Save Splash Mountain—Why The Laughin’ Place Is Important To Preserve
Save Splash Mountain—Why The Laughin’ Place Is Important To Preserve By Philip Kippel For more than 30 years, Splash Mountain has been an iconic and classic attraction at Disneyland, Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom and Tokyo Disneyland, loved by millions of fans all over the world, many of whom have grown up with it and have many fond memories of riding it, including all of us here. Re-theming such an iconic ride would erode the nostalgia that lives in the Disney theme parks and take away the magic. Splash Mountain and the movie it is based on, Song of the South , are based on a series of short stories collected by Joel Chandler Harris and Robert Roosevelt (Teddy Roosevelt's uncle), who spent a lot of time in the slave quarters in the mid-1800's. Harris first heard the stories, along with many others, directly from the tellings of African folklore. Throughout his teen years, Harris worked on a plantation where he befriended slaves and listened to their stories and