Disney’s finally giving us more details about the upcoming “The Little Mermaid – A Musical Adventure” show coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios this year!

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News first broke about this revamped show back in 2023, and we’ve been waiting on the edge of our seats (mostly in suspense) since then. While we’ve already seen a few updates like casting calls for its main characters and scouted out a permit for a change to the sign on the outside of the theater, there hasn’t been much talk about this show since. However, when Disney was recently teasing its recent and upcoming changes around Disney World on GMA, this was one topic about which they were spilling some exciting new details.
“The Little Mermaid – A Musical Adventure” is getting closer to calling Disney’s Hollywood Studios its home. To those curious about the new show coming to the park in the previous show’s theater, there’s simply not been a whole lot of news and updates to hang our hats on about it just yet. Since the pandemic shut down the Disney World parks in March of 2020, the theater that once held “Voyage of the Little Mermaid” has sat empty waiting to reopen its doors to park visitors.

The Little Mermaid: A Musical Adventure
We all rejoiced when we heard a revised version of the show would be coming back to the same location and set to open in the summer. Now, we’re getting a few more details on what we can expect to see from the new show when it makes its debut. Chris Iannuzzi is the puppetry director for the upcoming show and has confirmed that “the puppetry in the show is all new.” GMA also stated that rehearsals for the show are ongoing.

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GMA also gave a quick peek at some of the new puppets you’ll spot including a few belting frogs and flamingos!
Iannuzzi also confirmed that “Kiss The Girl” is the “biggest new number” they are “finally bringing [it] to the stage” for the show. This is a huge change from the original version of the show where “Under the Sea” was one of the biggest numbers performed on the stage. Disney also released an artist rendering of what we think will coordinate with the number’s decor featuring Prince Eric and Ariel in a boat surrounded by lots of blue and turquoise hues.

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All of these little details that Disney is finally sharing about the new show are making us even more excited to see it in person, performed live on stage!
We’ll continue to bring you even more news Disney shares about this show and bring you along on its opening day! Be sure to stay tuned with us at Disney Food Blog for all of the latest.
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My daughter finished her DCP in May so I really hope “summer” means May!! We’ve been waiting for this sooo long