Is it time to say goodbye to Voyage of The Little Mermaid?

[jtizzle1023]

With Ariel's Undersea Adventure opening within a year at the FLE, do you think they will replace Voyage of the Little Mermaid at HS? The show is pretty outdated and seems to be losing a lot of interest. I just feel that by opening the new ride it will allow for a new show/attraction to fill its place. What do you think?

 

[Bolt]

They just came out of refurbishment in September with all new preshow flooring, new seats for the show and carpeting redid for the theater. The lighting board was also redone during this process. A ton of Mermaid themed refurb cost quite a bit of money.

 

[invader]

Look at Nemo.

 

[SyracuseOrange]

Look at Nemo.

You're kidding, right? Nemo is a MUCH better show than VOTLM.

I personally hope they get rid of Mermaid, but I'd also like to see them get rid of Beauty and the Beast. I think a Princess and the Frog show would work well in the small VOTLM space, and while I'd like to see Disney put in a Hercules stage show in the BATB space, it's probably too unpopular of a franchise. I've seen many people say they want Tangled to become a stage show in DHS, but I'm on the fence about this.

 

[Mouse Wizard]

Yes I think it is time for a new show to replace Voyage of the Little Mermaid, because it is old and not at all to do with the new ride opening. It would be ridiculous to close this show and not replace it with something similar just because there is a ride in a different park with the characters!

 

[mm52200]

With Ariel's Undersea Adventure opening within a year at the FLE, do you think they will replace Voyage of the Little Mermaid at HS? The show is pretty outdated and seems to be losing a lot of interest. I just feel that by opening the new ride it will allow for a new show/attraction to fill its place. What do you think?

Losing interest? Everytime I walk by the attraction there's a pretty big line. Sure the show has been there a really long time but I think the show and it's format still work really well. It has a lot of cool special effects, nice puppetry, some decent live performances, and it's just long enough. I don't think anything else would work that well in the space, but that's just my opinion.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Personally, I am madly in love with Voyage of the Little Mermaid.

 

[WDW John]

With Ariel's Undersea Adventure opening within a year at the FLE, do you think they will replace Voyage of the Little Mermaid at HS? The show is pretty outdated and seems to be losing a lot of interest. I just feel that by opening the new ride it will allow for a new show/attraction to fill its place.

I made some modifications to your post:

With all of Disney's Animal Kingdom, do you think they will replace Jungle Cruise at MK? The show is pretty outdated and seems to be losing a lot of interest. I just feel that by opening the new park it will allow for a new show/attraction to fill its place.

What do you think?

Based on my example above, it think "no".

 

[mergatroid]

I would hope not as I really like that show. I also appreciate the light sprinkling you get especially when the weather is hot.

 

[BrittanyRose428]

I love Voyage of the Little Mermaid. :shrug: If anything needs to be replaced in HS its Sounds Dangerous.

 

[TubaGeek]

No, because I wanna work there.
But if any show needs the ax around WDW it's the BatB show. That thing is laughable.

 

[mergatroid]

No, because I wanna work there.
But if any show needs the ax around WDW it's the BatB show. That thing is laughable.

I know everyone has different tastes and I wouldn't for one second argue that you don't enjoy it (obviously you don't), but what is laughable about it?

I like it (doesn't mean others have to) and think it's all done very well with a real Disney 'feel good factor' to it. A real 'traditional feel' to it, if you will.

 

[Tom Morrow]

Agreed that Beauty and the Beast needs the axe first.

 

[Walt Disney1955]

Little Mermaid is fine the way it is. The last time I was there a couple years ago the theatre was filled to the brim. Not sure about the "lack of interest" accusation there. It still seems popular.

And honestly, this is a movie that has withstood the test of time. 1989 is 22 years ago and it is still a very popular attraction. I can think of a bunch of Disney movies that I would dread seeing go in its place. Mermaid is still a very immersive show.

As for Beauty and the Beast, honestly, how is this a show that needs the axe? Again, this is a classic movie 20 years old. It is the closest thing you'll see to a Broadway musical and the place is packed whenever the shows are playing.

The difference between Disney and pretty much everything else in the world is that they don't usually fall into the trap of gushing over the flavour of the month every time. Their movies and attractions age well and cross generations.

These are two very good attractions, with two very good stories. They're fine.

 

[Zummi Gummi]

Little Mermaid is fine the way it is. The last time I was there a couple years ago the theatre was filled to the brim. Not sure about the "lack of interest" accusation there. It still seems popular.

And honestly, this is a movie that has withstood the test of time. 1989 is 22 years ago and it is still a very popular attraction. I can think of a bunch of Disney movies that I would dread seeing go in its place. Mermaid is still a very immersive show.

As for Beauty and the Beast, honestly, how is this a show that needs the axe? Again, this is a classic movie 20 years old. It is the closest thing you'll see to a Broadway musical and the place is packed whenever the shows are playing.

The difference between Disney and pretty much everything else in the world is that they don't usually fall into the trap of gushing over the flavour of the month every time. Their movies and attractions age well and cross generations.

These are two very good attractions, with two very good stories. They're fine.

Have to disagree here. Beauty and the Beast has exactly two live performers in it- Belle and Gaston. Finding Nemo has 12 of them. All of the vocals in Beauty and the Beast are lip-synced except for Belle and Gaston. All of the vocals in Finding Nemo are live. While both shows use canned music, Finding Nemo is much closer in size and scope to a Broadway musical.

I don't mind the Beauty and the Beast show, I just think some of the writing in it is a bit amateurish. I get that it's hard to condense a 2 hour film into a 30 minute show, but surely they could have come up with something better than "Through a series of strange circumstances, Belle ended up locked in the Beast's castle." That line of narration has always made me laugh, because it's so amateurish.

 

[Scuttle]

Agreed that Beauty and the Beast needs the axe first.

A lot of attractions need the axe at HS period. There are so many sound stages and buildings capable of holding small dark rides. Enough with the shows, people need movement. That's what attracts guests.

 

[AEfx]

Have to disagree here. Beauty and the Beast has exactly two live performers in it- Belle and Gaston. Finding Nemo has 12 of them. All of the vocals in Beauty and the Beast are lip-synced except for Belle and Gaston. All of the vocals in Finding Nemo are live. While both shows use canned music, Finding Nemo is much closer in size and scope to a Broadway musical.

Yeah, but it's boring as h-e-double-hockey-sticks, LOL.

Plus they are the most uncomfortable benches I have sat on in my life.

 

[mm52200]

With several of the newer Pixar films already having multiple attractions, I don't see the harm in having two of Disney's best films of all time, having a stage show and an attraction or themed area.

 

[AintNoOtherMan]

They'd better not. It's one of the few reasons I actually go to HS. I love it <3.

 

[invader]

They'd better not. It's one of the few reasons I actually go to HS. I love it <3.

If this gets closed before the Narnia thing...

Narnia has been closed since September 10th.