Duffy was especially excited, because the Little Mermaid is the 1st new park ride since Toy Story Mania opened in 2008. As we made our way to the entrance, we found a sprinkling of sea shells imbedded into the walkway beckoning us to join Ariel in her underwater journey under the sea.
Once inside, there is an incredible mural with the characters of the film. The light figures throughout look like "bubbles" with green colored sea weed draping over them. Duffy and I stepped onto the shell imprinted carpet to board our orange colored clam shell vehicle.
As the ride begins, Scuttle welcomed us to our undersea adventure and begin to re-tell the story.
Simulated lighted bubbles surrounded our clam shell providing an experience of descending under the sea. We looked up to find Ariel swimming above our heads in her grotto singing "A Part of this World".
As we ventured deeper into the sea, Sebastian along with his orchestra of sea creatures were awaiting our arrival -- we were greeted with a festive performance of "Under the Sea". There must have been over 100 creatures singing and moving around the room!
The mood changed quickly as we approached Ursula's lair with "Poor Unfortunate Souls" As we turned the corner, we found Ariel and Eric in a very romantic setting in their boat under the full moon ready to take that first Kiss. Duffy and I were no longer worried about Ursula at this point.
The 5 1/2 minute ride ended with Ariel and Eric getting married and living happily ever after with a celebration of fireworks.
Duffy and I really appreciated that that the was music from the original recordings from 1989 movie.
We noticed that there were special wheelchair accessible chariots for those with physical disabilities.
The 100 green, orange and yellow clam shells can carry up to 3 riders.
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