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        <title><![CDATA[Splash Mountain to be redone with ‘Princess and the Frog’ theme after racial backlash]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Disney is &#8220;almost there&#8221; with purging its racist history.</p><p>Disneyland and Disney World will change their popular ride Splash Mountain into one with a &#8220;The Princess and the Frog&#8221; theme, ditching the ride&#8217;s connection to the racist &#8220;Song of the South&#8221; movie.</p><p>Earlier this month, <strong>several petitions</strong> to have the Anaheim, California, and Orlando, Florida, parks update the ride have garnered thousands of signatures in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement.</p><p>&#8220;Song of the South&#8221; is a 1946 film from the Mickey Mouse studio and is largely considered to be the company&#8217;s most-racist work because of its stereotypical depiction of black people.</p><p>&#8220;Splash Mountain &#8212; at both Disneyland park in California and Magic Kingdom park in Florida &#8212; will soon be completely reimagined,&#8221; Disney announced Thursday <strong>in a blog post</strong>.</p><p>A timeline for the update has yet to be announced.</p><p>&#8220;Princess and the Frog&#8221; is a 2009 animated flick that focuses on Tiana, a waitress who hopes to open her own restaurant in 1926 New Orleans. She is the studio&#8217;s first black princess.</p><p>The refocused ride will pick up after Tiana and Prince Naveen share a kiss, at the end of the movie. She will be joined by Louis, the trumpet-playing alligator.</p><p>&#8220;[Splash Mountain will] join Princess Tiana and Louis on a musical adventure &#8212; featuring some of the powerful music from the film &#8212; as they prepare for their first-ever Mardi Gras performance,&#8221; the Disney release said.</p><p>Actress Anika Noni Rose, who voiced Tiana in the film, is happy to see her character recognized this way.</p><p>“It is really exciting to know that Princess Tiana’s presence in both Disneyland and Magic Kingdom will finally be fully realized,&#8221; Rose said. &#8220;As passionate as I am about what we created, I know the fans are going to be over the moon. The Imagineers are giving us &#8216;The Princess and the Frog&#8217; Mardi Gras celebration we’ve been waiting for, and I’m here for it!”</p><p>Changing Splash Mountain isn&#8217;t the only petition Disney has to worry about right now. Some are also <strong>pushing the parks</strong> to delay the July 11 Orlando and July 17 California openings, as coronavirus cases continue to rise.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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