellen) to perform a Christmas show in rural Vermont. There, they run into General Waverly (Dean Jagger), the boys’ commander in World War II, who they learn is having financial difficulties; his quaint country inn is failing. The foursome teams up to perform a yuletide miracle to get his business back with a fun-filled musical extravaganza.

• 3. Edward Scissorhands

  IMDB Rating: 7.9
  Favorite in 4 states: California, Nevada, Arizona, Texas
  Rotten Tomatoes score: 89%

  Tim Burton’s 1990 fantasy romance film kicks off the top three. This film is another source of debates on whether it qualifies as a Christmas film. The last third of the movie centers around Peg’s (Diane West) annual Christmas party. One of the most memorable moments is when Winona Ryder’s Kim goes out into the backyard to find Edward making an angel ice sculpture, which creates a beautiful sprinkling of “snow.”

• 2. Home Alone

  IMDB Rating: 7.7
  Favorite in 4 states: New York, North Carolina, Illinois, Michigan
  Rotten Tomatoes score: 67%

  The 1990 classic that put Macaulay Culkin on the map as one of the most iconic childhood actors in history takes the no. 2 spot on the list. What is so charming about this first installment is how Culkin’s bratty Kevin McCallister learns how much he loves his family, and how ingeniously he adapts to oncoming danger to protect his family home from con men (Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern) robbing the place.

• 1. Die Hard

  IMDB Rating: 8.2
  Favorite in 8 states: North Dakota, Idaho, Kansas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Florida, Virginia, Maryland
  Rotten Tomatoes score: 94%

  Bruce Willis became a massive movie star with this 1988 action-thriller. Starring as New York City policeman John McClane, he joins his estranged wife at a holiday party in the headquarters of the Japanese-owned business she works for. But the festivities are interrupted by a group of terrorists who take over the exclusive high-rise, and everyone in it. McClane realizes that only he can save the hostages.

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