Midway to Main Street | Disney World's Fourth Park: Splash @MidwaytoMainStreet | Uploaded January 2021 | Updated October 2024, 8 hours ago.
Did you know that Splash Mountain wasn’t the first time that Disney tried to work the 1984 film, Splash, into the parks? In fact, just a little over a year after the movie came out Disney announced plans for an entire 4th gate at Disney World that was going to be named… Splash.

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