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.
“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.
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.
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?