5/7/2023 0 Comments Log flume ride disney world![]() ![]() Overall, it was an easy sell, but Eisner didn’t like the name “Zip-A-Dee River Run.” He suggested that the Imagineers add a mermaid to the attraction so they could tie it into the recent Disney live-action hit “Splash” that starred Daryl Hannah and Tom Hanks. It was time to pitch the concept to newly installed CEO Michael Eisner and President Frank Wells. ![]() After several days of work, the three men came up with a fairly complete concept for an attraction: The Zip-A-Dee River Run.įurther development moved swiftly, and soon a model of the attraction and more detailed storyboards were complete. When he arrived at his office, Tony got together with coworkers Bruce Gordon and John Stone and started brainstorming. Why not use the characters from Disney’s film “Song of the South” in some sort of a water ride? Br’er Fox, Br’er Bear, and Br’er Rabbit were very well known to the general public, yet this movie had not yet been developed into an attraction like so many of Disney’s other films. One day, while making his hour-long drive to work, Tony Baxter was struck with an idea. He argued that “All the other parks have a flume ride.” To which the Imagineers countered, “That’s exactly why Disneyland should not – we need to be unique.” What this area needed was an “E-Ticket” attraction.Īt the same time, Dick Nunis, President of Walt Disney Attractions, was pressuring Imagineers to come up with some sort of a water ride to help guests stay cool during the hot summer months in Anaheim. The Country Bear Jamboree never achieved the same level of popularity at Disneyland that it enjoyed in the Magic Kingdom, and this remote land was often void of guests. The History of Splash Mountain Creationĭuring the summer of 1983, Imagineer Tony Baxter was trying to devise a way to draw guests into the often deserted Bear Country at Disneyland. With The Walt Disney World version of Splash Mountain closing forever on January 22, 2023, here’s a look at the incredible and fascinating story of this member of the Magic Kingdom mountain range. As we near the demise of one of the most iconic attractions in the history of the Disney theme parks, we felt it was important to catalog a brief, yet detailed history of Disney’s version of the log flume ride. ![]()
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