Overview
- New reporting confirms Br’er Rabbit, Br’er Bear, and Br’er Fox appear on a 1955 Disneyland scale model inside the Walt Disney Presents exhibit at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
- A separate Song of the South reference in the same exhibit was removed about 19 months ago, but the characters on the model remain.
- The scale model was created for Disneyland’s 50th anniversary and moved from the Disneyland Opera House to Hollywood Studios in October 2023.
- Walt Disney Imagineering recently highlighted retired Splash Mountain animatronics in a video about technology that informed Pixar’s 2026 film Hoppers.
- Disney has pulled other references such as Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah from entertainment since 2022, yet a Laughing Place track still plays at Magic Kingdom, reflecting mixed steps after the 2020 decision to replace Splash Mountain.