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Dark Disney Movies and the New Splash Mountain Theme

from Mike Recine | The Tim Dillon Show #333 · #333

4 min

They continue riffing on dark elements in classic Disney films like Sleeping Beauty and Pinocchio, then discuss the replacement of Splash Mountain with a Princess and the Frog themed ride, joking about how Disney will inevitably find a way to make even that racist.

In this bit8 moments
  • Old Disney movies like Pinocchio are genuinely dark and disturbing when you rewatch them—kids getting turned into donkeys and marooned on an island.
  • Tim reacts to a confused family visiting Magic Kingdom for the last ride of Splash Mountain before Disney rebuilds it with a different, less racist theme.
  • People buying water from Splash Mountain are sick, and Disney is changing the entire ride—probably to LGBT-themed, Tim suggests.
  • Tim describes an absurdist vision of what the new ride could be: an AIDS crisis-themed attraction where visitors go through an ass in a penis boat.
  • Ben Shapiro seems like a Disney adult, the type who gets a little too into it and becomes obsessive about theme parks.
  • Taking a Disney cruise for your honeymoon without kids is odd and suggests something is wrong with the couple.
  • Speculation on whether Disney will destroy Splash Mountain entirely or just retheme it, and what water-related Disney movies could replace it.
  • Disney will probably find a way to make the new Bayou Adventure theme racist, Tim concludes, before acknowledging he went a little far.
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Ben ShapiroDisneySplash MountainPinocchioMaleficent

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