The 1989 ride, popular for its five-story drop but made infamous ... clutched plushies of the Splash Mountain characters for the ride’s mid-fall photo. Most were hopeful for what’s to come ...

(Photo by Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register/SCNG) The Splash Mountain queue stretched to the entrance of the Haunted Mansion shortly after rope drop when the park opened. Fans sprinted ...

Splash Mountain: The logs drop down the 52-foot drop into the briar ... advertising the on-ride photos. There was once a screen showing guests’ photos but this was removed long before closing.

Katie Woodward, a visitor from Brooklyn, New York, sat on the bridge that spans Splash Mountain’s dramatic drop and made small watercolor paintings of the scene Sunday evening. She made seven ...

It was surprising that I — well-known thrill-ride chicken — even rode Splash Mountain at Walt Disney World. But with the attraction’s closing date set, boy am I glad I did. The Magic Kingdom ...

splash-heavy drop at the end. The so-called “retheming” of Splash Mountain is an effort on Disney’s part to make its attractions more “inclusive” — which is a very fancy way of saying ...

Back in August 1993, an eight-year-old Harry, along with his older brother Prince William, then 11, enjoyed a private visit ...