Disney fast facts: Ariel from “The Little Mermaid”

Here are three fun facts about Ariel – seen below in the Fantasy of Festival Parade at the Magic Kingdom at Disney World:

1. The body model for Ariel was Sherri Stoner, a script writer for the “Tiny Toons Adventure” animated series. Some of her movements were also used for Bell in “Beauty and the Beast.”

2. If you look closely at the scenes of Ariel on the rock in the ocean, it will remind you of the Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen’s harbor.

3. Ariel and her sister’s tails consists of the colors of the rainbow: Arista red, Attina orange, Adella yellow, Ariel green, Aquata blue, Andrina indigo and Alana violet.