Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Lotion-View-1373.asp" target="_blank"><b>LP Lotion: New Fantasyland Dress Rehearsal Featuring The Little Mermaid and Belle's Village</b></a> Today New Fantasyland helds its first full dress rehearsal. Here we cover the newly opened areas - Under the Sea ~ Journey of The Little Mermaid and Belle's Village.
Originally Posted By plpeters70 The queue for the Little Mermaid looks stunning! I've been on the ride at DCA, but this definitely makes me want to go again - at least to see the queue first-hand! I have to say, the whole area looks amazing. And I can only imagine how much better it will all look once the new Mine Coaster is completed as well. Really makes the old portions of Fantasyland look sad.
Originally Posted By sjhym333 Looks great. The ride is just ok. After seeing it today I was unimpressed with the whole thing.
Originally Posted By plpeters70 Yeah, we thought the ride in DCA was just ok too. At least this one has a nicer queue. It's a shame they didn't improve the ride - they gave it an E-Ticket queue for only a C-Ticket attraction.
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 I think it all looks really great and I am so excited to see it all done.
Originally Posted By Moon Waffle Fantastic looking exterior/queue! As for the ride, well, the problem with this ride is that it doesn't take you anywhere NEW. It is just a very, VERY condensed version of the movie which we already know by heart. Disney's best rides are those that take you somewhere new - even if they are movie-based. A great example is Radiator Springs Racers....yes we all are familiar with the Cars characters, but in this ride you get to do something you do not see in the movies...get prepped for a race across ornament valley. Little mermaid would have been much better if it were personalized somehow and didn't just feel like a complete re-hash of the film.
Originally Posted By macnak81 Thank Triton that we get to stand in doors for the long lines this will draw, even though it is a rehash, or only has main scenes.
Originally Posted By macnak81 and Gorgeous rock work and building details. Wonder how much you can see form the old Fantasy land when the dwarves mine coaster mountain is completed ?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros The Little Mermaid area really reminds me of the outdoor portions of Mermaid Lagoon at TDS, which is a huge improvement for MK. Hopefully the interactive elements and all of the details within arm's reach in the queue will be well maintained. Belle's village area looks very nice too! Have they begun testing the Little Mermaid ride with FP yet? At DCA, the line constantly moves very quickly. Even when the entire overflow queue was filled, the wait time was still under an hour; these days, it seems that 10-15min is the average wait. It looks like there's a lot of themed queue space in MK, which makes me wonder how long they're expecting the waits to be, and how FP will impact it.
Originally Posted By sjhym333 FP's have not been running during this preview. The rock work and queue are are nicely themed. I have been thinking about our experience in the expansion yesterday. After I digest it some more I will put down some thoughts.
Originally Posted By DlandDug This attraction strikes me as one that should be as much like the film as possible. There has been a pent up demand for a Little Mermaid attraction, and I believe that guests would feel cheated if they didn't see their favorite moments. Hence, this "greatest hits" version. It is in a long tradition-- Snow White, Alice, Pinocchio, etc. (Oh! That's right-- only Disneyland has Alice in Wonderland and Pinocchio!)
Originally Posted By leemac <<This attraction strikes me as one that should be as much like the film as possible. There has been a pent up demand for a Little Mermaid attraction, and I believe that guests would feel cheated if they didn't see their favorite moments.>> I guess I'm missing the logic of this one - if that was the case then every major attraction built on a beloved classic or franchise should be a "greatest hits" (love that term for it) or book report. So why not just have RSR as a retelling of the movie? I think there is a lot more wrong than right with the Mermaid attraction - it's color-by-number execution is just plain lazy.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub I was not impressed with DCA's the first visit. On my next visit I gave it another viewing and told myself to think like a 4-6 year old child...which we should not have to do on Disneytime. I am very curious to read the new reports about the MK.
Originally Posted By Doobie When we went on Saturday night FastPass was running but it seemed like it was limited, there weren't too many people entering. It did not affect the flow of the line much. What does is the crab interactive area. All 3 times I've ridden the line backs up to there, then you fly through there and most or all off scuttle before it backs up again. Which is sad since that's the area you want to spend some time in. I don't know why it ends up that way.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I did Little Mermaid three times on my last visit to DCA at the request of the friend I was visiting with. He was absolutely mesmerized by the attraction. The more I rode it the more I liked it, so maybe it just grows on you after awhile. The "Under the Sea" segment is pretty catchy.
