Voyage of the Little Mermaid thoughts

thepirateking

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They used to have an effect where lasers in all 4 corners fanned out like the surface of water above you, and then the lasers moved UPWARD, giving the illusion that you were sinking further under the sea. It was a great effect, but it's been broken for years.

This was one of my favorite effects. It's the sort of plus-ing that is missing these days. Along the same lines, I miss the conveyor system above the Star Tours queue. It made the building feel more alive. Now it feels like a building, not a Star Wars locale. We still have the attractions, but they are less special.
 

WondersOfLife

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I totally agree about the need for Stage shows, but all of the stage shows at Disney's Hollywood Studios have overstayed there welcome and have all become dated, it's been time to switch the shows out 20 years ago.
I completely understand! I was staying moreso about the fact that I'd rather not have rides replace the shows, but rather have new shows replace the shows.
 

ford91exploder

Resident Curmudgeon
They need to update the animation to HD or better quality and restore it to its original length. They already updated Ursula and that animatronic is much better than the original.

The story is a classic that carries itself, it could last a lifetime and never get old, only the tech gets old.

From 2014 to 2016 and part of 2017 the water curtain wasn't being shown, at least when we were there. Than when we went in November-December of 2017 it worked at two of the shows we watched.

The Little Mermaid brought Disney animation back to the forefront, I feel just like Snow White started it. It definitely needs a place and a show in WDW. The attraction at MK falls short of doing any justice to the movie. The show pays it it's due justice. By the way I will admit with embarrassment, I still do Under the Sea in the MK every time and can't get enough of the Queue.

If only the RIDE in the MK was worthy of the queue... its like pros did the queue and the middle school drama club did the ride itself
 

LUVofDIS

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That water curtain is a huge part of the show, and having it broken for so long is unforgiveable.

We would sit up close just to feel the mist fall on us, the smell and the mist made you feel more apart of it.

Like I stated earlier, the water curtain was functioning in December, has anyone experienced the show recently and if so can you tell us if the water is still falling?

As for the quality of the show compared to Nemo and the Lion king, I feel this show started the bases of how those shows are performed. Especially Nemo. If you sit in the middle or further back my eyes seem to focus just on the characters and not the performers controlling them. Besides, just like the Nemo and Lion King shows and for that matter, the rest of WDW, you need to use your imagination. Seriously, are lions really that much larger than people or are clown fish bigger than real life sharks. I think if every attraction was like FoP, where everything is given to you, we has a society would lose our imaginations and just think how figment would feel about that. It may lead to his demise. I don't want to be responsible for that, do you?

As a side note, it seems many rides are getting awesome queues and just ok to below average rides. Maybe it is because we end up spending more time in the queue and less time on the rides.

Lately it seems Disney is developing rides that only last a few minuets rather than eight to fifteen minutes. This is sad because it ends up being more like a Cedar Point or Kings Island. I hope they begin to reverse this trend. I know FoP and NRJ are a little more than a few minutes but it doesn't seem like rides last as long as the majority of rides lasted back in the mid nineties at WDW. I will need to do some research to verify that though.
 

WondersOfLife

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We would sit up close just to feel the mist fall on us, the smell and the mist made you feel more apart of it.

Like I stated earlier, the water curtain was functioning in December, has anyone experienced the show recently and if so can you tell us if the water is still falling?

As for the quality of the show compared to Nemo and the Lion king, I feel this show started the bases of how those shows are performed. Especially Nemo. If you sit in the middle or further back my eyes seem to focus just on the characters and not the performers controlling them. Besides, just like the Nemo and Lion King shows and for that matter, the rest of WDW, you need to use your imagination. Seriously, are lions really that much larger than people or are clown fish bigger than real life sharks. I think if every attraction was like FoP, where everything is given to you, we has a society would lose our imaginations and just think how figment would feel about that. It may lead to his demise. I don't want to be responsible for that, do you?

As a side note, it seems many rides are getting awesome queues and just ok to below average rides. Maybe it is because we end up spending more time in the queue and less time on the rides.

Lately it seems Disney is developing rides that only last a few minuets rather than eight to fifteen minutes. This is sad because it ends up being more like a Cedar Point or Kings Island. I hope they begin to reverse this trend. I know FoP and NRJ are a little more than a few minutes but it doesn't seem like rides last as long as the majority of rides lasted back in the mid nineties at WDW. I will need to do some research to verify that though.



Seemed to be working on January 28th.
 

OG Runner

Well-Known Member
The show is a bit redundant now that they have a ride. I enjoy the show, and it is really nice when it is hot outside,
but I wouldn't be a big deal if it were replaced. I am thinking once Galaxy Edge is opened the area should be rethemed
anyway, unless the whole park is going to become Star Wars Land.
 

WondersOfLife

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Original Poster
The show is a bit redundant now that they have a ride. I enjoy the show, and it is really nice when it is hot outside,
but I wouldn't be a big deal if it were replaced. I am thinking once Galaxy Edge is opened the area should be rethemed
anyway, unless the whole park is going to become Star Wars Land.
Do you feel the same about Buzz Lightyear's ride since Toy Story Mania exists?
Or The Seas with Nemo & Friends and Finding Nemo the Musical?

Just completely out of curiosity. I know it sounds like an attack, but it's not. I'm genuinely interested in your opinion.
 

spock8113

Well-Known Member
I think it's great for the kids. Seems to harken back to Disney's rides-about-his-kids-movies.
There are more animatronics than all of Avatar.
When I think of people standing on line for 150 minutes at Navi River, I think "Poor Unfortunate Souls"
 

WondersOfLife

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I think it's great for the kids. Seems to harken back to Disney's rides-about-his-kids-movies.
There are more animatronics than all of Avatar.
When I think of people standing on line for 150 minutes at Navi River, I think "Poor Unfortunate Souls"
The show at Hollywood Studios. Not the ride.
 

GVentola

Well-Known Member
It’s like getting whiplash in musical form. It starts off slow enough going through the movie and then goes into a full sprint to end the show and get you out of the theater.

The same exact thing happens with the Frozen singalong show. (Not saying that's a good or bad thing; just an observation.)
 

WondersOfLife

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The same exact thing happens with the Frozen singalong show. (Not saying that's a good or bad thing; just an observation.)
Except the frozen show actually has NARRATION spoken as FAST AS POSSIBLE. At least Mermaid tries to cover it up! haha
 

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