Disney On Ice The Little Mermaid

Disney On Ice presents The Little Mermaid is a Disney On Ice show that ran from 1998 until 2001. The show was originally created to celebrate The Little Mermaid's 10th Anniversary.

## Show Summary

### Act 1

The show starts with Mickey and Minnie on a boat sailing the ocean blue. They figured since the show is all about the water, they tell Donald a story about the depths of the bottomless blue in the mysterious fathoms below. Daisy and Goofy also appear in later runs of the show.

As the 5 hosts leave, several sailors along with Prince Eric are sailing on the seas singing the song as well. Some of the sailors explain to Eric and Grimsby about the merpeople and King Triton, Eric is in awe while Grimsby denounces the myths. Under the Sea, Sebastian the crab comes out to greet the audience and prepare us for a concert for King Triton, everything goes as planned until they realize Ariel is missing.

Somewhere else in the ocean, Ariel and Flounder go searching for treasures in a sunken and abandoned ship. They find a couple of things and get chased by sharks and narrowly escaped. Onto land, they meet Scuttle the Seagull, as he misinterprets the newest items to Ariel's collection. Ariel then realizes she's late for the concert.

King Triton shows his disappointment in Ariel and appoints Sebastian to be Ariel's guardian to make sure she doesn't go to the surface. Ariel then sings about how she longs to be part of the human world. Ariel, against her father's rules, goes up to the land and learns more about the humans. She finds a handsome prince, who finds himself in trouble when a storm starts to brew, she then rescues him and hopes that he lives.

Ariel plans to head back up to meet the prince again, while Sebastian does his best to plead to Ariel to stay under the sea with a little help from some fishy friends.

### Act 2

Sebastian gets the audience warmed up by inviting them to be part of the rhythm of the sea. He then notices Ariel has gone missing again.

Ariel, back in her grotto, finds a Prince Eric statue, and King Triton discovers the collection and zaps it with his trident. Sad and heartbroken, Ariel goes to Ursula the Sea Witch for help, she's able to give her legs and make her part of the human world under a condition: Prince Eric must kiss her before the sun sets. Ariel signs the contract and now has legs. On land, Prince Eric meets Ariel, not recognizing her as the girl who saved her life, and willingly invites her back to the palace.

In the palace, Chef Louis and his assistants try to cook up a crab souffle narrowly avoiding Sebastian in the process. Sebastian then tries to get Prince Eric to kiss Ariel on a romantic boat ride, with Flotsam and Jetsam tipping it over. Ursula, disguised as Vanessa, tries to get Eric to fall in love with her by using Ariel's voice.

Scuttle is aware of the plan and warns Ariel about it. Scuttle stops the wedding and gives Ariel's voice back which works as Eric realizes that Ariel was the girl who rescued him. They were about to kiss but it was too late. Vanessa reveals her true identity and takes King Triton's crown, Prince Eric stabs her with his ship and she is defeated. King Triton realizes the selflessness of Ariel and Eric and how much they do love each other so he rewards Ariel with legs. Prince Eric and Ariel are wed shortly after.

## Stories and Characters

### Hosts

* Mickey Mouse
* Minnie Mouse
* Donald Duck
* Daisy Duck
* Goofy

## Trivia

* The show's Little Mermaid segment borrowed a bit from In Search of 101 Dalmatians (notably Part of Your World)
* The show marks the debut of Flounder.
* Stage elements would be later reused in the third update of In Search of 101 Dalmatians and Passport to Adventure.