Walt Disney World
The Magic Kingdom
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
January 25 & 30 2013
Page Seventeen






The big new attraction that's open in Fantasyland is "Under The Sea:  The Voyage of the Little Mermaid".



Under The Sea has a Omnimover ride system like the "Doom Buggies" of the Haunted Mansion that are an unending train of two seat cars that work through the story of the Little Mermaid.



One thing that I really like about Disney's Imagineers and ride artists is that they can turn a two dimensional image into a full three dimensional moving character like those in Under The Sea.



Everyone from The Little Mermaid shows up in Under The Sea including Ursula the half human half octopus sea witch who uses the Little Mermaid and her love for a human in an attempt to overthrow King Triton.  The ride kind of takes you through the story of The Little Mermaid but after Ursula cons Ariel into becoming a human the ride skips the last third of the movie and just goes right to it's happy ending (unlike the real ending in the Hans Christian Anderson story where she dies).



The ride is really gorgeous but other than that I guess I'm not the ride's target demographic.  It didn't do much doe me other than get me off of my feet for tem minutes.

Bond's reaction to "Under The Sea The Voyage of The Little Mermaid" was simply "That stunk...let's go ride something cool".



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