▲ The ride "Splash Mountain" 


As Disney World's popular ride 'Splash Mountain' is closed after 30 years of controversy over racial discrimination, local netizens continue to argue.



According to foreign media such as NBC, CNN, and NPR on the 25th local time, the ride 'Splash Mountain' at Disney World in Orlando, Florida, was closed on the 23rd.



The ride is a 'Flume ride' type ride where you can ride a log-shaped boat and enjoy steep slopes while moving along the waterway. It was installed in Disney World in 1992 and has been steadily popular for 30 years. ' decided to close due to controversy.

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▲ Movie 'Song of the South'


The theme of this ride is 'Song of the South', a work about friendship between whites and blacks in the background of a Georgia farm in the post-Civil War Reconstruction era. It was pointed out that it contained ideologies and glorified southern slave plantation life.



As criticism grew, Disney Plus, a Disney OTT service, stopped streaming the movie, and Disneyland also announced that it would refurbish the ride with the theme of "The Princess and the Frog."



'The Princess and the Frog', an animated film released in 2009, features the first black princess in Disney history, featuring Tiana, a black girl who dreams of opening her own restaurant in New Orleans as her protagonist.



Not only Florida Disneyland, but California Disneyland also plans to close the ride 'Splash Mountain' within this year, change it to a 'Princess and Frog' theme, and reopen next year.


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When this news was announced, local netizens showed various reactions and continued to argue.



Some regretted the end of the operation and enjoyed the 'farewell ride' the day before the closure, and filmed the last boarding scene of the ride and left it on social media.



The videos they left with the hashtag '#Jalgas Flash Mountain' recorded high views on social media.



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In addition, on online shopping sites, there are sellers who bottled and sold 'water sneaked from Splash Mountain', and some of them raised the starting price to 5,000 dollars (approximately 6.15 million Korean won) per bottle. there was



On the other hand, other netizens made a rebuttal video by citing a video that left memories from the ride, and pinched their actions, saying, 'I don't know why it's unfortunate that racist rides disappear', 'I made mistakes when I didn't know anything. Even if you know it, you shouldn't repeat it,' and 'this kind of perception creates racism', they responded.



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