Silly question...

[TruBlu]

How long has Splash Mountain been at WDW? I really don't remember it being there when I went as a kid.

Is there somewhere that lists trivia like this?

 

[AprilLizbeth]

It has been there since at least 1994 because I went on it in fourth grade for the first time.

 

[kaytieeldr]

I think it opened in 1991. I know for sure that by the time the 1993 Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World was published, Splash Mountain had been open long enough for the book to rate it based on readers' responses.

 

[Robo]

How long has Splash Mountain been at WDW? I really don't remember it being there when I went as a kid.

Is there somewhere that lists trivia like this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splash_Mountain

Splash Mountain Grand openings:

* Disneyland: July 17, 1989
* Magic Kingdom: July 17, 1992 (dedicated October 2)
* Tokyo Disneyland: October 1, 1992

Its EASY to appear to be BRILLIANT when all you need to know is how to spell GOOGLE.

 

[TruBlu]

Thanks! I knew it wasn't there in '83!!!

 

[Robo]

Thanks! I knew it wasn't there in '83!!!

In 1974 in Disneyland, "America Sings" opened in the revolving theater that once held the "Carousel of Progress" (which performers and sets had been moved to the new MK in WDW).

"America Sings" was a series of vignettes that featured popular traditional songs from the earliest days of the USA up to about the mid-20th century.

The "performers" in the show were various animals: frogs, weasels, opossums, rabbits, turtles, etc.
When that attraction finally closed in 1988, another use was found for all of these animal performers... they were incorporated in a BRAND NEW Disney "log flume" ride named "Splash Mountain".
The ride was SO revolutionary at the time that it is said it was delayed in opening because its DROP was so FAST that a few of the CM's who "previewed" it suffered some (very) minor muscle and joint discomfort from its effects.
It was supposedly "toned down", and "Splash" soon became one of THE most popular attractions at Disneyland (I, myself, stood in well-over 2 HOUR queue-lines in those pre-FP days.)

So, naturally, in a few years "Splash" was duplicated (for the most part) and added to WDW's MK in 1992.
We loved to see it being built in the WDW MK when we visited during the previous year, as I had seen the DL version rise when we were out on a CA trip.

So, no, there was no Splash Mountain in WDW in 1983... Heck, the original Splash in Disneyland's animal "cast" would still be SINGING over in Tomorrowland for another 5 years after that!