The Princess Blog

The internet has been buzzing  today with news that the classic Disney Parks ride, Splash Mountain , will replace its animatronic characters  from Disney's forgotten 1946 feature  Song of the South  with new ones from their 2009 classic, The Princess and the Frog . The announcement was made right on the heels of massive civil unrest  in the middle of a pandemic  that forced closures of Disney parks around the world. It would seem that Disney was keeping this project in their back pocket for over a year  as they waited for the right time to announce it to the public. They could not have picked a better time to reveal an attraction dedicated to the first black Disney Princess  than this very moment. Yet, the timing seems almost too coincidental after so many complaints masses about a ride featuring a movie that has been virtually deleted from the Disney library for generations. Is this really a tribute to the fantastic reimagining of "The Frog Pri...

There are many ways to find immersive princess experiences at the Disney Parks . The most common way is through meet'n'greets. They let you interact with the princess in real life, allowing you to ask them any question you can think of and learn how they might respond, not to mention the terrific photo ops. Another way is through dark rides, which is the official term for the slower rides at the parks that allow you to travel through movie scenes that are recreated by  animatronics , a revolutionary technology that bring sculptures to live with mechanical movement and programming. All of the dark rides at the Disney Parks use animatronics for their constantly moving characters. Until a few years ago, the only Disney Princess dark ride that could be experienced in this way was Snow White's Scary Adventures . This ride was overseen by Walt Disney himself and is one of the few remaining rides that opened with Disneyland's launch in 1955. Even though it feels a little dat...