Navi river ride vs. little mermaid ride

[POLY LOVER]

I'm not a fan of TLM (the ride at MK) It's OK and maybe a step up from Nemo but I wouldn't wait more than 5min for it. For as excited as I was about NFL, this ride was a big factor in leaving me with a "meh" attitude after.

There is one thing to consider: It's all taking place in the water. No other ride has to fake animation under the water. You could say, "But what about 20,000 Leagues???" It was actually under the water. The natural flow of hair and other bits look normal in that situation. For TLM, they had to fake it and, all other things considered, I could see how they went with the plasticy-stylized versions of the characters because of it. When you consider the whole "under the water" bit and still making it look right, it's hard to imagine a different way of doing it.

Some water screens you could go through to appear you are under water, misting etc. fog machines. I haven't gone on in a long time, not worth the wait, I'm sure the kiddies like it. Could they have made it go through water instead of painting the floor blue?

 

[Brad Bishop]

Some water screens you could go through to appear you are under water, misting etc. fog machines. I haven't gone on in a long time, not worth the wait, I'm sure the kiddies like it. Could they have made it go through water instead of painting the floor blue?

Yeah - they could have done something more. I won't argue that. I was thinking mainly in terms of "How do you animate Ariel's hair for water?" - stuff like that.

The one thing I really like about TLM is the very beginning where you go backwards "under the sea" and there's the projections everywhere. It's a simple effect but a good one. After that it feels like "Generic Disney Ride #4" to me.

I won't argue that it beats any other dark ride at other non-Disney parks. It's not a good Disney dark ride, though.