• July 17, 1989: Splash Mountain officially opens at Disneyland. The Los Angeles Times reports the cost of the ride at $70 million.

Disney Just Quietly Dropped First Look Inside Rethemed Splash Mountain Ahead of Reopening as Tiana’s Bayou Adventure A YouTube video shared by Walt Disney Imagineering gives a peek inside the ...

Disneyland has done a beautiful job taking the beloved Splash Mountain with a problematic backstory from the 1940s and turning the thrill ride into a tribute to Disney’s first Black princess ...

Tiana’s Bayou Adventure keeps Splash Mountain’s DNA as a log-flume ride, but it’s infused with music, scenery and animatronic characters inspired by “Princess,” set in 1920s New Orleans.

Elliot the Dragon travels down Main Street U.S.A for the Main Street Electrical Parade during the Return of the Spectaculars ...

On July 17, 1989, Splash Mountain opened at Disneyland Park; three years later, a version of the same ride opened at Disney World. It was a problematic attraction from the onset — the ride had ...

Tiana’s Bayou Adventure keeps Splash Mountain’s DNA as a log-flume ride, but it’s infused with music, scenery and animatronic characters inspired by “Princess,” set in 1920s New Orleans.

Disney Disney World's version of Splash Mountain — which first opened in 1992 — closed in January 2023, and reportedly saw lines climb above the four-hour mark on its final day of operation.

There are still going to be a lot of animatronics inside the new version of the ride, even if we don’t get over 100 of them, which is hope many Disneyland’s Splash Mountain had.