The date was January 23, 2023, at Walt Disney World , and May 31, 2023, at Disneyland. For most, these were just standard days on the calendar. But for a specific, passionate subset of the Disney community, they were days of mourning. When the final logs splashed down into the briar patch, a thirty four year chapter of theme park history came to a close. Splash Mountain was gone, set to be...
