This Week in Theme Park News: Disney Genie+, Splash Mountain's Retheme, Tragedy at SeaWorld, and More

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This week in theme park news: Disney revealed more about Splash Mountain's Princess and the Frog redo and the replacement for FastPass, while another orca has died tragically at a SeaWorld.

attraction, which will be replacing the current Splash Mountain at both Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom. This is both one of the most anticipated projects in the pipeline at Disney, as well as one of the most controversial among certain theme park fans, and it’s great to finally get more information about it.

As Carter reveals in the video, the new attraction will be “an adventure through the bayou” with characters from the movie and ones created just for the ride. It’ll end with what Carter calls “the ultimate Mardi Gras party,” which makes me think they’re aiming to replace that amazing final scene of the current Splash Mountain with something just as jubilant.

We still know very little about what Imagineering is cooking up, but some of the details in this video, like the artwork and Carter’s hint of a big show-closing spectacular, make me cautiously optimistic. There’s no timeline yet for theattraction, but rumors peg its opening to 2023. That should be enough time for fans of the original Splash Mountain to get at least one more trip to the Laughing Place under their belts.

There’s another hangup to Genie+, though. If you want Lightning Lane access to the most popular attractions at a park—Disney’s examples include Seven Dwarfs Mine Train at Magic Kingdom and Radiator Springs Racers at Disney California Adventure—you’ll have to pay an extra fee per ride, per ticket, on top of that $15.

 

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