tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061238151227479784.post1012914056922182838..comments2024-03-21T05:03:32.456-06:00Comments on Insights and Sounds: Two Questions About The Little MermaidMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07165624045029517606noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061238151227479784.post-89513558220725227772013-10-07T15:32:25.501-06:002013-10-07T15:32:25.501-06:00I really really like the ride, but to me, it could...I really really like the ride, but to me, it could have been incredible and not just fun. Plus, unlike the claasic dark rides in the Fantasyland courtyard, in both locations, it holds a prime spot and the attraction itself is in a majestic looking building. I just expected more. Will it ride it every visit? You bet! Especially since Ursula is my favorite Disney villain. <br />Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165624045029517606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061238151227479784.post-14607568459962741602013-10-07T14:10:19.267-06:002013-10-07T14:10:19.267-06:00I've never been bothered by the ending, and am...I've never been bothered by the ending, and am always perplexed when people are. I wonder if it's because so much was leaked ahead of time: the Virtual ride thru on the previous DVD and the concept art for Paris' version that showed the gigantic Ursula in the final battle. Would anyone have really given the lack of a final battle a second thought if those pieces hadn't already primed us to expect them? I wonder. I think you could look at any of the Fantasyland Dark Rides and find flaws in them by some standard. They all lack something of the film that they were based on, and almost none of them follow the exact storyline linearly. It could be that most of us grew up with those attractions and just have accepted them as they are. The worst part of having waited for so long for Mermaid to become an attraction is that it had to come into being in the Internet age, where it was being dissected from the moment the first concept images became available and everyone had an opinion. I don't mean to squash any discourse, but I do think that that's true, and that people don't experience these attractions as they did in earlier eras.Eric Scaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12149591952925380521noreply@blogger.com