Talk:Splash Mountain

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[edit] unsigned, undated comment

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.

[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[edit] Historical References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 Another example of an historical reference in an attraction: the phonograph near the end of Tarzan's Treehouse that plays Swisska Polka, the primary soundtrack from the previous Swiss Family Treehouse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)

[edit] Trivia without Reference

In the Magic Kingdom ride, an opossum drops down out of the ceiling in the laughing place. He repeats the phrase "Go F.S.U." -- an homage to one of the lead imagineer's alma mater, Florida State University. 12.205.148.123 16:51, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

I was told by multiple cast members that the opossum says L-S-U and that the lead imagineer's alma mater was Louisiana State University. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iroc24 (talk • contribs) 15:12, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "First Person to Ride!"

IMDB has a separate listing for "Ernest Goes to Splash Mountain", and I wonder if that feature doesn't deserve more prominent note, as I remember it being a big boost toward the hype of the ride being released. I also remember hearing at the time that the first celebrity to "conquer the mountain" was actually Scott Valentine who portrayed "Nick" on the sitcom Family Ties. This I cannot substantiate, though a web search reveals that Valentine was indeed featured in the DIsney Holiday TV special the Christmas preceding the ride's grand opening, which also featured a "sneak peek" of the attraction, which adds a little credence to that sort of hilarious rumor.--Zommbi 11:01, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Flash" Mountain

Should there be something about the popular fad of women exposing their breasts on this ride to the cameras? --Darth Borehd (talk) 05:45, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Err, no. That is, of course, unless you can find some reputable sources to confirm this, then it could be considered. TheIslander 12:11, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
Actually, there was a reference to this practice (with an external link to the website that features photos of the phenomenon), but it was deleted when someone took out the trivia section. Uncle Walt, anyone? In any case, I'm going to restore much of that section. Objections? --Patchyreynolds (talk) 14:15, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
No objections. Valerius Myotis (talk) 14:37, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
Yes and no. Yes, by all means restore the information within the section, but no, definitely not as a 'trivia section'. Integrate it with the rest of the article - trivia sections are discouraged. TheIslander 15:29, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Story Section

The story section is almost unclear and doesn't involve the disneyland story. It is only the wdw version. Should there be one section called the Walt Disney World Story and another called the Disneyland Story.--Baitt (talk) 05:19, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

That's a good idea, if you know both of the stories, that would be cool if you go ahead with this. --Linda (talk) 09:52, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
Ok I'll start soon,--Baitt (talk) 02:27, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, they're pretty much the same story with slightly different scenes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.225.37.57 (talk) 03:58, 13 April 2008 (UTC)