Ariel's Adventure (Little Mermaid E Ticket) CONFIRMED!

EPCOT Explorer

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TP2000 said:
I thought it might be interesting for folks here to see the deep hole they are digging for the California Adventure version of The Little Mermaid. They are digging about 20 feet down, which you can do very easily in the dry, sandy Anaheim soil. Clearly this building, which from the pictures of the California Adventure version is a tall building of several stories, is going to be a big structure.

And it makes sense, since if you are going "under the sea", your clammobile is going to have to go down a ramp or incline to get down there. I imagine the WDW version will take use of the Utilidor level, since you can't dig but a foot or two into the swampy land in Orlando.

But here's the current state of the construction on The Little Mermaid ride at California Adventure, from yesterday... http://darkbeer.smugmug.com/Theme-Parks/DLR-10809/9899788_hBm6y#674668330_LiDv2-A-LB
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Ahh...DOWN into the Sea. Much like the UP into SSE effect. I like it. :D Hope they do it here.
 
tirian

tirian

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TP2000 said:
And it makes sense, since if you are going "under the sea", your clammobile is going to have to go down a ramp or incline to get down there. I imagine the WDW version will take use of the Utilidor level, since you can't dig but a foot or two into the swampy land in Orlando.
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There are no Utilidoors beneath the Mermaid expansion. The 20K show building was on ground level.
 
SirGoofy

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tirian said:
They could dig as much as they want to some degree, but my point is that there aren't tunnels below the Mermaid site.

Also, TLM is placed where the 20K show building was, not the lagoon.
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With Florida's water table issues, I wouldn't be surprised if we were transported under the sea by a preshow like the stretch room or the hydrolators.
 
_Scar

_Scar

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SirGoofy said:
With Florida's water table issues, I wouldn't be surprised if we were transported under the sea by a preshow like the stretch room or the hydrolators.
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Still, we should be able to get where DCA is. At least I hope.

Also, I'm sure Imagineers can pull off us starting on the second story and making our descent that way.
 
EPCOT Explorer

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tirian said:
They could dig as much as they want to some degree, but my point is that there aren't tunnels below the Mermaid site.

Also, TLM is placed where the 20K show building was, not the lagoon.
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Could they add to the existing tunnels?

SirGoofy said:
With Florida's water table issues, I wouldn't be surprised if we were transported under the sea by a preshow like the stretch room or the hydrolators.
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Or a queue like Nemo?:shrug: would be easy to do the transition without the "Sebase":)rolleyes::lookaroun) at the end...
 
_Scar

_Scar

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An omnimover. Like the Haunted Mansion and Nemo @ Epcot. The ride vehicles are clammobile- exactly the ones in Nemo.
 
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RandySavage

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I don't know if there is an official scale but this is how I see the ticket rating system in early 21st century:

E-ticket: super-scale, mega-budget attraction: Tower of Terror, Indiana Jones Adventure, Space Mountain, Expedition Everest.

D-ticket: large-scale, big-budget attraction (including aged, former E-tickets): TDL's Monster's Inc Ride & Go Seek, Jungle Cruise, MK's Alien Encounter, DCA's & MK's Little Mermaid

C-ticket: medium-scale dark ride or elaborate play area: Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, Peter Pan's Flight, Tom Sawyer Island

B-ticket: small-scale carnie adaptations: Dumbo, Carousel, teacups.

A-ticket: exhibits & arcades: Frontierland Shootin' Arcade

*****

The conventional internet wisdom seems to be that Ariel's Adventure attraction will be an E-ticket, but from what I've seen/read this attraction will be a D-ticket (4-5 minutes in length, no separate pre-show (like Haunted Mansion)).

Anyone expecting this to be an E-ticket may expecting too much.
 
EPCOT Explorer

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disneysroyal411 said:
Did any new artwork other then what we've seen pretty much seen pop up? I'm really interested in the artwork for it.
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Nope.
_Scar said:
An omnimover. Like the Haunted Mansion and Nemo @ Epcot. The ride vehicles are clammobile- exactly the ones in Nemo.
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I wonder if the carts will swivel?:D

RandySavage said:
I don't know if there is an official scale but this is how I see the ticket rating system in early 21st century:

E-ticket: super-scale, mega-budget attraction: Tower of Terror, Indiana Jones Adventure, Space Mountain, Expedition Everest.

D-ticket: large-scale, big-budget attraction (including aged, former E-tickets): TDL's Monster's Inc Ride & Go Seek, Jungle Cruise, MK's Alien Encounter, DCA's & MK's Little Mermaid

C-ticket: medium-scale dark ride or elaborate play area: Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, Peter Pan's Flight, Tom Sawyer Island

B-ticket: small-scale carnie adaptations: Dumbo, Carousel, teacups.

A-ticket: exhibits & arcades: Frontierland Shootin' Arcade

*****

The conventional internet wisdom seems to be that Ariel's Adventure attraction will be an E-ticket, but from what I've seen/read this attraction will be a D-ticket (4-5 minutes in length, no separate pre-show (like Haunted Mansion)).

Anyone expecting this to be an E-ticket may expecting too much.
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I would say that you are right, but not everything not an E Tic has to be a thrill. :shrug:

TLM will be a Etic for the length of the ride, immersiveness, and tech used.
 

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