Splash Mountain’s Final Day at Disney World Is Unbelievable

January 22, 2023 ·

W. D. W. Pro

There are popular rides and then there are iconic rides.

In the same way that people would flood a Disney Park if they found out the Haunted Mansion was going to be closed, Splash Mountain’s final day is a reminder to Disney that this may be a very serious mistake. P

Lightning Lane was sold out early. Perhaps Disney’s final greedy plot with one of its most popular attractions was charging people to ride it one last time. Otherwise, the line is so long that it makes Pandora’s opening look like a lightly attended event. The line was more like a mosh pit, Disney not having put up extended queues for fear of revealing the riders popularity was overwhelmed. All the way down Frontierland, support for Splash Mountain looks more like a packed-in concert crowd than a line.

We’ll be covering the images, the crowds and the opinions right here as the day continues.

Pure pandemonium, Lightning Lane is sold out for the day for Splash Mountain #SplashMountain #Disneyland #WaltDisneyWorld pic.twitter.com/Pqy2QxeyfA

— Splash Mountain Archives (@splasharchive) January 22, 2023

Crazy rope crowds for Splash Mountain on its final day of operation at Magic Kingdom#SplashMountain pic.twitter.com/ihcTsxkBjK

— BlogMickey.com (@Blog_Mickey) January 22, 2023

We’ve never seen anything like this. An iconic attraction being taken away despite intense support. Some groups view the attraction as grotesque. And a replacement coming in that feels shoehorned due to mismatched geographical iconography and functionality.

Splash Mountain has the longest wait at The Magic Kingdom
200 Minutes pic.twitter.com/IdK3gbOKGG

— Showcase of Wishes (@ShowcaseWishes) January 22, 2023

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