Walt Disney Imagineering Files Permit for New Marquee at The Little Mermaid Show in Disney's Hollywood Studios

By WDWMAGIC Staff · Tuesday October 15, 2024 1:!5pm ET · "The Little Mermaid - A Musical Adventure"

Walt Disney Imagineering has filed a new construction permit for The Little Mermaid – A Musical Adventure, the upcoming reimagined show set to debut at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Walt Disney World.

The permit is for installing a new marquee, and has been assigned to Design Communications Ltd., a company known for its expertise in designing and fabricating custom signage for high-profile clients.

The new Little Mermaid show is expected to feature cutting-edge set designs, immersive special effects, and new interpretations of beloved musical numbers like Part of Your World and Poor Unfortunate Souls. While the show itself has been delayed until summer 2025, the permit suggests Disney continues to progress on the project, including the exterior theming.

More updates are expected as the summer 2025 opening of The Little Mermaid – A Musical Adventure draws closer, and guests can keep an eye out for more changes in the area as the project continues to develop.

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↩ replying to ToTBellHop
No Insider but what's wrong with VOLM's Quene that worked 1992-2020?
↩ replying to jrhwdw
It will all need to be reworked to allow both the entrance and the exit to connect outside of AC.

Meanwhile, for one man’s dream, one proposal would be for everyone to exit back into the museum. It’s clunky to enter and exit through the same doors, but it also isn’t that popular of a show.
↩ replying to ToTBellHop
So, a Wall will separate Mermaid Redo and AC?
↩ replying to jrhwdw
Long term, it will look nicer than just a wall.
So the "turbo charging" of the parks is going well eh? a 6 month (approx) delay here and in the mean time, some new lights at Beauty and the Beast. Really seeing that investment pay off.
↩ replying to ToTBellHop
And this could just be a temporary plan that could work until the Monsters Coaster is done.
↩ replying to ToTBellHop
Hm, interesting. I do wonder, how will the entrance to the land look? Will the arch remain, will there be a giant door, or any block of any kind, or will you just see it from the hub?
↩ replying to ABQ
I agree that it's not a good look....

WSJ has an article out on EU. Still looking at Memorial Weekend 2025. Starlight Better be ready by then TWDC!!!!!
↩ replying to ToTBellHop
Given the modest crowd level, they could also divide the doors. Enter the theater using the right set of doors. Exit using the left. If they added a bit of a separator, it could actually make the flow work decently ok.
↩ replying to Epcot82Guy
Wouldn't dividing the doors make the Queue longer?
↩ replying to ABQ
The new fiscal year is 15 days old.
↩ replying to mattpeto
True but Delaying something is bad news.
↩ replying to jrhwdw
A bunch of "bad news" is here and is incoming.

But this one is might turn out being good, if Monsters ends up taking up the waste of space at the AC and saving Muppets. I'm not saying that's the case, but here's hoping.
↩ replying to mattpeto
Incoming????? That bothers me!
↩ replying to mattpeto
What do you mean by “incoming”? Does it mean more delays for things? I.e. starlight/test track?