After being closed for a little over a month now, Under the Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid at the Magic Kingdom re-opened yesterday with all of the changes we reported would be on the way several months ago:
A lot of black light is used in the ride now, and static fish figures have been added in some places
The Under the Sea sequence uses a lot of black light now, used to hide the lighting rigs and such above
There are also some static fish figures hanging in this section of the ride now
The human figures in the later scenes also received “real” flowing hair, opposed to the old rubber hair they once sported
Here’s our video of the ride with the changes in place:
Still needs a better ending. Ursula’s defeat shouldn’t be a cardboard cut out.
And the static fish should be animatronics that “swim” (wiggle). Seems like there were a lot of missed opportunities to make this ride more immersive. Pun intended.
so how is this different from the California ride? Will the California ride be changed too?
Makes me long for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea…