Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Did you guys see this: <a href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/05/the-little-mermaid-animators-tour-the-little-mermaidariels-undersea-adventure-attraction-at-disney-california-adventure-park/" target="_blank">http://disneyparks.disney.go.c...re-park/</a> Kiddie character stuff aside, this looks like it's going to be a very nicely done attraction.
Originally Posted By Anatole69 From what I can tell, the main character animatronics are fully articulated, but all the other characters are not... I wish the budget had been great enough to more fully articulate the other figures in the attraction. - Anatole
Originally Posted By skinnerbox FWIW, the WDI insider known as ThemeParkOne (formerly Ummmmm, No on MC) is now tweeting that his friends who've ridden TLM multiple times are not impressed with the quality of the ride. Apparently, they think it looks "cheap." Should be interesting to see what folks think during the AP previews.
Originally Posted By Manfried Isn't ThemeParkOne on the outs at WDI too? How do we say jealousy? Well I won't see the attraction until August, so will try to reserve judgment.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I certainly doesn't look cheap from the video clips I've seen so far.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <Articulated clams?> Oddly enough, that was my very first CB Handle in 1978.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>the sets and effects are incredible, but that the ride seems a bit short in duration<< Reminds me of my honeymoon.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox <<Isn't ThemeParkOne on the outs at WDI too? How do we say jealousy?>> I used to think that as well, but no longer. His info so far has been accurate, typically reported weeks before any other source grabs it. I believe TPO is still employed at WDI. Doing what, who knows. But he's obviously still there.
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "I think I even saw one with a beard." And articulated? That's disturbing.
Originally Posted By lesmisfan this ride is defiantley not cheap, nor is it a huge eticket either. its a family dark ride that this park has needed for awhile. its a step above the fantasyland rides in my opinion, not up there with haunted mansion quality but inbetween the two.
Originally Posted By EmmaJayne The video literally made me cry!! It looks beautiful and I have no way to make it to The US ( and therefore DL/DCA) for at least a year.. It looks amazing.. Can't wait to see more..
Originally Posted By Anatole69 I have to wait until I see the whole thing, but the video that was posted left me feeling like they had a limited budget and spent it on filling in the space and fully articulating the main characters... but the rest of it does look cheap to me. The Sinbad ride in TDS has fully articulated figures for everything, and what isn't articulated is done well enough... this doesn't look like it had a big enough budget and they had to just make do and prioritize. - Anatole
Originally Posted By Anatole69 OK I just watched the video again and it's not clams that need to be articulated, nice straw man argument. The Octupus, the dancing fish, the fish playing the saxophone... all of them are just placed on rods spinning in the air in unison, or just repeating the same simple action, or just spinning around. It looks cheap and if the budget had been greater the could have articulated them rather than cut corners. - Anatole
Originally Posted By Britain Lemisfan, I see how you placed it between the FL dark rides and HM. Where would it fall if placed next to Buzz Lightyear AstroBlasters?
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "The Sinbad ride in TDS has fully articulated figures for everything, and what isn't articulated is done well enough... this doesn't look like it had a big enough budget and they had to just make do and prioritize." TLM appears to be an elaborate kiddie (family) ride based on Disney's Little Mermaid animated movie, a film which isn't The Ten Commandments, Lord of The Rngs, or Gone With The Wind. Therefore, I'm kind of baffled at what some people expected this ride to be. From the clips I've seen it meets even the lowest expectations of what a Disney Little Mermaid dark ride would be like.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: They should have built a Black Cauldron dark ride instead. ORDDU: That way Dr. Hans and I could have turned it into our very own personal tunnel of love and, well, who knows what the results would have been? ORGOCH: I does! The poor ol' doc would a puked hisself inta oblivion!!!
