Chris Plante co-founded Polygon in 2012 and is now editor-in-chief. He co-hosts The Besties, is a board member of the Frida Cinema, and created NYU’s first games journalism course. Tiana’s Bayou ...

A classic Walt Disney World ride begins a new chapter Friday when the attraction formerly known as Splash Mountain officially opens to the public as Tiana’s Bayou Adventure at Magic Kingdom theme park ...

On Aug. 24, 2022, a rumor began to spread on TikTok that said Walt Disney World Resort canceled its plans to retheme the Splash Mountain ride from 1946's "Song of the South" to 2009's "The Princess ...

There was a funeral at Disney World’s Magic Kingdom on Sunday night. It wasn’t for a person, mostly because the park’s strict rules would never allow that, even if the person was buried in a ...

Walt Disney World has closed its famous Splash Mountain water ride, the Magic Kingdom attraction that for years had been criticized for having racist roots. But not everyone was happy to see the ride ...

In the summer of 2020, amid the cultural reassessment and nationwide protests following the killing of George Floyd, fans of Disneyland's Splash Mountain were put on notice. The 1989 ride, popular for ...

Walt Disney World’s iconic Splash Mountain ride is officially closed, but hardcore Disney fans are going to creative lengths to keep pieces of the attraction forever. Throngs of people crowded Orlando ...

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The ride Splash Mountain in Walt Disney World and Disneyland, which is based on a film, Song of the South, that has been widely criticized as racist, is likely to remain open for the foreseeable ...

Walt Disney World visitors splashed, hooted, hollered, waited and wished Sunday night, the final evening of operation for the Splash Mountain ride at Magic Kingdom. The attraction is being closed and ...