Disney hired the guy who invented photomosiacs to make the ones they have in Disneyland now, and he uses a computer program that does all the work. But he did spend years and years writing and refining the computer program, so I guess a lot of work went into it after all...

ahh Yeah I was there in 2002 and they had the Kiss the Girl one and I was running around freaking out like "that was here when I was a kid!!" jumping up and down trying to take pictures. My friends looked at me and just nodded. They expected as much. We were in my version of heaven after all lol ;)

From what some other posters are saying, the one of Ariel & Eric in the lagoon was made in 1990, after the movie was a big hit. The one in my picture is from 1989, and was made to promote the movie, so it's just a little bit older.

Ariel doesn't have a window by herself right now -- the Emporium windows are all in 50th anniversary mode, and many old display pieces are up. Ariel shares her window with Aladdin and Beauty & The Beast. The Kiss the Girl display is not up (I think it was still up last year).

My photograph doesn't do the painting justice. It's a real painting (not a print) apparently painted to sell at DCA. A lot of paintings (of different Disney characters) by the same artist were on display.

I think Flounder took the bad acid...

i think its very interesting of ariel in disneyland she is really beautiful young person also attractive and smart great personally.

I saw the same statue at Walt Disney World at Disney MGM Studios at Voyage of the Little Mermaid in 1992. That was when the store was Under The Sea. It is now called In Character. I don't know if the statue is still there, though.