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Created by Imagineer Tony Baxter, this unbuilt Little Mermaid dark ride would use a ride system similar to [[Peter Pan's Flight]] in order to allow guests to "dive" in and out of the water <ref name="forgot"> http://disneyandmore.blogspot.com/2009/05/disneyland-paris-little-mermaid.html </ref> . Instead of following the story of the Little Mermaid chronologically, Tony Baxter's Little Mermaid attraction was to immerse guests in the best scenes from the movie. According to Baxter:

{{Quotation| “Our attractions are more about the emotion and environments that you come through and I just didn’t want to take the good with the bad just because that is what you saw in the theater. We set the ride up by showing you two people that belong in two different worlds and they want to be together. The first major scene was "Under the Sea" as it validates the notion that we are beneath the surface in their world and this is contrasted by the villainy of Ursula in her dark grotto. Ultimately we needed to be honest to the emotions and feelings of the story rather than just laying it all out again" <ref name= "forgot"/>}}

===Creation in Disney’s California Adventure and The Magic Kingdom===

On October 17, 2007 Disney announced that a new Little Mermaid dark ride attraction would be built as a part of the refurbishment of Paradise Pier in Disney's California Adventure <ref> http://allears.net/dlr/news/dca_exp.htm </ref>. When designing the new ride, Imagineers built a 1/4 inch scale model and then a 1 inch sale model of the attraction so that they could "ride" through it <ref name= "press"/>. On June 3, 2011 the attraction opened to guests as The Little Mermaid- Ariel's Undersea Adventure <ref> http://allears.net/dlr/tp/dca/ariels.htm </ref>. This dark ride attraction took guests through the story of the Little Mermaid and featured the songs "Poor Unfortunate Souls", "Kiss the Girl", "Under the Sea" and "Part of Your World".

==Attraction Plot==

===Main Ride===

The attraction begins with traveling through a hole in Prince Eric's ship. Here, they see Scuttle who clumsily tries to tell guests Ariel's story as he plays the accordion. After passing by the gull, the ride vehicles (which are shaped like clamshells) rotate backwards, as guests move along the beach, before being submerged underwater. As the clamshells travel through a rocky passage, guests can see Ariel and Flounder performing "Part of Your World" above.