Voyage of the Little Mermaid is done, won't reopen with the parks.

BeautifulTomorrow

BeautifulTomorrow

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The show has been rumored to be closing for years. Everyone who works/ed there wouldn't have been surprised if the show was finally closed. And I can't blame people for finding those rumors credible because Disney hasn't put any significant investment into the attraction in such a long time. Overall, the show still stands up remarkably well in my opinion and is popular especially with people trying to just escape the Florida heat for a few minutes. But the film projection looks SO BAD and the fact that the company didn't convert it to digital like so many other attractions seemed like confirmation that the show would be replaced soon. Heck the only updated thing this attraction has received (that I've noticed) is a new dress for Ariel relatively recently. But I think Imagineering still hasn't decided on a replacement for that space and they won't announce the attraction's closing until they do. It was never going to reopen after the closure due to the sheer amount of water/fog/haze effects that would put guests and cast at risk for exposure to COVID-19. Will it reopen ever? Who knows. Probably not even Disney.
 
LiterallyNobody

LiterallyNobody

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BeautifulTomorrow said:
The show has been rumored to be closing for years. Everyone who works/ed there wouldn't have been surprised if the show was finally closed. And I can't blame people for finding those rumors credible because Disney hasn't put any significant investment into the attraction in such a long time. Overall, the show still stands up remarkably well in my opinion and is popular especially with people trying to just escape the Florida heat for a few minutes. But the film projection looks SO BAD and the fact that the company didn't convert it to digital like so many other attractions seemed like confirmation that the show would be replaced soon. Heck the only updated thing this attraction has received (that I've noticed) is a new dress for Ariel relatively recently. But I think Imagineering still hasn't decided on a replacement for that space and they won't announce the attraction's closing until they do. It was never going to reopen after the closure due to the sheer amount of water/fog/haze effects that would put guests and cast at risk for exposure to COVID-19. Will it reopen ever? Who knows. Probably not even Disney.
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It won't reopen. That was decided a long time ago. Once the archive team came in to take posterity images and scans of everything, the writing was on the wall. The whole pandemic thing was a great excuse to finally kill something they have wanted to for year.

Now, black box? Don't know about that. I have posted before about the general plan for that entire area, I don't know if that is still the plan or not. But gutting the building and turning it into something major in the next year is off the table. Gutting it and turning it into something temporary is very much still on.
 
_caleb

_caleb

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Brer Panther said:
What are they gonna do with those fiberglass fish outside the show?
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These?
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Maybe there’s a McDonald’s Playplace nearby that could use them?
 

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