Voyage of Little Mermaid question

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    Originally Posted By BriGuy85

    I know this is like YEARS overdue, but I was wondering if anyone knows why they changed Ariel from her creative sitting in shell with "puppet fin", to her just sitting on a rock with a cheap costume fin?

    This change bothers me because the other way looked better and was a cool illusion.
     
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    Originally Posted By FerretAfros

    I have no idea, and honestly didn't even know that they changed it, but I can think of a reason. I would assume that a "puppet" fin would need someone inside the rock controling it. Which means another person to pay. I would assume it's just cheaper to have one less person, but it could also be that there were mechanical issues with it, or they just didn't like the way it looked (but that doesn't sound like it was the case).

    Either way, I think it's kind of impressive to see her in the costume fin and then appear in the dress so quickly, and it definately leaves a "How'd they do that?" moment, since you know it's not that easy to get out of a fin that's as tight as they look...
     
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    Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad

    This year when we saw it the smoke wasn't thick enough and it appeared to me thay the fin was sucked into a hole in the rock in front of Ariel and the dress was underneath. It was lightning fast. One year I took a video camera with infra red sensing and it was so neat to watch the puppeteers during the blacklight segments. There was a whole dance routine going on behind the lights that no one ever gets to see. Amazing!
     
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    Originally Posted By sharpc

    For a moment I thought this was going to talk about the attraction that was to be at MK.. Alas.

    That's pretty cool about the video camera. No one every really thinks about all the crazy stuff that has to go on behind the smoke, etc. Its really a miracle that they do what they do
     
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    Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad

    <<<For a moment I thought this was going to talk about the attraction that was to be at MK.. Alas.>>>

    So did I, but this topic was OK too.
     
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    Originally Posted By BriGuy85

    haha sorry to disappoint everyone...

    But for those who have never seen the original Ariel, here is a video...

    <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nVIolOVx_8&feature=related" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...=related</a>
     
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