Talk:Splash Mountain
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This is an extremely short, dry article. Could someone please spruce it up and provide more detail? For instance, the Walt Disney World version (if no others) features a large bridge that crosses over the final portion of the ride, after the plume into the Briar Patch, that pedestrians can cross over or view riders from. Synchronized with every third or fourth car coming down the flume, a water cannon shoots spray into the air onto the bridge. In the summer, it's fairly common for people to congregate here, waiting for the cool spray as a bit of relief on a hot day.
Another possibility is to go into a little bit of detail about why Song of the South was considered controversial.
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[edit] Clunky writing
In particular, "anything that would be controversial like the film", "sort of like the animated segments", "very famous for a picture-taking ride".
[edit] Incident
Should we have a section on the incident where someone exited a ride log midway through the log and was subsequently struck by a log and fatally injured? Just a little googling turned up a cnn story among others -- Tawker 08:30, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Copied Material
Is it just me, or is most of this article about the same words found at http://members.tripod.com/four_kingdoms/splash_mountain.htm ? I think someone just copied it and pasted it to this article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jimjones00000005 (talk • contribs) 16:14, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
I have reverted that section, "Attraction walkthrough" back to the Revision as of 16:29, 1 February 2006; 70.124.144.21, section name "Story". —Centrx→talk • 22:53, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Infobox
Wow, the infobox from this article looks great, I wonder if it should become the template for the Disney rides infobox. --blm07 16:43, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Historical References
A good section to add to many attractions would be references to previous versions of the ride or area, or similar. For Splash Mountain (Disneyland), one is a quick pass by the bear's door, where snoring is heard. This is the same snoring from the previous bear cave at the same site in the old Bear Country, for a bear named Rufus. And both are actually the collected snorings of the Seven Dwarves from Snow White movie. Another example of an historical reference in an attraction: the phonograph near the end of Tarzan's Treehouse that plays Swisska Polka, the primary soundtrack from the previous Swiss Family Treehouse attraction.
[edit] Song of the South
Ironically enough, the majority of American guests that have ridden Splash Mountain have not had the opportunity to see Song of the South. It has never been released on home video in the US, probably due to stereotyping issues.
Is the film never shown on television in the US?
Here in the UK, Song of the South was available on VHS some years ago, but has never been released on DVD. It is often shown on TV, however - the most recent screening was on BBC Two in 2006. 217.155.20.163 01:01, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
