Splash Mountain - The Complete Audio Experience

This is my complete audio tribute to Disneyland's Splash Mountain, which closed on May 31, 2023. After 34 years, this ride will surely be missed, mainly for its charming audio-animatronics and great music. Thank you to all the Imagineers and team who worked on Splash Mountain and thank you for all the memories! To quote Sam the Eagle from America Sings, "We should all remember as history moves along, that everything is better now, 'cause someone wrote a song" :)
Photos by Mike Kindrich from Micechat and George Landis from Flickr
All rights belong to Disney
0:00 - Introduction
1:27 - Queue
3:38 - Attraction
17:15 - Exit

[@chrischiujimmyarmy3260]

If Splash Mountain has millions of fans, I'm one of them. If Splash Mountain has ten fans, I'm one of them. If Splash Mountain have only one fan, that will be me. If Splash Mountain has no fans, then I'm not alive anymore. If the world is against Splash Mountain, then I'm against the world. Till my last breath, I'll love Splash Mountain forever!

[@Pooksterfancy]

Same

[@sealy1]

same here.

[@Filburtturle]

I AGREE! Freak Tiana screw Louis no one cares about them I want splash mountain B A C K Splash mountain needs to stay. Put Tiana in fantasy land. Least favorite ride will be tianas bayou adventure.

[@SwordsArt]

Preach

[@sealy1]

@@SwordsArt ello there

[@TheJoyceAdventures]

I travelled to Tokyo just for this…

[@louiswright8282]

To be honest, money well spent

[@jordanjoyce791]

It was Sir

[@natedawgproductions]

how was it? I’m planning to do the same thing hopefully soon!

[@TheJoyceAdventures]

@@natedawgproductions it was amazing. They have a dedicated land just for the attraction, which truly felt like a love letter to Splash Mountain. The only downside is ride audio is mostly in Japanese (which was a nice novelty but sad when you realise you will never likely hear full English audio on a Splash Mountain attraction ever again). There was also unfortunately no Splash Mountain merchandise at the time of my visit. However, it was well worth visiting Disneyland just for this - you will not be disappointed.

[@marcuscheng2507]

So sad Splash is gone forever!! At least they still have it at Tokyo Disneyland!!

[@aydentrent215]

It’s very different at Tokyo Disneyland but still a great ride

[@rocketrodlover]

Nothing Beats the original with the America sings animatronics.

[@bluethunder250]

And Magic Kingdom.

[@ised-5239]

Tokyo Disneyland's Splash has Magic Kingdom's soundtrack with banjos but the vocals are reworded to Japanese.

[@jahzaracoligado291]

YES!!

[@TaedarVulpine]

Splash Mountain became part of Disneyland and it is considered a true classic in the same level with Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion, and It's a Small World! Which the original was built on top from and improved on. It had a total 103 Audio-Animatronics, the most out of any Animatronic-heavy attraction in Disneyland just behind the original Pirates of the Caribbean and current Disney doesn't consider the original Splash Mountain to be a classic anymore. I can't forgive Disney for this terrible business decision, may Splash Mountain always be remembered forever!! Thank you for this custom and accurate audio mix of the original Splash Mountain, Disneyland Musician!

[@The-one-and-only-Fruitcake]

They would never replace small world, POTC, or haunted mansion, but they replaced splash because some people were offended over the source material. I will never forgive the people who made that decision for taking away one of the best Disney rides I’ve ever been on

[@H.C.Q.]

They screwed up Pirates of the Caribbean too. Very bad decisions coming out of woke Disney!

[@JavaCake]

I could be wrong, but doesn’t Enchanted Tiki Room have more?

[@kevindoesthingz]

At least we have the audio

[@bear-ytalesgov]

A gem of an attraction that shouldn’t be changed

[@brownsugarlessice]

i loved this ride so much but hey, maybe it might be better (hopefully it will be) but on the bright side, its just a re-theme aso the layout will be exactly the same!

[@ThatFandubGirl]

​@tootsie guevara but thats not what people really loved about the ride. Sure the layout is great, but what people really liked about the ride was its story, the characters, the beautiful music, everything that made the ride great. All of that is just getting taken away

[@Terriblevisionthough]

The ride is insanely fun, but oh my god is the animatronics always malfunctioning, it’s almost everyday that the animatronics are malfunctioning. It’s a great ride but it malfunctions so much, so it probably needed to be changed. Great ride, but it needs to be changed.

[@xycron8054]

@@Terriblevisionthough thats was every ride at disney...they were slowly fixing each ride up, if they wouldve kept splash they probably wouldve did a big referb like indiana jones, cause that ride would break down 24/7! but whats done is done..RIP Splash mountain

[@madshark0]

@@ThatFandubGirlExactly, it makes me so aggravated when people try to use that as an excuse 😭

[@joeyglusky4774]

Don’t have a good day Have a Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah Day

[@Coloradoball_gooberia]

Time to get moving along

[@tristanwilliams4180]

i'm just Glad we Went on there Before it Closes

[@maximem1033]

Goodbye Uncle Remus, thanks for all your stories of Brer Fox, Brer Rabbit and Brer Bear 😢 thanks Disney for creating a ride that was based on this movie, it was a beautiful way to remember James Baskett legacy, even though he wasn't represented in the attraction 😔

[@TheFoxFromSplashMountain]

Thank you so much for this. I love Splash Mountain and always will. 💙

[@JavaCake]

This is great. As someone who never got to ride the California version, thank you.

[@The-one-and-only-Fruitcake]

When I was little, I refused to go on this. I only went on maybe a year before they announced the change. If I could tell my younger self one thing, it would be that Splash Mountain isn’t scary and I should go on it while I can because they closed it down in 2023. I’m gonna miss this ride, despite taking me ages to go on it, it was incredible and nothing they can do with the new one will recreate the atmosphere of the original.

[@neelpatrick]

This is absolutely fantastic I can tell how much love and energy and work was put into this. Congratulations! Thank you for sharing your talents with us. ❤

[@CountryBears1994]

Best audio I’ve heard I love how you mix the queue music at beginning and end plus bring in the audio of Br’er frog from WDW queue to make it like a story. So good. Been using it to sleep and also to destress. I have saved it as MP3. Surely the best.

[@aydentrent215]

I’m so glad you make these types of videos

[@theuniversalguy]

That music is so iconic. It fits wood good at Disneyland. I'm Rarely go to disneyland When I go to this land for the next couple years not Hearing are that song What's going on make me feel Sad

[@SeanTheDisneyGuy]

I really miss Splash Mountain @ Disneyland, and Walt Disney World so much! 😭

[@DisneyParksMusic.]

This is so good thank u and I agree with u, I’m really going to miss Splash Mountain, but thank u for contributing for making the music of Splash live on forever!

[@user-ct7qq8rp1b]

I'm Japanese. It may be different from Splash Mountain in America, but Tokyo Disneyland still has it, so please come to Tokyo. We look forward to the day when we can aim for a Laughing Place together!

[@pierceojeda1770]

Very sad it’s gone in Disneyland and in Walt Disney World but at least Tokyo, Disneyland still has theirs is not going to close anytime soon.

[@redzrobinz3135]

Fantastic mix

[@H.C.Q.]

That was so great! I really miss this ride. It was my favorite. Disney used to be so wonderful. RIP, Splash Mtn. RIP, Song of the South!

[@Filburtturle]

I will always love splash mountain

[@Terriblevisionthough]

The hitchhiking alligator is obviously the best part on this ride, no questions asked Nonetheless, this ride was amazing, and I’ll always cherish the memories it gave me

[@brandonsmith3411]

I love Splash mountain very much, but it's very sad when it's closed, but good thing I rode it in multiple times, it's one of those of my favorite rides in disneyland in the whole wide world.

[@jasoncastillo4071]

The very first song of this video❤ I could wake up to it

[@sebclot9478]

Thank you so much for this.

[@RolfeafireExplosion]

I absolutely love this, thank you so much for making this, Have a Zip A Dee Doo Dah Day!

[@bowlzie88]

This is amazing 🤩 Thank you! 👏

[@ethanstephens1051]

The last time I went on Splash Mountain was at Walt Disney World in 2018. It was my first trip to the Disney park in Florida, but I had no idea that it would be the last opportunity I would have to ride Splash Mountain. I enjoyed going on that ride as a kid, both at Disneyland in California and at Disney World in Florida. I've come to terms with this change Disney is making to its parks, but a part of me wishes I could ride it again, just once. Still, thanks to the people that put up various POV and Audio ride experience videos, we can still see what it was like to ride a log past Brer Fox and Bear's homes, float past the laughing place, and sing Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah with Brer Rabbit. Even with the ride itself now gone, those of us who had the opportunity to experience this iconic log flume ride can hold on to the beloved memories. I sort've envy the last people to go on Splash Mountain, but I can imagine it was very bittersweet for them as well, knowing that they'd never experience this again. To the person responsible for this video, I want to say thank you. Hearing this audio experience helps me remember what it was like, joining Brer Rabbit on another carefree misadventure, and hearing Brer Rabbit and his friends sing the iconic Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah melody at the end always makes me feel hopeful and able to appreciate the wonderful things around me. Thank you for the time and effort that you put into making this video.

[@pierozap7540]

Beautiful man

[@DumasP]

Thank you for this.

[@SlmGrrn_01]

I absolutely can’t get enough of this and your entire Splash playlist … thank you sir! Also how exactly did you get the Uncle Remus narration and such at the start? Is it taken from the film itself? Source Audio?

[@disneylandmusician7741]

Thank you! It's audio from WDW's version in the queue (Brer Frog)

[@SlmGrrn_01]

⁠@@disneylandmusician7741 interesting to see how it’s almost nonexistent in the DL version … but thanks for the information!

[@blacklikethesun]

Just amazing

[@Pooksterfancy]

Listening to bunch of disneys and fan reactions put me in tears Walt wouldn’t like this nor would he agree with this this is an icon ride and should stay like that broke my heart seeing reactions on the last day of both operations

[@The-one-and-only-Fruitcake]

If walt were still alive, I bet he’d be adamantly against the ride being replaced. It’s a classic, and replacing it is a horrible idea

[@Firebird7901]

Thanks for sharing, this ride is a joy from start to finish. Glad i was able to ride the WDW version in 2021 and create some memories. the new rethemed version may of the bones of this but its more than just the drop and thrill to me IMO it was different the animatronics telling the story vs projections showing the story.

[@sillyrunner1]

Incredible job capturing each sequence of the ride. This is the best Splash Mountain musical video out there. Don’t know where you found the sound bits of the log clicking up the ramps, the splashes, and the echoey sounds of the songs? I’m working on a similar video myself

[@W1ldestride]

I love the ride so much, I’m gonna miss it. I love seeing that giant tree stump with the rising run behind it. I hope bayou adventure is as magical (i also hope they change the name to something easier to say than Princess and the Frog: Tiana’s Bayou Adventure. I’ll probably just keep calling it splash mountain. Maybe if they change the name to bayou mountain or frog mountain it would be better)

[@Lana-oz7np]

😢

[@Haonlol]

My fav ride in the whole world 💘 I will cherish splash mountain forever

[@snoopy_enterprises]

😢R.I.P. Splash Mountain😢 It has been gone than more than a month now.

[@idk-zt8rx]

I love the California Splash Mountain, but Tokyo's Splash Mountain is just the best version in my opinion. While the Laughing Place scene, America Sings animatronics, and big band soundtrack are aspects California had that are better than Tokyo, some of the scenes in California just felt rushed because the log moves too fast and some scenes are too dark and certain elements are barely visible. In Tokyo, all the scenes are well lit, the log moves more slowly which allows you to really be immersed in the scenes, the outdoor segments have better sightlines, and the first drop is covered to prevent any sunlight from interfering with any of the lighting in the attraction. Also, the animatronics in Tokyo are always working and everything is just better maintained overall. The perfect Splash Mountain would be one that has the improved elements in Tokyo, California's laughing place, and a mix of the country and big band soundtracks (Outdoor: country, How do you do: country, laughing place outside cavern: country, laughing place cavern: big band, zip a dee doo dah outdoor: country, zip a dee doo dah indoor: big band). Also, hitchhiking alligator.

[@Filburtturle]

True tokyo is highly more put in to the animatronics never malfunction

[@DavidBehlman]

The bits from the movie are an odd inclusion to me because the ride didn't seem to reference those two.

[@user-xy9tc4of5q]

My favorite ride is gone now ima miss splash mountain 😭 I hope that splash mountain can come back to Disney land and WDW so that we can have another zip a dee doo dah day and I will miss all the brers and nothing can beat splash but until then thanks to all the memories Brer Fox Bear and Rabbit 💔😭💔😭🙏🏻💔💔😭💔🙏🏻🙏🏻😭😭💦💔🙏🏻😭💦💦

[@kurtmarable7430]

Staying Splash Mountain Song On The South In Disneyland By Defeatist Limited 1929 Engineer Squint Kurt In 0:01

[@charliebrown3842]

Defunct Splash Mountain 😭🌊⛰🐻🦊🐰🪵

[@charliebrown3842]

Splash Mountain Are Closing 😭🌊⛰🐰🦊🐻🪵

[@charliebrown3842]

Goodbye Splash Mountain 😭🌊⛰🐻🦊🐰🪵

[@DisneyParksMusic.]

This was amazing thank u for this brought back so many great memories! Can I ask how did u get Splash Mountain’s font or where can I find that font u used for the thumbnail?! But awesome job love it!

[@SwordsArt]

1989, 1992, 2023, 2024. Disneyland, Tokyo Disneyland, Magic Kingdom. Magic Kingdom, Disneyland, Tokyo.

[@McBearNB]

Still wrong part of Br'er Rabbit's recording near teh end of the song. Confused with WDW Frontierland without Mr. Bluebird.

[@MRwreckgar]

R.I.P gone one of the best disney attractions of all time, the most immersive, most nostalgic disney had to offer. The songs, the queue, the overall experience were everything, now that’s all gone, no more brer rabbit, brer fox, brer bear, zip-a-dee-doo-dah, laughin place, most importantly splash mountain, instead replaced with a backwashed mediocre cheap and lazy retheme that had no hope for redemption from the start it was announced 4 years ago. The ride nor movie was racist, it’s basically a he said she said thing, people are dumb claiming we miss it because of nostalgia…but isn’t that the point? Isn’t disney parks bent on creating memories and nostalgia lol. Splash Mountain deserved better, it won’t ever be the same, the magic is officially dead and anyone who thinks different can suck it. #R.I.PSplashMountain

[@chibble3591]

Why’d they remove splash mountain?

[@worldof.laughter]

Because it’s old

[@chrischiujimmyarmy3260]

​@@worldof.laughterwhat about it's a small world, pirates of the Caribbean, haunted mansion and every single attraction that is more older than Splash Mountain yet still exists and are more than 60 years old while Splash Mountain is only 30 years old

[@chrischiujimmyarmy3260]

​@@worldof.laughtersaid the guy who's favorite attraction is more than 60 years old lol

[@worldof.laughter]

@@chrischiujimmyarmy3260 erm incredicoaster is not 60 years old

[@someguy4253]

Disney is dead to me.

[@thedaily7473]

good for you then

[@arcondpvp]

Fr bro

[@roxassora2706]

So because a black woman is replacing a ride, it's dead to you?

[@arcondpvp]

@roxassora2706 do you understand that that "black woman" is actually just a blackwashed version of a German princess? And song of the south is actual African American Folklore

[@roxassora2706]

@@arcondpvp No. And Tiana was based off of a real person.

[@jbponzi1]

I will miss going the Laughing Place. Will be looking forward to see what WDI has for us in the new experience.

[@jahzaracoligado291]

I wish in 2033 they will bring back after tiana’s bayou adventure because of the splash mountain fans :(

[@itz_layla556]

i can’t wait for the new re-theme for the ride. i’ll also miss splash mountain as well as u all do. but the fact that they r putting all of my favorite characters from my favorite movie in my favorite mk ride it just so exciting for me 💚💚

[@Pooksterfancy]

I don’t king them but they sorta put them in a weird spot

[@Filburtturle]

Frontier land and princess and the frog???? That makes no freaking sense but I can get why in California but I hate that new re theme

[@itz_layla556]

@@Filburtturle the new re theme isn’t bad in my opinion

[@sebbysuperstar8394]

Zip a De Bye Bye Splash Mountain and hello Tiana’s Bayou Adventure! You will be forever missed as one of those legendary classic Disney gem attractions! Time to be moving along, by paying our last respects to you. RIP Splash Mountain 1989-2023 🥺😞🪵💦🐰🦊🐻

[@taugntan1]

I’m sad to see it go, but I hope they give it justice through Bayou Adventure

[@TaedarVulpine]

It won't...

[@ChillyPen]

@@TaedarVulpine I don’t see why they wouldn’t put love and care into the ride

[@ChillyPen]

But I original splash will be better than tianas

[@brandonk.2697]

Woke Disney really ruins everything that people love.

[@The-one-and-only-Fruitcake]

It’s not even really woke disney. It’s Disney appealing to a few people that’s ruining the good things. We can’t have splash anymore because some people (who probably won’t spend any more money at disney after the change anyways..) got offended about the source material and Disney’s a pushover right now. I wish Disney would just do Disney stuff and keep their rides the same

[@roxassora2706]

​@@The-one-and-only-FruitcakeThe ride is based off of a racist film, everyone knows that. And the woman who's refurbishing the ride is a black woman. Plus, the ride is very clanky nowadays. It's old

[@Filburtturle]

@@roxassora2706 not racist. It’s not racist. Bro watch the movie ITS NOT RACIST LOOK AT THE FREAKING SCRIPT AFTER SLAVERY

[@Filburtturle]

The movie isn’t racist at all I wish people stoped calling it racist

[@Greenhornet204]

The music is what carries Disney attractions and this was amongst the greatest but unfortunately the ride relies on too many racist tropes which should have been obvious immediately ahem TONY B, but this music here in particular is so evocative

[@redzrobinz3135]

What are the racist tropes present in the ride? Explain that.

[@Greenhornet204]

@@redzrobinz3135 I don’t need to explain jack to u buddy. Look to the reason the attraction is getting a revamp. It’s more than obvious but not to u but they’re not worried about you and neither am I

[@redzrobinz3135]

@@Greenhornet204 Yeah that'd what I thought. You can't point out any racist tropes in the ride because they're not there and are all in your head womp womp

[@Greenhornet204]

@@redzrobinz3135 it perpetuates a glorified view of slavery just look at the vocal intonations everywhere on the ride ALL of them are an INSULT kinda like YOU

[@Greenhornet204]

@@redzrobinz3135 as opposed to yours which is empty womp WOMP 💀