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Over two years after its permanent closure, Walt Disney World Resort has removed the final traces of Splash Mountain ... but the controversial Song of the South (1946) storyline disappeared.

The ride was based on characters from the movie Song of the South, which some said depicted racist stereotypes of black Americans.