Tokyo REFUSES to DESTROY the Last Splash Mountain: Disney Rumor SHUT DOWN with Newest Announcement!

[@wes2262]

Isn’t it amazing that Japan values the real Disney better than its American counterparts.

[@animezilla4486]

There is no real Disney

[@Thatfoxatthebowlinglane]

Yeah it’s just amazing

[@SirBuzz]

Haha, absolutely!

[@365ral]

Because nothing says “anti-racism” like “erase any memory of the 1st black actor to win an Honorary Oscar.”

[@Thatfoxatthebowlinglane]

To Japan. Dear Japan I’m an American citizen in the USA and I beg you guys to please not close your splash mountain! Trust me you will not want a retheme at all. Make us proud make Walt and James baskett proud your the only ones keeping their hard work alive

[@animezilla4486]

I don't think that even know who James Basekett is they just like to ride which is good enough

[@kipolem53]

Why did Paris renege...oh right, they drink woke by the gallon! The Olympics confirms it.

[@bob1986]

@@animezilla4486 They don't. They don't even know what Song of the South is, they think the characters are unique to the ride. However they like the ride and the characters, and Princess and the Frog was not very popular in Japan so there's no way they're retheming it no matter what Disney says.

[@bob1986]

@@kipolem53 While true, the main thing is that Tokyo Disney is owned and run by the Oriental Land Company that simply pay a license fee to Disney and can otherwise do what they want with the place. Disneyland Paris and all other non US parks other than Tokyo are owned by Disney itself and subject to their whims although in Shanghai and HK they also have to work with the CCP.

[@rocketrobinhood2264]

@@bob1986 I got my copy of Song of the South from Japan, where the film is not banned and remains popular.

[@darktynave4799]

Bless Japan for saving the attraction. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@annlavine3576]

smart nove

[@animezilla4486]

Just like how universal studios theme park in Japan still has the Jaws attraction

[@shadowbeast2276]

And, shocking as it is, SPLASH MOUNTAIN STILL WORKS😅 UNLIKE TIANAS SWAMP RIDE

[@kipolem53]

I think it is kind of insane that Mickey is on the thumbnail, I am watching House of Mouse and I feel like Pete is the one who would demand a theme park take down a ride, not Mickey.

[@USMC_1991]

Despicable how Disney is trying to bully OLC into bending the knee, even if *_basically the entire population of Japan_* has no problem with the current Splash Mountain. I will be in Tokyo in a few weeks. The parks in the U.S. have become quite unbearable.

[@animezilla4486]

They can't bully anybody

[@bob1986]

@@animezilla4486 They pretty much have no option here. All they can do is end their license agreement with OLC next time it comes up at which point Tokyo Disney will have to either close or completely retheme itself to be non Disney, but they won't want to do that when the park brings them much needed money.

[@BARDI77]

almost nobody on the world has problem with it, its just a few crazy people that are making everyone else life miserable in order to get power or money

[@toshibavoodoo]

Yep

[@deadlyishtar]

Going to tokyo in8 weeks too.

[@AJolls]

imagine having to protect the most popular theme park ride... splash mountain should be in every disney park

[@toshibavoodoo]

I bet it is A+ shape!! They spend $ to make sure park is working and functional

[@marcostapiz3568]

It is, I rode it in February. Best version of the ride I’ve been on.

[@mybohemiangirlfriend]

When I was in Japan they said at the theme park itself that they would never get rid of splash mountain and if they did they would just close Tokyo Disneyland as a whole. The Japanese don't care about the bullshit we have going on here in the states.

[@Long-HairedLuigi]

THANK U LORD!!! 🙏

[@kristinadospoy7347]

Thank you, Tokyo!

[@swiftlemur528]

That's actually true for most entertainment industries in Japan. The US and UN doesn't like it, but they have no choice or say in something that is entirely Japan's jurisdiction. Stand your ground Japan!

[@Fishman814]

Good for you Tokyo Disneyland. Tiana’s Bayou sucks.

[@shalifi7774]

So Tokyo Disney who is a seperate company doesnt want to tear down the most popular ride in the park. Good to know some people arent crazy.

[@lifequest7453]

Tokyo Disneyland keeping Splash MOUNTAIN, YEAH, HUGE FIST BUMP, Standing OVATION... GOOD FOR YOU FOLKS... KEEP THE GUESTS HAPPY.

[@CaliforniaDreamin.]

Don’t give in Japan!

[@DU_hockeygirl40]

I went to Tokyo Disney in February. Splash Mountain was packed despite it being chilly. Coldest ride I've had but absolutely worth it.

[@SirBuzz]

OLC, please buy out all US Disney Parks!

[@Long-HairedLuigi]

THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING! PLEASE, OLC!

[@ReleaseCoyoteVsAcme2024]

Just buy out all of Disney

[@Long-HairedLuigi]

@@ReleaseCoyoteVsAcme2024 I wish.

[@thomastritee9238]

Why is Disney trying to commit financial suaside.

[@Long-HairedLuigi]

According to another new vid on KZbin, Igor hates Walt and everything he stands for. 😮

[@mellojoe9421]

@@Long-HairedLuigi interesting that he would continue to be CEO for 20 years while also hating everything the company stands for

[@gridley]

If the Disney Co ever does an audioanimatronic of Joseph Stalin as a trans person, they could hire the actress who performs Mama Odie's voice. Their ideologies would come close to matching.

[@fifthrider]

Bob Iger sees the tides changing and is in a panic to force more DEI before the end of his tenure. What he's not understanding is the roles have changed. The OLC doesn't need Disney, Disney needs the OLC. The OLC could tell him to pound sand at this point and whatever Iger does in revenge will be weak and minimal. Even the most leftist of Disney fan channels has been admitting that OLC knows what Disney fans want, and Iger's regime does not. God bless OLC for digging their heels in and fighting. My guess is Iger will not last until the announced end of his tenure, it will come sooner.

[@skunkman9815]

The OLC is a real trooper

[@marcostapiz3568]

We went to Tokyo Disney in February and we are going back this month. They do Disney the way it was supposed to be. All their rides are in great shape. Splash mountain there is the best. Everything looks new and functions properly.

[@abletothink]

It's the most popular theme park ride in the world and it's exclusive to their park now. They'd have to be crazy to destroy it. Especially since it actually functions and the Tiana one doesn't most of the time.

[@Songwritersbehindthecurtain]

Wow 🤯 super happy 😊 for Japan 🇯🇵 for splash mountain.

[@omegafire6253]

I just rode that ride going to Tokyo. Took many photos and purchased the ride photo.

[@Jaxvidstar]

Thank you for the news, I was concerned Japan Disney had bent their knee.

[@kevinlee7678]

Thankfully, they haven't, thus Brer Rabbit, Brer Bear, and Brer Fox will be able to remain in the Cartoon World.

[@gridley]

The way the DEI/ESG crowd will treat a Gina Carano (or, in the judicial-political world, a Clarence Thomas) means they need to zip it about a Disney attraction originally full of cute, furry animals now referring to Louisiana salt mines tied to slavery & audioanimatronics with a black dialect ("I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' babies, Miss Scarlett!") as somehow less racist.

[@swiftlemur528]

And didn't splash mountain take special care to NOT have any of that involved? And now this. The double standard is blatantly evident.

[@ThemeParkZilver]

Based on a movie that includes a rosy depiction of the Jim Crow south, the only Disney princess who has to have a job, voodoo as evil magic, and the only Disney princess who spends less than 1/3 of the movie as a human. (To be clear, I don't have any issue with the movie or Song of the South. I point these things out as a double standard not as a complaint.)

[@princessmarlena1359]

Japan is awesome.

[@BrerOswald]

I truly do not care if the scoop I got was or wasn’t true. All that matters is that the mere idea of this is THWARTED and that it DOESN’T happen.

[@MT-tu8dt]

Can OLC or Elon Musk please buy Disney!!!!

[@SteveDoors1313]

I wish more people would realize if Elon doesn't buy Disney we are screwed. There will be no true Disney left to save.

[@ABoyandHisDog.23]

Good for Tokyo

[@ReleaseCoyoteVsAcme2024]

The Japanese are doing a better job at running Disney than Disney.

[@leoSaunders]

Pro was AFK attending his turkey. working, unlike Disney.

[@hamdinger7145]

Build a 50 foot tall Lorn statue.

[@birdieberry]

Japan has always been a bastion for cultural preservation-even beyond their own culture. They were the first team of archeologists to protect and preserve ancient artifacts during conflicts between US and ISIS forces, they had the first film company to revive the "Cheburaska and Gena" franchise with a new stop motion animation, drawing interest to other counties outside the former USSR. ❤🇯🇵

[@randolphwilliams2365]

They get it.

[@moirad3895]

PROTECT SPLASH MOUNTAIN 👏👏👏

[@USMC_1991]

Pretty soon Disney is going to try to bully OLC into changing their name from "Oriental" Land Company, because woke Disney finds the word "Oriental" offensive.

[@Long-HairedLuigi]

Didn't they already try 2 do that & got ignored?

[@GrumpyMeow-Meow]

That’s because they support Chinas claim that they own everything. Disney erased the black actor off the Star Wars poster (sorry I haven’t seen the films and don’t know the actors name) because China didn’t want him on there. Disney is the most hypocritical of them all.

[@Pissgremlin5964]

Oriental isn't diverse enough. I don't feel like I'm being represented as a white American male. I think Tokyo Disney should incorporate some people of my color in their rides. 😂😂

[@melissag.664]

OLC said "Go fund yourself!" 😂

[@Stickman_S]

And this is why Tokyo Disneyland is better:3

[@nordisk1874]

So will the oriental land companies new ship will have a splash mountain slide?

[@Long-HairedLuigi]

Cool idea! Is it OLC that will own that ship, or Disney?

[@javityttv]

Brother bear could be a replacement

[@anotterwithaphone3077]

I am so glad the 1 time I went to Disney, I road Splash Mountain.

[@davidchrisman855]

Tokyo, great job!!! Keep that ride forever!! Be the only one!!!

[@CapeSIX]

I've spent over a year of my life in the Disney World parks and I can honestly say its on the decline. I'm planing a solo trip to Japan next December. I truly want to experience the Disney difference again.

[@michaelgamas2399]

It is only wise and can added value to Tokyo Disneyland as the last place to experience this attraction. It is of same situation with Universal's Jaws attraction in Osaka.

[@juanban3406]

Tokyo Disney rides are better version then what is in the US. The Frozen ride is better there and rides are longer with better tech.

[@Book-Mark]

Well done Tokyo.

[@richardclements4252]

They now have the only most popular ride in the world!

[@kalijordan1837]

This is all going to turn out to be a very clever marketing ploy.

[@holddline]

If they’re gonna replace it…Jungle Book, let’s go!

[@sgtmajor5700]

But Tiana's Broke Down Party is so very awesome.

[@richardclements4252]

At no extra cost!

[@jeffwolf8018]

Disney's all done. Once you get Woke you go Broke.. I'm sure Mr Walt Disney never saw this ever happening but it's a tragedy for sure.

[@ChrisLucas3]

OLC doesn't fix things that aren't broken, but in about 5 years from now Splash in Tokyo will be due for extensive refurb, so it will for sure be re-themed

[@ThemeParkZilver]

Extensive refurbishment and a complete retheme are two very different costs. More importantly, the OLC doesn't leave things in a broken state until a big refurbishment like US Disney does. So when they do have long refurbishments it is mostly for cosmetics. This isn't always the case but it often is. In 30+ years, they may have a change of heart but so far all of the classics have remained and there is no reason to retheme what can more cheaply be fixed.

[@Frankenberry]

The only thing I could see being AS popular as the original splash mountain would be if they kept splash mountain in the name and themed it with all the classics... Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Minnie, Daisy, etc.. and just told some kind of wacky, zaney, old school Disney adventure story ride with the classic splashdown ending... Both sides would get a win, Disney would get rid of what THEY feel are problematic characters, and the fans would get the TRUE CLASSIC DISNEY attraction they've all been longing for.

[@nick_was_here3882]

Man I really didn't consider Alice in Wonderland until now. That would actually work fantastically with splash if done correctly. Heck I could see them changing the ones in the US to that eventually, In fact they should change WDW to alice, keep tiana's in CA, and keep splash in tokyo. Then there's a reason to go to all three as each would be the strongest iteration of their respective rides. They could even move the extra bayou animatronics to the CA version to make it more populated.

[@monikas.845]

As a white european, Disney wanting to tell the japanese what to do with their "heirlooms" has a koloniest touch to it 🙈

[@chrishood2144]

We Americans may have to get a little bit more smaller and learn your country manners. Nonetheless, bonus points for standing your ground Japan.

[@deanekonomou7641]

Well the money I have saved by not doing anything Disney here. I can now go to Japan and there Disney.

[@danm2144]

I bet Universal would like a Universal Japan.

[@gregr3720]

Splash Mountain looks like trash now. What is it supposed to be? A mountain of leaves? Tokyo Disneyland still has the Marc Davis-designed characters.

[@matthewwolf90]

Because the Disney land in Japan listens to its Paying consumers, and NOT the Small Vocal Online perpetual victims 😂 that used to be called Good Business practice when you catered to what the majority Market showed it wanted. Ya know, Supply to the Demand! NOT give in to those that screech at you to change your entire business model to accommodate Them and their agenda

[@ThemeParkZilver]

I want to set one thing straight. The OLC does not have any "loyalty" to Splash Mountain, especially in regards to the Song of the South legacy. The reason Tiana is not going in there is the OLC is unimpressed with Tiana or it's ability to sell merchandise. This is the same group that required upgrades be made for The Indiana Jones Adventure, one of Disneyland's most popular attractions before they would put it in. This is also the group that rejected Frozen Ever After in favor of a version that follows the original story. (Throwing out Tiana's Bayou Adventure solely of the grounds of it is a "sequel." With Disney having no intention of allowing a Tiana that is based on the film.) With no strong connection to Song of the South (save for a very limited release in the 90's) the japanese just see the ride as cute animal characters. (As Marvin pointed out) Meanwhile Disney US is pushing harder and harder to strip the OLC of Song of the South rights, which includes those characters. (Something they can only do for about a decade before the OLC is free to bring it all back.) They have taken the music and the store, and are now trying to get the ride and restaurant. (The restaurant will likely go next.) People have been wondering why Disney would build a Lion King Splash Mountain in Paris if it was "so important to share disadvantaged voices." It's simple, Lion King is an attempt to sell Japan on a version of Splash Mountain they are willing to change to. Don't be surprised if that is the eventual retheme they go with. Were it not for that, Paris would be getting another Tiana as now Disney risks people comparing the two and favoring Lion King. (But, better that, than allow Splash Mountain to continue to exist.) As for possible rethemes. I get the idea of Peter Pan, but understand they just added a whole Peter Pan area with two rides, plus they still have the original Flight of Peter Pan. The "Critter Country" in Tokyo Disneyland is located between Frontierland specifically bordering Rivers of America and Fantasyland almost right next to the Haunted Mansion. They would need to find a franchise with either frontier theme or as an extension to the fantasy theme. It would also need an equal amount of merchandising power. Of course, Lion King is the main thing on the table but maybe, maybe Pocahontas could be made to work. Realistically, any replacement will need to be an original concept. Not impossible but highly improbable for current Disney. (I would personally try and find a way to make Brave work, but I know good and well it is not an overly popular franchise.) Disney has made a colossal mistake. The executives and money counters wanted Splash Mountain gone because it was costly. Older electronics using high amounts of electricity and several moving figures made it a Journey Into the Imagination 2.0. (Funny how that works) The activists within Disney jumped on the proposed changes to virtue signal. But, in the end they produced the fastest, easiest, *cheapest* swap they could. They used Tiana specifically because of New Orleans in California. And used the events of 2020 as cover for the change, knowing they could use race and the movement to redirect the backlash. (But, don't let them fool you, the movement did not ask for any changes to be made and even denounced them knowing they would be the scapegoat.) All while not even making significant improvement to the "problematic" nature of Splash Mountain. (Maybe even making it worse) Now they have to justify the change or risk being exposed for empty virtual signals being exposed as the cost cutting it really was. On a completely separate note, the OLC is not just the "Tokyo Disney" company and the park alone is not the only factor in the share price.

[@XiaoFury]

Thank you, Japan!

[@sandtoy11510]

Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, Pirates of the Caribbean are both boring as hell and not worth waiting in line to ride

[@deadlyishtar]

13:15 absolutly Duffy is huge. The entire cape cod and half of river delta(indana jones land) are duffyland at their second park(disneysea). There is zero indy merch in tokyo because duffy took all the shelves.

[@sky0kast0]

The only the only movie in that era did I think makes sense is Pocahontas because I think that's the only time we see anyone get near a waterfall

[@ThemeParkZilver]

You could do a Fantasia ride which includes the "Pastoral Symphony" the Greek part had plenty like that. Could also use the drop as part of "The Rite of Spring" Dinosaur segment. (Or Night on Bald Mountain too.) I would also personally like Brave. I know it isn't overly popular overall but it is at least as popular as Pocahontas. Could have a great restaurant with medieval type food. Fits with the trees of Frontierland while being an extension of Fantasyland.

[@MrDEMarq]

Walt Disney's ghost 👻 strikes again...heh.

[@PrinceZ2510]

Just say the new splash type ride in Paris is successful and beloved. Tokyo would jump at that transformation especially of its for free. Problem is how terrible Tiana Bayou is

[@insanecoasters5020]

This is why Japan is the smartest country. They know no one cares about song of the south. Unless they’re gonna replace it with a 4th dimension spiderverse coaster (which would be a dream of mine but obviously won’t happen) then they should keep it.

[@gerardolivier5250]

Tokio has the best Disney Resort, cause its not managed by Disney, nobody wants/needs Brokoli Mountain!

[@richardclements4252]

Goldfinger, neuf said

[@kboostmobile6580]

Them Japanese could be stubborn. That explains a lot.

[@kboostmobile6580]

R E A D. A L L A B O U T I T ! ! ! JAPAN TEACHES USA HOW TO DO DISNEY. . Well wait a minute... At least we got Jennifer Lewis is Mama Odie..... Bless her slice of cheesecake... I'm still waiting for my slice of chocolate cake from WDW Pro...

[@jessr1698]

Good

[@TheSalemWolf]

10:15 If there was ever a re-theme and I had to pick a replacement, how about from the 1973 animated feature film Robin Hood.

[@EdwardandJessicaMiller]

Better idea: western River expedition.

[@francoiseeduard303]

Not insulated enough sadly😔 Orange Bird is like a Pokémon “Orange Bird the citrus Pokémon a plant and flying type…”

[@SamtheBravesFan]

What in the Sam Hill are you babbling on about?

[@kipolem53]

Need a Kiwi Bird and Cantaloupe Bird to complete the trio, then I can go catch the Regis!

[@michaelogden5093]

I say tear it all down and cover it up with a parking lot.

[@kipolem53]

But...Paris got a Lion King one and Ameria got two for a character that Disney is going to refuse to give the Moana treatment, Disney could persuade Tokyo if they made a Big Hero 6 water ride...jk, there is not really a focus on water in that movie, but I mean neither is there in The Lion King.