Coral Reef info

[blappin]

As the wife and I were having lunch at Coral Reef a couple weeks ago we noticed a "Fish Guide" on the table. Inside it had a couple of facts which I thought were very neat.

• The Living Seas main environment stretches 203 feet in diameter with walls 48 feet high.
• Spaceship Earth, which is 160 ft in diameter, could fit inside the aquarium with room to spare.
• The main environment holds 5.7 million gallons of manmade sea-water, a standard swimming pool holds 20,000 gallons of water.
• One inch of water from the surface of the main environment can fill a standard swimming pool.
• The acrylic windows in the Coral Reef Restaurant are 8 inches thick and have very little distortion or magnification of the marine life and objects in the ocean environment.

 

[westie]

also-

*Do not get up front seating. People will attempt to stand in front of you and take pictures.(very annoying)

 

[comics101]

also-

*Do not get up front seating. People will attempt to stand in front of you and take pictures.(very annoying)

Sorry...:lookaroun

 

[celticdog]

It also had the highest noise level of any restaurant at which we ate.

 

[ImaYoyo]

As the wife and I were having lunch at Coral Reef a couple weeks ago we noticed a "Fish Guide" on the table. Inside it had a couple of facts which I thought were very neat.

• The Living Seas main environment stretches 203 feet in diameter with walls 48 feet high.
• Spaceship Earth, which is 160 ft in diameter, could fit inside the aquarium with room to spare.
• The main environment holds 5.7 million gallons of manmade sea-water, a standard swimming pool holds 20,000 gallons of water.
• One inch of water from the surface of the main environment can fill a standard swimming pool.
• The acrylic windows in the Coral Reef Restaurant are 8 inches thick and have very little distortion or magnification of the marine life and objects in the ocean environment.

And here's another way to picture how much water that is. The Wave Pool at Typhoon Lagoon has just over 3 million gallons of water. So the aquarium then holds almost twice as much as the wave pool at Typhoon Lagoon.

 

[daverube]

My favorite part of the Coral Reef is getting to pick out your fish from the tank and then having them cook it for you....that was good stuff!!!!

 

[ImaYoyo]

My favorite part of the Coral Reef is getting to pick out your fish from the tank and then having them cook it for you....that was good stuff!!!!

ha ha... that'd be funny Glad they don't... Might traumatize the young'ns though.

 

[Mr_Tom_Morrow]

My favorite part of the Coral Reef is getting to pick out your fish from the tank and then having them cook it for you....that was good stuff!!!!

That would be interesting

Uuuuhh yyyyeaaahhh I'll take that sawfish that just swallowed that parrotfish riiiiight over there
2 for the price of 1...cant beat that :slurp:

 

[SweetMagic]

That would be interesting

Uuuuhh yyyyeaaahhh I'll take that sawfish that just swallowed that parrotfish riiiiight over there
2 for the price of 1...cant beat that :slurp:

Yuckies, you guys are tryin' to ruin my dinner tomorrow:fork:

 

[Mr_Tom_Morrow]

Yuckies, you guys are tryin' to ruin my dinner tomorrow:fork:

couldve been worse i couldve said "hows the beef on a sea cow" oops i just diiiiiiiid :zipit:

 

[SweetMagic]

couldve been worse i couldve said "hows the beef on a sea cow" oops i just diiiiiiiid :zipit:

Way to go "Tom", send the OP's informative and educational thread off into the ditch... beef on a sea cow...:hammer:

 

[Mr_Tom_Morrow]

Way to go "Tom", send the OP's informative and educational thread off into the ditch... beef on a sea cow...:hammer:

Thats "MR! Tom" to you

oh and to the OP thanx for the info as well lol

I honestly didnt realize that it was that big,when put in comparison to SSE that kinda funny it would be like a giant ball in a pool

there,thread removed from the ditch lol

 

[Brian_WDW74]

My favorite part of the Coral Reef is getting to pick out your fish from the tank and then having them cook it for you....that was good stuff!!!!

"I'll have that orange and white fish. The one that can't find his son."

 

[beefog]

It also had the highest noise level of any restaurant at which we ate.

Thats because the sound bounces off the plexi glass:brick:

 

[DisneySaint]

Those poor people who work that podium probably get asked all night for "front row" window seats.

 

[Unplugged]

"I'll have that orange and white fish. The one that can't find his son."

His son? Ooops....that explains why the similarly colored appetizer was so small. :lookaroun

 

[Craig & Lisa]

Those poor people who work that podium probably get asked all night for "front row" window seats.

We had an early lunch there in July and before we sat I did ask if we could be next to the glass, the CM said I'll see what I can do. Well she did good, we were the 5th group seated and we went right up to the first window, absolutly the most incredable view!!! And no one tried to get a pic while we sat there, even when the sea turtle, (very big I might add) came up to the glass.