The Little Mermaid (franchise) Palace of King Triton and features fanciful seashell-inspired architecture. It includes the meet-and-greet attraction "Ariel's Grotto", as well as the parachute jump–style ride "Jumpin' Jellyfish" (also present in Disney California Adventure). "King Triton's Carousel of the Sea" is a Carousel at Disney California Adventure that uses sea horses, flying fish, whales, dolphins, sea lions, otters and garibaldi. "Voyage of the Little Mermaid" is a live show attraction at Disney Hollywood Studios in Florida that features puppets and live actors. Other attractions based on the film include "", a dark ride at Disney California Adventure in Paradise Pier and the Magic
The Little Mermaid (1989 film) shots failed because the machine was reputedly in dilapidated condition. The multiplane shots were instead photographed at an outside animation camera facility. "The Little Mermaid" was the last Disney feature film to use the traditional hand-painted cel method of animation. Disney's next film, "The Rescuers Down Under", used a digital method of coloring and combining scanned drawings developed for Disney by Pixar called CAPS/ink & paint (Computer Animation Production System), which would eliminate the need for cels, the multiplane camera, and many of the optical effects used for the last time in "Mermaid". A CAPS/ink & paint prototype was used