Ariel’s Beginning

My girls love the original The Little Mermaid, and were thrilled to watch The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning, the prequel to The Little Mermaid.

From the press release:

The sea holds many deep secrets for young Princess Ariel in The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning, an all new, full-length movie coming exclusively to DVD on August 26, 2008. Available for a limited time only, The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning takes audiences back to the story’s beginnings with favorite characters from the original film as well as a wonderfully wicked new villainess. With a score that continues The Little Mermaid’s legacy of memorable, life-affirming songs, the latest animated adventure from DisneyToon Studios will capture the hearts of all ages.

The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning takes place one year before Ariel meets Prince Eric. Young Ariel and her sisters share a love for music with their mother, Queen Athena. But when the Queen is captured by pirates, King Triton is heartbroken and bans music from Atlantica…FOREVER.

Ariel’s mission is to restore music to Atlantica, and she has a a beautiful music box with figurines of her parents onside.  My girls are fixated on that music box, and ask me daily when they can have one.  I sure hope that Disney plans to sell replicas in their online store, because I need two of them.  Immediately.