The Princess and the Frog released to theaters in late 1999. A clever re-imagining of the ages-old fable, the movie is set in 1920s New Orleans and follows an ambitious young woman named Tiana who ...

We also learned that four major Princess and the Frog characters, Tiana, Naveen, Louis, ... There was no reference to Keith David coming back to voice Dr. Facilier, aka the Shadow Man.

Kindergartner: He's sensitive to scary scenes and characters, but he loved the voodoo doctor known as Shadow Man and the sinister spirit sidekicks. He laughed out loud at the Cajuns’ slapstick.

If the new Splash Mountain takes place after The Princess and the Frog, then it's certainly true that it would be difficult to add the Shadow Man, Dr. Facilier, to the attraction.