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these days. Is this that different?
That was a joke. This is very different. There is no value to be had from owning a snap lock bag of water. Do it for the gigs if you must, but do not spend thousands of dollars that could go towards literally anything else.
Seriously, one listing has bidding starting at AUD$1,085.65.
Another somehow has 10 bids and is currently up to $24.67 AUD. I should note, however, that the one with actual bids also has this “Certificate of Authenticity” which is surely a stitch-up.
Want to buy it now? for a scrunched plastic water bottle full of the magic liquid. But you get the shocking handwriting in permanent marker labelling it for free!
Why is the ride closing? Disney is making the effort to erase Splash Mountain’s racist backstory, which is drawn from the 1946 film .
The film was set on a Georgia plantation after the Civil War. If you’ve ever head the song “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah”, is where it’s from — it even won an Oscar for the tune. But it romanticised slavery and perpetuated racial stereotypes, which is why the film has not been available in any form for more than 35 years.
The decision to close the ride was announced in 2020 during the Black Lives Matter movement following the murder of .
The ride will be reopening next year, replacing the animatronic characters like Br’er Rabbit with those from 2009 movie . It’ll also be renamed to Tiana’s Bayou Adventure.
Splash Mountain does still exist at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, although that Disney has similar plans to reinvent the ride in the same way.
When I was 10, I rode it (“rode it” sounds very weird) even though the final decline or “splash” was terrifying to me — it is one of the few rides at Disneyland that weren’t fully enclosed so you could actually see what you were in for.
Perhaps I could sell my memory for $10?
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