This thread is about the animatronics and figures in the finale scene of DCA's Little Mermaid Attraction, specifically, that it is apparent that many of the fish, Sebastian, the dancing lobsters, dancing turtles are ALL duplicates of figures used elsewhere in the ride, specifically the "Under the Sea" scene. Imagineers talked about the finale scene being something special, but a lot of it doesn't make sense. Sebastian is conducting . . . nobody with a musical instrument, as this Sebastian is a copy of the Sebastian from the Under the Sea scene I guess you can see why he looks out of place. The fish in the water are the super-interested fish heading to the Under the Sea scene and look . . . weird in the finale as if they are some how super surprised/excited to see Eric and Ariel marry.
Below is part of the finale scene, Eric and Ariel are out of view on the left. It appears that the only original figures for this scene are King Triton (who looks weird anyway with his bushy brown eyebrows not featured in the film), and Eric and Ariel. Everything else is a duplicate and they look out of place.
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Below is the Under the Sea Scene, which has the same Sebastian, the same dancing lobsters, and the same dancing turtles are there too!
Below is the mini-scene before you hit the "Under the Sea" scene, the green fish below becomes purple for the finale, and the orange fish with black strips is also duplicated for the finale scene. It seems like a small point, but the fish in this scene look super happy and excited, heading to Sebastian's big show, and they look out of place in the finale, almost like they are gawking at Ariel.
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And here's our friend the dancing turtle, who for some reason also decided to dance the exact same jig at Ariel's Wedding,
I wanted to post some pictures of the cheap-o Ursula cut-out, but I guess that would be outside the scope of this topic.
When MK's LM opens, I wonder how many duplicates of . . . I guess duplicates, will be made?
It is known that the finale scene was likely developed later and "kept under wraps", and it doesn't really work as the dancing turtles and lobsters aren't look at Ariel/Eric and the music is more mellow and they're really tearing a rug, so to speak.
I can't see that anybody could defend this, how expensive is it to make custom figures for each scene? Some of the copied stuff is just plastic fish.
I guess its not surprisng considering how bad the Ursula cut-out and the "Ariel gets her voice back" scenes are. Somebody must have really cut off the funds to finish the attraction and they had to make do.
Below is part of the finale scene, Eric and Ariel are out of view on the left. It appears that the only original figures for this scene are King Triton (who looks weird anyway with his bushy brown eyebrows not featured in the film), and Eric and Ariel. Everything else is a duplicate and they look out of place.
Below is the Under the Sea Scene, which has the same Sebastian, the same dancing lobsters, and the same dancing turtles are there too!
Below is the mini-scene before you hit the "Under the Sea" scene, the green fish below becomes purple for the finale, and the orange fish with black strips is also duplicated for the finale scene. It seems like a small point, but the fish in this scene look super happy and excited, heading to Sebastian's big show, and they look out of place in the finale, almost like they are gawking at Ariel.
And here's our friend the dancing turtle, who for some reason also decided to dance the exact same jig at Ariel's Wedding,
I wanted to post some pictures of the cheap-o Ursula cut-out, but I guess that would be outside the scope of this topic.
When MK's LM opens, I wonder how many duplicates of . . . I guess duplicates, will be made?
It is known that the finale scene was likely developed later and "kept under wraps", and it doesn't really work as the dancing turtles and lobsters aren't look at Ariel/Eric and the music is more mellow and they're really tearing a rug, so to speak.
I can't see that anybody could defend this, how expensive is it to make custom figures for each scene? Some of the copied stuff is just plastic fish.
I guess its not surprisng considering how bad the Ursula cut-out and the "Ariel gets her voice back" scenes are. Somebody must have really cut off the funds to finish the attraction and they had to make do.
