![]() The two teams of six, which featured players with a range of disabilities, from those with some movement in their legs to double amputees, charged around the court to reach balls during the match.Ĭhants of 'go UK' and 'USA,' screams and deafening applause greeted every point won by the respective teams, but when play restarted a hush descended around the arena. Medal winner Sean Gaffney stands next to Harry and shared a laugh despite the UK team being defeated Prince Harry cheers during the Track and Field event at the Invictus Games 2016 yesterday The Invictus Games, which have brought 400 athletes from 14 different countries to Orlando are now in their third day.įox was among the spectators and when he was shown on a large screen and introduced to the crowds he received a huge cheer and applause last night.Ĭasually dressed and wearing a baseball cap, the actor, who has Parkinson's disease, raised his hand to acknowledge the well-wishers. While Harry enjoyed a number of rides today after he had watched the first major indoor Invictus Games arena final between the UK and the US in Orlando, it wasn't clear if he revisited any of his other childhood favourites. Prince Harry went on multiple rides on the Splash Mountain log flume and the sudden drop pushed back his hair in the wind The prince appeared tense during yesterday's volleyball finals which ended with team USA beating team GBĪs well as the water ride, the family reportedly took in the Country Bear Jamboree, the Jungle Cruise and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad rollercoaster. They were also joined on the rip by Diana's close friends Katie Menzies and Catherine Soames and Soames' nine-year-old son, Harry. Cover girl! Princess Beatrice hides her face with a copy of fashion heiress Ally Hilfiger's book about her struggle with Lyme disease at New York launchĪt the time, the royal siblings were photographed sitting in the front of a log on the Splash Mountain ride, with their security detail sitting behind them, while the Princess of Wales was spied deep in conversation with another woman in the back seat.The Princess Charlotte effect strikes again! Young royal is already worth £3.2 BILLION to the UK economy thanks to her style and influence (even outdoing Prince George).While the statement made clear that Splash Mountain will be redesigned in Disneyland and Disney World, it did not mention the version of the ride that exists in Tokyo.įormer Disney CEO Bob Iger has acknowledged that Song of the South, whose characters are depicted in the animatronic portion of the ride, is "not appropriate in today's world." Iger said in March that the film, which combines live-action and animation elements and is set on a Georgia plantation after the Civil War, would not be included on the company's Disney+ platform. That petition, which called for the redesign announced Thursday, has received more than 20,000 signatures. Disney announced in a statement on Thursday that the ride would be "re-themed" to focus on the 2009 animated film The Princess and the Frog.Ī petition says that the log flume ride - versions of which are in Disney parks in Florida, California and Japan - is "steeped in extremely problematic and stereotypical racist tropes," from the 1946 film. Splash Mountain, a Disney Theme Park staple ride, is undergoing a design change in response to complaints about its association with the film Song of the South. Patrick Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images Guests walk in line to Splash Mountain at Disneyland in 2013.
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