Photo:Emma Heming Willis/Instagram, Alamy
Emma Heming Willis/Instagram, Alamy
Bruce Willisand his family know how to have a zip-a-dee-doo-dah day!
Earlier this week, the actor’s wife,Emma Heming Willis, shared avideo on Instagramfrom a recent trip toDisneylandin Anaheim, California.
Seen riding the theme park’sSplash Mountain attractionwith one of their two daughters, Bruce, 68, was captured putting one arm around the little girl sitting beside him, while using his other to shield her face. “You better watch out,” he said while on the ride in the short clip. “I think we’re going to go again.”
The trip occurred after Bruce’s family announced he was suffering from aphasia in 2022, before then sharing his more specific diagnosis of FTD, a progressive brain disease, in February 2023.
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Bruce and his family rode the ride ahead of its remodeling to a newPrincess and the Frogtheme. In the caption of her post, Emma, 44, celebrated the moment, writing, “You bet this family will be back for more fun and laughs when you reopen as Tiana[’s] Bayou!”
“Thanks for all the memories Splash Mountain ⛰️😅,” she continued, adding two hashtags: “#SplashMountain” and #DisneylandLove."
In response, Emma wrote back, “Always,” adding a single red heart emoji.
Emma Heming Willis/Instagram
Splash Mountain took its last trip into the briar patch at Disneyland earlier this week, closing permanently on Wednesday, May 31.
It will undergo a “re-theming” and emerge as Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, a new attraction based on the 2009 animated hitThe Princess and the Frog,in 2024. While the ride will remain a log flume, the story will be brand new.
The transformationwas first announced in 2020, weeks afterseveral petitionsurged Disney to rework the theme of the popular attraction garnered attention on the site Change.org. One titled “Re-theme Splash Mountain to Princess and the Frog” received over 21,384 signatures upon closing.
source: people.com
