Lightning Lane Access Confirmed for Little Mermaid - A Musical Adventure at Disney World

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Posted: Friday May 9, 2025 2:@5pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has updated the My Disney Experience app to include the Lightning Lane logo for The Little Mermaid – A Musical Adventure, the reimagined stage show debuting at Disney’s Hollywood Studios on May 27, 2025.

The Little Mermaid - A Musical Adventure concept art

While Disney has yet to confirm full details, the presence of the Lightning Lane icon suggests the show will likely be included with both Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Lightning Lane Premier Pass options—not as a Lightning Lane Single Pass, which is typically reserved for high-demand thrill rides.

Opening Day Operating Hours

Also now available in the My Disney Experience app are the operating hours for opening day, with the show scheduled to run from 9:15 AM to 7:15 PM on May 27, 2025. No specific showtimes have been posted, which suggests the show may operate on a continuous loading basis—similar to how Voyage of the Little Mermaid functioned before it closed in 2020.

About the Show

The Little Mermaid – A Musical Adventure is a fully reimagined stage production inspired by the original 1989 animated film. It features bold new set design, updated effects, and musical numbers including Part of Your World, Poor Unfortunate Souls, and Kiss the Girl. The new show replaces Voyage of the Little Mermaid, which closed permanently following the pandemic shutdown.

The Little Mermaid - A Musical Adventure concept art

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HauntedPirate3 days ago

This has all the indications of…

DCBaker3 days ago

Probably not a surprise, but Disney has added a Lightning Lane icon in the My Disney Experience app for The Little Mermaid – A Musical Adventure: News on operating hours: https://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/the-little-mermaid---a-musical-adventure/news/09may2025-the-little-mermaid---a-musical-adventure-gets-official-operating-hours-ahead-of-opening-day-at-hollywood-studios.htm

eddie1043 days ago

I mean at the end the day does it really matter ? Why certain posters keep insisting on arguing that particular point perplexes me. MV30 is closing regardless of whether or not we agree with the decision. SGE definitely had a lot of budget cuts despite its grandness which sucked a lot of life out of the land.

Ayla3 days ago

*He's* insufferable?? 😂😂😂😂

lazyboy97o3 days ago

2 < 3 Disney “bending over to pick up pennies as dollars fly overhead” isn’t something new. Dockside Diner, located in the middle of the park, regularly closes at 5:00 PM, completely missing dinner and even the nighttime shows in front of the Chinese Theater. They also regularly close the popcorn cart closest to the theater early. You really buy they could sell enough to people in the park and waiting to see the nighttime shows? That they need to close? It’s not hard to find such as examples. I have repeatedly defended, with detailed explanations, the timeline of several projects, including the original timeline of TRON. But sure, we will just go with “reasons” to explain this situation.

ToTBellHop3 days ago

Remind me how opening two new stage shows while closing a 3D movie saves money. The villain show costs much more to put on. It costs much more than the Cars show, too. While I will miss MV3D, we don’t need to act like Wall Street cares about the pennies saved here while hundreds of millions of dollars are spent in DAK and DHS. If we want to complain about cheapness for no reason, there’s always SGE.

wannabeBelle3 days ago

Well said! Marie

Bocabear3 days ago

Isn't the store right in the middle of the area that will be Monstropolus though? With the Coaster to the back and Mama Melrose becoming Harryhausen's?...Like it should be demolished first to have the spae open and accessible as they move forward... I just wish they would have thought about the entire park layout and grouped lands and attractions by Studio and type... Animation to the roght of Hollywood Boulevard, Live Action to the left... A Muppet Studios area, A quadrant for Pixar, A Quadrant for Classic Disney Animation and Toons...Lucas at the back At leas then it would feel less like a completely random grab bag.... But what is done is done... They REALLY need to demo and clear the old film production offices and studio infrastructure buildings and move Park Operations out to the Galactic StarCruiser campus outside of the footprint of the park... That would give plenty of room for some meaningful growth...

mattpeto3 days ago

You’re truly insufferable and wrong. They are closing it because it’s going to be a construction zone.

lazyboy97o3 days ago

The store isn’t in the way of work in the parking lot. Why do they not need to keep it open any longer? Because they’re replacing the immediate loss of capacity with the new shows!

Splash4eva3 days ago

Did they? Probably not but another great way to say money to please those shareholders

eddie1043 days ago

Exactly. Why delay the inevitable ??? No reason to keep the area open any longer than it needs to be.

LSLS3 days ago

But the question is do they need to tear that store down first? Beyond the question of if they could keep MV3D going and detour around the store. The largest part of the project is going to be the coaster (which is well beyond the courtyard) and building up the background, so did they really need to close MV3D first?