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Ariel is an official member of the Disney Princess line, a prominent franchise directed at young girls. The franchise covers a wide variety of merchandise, including but not limited to magazines, music albums, toys, video games, clothes and stationery.
Ariel appears in the Broadway adaptation of the 1989 film. The character of Ariel for the stage adaptation was portrayed by Sierra Boggess, Chelsea Morgan Stock who previously played Andrina, one of Ariel's sisters, and Michelle Lookadoo who previously played Adella, another of her sisters. Jodi Benson, the original voice actor for Ariel, attended the musical's opening night. She is also portrayed by Marietta DePrima in a live-action show called Little Mermaid's Island proposed by the late Muppet creator Jim Henson.
Ariel makes regular appearances in the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, having a special location called Ariel's Grotto at most of them. Ariel's Grotto was torn down at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom owing to the Fantasyland expansion. Ariel may also be seen intermittently at Adventureland Veranda at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom. She has a major role in Mickey's PhilharMagic and stars in her own live stage shows at Disney's Hollywood Studios and Tokyo DisneySea. A dark ride based on the movie was designed for Disneyland Paris but never built. A re-designed version of the attraction, called Ariel's Undersea Adventure, was built as part of the major expansion for Disney California Adventure Park.
In addition to appearances in television series such as Disney's House of Mouse, Ariel appears in various video games based on the films, including the video game adaptation of the first film and the popular Kingdom Hearts series. In the first Kingdom Hearts, Ariel's story has an unrelated plot to that of the movie. Ariel also makes an appearance in the sequel, Kingdom Hearts II, where its storyline loosely follows the plotline of the 1989 film.
It has been announced that Ariel will appear in season 2 of the series, Once Upon a Time, as a recurring character.
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