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The best ride at the Magic Kingdom. It beats the hell out of every other flume ride out there. The animatronics are funny and the inside of the mountain is very well themed. There are about 3 drops before the big drop! Most people think that all that happens is that you go into the mountain, see a couple things then go down a medium sized drop. Its more than that. First you go down a small drop into the mountain and you go past some of the funniest scenes in any disney ride. The ones with Brer Fox and Brer Bear are my favorites. One of the smaller drops are in complete darkness! The biggest drop isnt as big as it looks from a distance so dont expect a ripsaw falls drop, but splash mountain blows ripsaw falls away. There are 3 songs that they sing inside the mountain. The first song is something like on the farm or something. The second song is Everybodys got a Laughin Place. And then after you go down the big drop, you go back into the mountain where all the characters are singing Zip-a-dee-do-da in a big showboat. One thing i didnt quite understand was that when i was riding, about 3 times the audio would stop momentarily and they had one of those ride problem announcements but of course, disney trys thier hardest to not make them sound like "problems" so the announcement was "Looks like Brer Fox and Brer Bear are causin some trouble upstream, your ride will continue shortly" this announcement was frequently being played although we were riding along normally. I noticed that disney does this kind of thing alot on their rides, dont ask me why. But anyway, Splash Mountain is the best ride at the Magic Kingdom despite the fact that it has the longest wait in the park. If you want to ride this without waiting 2-3 hours, get a fastpass early in the day because they were out of fastpasses at 3 in the afternoon! thats 6 hours before the park closes! If you want to see something that is kinda neat, go to www.flashmountain.com/spl to check out some pics of chicks that flash the camera on the splash mountain at disney world and disneyland. Well when it all comes down to it, Splash Mountain is THE best reason to visit the Magic Kingdom and is hands down the best flume ride ever! It deserves a huge 10!!!!
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