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Opened in 1992, Splash Mountain is one of The Magic Kingdom's most popular rides. After loading into a boat, you gently sweep away from the loading area and gradually climb past scenes from the Song of the South featuring Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox, as Brer Rabbit tries to find his "Laughin' place". After passing through the twists and tunnels for what seems like a few minutes, you finally emerge into daylight over five stories up, where you're plunged down a slope into the Briar patch (pool) below. At 52 feet, Splash Mountain's main drop isn't actually all that big compared to some of the flume rides around, and at 45-degrees it's certainly not the steepest, though it feels like a near vertical drop while you're going down at speeds of up to 40 miles per hour. As well as the large drop at the end of the ride, there are three more relatively tame drops before the main one.
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