LP: Join Arielholics for Weekend Celebration of the Little Mermaid
Arielholics Invited to the 2004 ArielCon Pacifica at Disneyland This Weekend
You are invited to join a group of self-described "Arielholics" for their annual celebration of The Little Mermaid. This delightful group travels throughout the Disneyland Resort sharing their love of Ariel and visiting various Ariel-related attractions, restaurants, etc.
This year they will be join on Saturday by animator Philo Barnhart. Philo not only helped bring Ariel to life in the animated feature but he is also the writer of the How to Draw the Little Mermaid book.
There is a $50.00 registration fee for this which can be paid by pay pal, my I.D. is floundering. The goodie bags alone are worth $80.00 each and that is before we get to the cameras and the film developing and all the prizes. I will constantly be handing out goodies all weekend long! I cleaned out the Ariel closet!
Even if you don't officially register, stop by one of their events for some fun and a chance to make new friends. This is not affiliated with Disneyland or the Disney Company in any way. It is just a bunch of fun Little Mermaid fans that want to get together and have a great time.
Friday, October 22th
Disneyland
10 a.m. Everyone meet in front of city hall. Receive T-shirts and name
badges.
10:30 a.m. Parade ourselves down Main Street to let everyone know that we
are here and head to Ariel's Grotto.
10:45 Pictures with Ariel! What a great way to start the day....
11:30 Head over to Innoventions and ride a Segway and play Disney Dance Dance Revolution
12:30 Meet in front of the globe of water in the center of Tomorrowland
and I will pass out your picture hunt and cameras
3 p.m. For those brave souls who wish to dance in the 4 o'clock parade meet
me in front of the castle
4 p.m. Dance in the parade or take pictures of crazy Arielholics in the
parade.
5:30 P.M. Head over to go see the last Snow White show of the day at 6:15 I know it isn't Ariel but it is something not to be missed!
8 p.m. meet in the lobby of the Grand Californian in front of the
fireplace and have an "Ariel" gift exchange. Everyone who wants to participate
bring a mermaid gift of around $10.00 to exchange. We will also play to
sea who is the pretty pretty princess.
By 9 p.m. all cameras from the teams must be turned into me here in the
lobby.
There is fireworks at 9:25 p.m. and the park is open until 11 p.m. and
seeing the Haunted Mansion at night is quite fun. This time of the year is the
Nightmare Before Christmas there and this is totally worthwhile.
Saturday, October 23rd
Disney's California Adventure
Meet at 10:00 a.m. in front of the big sun in the center as you walk in to
California Adventure.
10:30 head off to the Animation area and watch Ariel come up on the big
screens inside. We will then go into the Beast's library to find out what
character we are most like and then we go to Ursula's Grotto and she steals our
voice!
11:30 take the official Arielholic ride on Tower of Terror...hey there is
no Ariel on this ride is there Tim?
12:30 we will all meet up in front of Tritons Carousel and I will give
your team a task of very special importance to complete.
5:00 p.m. Meet up in front of Ariel's Grotto for dinner with Ariel! Fun,
fun, fun!
After we have gorged ourselves we will head over to the Grand Californian
Lobby to watch Mermaid together.
After mermaid for those who are not faint of heart there will be a Dance Dance
Revolution Contest in the game room.
Sunday morning, October 24th
Picnic Grove Area to the left of the Disneyland Entrance
All meet up at 10 a.m. so I can hand out all the prizes and everyone gets
a copy of all the pictures that you took to go home with you in a little photo
book.
And then I will sadly adjourn Arielcon Pacifica 2004. But
many new friends will be made!
As usual, the schedule may change, because I have more things that are up in the air. I have left plenty of room for people to have fun time on their own. The Haunted Mansion Holiday is up and is fabulous and I will be there.
As always things might and will change but I will keep to the posted times as best as I can so people can meet up with us whenever they wish. This is not affiliated with Disneyland or the Disney Company in any way.
It is just a bunch of fun Little Mermaid fans that want to get together and have a great time. You do not need to worry about a park hopper pass. We will be in
Disneyland on Friday and California Adventure all day Saturday. Sunday will be in Downtown Disney.....it's free!
I can hardly wait to sea all of you! This is going to be an awesome Arielcon!!!!!
Sea ya!
Anita (event coordinator)
--Posted October 20, 2004
Source: Anita S, event coordinator