Splash Mountain

Splash Mountain is an attraction at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, and opened on July 17, 1989; at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, and opened on July 17, 1992; and at Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan in October, 1992.

The attraction is based on the controversial Disney film Song of the South. The attraction does not feature anything that would be controversial like the film. Each Splash Mountain features a 52-and-a-half foot drop (the largest in the park) at a 45 degree angle into the Briar Patch. Splash Mountain was designed to include songs from Song of the South such as Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah.

Table of contents

1 Story 2 Attraction facts 3 Splash Mountain photos 4 Flashes 5 Songs in the ride 6 Hidden Mickeys 7 External Link

Story

The Premise is sort of like the animated segments of Song of the South, except with each segments cut and pasted throughout the ride. Basically, you're following the adventures of Brer Rabbit, a mischievous rabbit who leaves his home at the Briar Patch to look for his laughing place. But unfortunately for him, Brer Fox and Brer Bear, the antagonists of this story, are set out to catch him. But after Brer Rabbit outsmarts the two, he's finally caught and taken to Brer Fox's cave at Chickapin Hill. And before Brer Rabbit can outfox them one more time, you're now sent down the big drop, where at the end of the ride, a showboat and a lot of critters sing along to Zip-a-dee-doo-dah with happiness of his return.

Attraction facts

• Ride System: Flume ride featuring 8-passenger logs (4 seats). Guests sit side by side. (Warning, you will get wet.)
• Height: 87 feet
• Lengh: Approx. 1 mile
  • Over 20,000 gallons flow through the flume every minute
• Size: Occupies a 9.2 acre site
• Audio- Animatronics: 103
  • The Showboat is 36 feet wide and 22 feet high and rocks back and forth as a cast of 12 audio-animatronics sing and dance to "Zip-a-dee-doo-dah."
• Songs: Featured in the attraction are "How Do You Do", "Everybody Has a Laughin' Place", and "Zip-a-dee-doo-dah"
• Time: Approx. 11 minutes
• Drop The final drop is a 5-story (52.5 ft.), 45-degree waterfall
• Speed: Over 40 mph on the final drop
• Height Requirement: 40"

(Walt Disney World attraction specifications, however all others are nearly identical)

Splash Mountain photos

One thing about the ride is that during the drop, your picture is taken, depicting everyone at the log. This has become very famous for a picture-taking ride. Other rides that do the same are Dinosaur and Test Track.

Flashes

During the 52 1/2 foot plummet, a camera takes pictures of park guests, and this has been a source of controversy as female guests (or their friends) will often "flash" the camera exposing their breasts. While this in itself should not be a problem as Disney cast members usually discard the images, some have leaked onto the Internet, suggesting that some Disney cast members save them for personal use. The resulting controversy resulted in the ride getting the nickname "Flash Mountain".

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Songs in the ride

These are the songs in Splash Mountain: -Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah -How Do You Do -Everybody Has A Laughing Place

Hidden Mickeys

There are lots of Hidden Mickeys at the Magic Kingdom. here is a list of them (provided by Magical Mountain

1. In the "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" scene, you'll recognize a famous shape lying on his back in the pink clouds to the right of the riverboat.
2. As you are approaching the area where you actually enter the lines, on the ground there are a bunch of cracks and on the left a set of cracks make a hidden Mickey.
3. In the architecture of Splash Mountain. If you look at it from directly in front of the big waterfall, the opening of the chute is in the shape of a Mickey head, rotated to the side 90 degrees.
4. There is a hidden Mickey formed by three bobbers from fishing gear. They have been placed on a little desk next to/behind Brer' Frog where he is sitting on an alligator and fishing with his toe.
5. Look at the pink cloud floating above Lady paddle wheeler in the final scene to see a lying down hidden Mickey.

External Link

• L.A. Times article about "Flash Mountain"
• Disneyland's Official Website
• The Unofficial Song of the South website
• Walt Disney World Magic
• Hidden Mickey's Fun Facts

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