Br'er Owl and Br'er Weasel

I don't know if this owl actually has a name or not, but he can be seen inside Tokyo Disneyland's Splash Mt., talking to the guests that are waiting in line. I use the word "inside", because as I mentioned in yesterday's post, most of the queue for Splash Mt. is located indoors. I have a theory about this owl. I think that he....or at least his "head", could be the old sidekick of Eagle Sam's from America Sings at Disneyland. It looks like the right size and shape....I just don't have anything to back up this theory.



For my second photo, we have the weasels from Tokyo's Splash Mt. I had been told by someone that all of Tokyo's weasels were from the America Sings attraction in Anaheim because Anaheim's Splash Mt. doesn't have weasels, but after recently riding Splash Mountain in Anaheim and seeing that it does contain weasels, I am now thinking this probably isn't the case. Almost all of the America Sings characters were reused in Anaheim's Splash Mt. and then they were later recreated for Florida's and Tokyo's versions. If anyone knows of any of the original America Sings audio-animatronics that made it into Florida or Tokyo's Splash Mountains, I would love to hear from you! I still think that the owl in the queue at Tokyo Disneyland is Eagle Sam's sidekick, but that is just my own unconfirmed, unofficial, "probably wrong" theory!



Just for fun, I have scanned a "NOT A FASTPASS" ticket for Tokyo Disneyland's Splash Mt. just to show the artwork since it is different than Disneyland's or Walt Disney World's. Notice at the very bottom of the ticket, that Tokyo's Fastpass system will actually tell you what attraction you already hold a Fastpass for.

Critter Country

Tokyo Disneyland's Critter Country is located between Westernland and Fantasyland. It only contains two attractions, Splash Mountain and the Beaver Brothers Explorer Canoes. Almost all of Critter Country is "mountain". The mountain structure for Splash Mountain curves around and takes up two whole sides of the entire land. Most of the queue for the attraction is located deep inside the mountain and there is a large counter service restaurant and dining room that is located inside as well. The Western River Railroad travels on a trestle that runs between Westernland and Critter Country. Above are figures of Br'er Fox, Br'er Bear and Br'er Rabbit that stand in Critter Country. Below is the sign for Splash Mountain. Tomorrow, I will post a couple photos of Audio-Animatronic figures from the queue and from the attraction itself.