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Disney Insider: Bringing Broadway's "Mermaid" Home

March 25, 2008

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THE MAIN ATTRACTION

Glenn (on the left) with the "Little Mermaid" creative team during previews.

Making "The Little Mermaid" Sing on Broadway

The world's most beloved mermaid has a new song on her lips these days -- and so do her friends and foes. When "The Little Mermaid" made its triumphant debut on Broadway, the beloved and familiar tunes from the film were all there, but they were joined by many more.

And the man who gave Ariel new words to sing with lyricist Glenn Slater. Now, with the release of "The Little Mermaid" Original Broadway Cast Recording on CD, you don't need to travel to Manhattan to hear the new sounds of "The Little Mermaid" -- Sierra Boggess (Broadway's Ariel) and the rest of the cast can join you right on your stereo whenever you please.

Glenn sat down and told us about working with legendary "Little Mermaid" composer Alan Menken, what you'll hear on the cast album, and how the words were found to let us become even more part of Ariel's world.

In spite of a long working relationship with Alan, which began with plans for a sequel to "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"...

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HISTORY AND TRIVIA

DO YOU KNOW DISNEY?
What does King Triton want Ariel to refrain from doing, prompting him to say, "As long as you live under my ocean, obey my rules"?

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THIS WEEK IN DISNEY HISTORY
March 25, 1947 - Singer-songwriter-pianist Elton John - the man behind the music for Disney's "The Lion King" and "Aida" - is born Reginald Kenneth Dwight in Pinner, Middlesex, England.

March 25, 1987 - The first Disney Store opens in Glendale, California.

March 30, 2006 - The Disneyland Resort 50th anniversary celebration takes to the skies over Tucson, Arizona, with a 100-foot-tall, Mickey-Mouse-shaped hot-air balloon dubbed "The Happiest Balloon on Earth."

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YOUR QUESTION
Why is Pirates of the Caribbean different in Disneyland than the one in Disneyworld? What other differences are there between the two Parks?
- Karen, 50, Chesapeake, VA

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DAVE'S ANSWER
Pirates of the Caribbean at Disneyland is set in southern Louisiana, whereas the Florida version is set in an ancient Spanish citadel in the Caribbean. The attraction in Disneyland is several minutes longer, primarily due to an extended haunted grotto experience, though the queue experience is longer and more thematically rich in Florida. Also, Florida's high water table could only permit one waterfall to be constructed -- two waterfalls were a necessity at Disneyland, where the flume drops send Guests to a lower level in order to pass underneath the Park's railroad tracks.