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

Dad 2 M & M

Dad 2 M & M

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Anyone else noticed the Little Mermaid is no longer showing under the Multi Pass Experience(s) choices? Both On the App as well as on WDW Go?

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Comped

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LittleBuford said:
Interesting change to Ariel's costume: her shell bikini top has been turned into a more modest bathing suit-style number.
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Weird since they haven't changed the m&g outfit (or any of her other representations from that film)... No idea why they'd do it just for 1 show, but I'll take the inaccuracy because otherwise it looks like a superb show.
 
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Spoilers, maybe. It seems people aren't loving the Swimming Ariel effect and tail in general. Maybe it just needs to be a floating Ariel or reworking the puppetry rig? Something to look for I guess. Also, I've heard no lasers /mist which if true is a major bummer. Anyone know?
 
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ᗩLᘿᑕ ֊ᗩζᗩᗰ said:
Spoilers, maybe. It seems people aren't loving the Swimming Ariel effect and tail in general. Maybe it just needs to be a floating Ariel or reworking the puppetry rig? Something to look for I guess. Also, I've heard no lasers /mist which if true is a major bummer. Anyone know?
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The problem with putting an effect like they had during The Little Mermaid musical in Japan is that it becomes a lot more complex to stage, both from an economic and safety perspective. It would have looked really quite cool, but it wouldn't have been cheap and for a show this short it just doesn't work out that well. Unfortunate because I absolutely love how they pulled it off during that run in Japan, and really wish that would have been how it was on Broadway, it probably wouldn't have closed anywhere near as early as it did if they had done that, but in the parks unless you're doing the full musical it just does not make sense. Old Nemo was pushing it in terms of financial impact versus minutes actively used, and new Nemo, relatively anyway, is even worse. And she would be on the rig for even less than that... Cool effect, but practical considerations make it not that likely.
 
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thomas998

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What the hell happened to her tail? No shiny scales just a what appears to be a big flannel wrap that someone pulled out of a thrift store garbage bin. The appear to have spent lots of money on other things but ignored the tail... I've seen countless high school productions of The Little Mermaid that managed to be better than this.
 

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