Saturday I did the Epcot Dive Quest in The living Seas. It was great being in the tank looking into the viewing area at all the guests. They even take a video of you while you are in there. If you are a certified Diver, I highly recommend it. While in the tank I looked in the lower section, and the omni mover vehicles are still in place. All they have to do is turn them back on. Just thought you might like to know.
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Bairstow
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I just got my NASI/WASI open water certification and I've been looking at the DiveQuest. It sounds like a lot of fun, but I'd like some more information about it, specifically things like cost and time. Jedi, if you've got any pictures from your dive I'd love to see them posted here.
Pioneer Hall
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Here is some information for you bairstow...
It is 2 and 1/2 hours long, 30 minutes of which are spent underwater. The cost is $140 and all gear is provided. Admission is not required or included.
It is 2 and 1/2 hours long, 30 minutes of which are spent underwater. The cost is $140 and all gear is provided. Admission is not required or included.
Castle Cake Apologist
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No, I think Lori is confusing the Sea Cabs with the Hydrolators. The Sea Cabs (The OmniMover vehicles that take you thru the tank) are not in operation as of right now, the hydrolators (The elevators that take you to Sea Base Alpha) still operate, in all their in one door, out the other fashion. 
-Jake
-Jake
The first 15 minutes in the water is under the guide of the dive master then you ar free to move around with your dive buddy and do what you want they video your experience and will film you with friends and family that are in the viewing area. If you are going with a family member on the dive they will be your buddy which is better because you will want to do the same things as opposed to a stranger with different interests. That was the only thing I didn't like about it, but I got over it. We were in the water for 45 minutes total time. Have fun, I messed with the guests in the restaurant and In the viewing area.
alee4eva
Member
It sounds so amazing.. I can't wait! Ive been waiting since I was 12 because they don't allow you to dive at the Living Seas with a junior certification. I don't understand why, it's the same test, I'm just five years older. But, I'm sooo excited. Oh yeah, and How much is the video of you and your dive buddy???
woofboy111
New Member
I need to get my scuba licence. Snorkeling is limited.
disneydudette
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WOW........scubba diving at disney...THEY HAVE IT ALL......I rember that ride that went through the tanks!!
I'd pay that much money for that.....but what do u do for the other 2 hours out of the 2 1/2???
I'd pay that much money for that.....but what do u do for the other 2 hours out of the 2 1/2???
orlandoparks
New Member
To tell you the truth, I would rather be at Discovery Cove.:animwink: :lookaroun
Rocknrollergrl
New Member
mmm i hear that, but only because I LOVE dolphins sooo much :lol: I have researched this program, though and it looks pretty cool
woofboy111
New Member
Originally posted by the_ceo_at_wdw
Discovery COve is expensive but worth it!! l
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~ Justin...
I'm guessing you've gone. Can you spend a whole day there?
I'm waiting for them to give FL resident discounts. What they charge now is a little much. you could just go to the keys and swim over the real reefs for free.
The first hour is checking in, watching a brief video, signing the release form, and getting suited up. Then going up to the top side of the tank and getting info and looking around. Then you get top side instruction from the dive master as to what you will do in the first 15 minutes, get in your gear and get into water. that took an hour exactly. we met at the guest relations window at the front of EPCOT at 4:15, and they take you in back stage into the back door of the Living Seas. NEAT! After your dive you go shower in the changing rooms and get dressed and then watch the video they made of you, get your shirt, fill out your dive log and an opion survey about your experience. afterwards they take you out to the gift shop to buy the video if you want it, $35.00.
All of the proceeds of the experience and video purchase, go to the Disney Wildlife Fund, like the $1.00 donation for a button at the Animal Kingdom, that they ask you about when you buy something at AK.
The only thing you need is your dive certification card and a swim suit, they provide the rest. The only personal equipment you can bring is a mask, especially if it has corrective lenses. They do not want any chances of bringing in outside contamination into the Seas environment.
I can confirm that the Sea Cabs are still there as of May 13th.
I did the DiveQuest tour on that day. The lowdown is this:
1.) It's about 2.5 hours long and costs $140, all gear is provided, down to the "Mickey Spit" defog. There are discounts (see below). You should meet on the benches directly to the right of Guest Services (when you're facing Guest Services) outside the main gate. If you don't know, if you take a bus from another park, or the Monorail from MK, Guest Services is right there on your right. 2 CM's will come out (both are divemasters), collect your c-cards for photocopies, get your tee shirt sizes and wetsuit/bootie sizes (and yes, they have sizes up to 2xl in wetsuits for us larger, more beer-gut blessed divers).
2.) There's 2 tours a day: One at 4:30, and another at 5:30.
3.) You must be a certified diver. PADI gets a 5% discount.
4.) Florida Residents get a discount too. My dive was $120 with the FL resident discount and the PADI discount. CM's get a 35% discount.
5.) You will go backstage and see Disney Dumpsters and the HUGE mechanical filtration complex, but they won't let you close to the filters. They do point them out, however. They're large (about the size of one of those tanker cars on a train), and painted white.
When you enter the exhibit, you are led up a couple of stairs, through a hall and right into level 1 of Seabase Alpha (yeah, so those hydrolators DON'T go anywhere)..and escorted to the door to the left of the diver airlock thing.
Once there, you go through what's going to happen in the dive and sign some waivers basically saying if Marilyn the 6' Carribean Brown Shark attacks you, it's your fault and that you understand that all the wildlife in the tank is considered protected species under the Wildlife Protection Act. They show a video which is actually the first part of the video that you can buy for $35, and you can help yourself to some coke products on Disney's nickel (all proceeds go directly to the Disney Wildlife fund, so they don't make any money off the deal).
Then they take you to a locker room, where they have bags with your wetsuits (Body Glove 2.5mm shorties if anyone cares) and booties. The Mens Locker room was very nice, had kind of a burgandy tile motif going on. Each stall had a locking door like a bathroom stall with a small dressing area and a shower.
After changing and stowing your clothes in the provided lockers, they take you down to the observation area (the little tunnel with the circular area where they do the dolphin stuff). In the center of the circular area, there's a door and a stairwell. You can actually see this through the metal grating with the light off. You ascend the stairs and volia, you're at the staging area where they have the gear all laid out.
You meet with your divemaster and photographer who will give you instruction on what to expect and all that stuff. The photo shoot does last about 15 mins, and it's pretty much just a guided tour of the tank. You will be reminded not to touch or chase the wildlife, and that you're a cast member, so smile and entertain.
After that, the gear is donned, and it's into the water. They have a ledge that's about 4-5 feet wide and the water's about 3 feet deep, and it was very easy to get in and out of the gear.
The first item of business is getting the film of each diver swimming out of a coarl formation. Next it's over to by the Coral Reef Resturant where you swim through an arch. After that, it's over to the Igloo where you take out your regulator and take the mask off and yell something.. After that, it's open season, you can do whatever you want.
I spent a lot of time in front of the window harassing my new wife (this was a wedding gift for me, we were on our Honeymoon) through the observation window. They got some video of it and everything! Scary thing is, she's a non diver (we're working on that), and she understood my signals! lol.
Anyways, so one really magic moment was when this little girl, she must have been 2 or 3 was standing right next to my wife, and I looked down, and she was kissing the window.. so I popped my regulator out, and kissed her back through the glass.. The child's mom got the whole thing on film, and offered to snail mail my wife a copy of the picture: apparently that was the *BEST* thing to happen on their trip yet!
We had about 40 minutes of bottom time, and the time really flew. I've been on about 50 dives since I got my certification: I've been diving all over the world..from WWII wrecks the Pacific to giant octopus excursions in Puget sound.. and this has *GOT* to have been the best dive I've ever been on in terms of visibility and sheer lifeforms encountered.
Afterwards, we went back to the locker rooms and showered and changed. Then we went back to the room where we watched the video, offered more refreshments, and were given a certificate, a tee shirt, an opportunity to have our logs stamped, and shown the video. I spent the 35 bucks for the video so I could show my parents and sister (who is a disney nut, but that's another story), and besides, the money goes to the wildlife fund, so it's all good.
Some pointers if you're planning on doing Divequest.
1.) Take the 5:30 dive and book it early. There were 4 other people in my group. They will only allow 8 at a time, and from what I understand, the slots fill up early, and our group was just a fluke with it being Mother's Day the day before and all.
Though they tell you it's 30 mins, they will keep you in the tank as long as they can. Like I said, my dive was more like 40 minutes, and we passed the first group in the observation area.
2.) They don't allow any personal equipment except for masks.
3.) Show up *EARLY* at the Guest Relations Window. I was there at 5:10, and the divemasters were walking out to greet us.
4.) Bring your family, as they will video you with your family on the other side of the glass, which is really neat on their part..
5.) Remember to ask about the discounts..
Oops. I have pictures, too.. of me.. umm..they're not that good, but they're pictures..
here here and here.
I did the DiveQuest tour on that day. The lowdown is this:
1.) It's about 2.5 hours long and costs $140, all gear is provided, down to the "Mickey Spit" defog. There are discounts (see below). You should meet on the benches directly to the right of Guest Services (when you're facing Guest Services) outside the main gate. If you don't know, if you take a bus from another park, or the Monorail from MK, Guest Services is right there on your right. 2 CM's will come out (both are divemasters), collect your c-cards for photocopies, get your tee shirt sizes and wetsuit/bootie sizes (and yes, they have sizes up to 2xl in wetsuits for us larger, more beer-gut blessed divers).
2.) There's 2 tours a day: One at 4:30, and another at 5:30.
3.) You must be a certified diver. PADI gets a 5% discount.
4.) Florida Residents get a discount too. My dive was $120 with the FL resident discount and the PADI discount.
CM's get a 35% discount.5.) You will go backstage and see Disney Dumpsters and the HUGE mechanical filtration complex, but they won't let you close to the filters. They do point them out, however. They're large (about the size of one of those tanker cars on a train), and painted white.
When you enter the exhibit, you are led up a couple of stairs, through a hall and right into level 1 of Seabase Alpha (yeah, so those hydrolators DON'T go anywhere)..and escorted to the door to the left of the diver airlock thing.
Once there, you go through what's going to happen in the dive and sign some waivers basically saying if Marilyn the 6' Carribean Brown Shark attacks you, it's your fault and that you understand that all the wildlife in the tank is considered protected species under the Wildlife Protection Act. They show a video which is actually the first part of the video that you can buy for $35, and you can help yourself to some coke products on Disney's nickel (all proceeds go directly to the Disney Wildlife fund, so they don't make any money off the deal).
Then they take you to a locker room, where they have bags with your wetsuits (Body Glove 2.5mm shorties if anyone cares) and booties. The Mens Locker room was very nice, had kind of a burgandy tile motif going on. Each stall had a locking door like a bathroom stall with a small dressing area and a shower.
After changing and stowing your clothes in the provided lockers, they take you down to the observation area (the little tunnel with the circular area where they do the dolphin stuff). In the center of the circular area, there's a door and a stairwell. You can actually see this through the metal grating with the light off. You ascend the stairs and volia, you're at the staging area where they have the gear all laid out.
You meet with your divemaster and photographer who will give you instruction on what to expect and all that stuff. The photo shoot does last about 15 mins, and it's pretty much just a guided tour of the tank. You will be reminded not to touch or chase the wildlife, and that you're a cast member, so smile and entertain.
After that, the gear is donned, and it's into the water. They have a ledge that's about 4-5 feet wide and the water's about 3 feet deep, and it was very easy to get in and out of the gear.
The first item of business is getting the film of each diver swimming out of a coarl formation. Next it's over to by the Coral Reef Resturant where you swim through an arch. After that, it's over to the Igloo where you take out your regulator and take the mask off and yell something.. After that, it's open season, you can do whatever you want.
I spent a lot of time in front of the window harassing my new wife (this was a wedding gift for me, we were on our Honeymoon) through the observation window. They got some video of it and everything! Scary thing is, she's a non diver (we're working on that), and she understood my signals! lol.
Anyways, so one really magic moment was when this little girl, she must have been 2 or 3 was standing right next to my wife, and I looked down, and she was kissing the window.. so I popped my regulator out, and kissed her back through the glass.. The child's mom got the whole thing on film, and offered to snail mail my wife a copy of the picture: apparently that was the *BEST* thing to happen on their trip yet!
We had about 40 minutes of bottom time, and the time really flew. I've been on about 50 dives since I got my certification: I've been diving all over the world..from WWII wrecks the Pacific to giant octopus excursions in Puget sound.. and this has *GOT* to have been the best dive I've ever been on in terms of visibility and sheer lifeforms encountered.
Afterwards, we went back to the locker rooms and showered and changed. Then we went back to the room where we watched the video, offered more refreshments, and were given a certificate, a tee shirt, an opportunity to have our logs stamped, and shown the video. I spent the 35 bucks for the video so I could show my parents and sister (who is a disney nut, but that's another story), and besides, the money goes to the wildlife fund, so it's all good.
Some pointers if you're planning on doing Divequest.
1.) Take the 5:30 dive and book it early. There were 4 other people in my group. They will only allow 8 at a time, and from what I understand, the slots fill up early, and our group was just a fluke with it being Mother's Day the day before and all.
Though they tell you it's 30 mins, they will keep you in the tank as long as they can. Like I said, my dive was more like 40 minutes, and we passed the first group in the observation area.
2.) They don't allow any personal equipment except for masks.
3.) Show up *EARLY* at the Guest Relations Window. I was there at 5:10, and the divemasters were walking out to greet us.
4.) Bring your family, as they will video you with your family on the other side of the glass, which is really neat on their part..
5.) Remember to ask about the discounts..
Oops. I have pictures, too.. of me.. umm..they're not that good, but they're pictures..
here here and here.
jaylenofan86
New Member
That sounds cool! I'm thinking about getting certified soon!