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Ride Profile: Splash Mountain


As you walk past Haunted Past it is hard to miss the sounds of screams and water splashing from Splash Mountain! This flume takes guests through more than half a mile through caves, swamps, and backwoods to return Br’er Rabbit safe and sound to his home. Obviously the biggest feature that stands out on this ride is the 52- foot plunge at the end of the ride, getting passengers wet, possibly drenched.

Generally, the front seat gets the most wet, but all seats can expect to get at least a little wet at some point throughout the ride. Passengers ride aboard six-to-seven-seater logs with six single-file seats. The last seat in each log is larger and allows room for larger guests or an adult and a small child, thus allowing the capacity to be seven in each log. 

 The ride is filled with over 100 audio-animatronic characters singing catchy tunes, most famous “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah”.

Although there are Mickey heads all over the ride, the main one can be seen from the sidewalk in front of the big drop. TO the left of the waterfall, in the rocks, there is predominantly a Mickey head.

This ride does have a FastPass and Single Rider line to take advantage of. If going in the summer this ride line can get very long, so I suggest getting on the ride early or definitely getting a FastPass to have for later in the day.

Overall, this is a do NOT miss ride so do not let the view walking into line scare you, the drop is not as scary as it looks! Especially for those with an adventurous side, be sure to conquer Splash Mountain!

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