The attraction will be reimagined based on the movie 'The Princess and the Frog.'
had plans to "reimagine" the ride after numerous complaints due to its associations with the 1946 movie "Song of the South."
With racist stereotypes and Old South tropes, "Song of the South" is a mix of live action, cartoons and music featuring an old Black plantation laborer named Uncle Remus who enchants a white city boy with fables of talking animals.Its characters appeared as animatronics in Splash Mountain, which also featured songs from the film.
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