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Halle Bailey’s ‘Little Mermaid’ Creates Dress Code Problems for Park Guests

Ariel Halle Bailey
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The new Little Mermaid has caused quite a stir in the Disney Fanatic community — with some Disney fans flocking to theaters to see the new Halle Bailey version of the 1989 animated Disney movie simply because they love Ariel, and plenty of Disney fans also deliberately flocking to theaters specifically to support the film after Halle Bailey faced a shocking amount of racist hate when she was cast in the role.

Trolls are hurting the Little Mermaid box office

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“Make It Blue”

With the new movie’s arrival, Halle Bailey’s version of Ariel has also gotten the go-ahead to appear in the Disney Parks at Walt Disney World Resort, Disneyland Resort, and Disneyland Paris. Unfortunately, the new Ariel proved to be disappointing in her initial Meet and Greets — but not due to her performance!

Disney Guests complained about the new Ariel’s outfit, which is a simple blue dress. Many fans felt that the new Ariel costume was only really fitting for “a parks influencer…not a princess.” However, one Reddit user also pointed out a particularly big issue involving Disneybounding and Disney’s famously-strict dress code for its theme park Guests.

a disney character performer playing ariel the little mermaid while meeting a guest

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Has Ariel Crossed a Line?

“If this is what the dress actually looks like in the movie there’s going to be a thin line between what’s acceptable disneybounding and what counts as ‘guest in a costume’,” the Disney fan wrote in a Reddit costume.

We have seen many Disney dress code violations in the past year that involve Disney Guests attempting to walk that same “thin line”, so it does seem plausible that any female Disney Guest resembling Halle Bailey (who might choose to wear a similar beachy blue shift dress on her Disney vacation) could be accused of trying to directly copy the Disney character performers.

disney guest dress code

Disneybounding involves dressing up in an outfit or style that is inspired by a favorite Disney character — but you may also risk violating the Disney dress code.

Do you agree that this new version of Ariel’s costume (which is reportedly just that of “a pretty girl at Disney” who is “wearing more sensible shoes than most”) is going to make it even easier for Disneybounding theme park Guests to accidentally violate Disney’s dress code rules?

About Sharon

Sharon is a writer and animal lover from New England. Sharon's two main focuses in her work are Disney's correlations with pop culture and the significance of Disney princesses (which was the basis for her college thesis). When she's not writing about Disney, Sharon spends her time singing, dancing, and cavorting with woodland creatures!

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