Splash Mountain Designs Removed From MaDe and Art on Demand at Walt Disney World

Jessica Figueroa

Splash Mountain Designs Removed From MaDe and Art on Demand at Walt Disney World

We hope all you Splash Mountain fans were able to get your hands on MaDe and Art on Demand goods these past few weeks at Disney Springs, because the items themed to the attraction have been discontinued on the digital printing service after the announcement of its re-theming to Princess and the Frog.

Two weeks ago, MaDe and Art on Demand still had items such as customizable MagicBands, phone cases, and art prints available themed to Splash Mountain and its controversial characters.

Swiping through the MaDe kiosks today, we noticed Splash Mountain designs were not available. A Cast Member confirmed that all Splash Mountain designs had since been pulled from the system.

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At Art of Disney, we were able to find these sketches of Br’er Rabbit, Br’er Fox, and Br’er Bear by Disney artist Monica Willis. We were able to spot Willis working on these in real-time last week:

Fans looking for Disney Park Pals of Br’er Rabbit may run into availability issues, as those are selling out quickly with each restock at World of Disney.

Both Disneyland and Walt Disney World intend on reopening with the current iterations of Splash Mountain, to be closed at a later date for the retheming. The same fans that cleared out the shelves at World of Disney will likely be zipping their way over to the Briar Patch for the last of the merchandise. (Me, I’ll be clearing out shelves to make room for more Princess and the Frog merchandise…)

21 thoughts on “Splash Mountain Designs Removed From MaDe and Art on Demand at Walt Disney World”

  1. I’m going to the passholder preview on the 10th and I hope there’s at least some splash mountain merch left for me when I get there. I just want one of the towels they’ve always sold.

  2. That’s sad. We have a replica poster of the Splash Mountain poster hanging in the front breezeway of Disneyland. That makes it a very desirable piece of Disney Americana.

  3. Walter Elias Disney would be appaled at the way Disney is responding to everything going on. There is nothing racist about splash mountain. But Disney is now practicing segregation, with masks. The company has gone off the deep end. No longer will i support a company that is treating their parks like hospitals. The leadership practices made a u turn the wrong way and down hill upon the changing of the Bobs. If the company feels like they need to operate this way; if they are so afraid of everything than don’t open the parks. I guess Disney can now remove all the gator warning signs. Since everyone will be in a mask they’ll be 100% safe riiight? The virus must be very large since it can jump around and get people but can’t penetrate a mask? Earth to earthlings the virus is measured in microns. It gets on surfaces and hands that touch it. Put those hands in your mouth, you got a virus; maybe but probably not as your immune system takes care of it. So a gator is larger than a mask so the mask must protect you..uh uh.I believe in intelligent life. Many planets are probably harbouring life and they are probably looking for intelligent life as well . Well they sure as heck won’t find it here. Governments act like they are protecting us, yet they continue the sale of cigarettes, marijuana, pump cancer causing pesticides in food and in parks where children play. I know a little girl who has never been to Disney. Was going in October, but now is not. It is so sad to me that she will most likely never experience the joy and magic of what disney used to be only 4 months ago. I am in the medical field and the powers that be have overtaken us, threatening us and taking away research on the ineffectiveness of masks. You see, respiratory particles evaporate in the air and become ineffective. It’s very hard to get this virus. But the powers that be in the medical field are fueling the stats based on nothing. Governments pay them off so they have an excuse to control us and take us away from family and friends. Disney should learn from the president from the event in South Dakota. Masks should be optional. Disney has forgotten the most important rule that has been in place since 1955…
    “All are welcome to this Happy Place” (Walter Elias Disney, founder WED enterprises, Walt Disney Company.
    Now, if you can’t wear a face diaper, you are not welcome.

    • Imagine the lawsuits if they did nothing and COVID spread in their parks like wildfire.

      Their job isn’t to make a medical situation into a political one. It’s to find a way to stay open.

  4. I still hate this! I wish I had known this was coming on out last trip so we could get some of the splash mountain things that we said, “we’ll save that for next trip.” Didn’t know our next trip wouldn’t happen due to COVID and then splash mountain would be gone soon after. I wish they would give a time frame so we could try to schedule a quick weekend trip before closing. That ride is our favorite and we want a chance to say goodbye in person if possible.

  5. It’s as if it never existed, that is what happens when you erase history. Sad, very sad commentary for Walt Disney World, I see each consecutive CEO being more destructive than the last. WDW will be a shadow of itself sooner than I certainly thought would be possible.

    • Splash Mountain is a remodel. 80% of it is Rivers of America. I don’t see this as any different.

      • It was not a remodel at all. Splash Mountain was built as a completely new ride. It did however use some of the animatronics from the old America Sings show/ride that had just closed in Tomorrowland. Rivers of America is the river in Frontierland.

  6. Used to be a BIG Disney fan, no more, Colin Kapernik, this, ect,ect, ect, screw their political issues, Walt was not political, just a man that wanted families to have a good time, they’ll get no more of my money!!!!!

  7. This is very sad to witness… a large woke company bowing to a select few (that will NEVER be happy) rather than honor the wishes of millions of guests. The magic for me is merely a smoldering ember due to this nonsense, the Kaepernick partnership, Pirates, Jungle Cruise in the crosshairs and more. I have loved Disney for over 50 years but all things must come to an end. The Disney of today really only understands one thing… money. If enough people boycott and abandon them maybe they will get the message. Doubt it…

  8. I understand how “Song Of The South” is extremely problematic but why remove Splash Mountain when those characters don’t have anything to do with the racial elements of that movie. I feel like Disney could have made a new movie based off of the briar patch characters to further distance them from Song of the south and still kept Splash Mountain.
    Hopefully I can enjoy it one last time before it’s re-themed. Although Princess and the Frog looks fun too.

    • These characters are based off of stereotypes, namely of Black people. The original stories about these characters were brought to America by enslaved people and then said stories were Columbused by Joel Chandler Harris, and then further appropriated by Disney. It’s intensely problematic. They are beloved characters for many of us, but I must admit that every time I ride Splash Mountain now as an adult aware of the difficult history of the US, I cringe. This change is a good thing and will at the very least spark important and well overdue conversations.

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