Living Seas Ride!!!

[roysta123]

I was just reading the new aqua seas tour review on wdwig.com and it says that the ride at the living seas will reopen with a Nemo theme. Read it for yourself at http://www.wdwig.com/tour_aqua2.htm

:sohappy: :sohappy: :sohappy:

 

[Katherine]

Awesome! I'm so excited that is probably one of my favorite pavilions!:sohappy:

 

[Yecats]

It's great to see that they are doing something with this pavillion! This used to be one of my favorites years ago when the ride was there.

 

[GaryT977]

Can't WAIT! :sohappy:

I've really missed the ride portion of this attraction. I'm a little curious how they plan to add a Nemo them to it. Some kind of underwater animatronics?

 

[DMC-12]

Originally posted by GaryT977
Can't WAIT! :sohappy:

I've really missed the ride portion of this attraction. I'm a little curious how they plan to add a Nemo them to it. Some kind of underwater animatronics?

I was thinking about maybe an Image projected on the glass (or is it plastic?).

Great to hear that the Sea Cabs wil be put back in operation... and that the Living Seas is getting some much needed attention. :sohappy: :sohappy:

 

[garyhoov]

Cool! That's one of those little details that has just made me feel like I was missing something the past few years.:sohappy:

 

[GaryT977]

Maybe they're just going to change the film(s)?

 

[CTXRover]

A new film would make a lot of sense and would be an easy and great way to introduce Nemo to the Living Seas. Sort of like an "underwater tour guide". This would involve more money and may alter the whole Sea Base idea, but what if the ride vehicles for the short ride became Nemo's? You know, like how we ride in Dumbo in the Dumbo ride, but instead we would ride in a vehicle that looked like Nemo.

 

[niteobsrvr]

Originally posted by DMC-12
I was thinking about maybe an Image projected on the glass (or is it plastic?).

Great to hear that the Sea Cabs wil be put back in operation... and that the Living Seas is getting some much needed attention. :sohappy: :sohappy:

From what I have been told, the sea cabs are not going to be put back into operation. In fact, they have been dismantled. Instead another new ride building will be placed between the seas and the land.

 

[josh_e_washie]

Yes...I hate to rain on the parade...but I think we need some....well...'official proof' of this...I don't think that they will be put back into operation if they were dismatled. Although, believe me...I WOULD LOVE to see them in operation again!!!!

 

[DMC-12]

Originally posted by niteobsrvr
From what I have been told, the sea cabs are not going to be put back into operation. In fact, they have been dismantled. Instead another new ride building will be placed between the seas and the land.

Huh? I was going by what was said in on the link supplied by the roysta123,..... at wdwig:

"The guide did explain that the ride portion of the Living Seas would be reopening with a Nemo theme from the movie NEMO."

*shrug*

And as far as I know... the rumored location for Soarin was to be between seas and land... but its not... its going on the other side of the land.

I am all confused now... lol

 

[Dr Albert Falls]

I highly doubt the SeaCabs were removed-- DiveQuest divers have recently reported seeing them in the tunnel, and Disney wouldn't spend money ripping out a system until they knew its future.

Even so--- it doesn't matter whether the SeaCabs were removed. The vehicles/track will likely be redesigned before Nemo is installed.

There are two reasons they closed the SeaCabs:

1) The open-door design encouraged too many people to step out of the vehicle, triggering an automatic E-Stop.

2) It made little sense to spend money on staff and maintainence on a ride that lasted 2 minutes, going past the same visuals you could see upstairs.

Originally, the "undersea tunnels" was to be the climax of a much longer dark ride. To contain costs, the dark ride was replaced with the film-- while strangely retaining the seemingly pointless ride through the tunnels.

IF (and that's a big IF) Nemo is going to be a dark ride, Disney will hopefully expand the ride track through the current theater space--just as it was originally designed.

However, if budget-cutters prevail once again, I won't be too disappointed if The Living Seas gets a new film---- and the old ride "tunnel" is carpeted and turned into a walk-thru.

For more history about The Living Seas, check out:

http://www.intercot.com/edc/LivingSeas/lsconstr.html

 

[GaryT977]

Originally posted by niteobsrvr
From what I have been told, the sea cabs are not going to be put back into operation. In fact, they have been dismantled.

Dismantled doesn't necessarily mean destroyed. I would think that they could be re-assembled and modified to stop the e-stops from happening.