DHS Disney plans to reboot Voyage of the Little Mermaid stage show at Disney's Hollywood Studios

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ToTBellHop said:
I presume the budget went up for this when they gave them another 8 months to work on it. Thank goodness. This show should actually be able to survive a decade or more.

I doubt Villains lasts 12 months.
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They had a cast in place at least once that I know of, before the show was reannounced (and probably, though I don't know for certain, recast).
 
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aladdin2007

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Eric Graham said:
It was oh so very nice that Jodi Benson herself was there as a surprise for a behind the scenes look at the attraction. I met her once at a function for a friend's church. She seems so very nice! :
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VIDEO: Jodi Benson Hosts Behind-the-Scenes Look at New Little Mermaid Show Coming to Hollywood Studios

Walt Disney World has shared a sneak peek hosted by Jodi Benson at the upcoming The Little Mermaid - A Musical Adventure show
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she seems like a gem, I still want to see her at the Candlelight Processional and haven't yet, hopefully she returns to do it again.
 
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TheMaxRebo said:
Might also be where the budget was spent. Seems like a lot of the budget for Villains went to the tech/screens
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The tech is nice, but considering the future use cases, it's a questionable use of the budget. First rule of theatre design is that a show cannot be successful if it has spectacle but no substance. Miss Siagon has the helicopter, but is a very good show. Les Mis the same with the barricade (and turntable, in most proper productions). A certain Meat Loaf musical (BOOH) has a car. Back to The Future, VIva Glactica, Dance of the Vampires, King Kong, even Spider Man: Turn Off The Dark, are all examples of shows which have either flirted with this rule and flopped or turned out to be nowhere near as successful as hoped.

This show is going to be much the same. I'd suspect at most a 2 year run, because the bones of it being a show that sticks about aren't there. It has tech and associated specticle but no substance. The theatre is clearly big enough for a much better show, it's clearly a long term investment, so there's no reason why this has to stay long. Though knowing Disney and this park, it'll stay unchanged for 10 years...
 
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aladdin2007 said:
she seems like a gem, I still want to see her at the Candlelight Processional and haven't yet, hopefully she returns to do it again.
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She also sang "When Love Is Gone" at the D23 Expo in 2022. It was a deleted song from the Muppet Christmas Carol. I believe it was cut because it was considered a little too emotional for the audience of the movie. A wonderful movie nonetheless!:
 
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JohnD said:
The show looks great! That Eric actor though. He looks older than her and that's an obvious wig. I realize Eric and Ariel actors will cycle in and out. I can only comment on this one.
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I had the same thought. I'm kind of surprised they used him for Media especially. He's just really off-model in a way they usually avoid pretty well. EDIT: I'm not saying he's unattractive by any stretch of the imagination, he just doesn't really look much like Eric.

Everything else looks amazing. This is the first "new" thing I've been excited for at WDW in a long time, not going to lie.

Do we know if the CGI characters are digital puppets, or are they just pre-rendered animations?
 
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Castle Cake Apologist said:
I had the same thought. I'm kind of surprised they used him for Media especially. He's just really off-model in a way they usually avoid pretty well.

Everything else looks amazing. This is the first "new" thing I've been excited for at WDW in a long time, not going to lie.

Do we know if the CGI characters are puppets, or are they just pre-rendered animations?
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They're puppets...they have puppeteers that work with them.
 
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Disgruntled Walt said:
There are some "CGI puppets" which look pretty low-quality to me. There are also real puppets.
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I prefer them to how this effect was done in the former show. They look MORE like the physical puppets than that movie footage ever did.

Ideally, we’d have 50 physical puppets out there but that’s not happening on this stage at a 20-min theme park show.
 
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Eric Graham said:
She also sang "When Love Is Gone" at the D23 Expo in 2022. It was a deleted song from the Muppet Christmas Carol. I believe it was cut because it was considered a little too emotional for the audience of the movie. A wonderful movie nonetheless!:
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She was also in the Broadway show Smile in 1986 and sang the song "Disneyland" in it ... Got to see her perform it live a number of years ago which was a real treat

 

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