NEW The Little Mermaid Ride @ Disneyland DCA (Ariel's undersea adventure)

A dark ride featuring The Little Mermaid was supposed to open at Disneyland Paris and Magic Kingdom parks in the early to mid 90's. Early plans for Hong Kong Disneyland also included this ride. The ride was scrapped, but a visual idea was included on the Platinum Edition DVD of The Little Mermaid in 2006.[4]

A different version is scheduled to open June 3rd, 2011 at Disney California Adventure.[5] The ride will take the place in the area of the theater that played host to the Golden Dreams movie hosted by Whoopi Goldberg. The theater itself has been torn down. The restrooms by Golden Dreams have been relocated across the way in the San Francisco buildings. The previous area they occupied has been torn down and is taken up by part of the show building. [6] In September 2009, Disney officials announced that Mickey's Toontown Fair at the Magic Kingdom would be demolished,[7] leaving Goofy's Barnstormer to be rethemed to The Great Goofini.[8] This will give more room to Fantasyland, which will be filled with this ride and meet-and-greets with the Disney Princesses and a larger Dumbo ride.[7]

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[edit]Queue area
The attraction will be set underwater. At Disney California Adventure, the building is modeled after a 20th-century aquarium. The Palace of Fine Arts replica from Golden Dreams will remain but redecorated with an Ariel statue on top.[9] A garden and water play area is planned to accompany the ride; it will be located next to the show building. In the Magic Kingdom, the building will be featured in a recreation of Prince Eric's castle. Guests will walk across a bridge over a pond that resembles a beach with the castle on it. A statue of Ariel doing the famous pose in Part of Your World (reprise) will be featured on the left of the bridge.

To the left of the attraction is an entrance labeled "Ariel's Grotto", suggesting that the meet-and-greet with Ariel will be moved closer to the attraction.

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The attraction will be a dark ride, similar to Peter Pan's Flight and Snow White's Scary Adventures, but it will have an Omnimover ride system like the one currently in use at the Haunted Mansion. The ride will transport guests under the sea and will focus on many of the major scenes and musical numbers from the movie. Guests will ride in cars themed to resemble large seashells; one car designed for use by wheelchair guests will be themed to resemble Triton's chariot.

Characters will include Ariel, Prince Eric, King Triton, Sebastian, Flounder, and Ursula.[10] Scuttle will narrate the story of Ariel's Undersea Adventure. The music will be composed by the original film's composer, Alan Menken. Jodi Benson confirmed in an interview in June 2010 that she will be lending her voice for the attraction.

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[tinkerbell3711]

As always, thanks for sharing with those of us who can't be there :)

[infaMOUSEproject]

@tinkerbell3711 you are very welcome. thanks for watching

[DatRoxMiSox]

about how long was the wait? 60-90 minutes? i wouldn't be suprised if it was more..

[infaMOUSEproject]

@DatRoxMiSox ill post a video

[mslizzyborden]

Wow, dark rides have sure come a long way... Excellent... Thanks...

[infaMOUSEproject]

@mslizzyborden cool name. youre welcome

[PharaohEdward]

HAHA! loved how you were stopped and Ursula was to blame XDD

Whoever thought of the idea of Sebastian to tell you what happened to the ride, kudos to them! ^^

[msesmeralda150]

It's The U.S Calufornia

[MissAlviraMacey]

is this disneyland paris or america or something? i don't understand

[elizabethgreene0]

Whoa! The "Under the Sea" bit seemed extremely detailed!! Couldn't expect anything less from Disney!

[SuperLegochannel]

70007 viewer!

[smartblondbreyer]

@SpikeandCharmVids haha fail. Disneyland came first! wow...

[CrazyBlonde2393]

oh my gosh that is just soooo totally awesome! so amazing! way more than expected!!!!!!! wooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!! yay baby!

[rubyredmedia]

Great place to stop lol

[camillegottberg]

they did not skip urseala because when i went urseala was there

[camillegottberg]

i went on this ride in august 2011 i'm not kidding

[MrRealityCheck123]

i'm going in like 5 days i'm pretty excited we got like 12 free tickets from a friend that won something(: