Disney Imagineer Who Worked on Splash Mountain Says Ride Was a "Horrible Idea"

Building Disneyland’s Splash Mountain was a ‘horrible idea,’ Imagineer says

‘I wouldn’t do it today,’ retired Disney Imagineer Kathy Mangum says. ‘Neither would Disney, but we did it.’

Creator of Disney’s Splash Mountain Regrets Basing Ride on 'Song of the South'

A former Walt Disney Imagineer who helped build Splash Mountain says she doubted the concept from the start. Two years after the log flume became Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, her comments have reopened the debate over the ride’s controversial source material. A Veteran Imagineer Looks Back Kathy Magnum retired in 2018 after 42 years with The …

Disney Imagineer Who Worked on Splash Mountain Says Ride Was a "Horrible Idea"

It's been two years since Splash Mountain at Disneyland Park and Walt Disney World Resort‘s Magic Kingdom Park reopened as Tiana's Bayou Adventure; the same log flume ride was reimagined with a Princess and the Frog (2009)-inspired scene. As fans still debate the merits of closing an attraction based on the controversial and widely banned Song of the …