The Little Mermaid – A Music Adventure stage present at Hollywood Studios will debut in Summer 2025, according to Walt Disney World. This stock the album time and fresh details, plus predictions about gentle opportunities &, previews, Lightning Lanes vs. backup lines, crowds, and more! The Little Mermaid – A Music Adventure is a recreated musical production that replaces Voyage of the Little Mermaid, in case you’re not familiar with it. The COVID closing caused this to happen, and this updated present will take its place more than five years later. It should be similar in spirit and substance, with differences in style and ( some ) songs. The Walt Disney Animation Studios traditional film, The Little Mermaid – A Music Experience, is its inspiration, and it will be shown in Animation Courtyard’s recently updated drama. The show was actually scheduled to air in the fall, but it now appears to be doing so in the summer of 2025 alongside Monsters Badly Ever After. When the new Little Mermaid Musical Adventure opens, the period show will have beautiful new established pieces, cutting-edge effects, and a striking new design that captures Ariel’s imagination and emotions through her unique view of the world around her. See as Ariel integrates the animal world in her dreams. The experience of this tiny mermaid is filled with both stirring scenes and comfortable encounters, such as those with King Triton and Ursula. Unsurprisingly, it’s even brimming with music–hence the title. Get swept aside by moving music numbers like” Component of Your World,”” Under the Sea,”” Bad Terrible Souls,”” Love the Girl,” and more throughout Ariel’s journey! Viewers won’t have to wait too long for Little Mermaid to return to Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Walt Disney World announced that The Little Mermaid – A Musical Trip will formally opened on May 27, 2025. May 27, 2025 is the time that Monsters Badly Ever After and The Little Mermaid – A Musical Adventure will debut in Disney’s Hollywood Studios, according to Walt Disney World’s news. This is likely strategic because it occurs right after Memorial Day weekend, which is typically the unofficial beginning of the summer campaign. Although not explicitly stated by Disney in this announcement, one thing to note is that” The Little Mermaid – A Musical Adventure” is debuting around the same time that MuppetVision 3D and Muppet Courtyard closes on the other side of Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The two new stage shows are likely to pick up the slack and capacity to lose MuppetVision, especially at a time when Walt Disney World attendance has been decreasing. In any case, you have just a little over a week to enjoy MuppetVision 3D and” The Little Mermaid – A Musical Adventure.” So plan your summer vacations accordingly if your family is full of muppets and mermaid fans! Let’s move on to the questions regarding the Little Mermaid Musical Adventure’s Lightning Lane status, potential soft openings, AP/DVC previews, and more …Soft OpeningsThe first two sections are essentially the same as what we wrote for Villains Unfairly Ever After. You might as well skip to the Lightning Lane section if you have already read that. The bottom line is that the two new stage shows are equally likely or unlikely to offer soft openings and/or affiliation previews. If one succeeds while the other fails, it could be a result of pure coincidence, luck, or simply because one is better off than the other at rehearsals. None of those can be predicted ( and neither one of those has any inside information ). To reiterate, Walt Disney World had moved away from soft openings in the last few years, before bringing them back with TRON Lightcycle Run two years ago. Before Tiana’s Bayou Adventure last summer, which did not have soft openings, that was the last big brand-new attraction to debut. With soft openings, we anticipate that the Little Mermaid – A Musical Adventure will go just about anywhere. In digging back through the DTB Archives, I can’t find a single instance of a stage show having a soft opening before its general public debut. Given that the opening date is being set a few months in advance and given the events surrounding Epic Universe, it’s still possible. In which case Walt Disney World could pull back the curtain earlier to help accommodate summer crowds, the show might be ready to run ahead of schedule. There’s little to no precedent for that happening with a stage show like this. On the other hand, there is no precedent for adding new stage shows as” counterprogramming” to a brand-new theme park at Universal Orlando. For the most part, Walt Disney World has avoided soft openings in favor of more controlled previews for some affiliation groups, including members of the Disney Vacation Club, Annual Passholders, Golden Oak Residents, and Club 33 Members. Affiliation previews are more likely than soft openings for Little Mermaid Musical Adventure, but they’re far from guaranteed. At this point, we would say it’s roughly 50/50. Since they take place on the same dates, it wouldn’t surprise me if there is a sort of preview “bundle” of sorts where Annual Passholders and Disney Vacation Club Members sign up for previews of both stage shows. If these shows do offer previews, expect them to work almost exactly like the previews for the last several years, right down to all eligible APs not receiving the email before slots started filling up. ( I wouldn’t expect Disney to follow Moana’s Journey of Water’s” no registration” route because it is a walkthrough and this venue has much more limited-capacity shows. ) In any case, it is irrelevant to receive the email for registration for the preview! The link inside is what’s important, and anyone who is eligible can use that. In the upcoming weeks, both of us will be watching our emails closely and will notify you right away if/when preview registration goes live. For instant alerts, you can sign up for our free email newsletter. Lightning Lane StatusOur first difference between Villains Unfairly Ever After and the Little Mermaid Musical Adventure! Our prediction here largely depends on precedent, just like the new DHS stage show. The infrastructure wasn’t there for it because Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy wasn’t a FastPass or Lightning Lane attraction. Walt Disney World would have to go out of their way to add a separate queue. In contrast, Voyage of the Little Mermaid was a FastPass + attraction. This theater has been dark for the past five or more years, so it has missed the entire Lightning Lane era to date. It never offered a Lightning Lane. This means all of the infrastructure is always in place. Walt Disney World would have to make an effort to get rid of the separate queue, or they would just act as though it doesn’t exist. The Lightning Lane may be taken out of this queue at Walt Disney World. After all, Voyage of the Little Mermaid almost never needed FastPass outside of a few peak weeks per year. Even so, “need” would seem arbitrary. This was essentially a “bonus” FastPass intended to create capacity and the illusion of value without actually providing something of value, like so many stage shows. Expect the same to be true here. The Little Mermaid Musical Adventure will have a Lightning Lane, which will also “allow” Walt Disney World to raise the cost of LLMP at DHS. Additionally, it would increase the number of paid Lightning Lane services, lowering Disney’s risk of reaching a sell-out. Unlike the character meet &, greets that have had Lightning Lanes removed, it’s also not the case that the Little Mermaid Musical Adventure has such low capacity or throughput that a Lightning Lane causes operational or logistical issues. In other words, it’s neither a positive nor a negative experience for guests. However, it has a few positive things going for Walt Disney World, and it’s likely to have one given that the path of least resistance is to keep the Lightning Lane queue. Still far from a sure thing, but easily above 50/50 odds. In the end, I’m anticipating Little Mermaid: A Musical Adventure. Additionally, I’m disappointed that it took more than five years to find a new venue in this space, which is more than two years longer than all other venues. I’m sure it’ll be a fun stage show that we’ll really enjoy. I’m already anticipating Megatron’s arrival there! Walt Disney World’s lackadaisical approach over the past few years has gotten me a little frustrated. It seems like the only things done with a sense of urgency are upcharges, cutbacks, and Disney Vacation Club construction. There is implicit expectation that we as fans should be appreciative of whatever Walt Disney World, an expensive vacation destination, chooses to give us. Nobody in park management is aware that wait times are long at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. That people leave the park early out of frustration. That more harmony is required between the entertainment and attraction lineup. Despite this, they chose to spend resources on the creation of stage plays for Jollywood Nights, among other things, rather than accelerating The Little Mermaid – A Musical Adventure. A couple of years from now, we’ll probably have forgotten all about how long it took to bring back a Little Mermaid production– I’m already “over” how long it took to build TRON Lightcycle Run. I’ll be enjoying the Little Mermaid – A Musical Adventure show while also wondering why it took so long. planning a trip to Walt Disney World? Learn about hotels on our Walt Disney World Hotels Reviews page. Read our Walt Disney World Restaurant Reviews for recommendations for dining. Read our Tips for Saving Money on Walt Disney World Tickets post to learn how to save money on purchasing new tickets or decide which kind to purchase. Our What to Pack for Disney Trips post takes a unique look at clever items to take. Our Walt Disney World Ride Guides will be helpful for what to do and when to do it. The best place to start is our Walt Disney World Trip Planning Guide for detailed information on everything you need. Your ThoughtsWhat do you think of The Little Mermaid – A Musical Adventure? Are you excited to see a new stage production, or are you disappointed that this location has been dark for more than five years? Are you excited to take a trip to Walt Disney World during the summer months? Think it’ll have a Lightning Lane or be standby-only? What about pre-registered previews versus soft openings? Do you concur or disagree with our assessment? Any questions we can help you answer? Please share your thoughts below in the comments section if you disagree with us. Hearing your feedback is both interesting to us and helpful to other readers.
