Lou... 3,118 Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 QUICK TAKES; Mermaid ride to debut Los Angeles Times (Home Edition) - June 02, 2011 - p D-2, Calendar; Entertainment Desk By Brady MacDonald The idea for a "Little Mermaid" dark ride has been in the so-called blue-sky stages of creative brainstorming at Walt Disney Imagineering since the movie premiered in 1989 -- from rough artist sketches to scale-model mock-ups to fully realized concepts.After 22 years, Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure will officially open Friday at Disney California Adventure.The attraction has been worked on quite a bit since the film came out," said Lisa Girolami, Imagineering's senior show producer for the new ride. "We just needed to wait until the technology was able to catch up and really deliver the ride we wanted."Over the years, the project went through several iterations, including a version shown in the 2006 DVD release of the movie that featured an overhead ride system similar to Peter Pan's Flight at Disneyland. Ultimately, Imagineering went with a Haunted Mansion "Doom Buggy"-style ride vehicle.The 5 1/2-minute ride focuses on Ariel's journey and features music from the film.This is rumored to be the same, or similar ride, that will be part of the Fantasyland expansion except with a different name. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BradyBzLyn...Mo 2,023 Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 Video of the full ride is up on WDW News Today HERE Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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