ToTBellHop
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Because she wants legs and makes her own damn choices in 2023.
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News Live-Action Ariel Meet and Greet at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
- Thread starter DCBaker
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They've been giving Ariel legs for years when she appears with Eric as a couple on parade floats, Fantasmic! floats and steamboat, on projections on the castle, and as a M&G at the Bon Voyage breakfast, and I think at other princess meal M&Gs.
TheMaxRebo
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Why not? She has legs in parts of the movie and it lets her move around and interact with the guests and other elements in the room (map, etc) more
But further differentiates it from the M&G in MK where she is in mermaid form
TheMaxRebo
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Yup, at Akershus, etc she meets in human form.
Really just the MK M&G and Fantasmic and FoF that she is Mermaid form
Which works to have both forms around as she spends time in the movie(s) in both forms
CaptainAmerica
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Well that's lame too. Mermaids with legs defeat the whole point, I don't particularly care which version.
I mean, in the original animated version, she does end up with legs. Which is what she wanted. It's a meet and greet with The Little Mermaid, not mermaids in general.
They can’t afford to pay real mermaids anymore since they formed a union.
LittleBuford
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Having met Ariel several times, I can confirm that she usually has legs, which I always attributed to the practical difficulties of having her wear the mermaid costume in settings where she’s expected to move around and interact with guests.
I don't know the end of this live-action movie yet, but I think it would be more weird to meet her as a mermaid since we know she marries Prince Eric and keeps her legs! Why wouldn't we be meeting her with legs?
Of course either way is just fine. It's just fun.
EPCOT-O.G.
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“Why does Ariel have legs” =
“Why does Optimus have flames” =
“Why does Spider-Man have organic web shooters” =
“Why does the Bat-suit have nipples”
“Why does Optimus have flames” =
“Why does Spider-Man have organic web shooters” =
“Why does the Bat-suit have nipples”
LittleBuford
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Meeting the mermaid version is also great (I just ignore the continuity issue!), but it makes for a somewhat more awkward interaction.I don't know the end of this live-action movie yet, but I think it would be more weird to meet her as a mermaid since we know she marries Prince Eric and keeps her legs! Why wouldn't we be meeting her with legs?
Of course either way is just fine. It's just fun.
As you say, it’s good fun either way!
tcool123
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There are only three places you can see Ariel as a mermaid outside of an attraction:
- Ariel's Grotto: A custom built meet and greet location that allows for this to happen.
- Festival of Fantasy
- Fantasmic
As other posters have mentioned this was likely to help differentiate her from the MK meet and greet alongside just being cheaper to transform a meet and greet space that acts as a flex space for the newest character or Sulley for some reason.
- Ariel's Grotto: A custom built meet and greet location that allows for this to happen.
- Festival of Fantasy
- Fantasmic
As other posters have mentioned this was likely to help differentiate her from the MK meet and greet alongside just being cheaper to transform a meet and greet space that acts as a flex space for the newest character or Sulley for some reason.
GhostHost1000
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CaptainAmerica
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Beast is still Beast. Gaston and various other dead villains are still alive.
ToTBellHop
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The Mermaid Guild of America went on strike several weeks back. Have you been living under an anemone?
yes.
Not any weirder than having Rapunzel meet with long blonde hair.I don't know the end of this live-action movie yet, but I think it would be more weird to meet her as a mermaid since we know she marries Prince Eric and keeps her legs! Why wouldn't we be meeting her with legs?
Of course either way is just fine. It's just fun.