Oh, Disney, like nothing else, you shaped my generation’s childhood. Like all the girls, I was under the spell of Ariel’s story and the wonders under the sea. My first CD was the soundtrack of the movie The Little Mermaid. I spent hours rehearsing all songs to the perfection of dolphin music, terrorising my parents.
Now the moment has come: Ariel returns to the theatres — an epic event.
The movie is at the cinemas now, I bet, leaves us bedazzled just as the one from 1989 did. To celebrate this event, I teamed up with Walt Disney to make a childhood dream come true: While Ariel dreamed of being human, I dreamed of being a mermaid. What the girl Sara didn’t even dare to imagine happened: I am a mermaid, a pink mermaid!
What I admire about Ariel is her curiosity and following her dreams. She believes in love, and the impossible doesn’t stop her. Even if her family doesn’t understand, she must make a pact with a deceitful sea witch. Ariel is unstoppable and succeeds in the end.
So you will find nostalgic me sitting at the cinema, humming the lyrics from “Under the Sea” and cheering for my fellow mermaid on the screen. Any other Disney fans here?
Pictures: Corina Pauli/Bubble Swim
Organisation/Concept: Walt Disney/We are Pepper
