Jars of water allegedly from the closed attraction’s last day in service are going for up to $1,000 on eBay.
Walt Disney World ’s Splash Mountain ride is officiallyclosed to guestsas of this week , but fans of the pop log drive will now have a probability ( purportedly ) to own a patch of the magnet .
tons of eBay sellers are currently listing jar ( and Tupperware container , and Ziploc bags ) of water that they claim to have scoop out of the Splash Mountain attractive feature itselffor sale on the website , CBS News report . Some have already sold formore than $ 100for a four - oz. jar . Among the auctions that , as of this writing , remain active , at least one itemization — of a 16.9 - ounce charge card nursing bottle of the urine allegedly exact from the ride ’s concluding solar day in cognitive process — currently has a run bid exceeding $ 1,000 . Most containers of the water that have already sell , however , have gone from somewhere between $ 15 and $ 35 .
Of of course , it ’s nearly impossible to verify the genuineness of the water being sold in these auctions so buyers interested in these point should proceed with that massive caveat in idea .
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The drive , which is base on one of Disney ’s most problematic films , had been a democratic feature of Disney World since it opened in 1992 . It will now be converted into a new drive inspired by the 2009 Disney filmThe Princess and the Frogcalled Tiana ’s Bayou Adventure .
The same ride at Disneyland will be similarly revamped , thoughKTLA notesthe California park has yet to foretell its culmination date . The unexampled attractiveness is slate to open up in 2024 at both park .
In 2020 , a Change.org petitionsigned over 21,000 timescalled for the ride to be reimagined , given its connectedness to thecontroversial1946 Disney movieSong of the South . The petition contend that the ride relied on a account and storyline " infuse in highly elusive and stereotypic antiblack tropes " derived from the film . Conversely , the postulation argued and Disney clearly agreed , a newPrincess and the Frogattraction would help bring more multifariousness and delegacy to the park by honor its historic main character reference , Tiana , with one of the first thrill ride dedicate to a Disney princess .
