Turnkey installation
Mermaid Cove
Our express mermaid transformation experience — proven at Wild Rivers water park and the Balboa Fun Zone — designed to delight guests and drive foot traffic at resorts, water parks and family destinations.
Partner with us
Bring the magic
to your world.
For over a decade, Once Upon an Island has created Southern California’s most beloved immersive children’s experiences — and our worlds travel. From a mermaid installation on your boardwalk to a fully realized North Pole for your guests, we partner with hotels, resorts, brands, event planners and creators who expect the extraordinary.
Ways to work together.
Seasonal
Santa & Holiday Experiences
Private, immersive Santa experiences in the tradition of our sold-out Once Upon a Christmas — seven seasons and counting. Bring an unforgettable holiday tradition to your property or event.
Events & programs
Character Entertainment
Professional mermaid, princess, pirate and holiday character programs for hotels, yacht clubs, corporate events, brand activations and destination management companies across Orange County.
Grow with us
Licensing
We are thoughtfully expanding the Once Upon an Island family of brands to new markets. If you’re interested in bringing our worlds to yours, we’d love to start a conversation.
Why partners choose us.
We have already done this. Once Upon an Island is not a character company with branches — it is a concept-development engine that has conceived, built and profitably operated three distinct entertainment concepts. Mermaid Cove alone has operated inside a corporately owned water park and on Newport’s family boardwalk — run by the same systems that power all three of our locations. Our worlds are built with world-renowned set designers and creatives, and behind every installation stands a team of more than fifty professionals, trained through our own in-house programs across character performance, hospitality, sales, styling, wig artistry, costuming and content production — the operating discipline of a company in its twelfth year, in an industry where most character companies never see their fifth.
Featured organically by E! News, People, the LA Times, KTLA, NBC, FOX and POPSUGAR — the press comes to us, and so do the celebrities. A 47,000-strong Instagram community, ten thousand celebrations delivered, and a five-star reputation we have protected for over a decade.
Start the conversation.
Tell us a little about you and what you have in mind — our team personally reads and answers every inquiry.