JustInTime
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I think I would be incredibly upset if it left myself.
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Small Epcot Update: 3/07/11
- Thread starter thelookingglass
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I think I would be incredibly upset if it left myself.
I think the saddest part is that most of the aspects of SeaBase are still there and performed daily:
The scuba demonstration in the big tube is performed multiple times a day, a dolphin presentation 3 times a day, the fish feed twice a day, scuba divers and scuba Mickey, etc. Its also still the second largest aquarium in the world (by size, not number of creatures), yet the guide map doesn't even mention any of this. Its all downplayed by the Nemo ride.
jlg263
Member
Really? They still do the scuba demonstration?? I've wondered but I haven't been able to catch it going on in years! I did notice water in the tube, but wasn't sure if that was just for show.
007mickey
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I still remember when my oldest son was 5 or 6 just being amazed at the little lights in the concrete as he bent down trying to figure out "where'd they go?" as they faded in and out. Sometimes it's the little things...
plutoismyhero
Active Member
could this be the start of a re-imagining of inoventions???
even though it does not need it as much as DHS and AK need it
Ya definately agree. Nice to see EPCOT get some love but would like somethings to happen to DHS soon.
Disneydreamer23
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I hope they do some thing totally cool!!
PalisadesPkteer
Active Member
And HMF says YES
If they move the whirly gigs into the planters that are already there to just reuse them would be OK. But getting those things out of the walkways
Hurray!!!!!
Now just destroy those awful Tarps and we can have open walkways again, (Maybe they thought they should do this because of what they are doing at the MK with the old FL skyway station area.To improve traffic flow for people in the park)
Now just build or repurpose an area and take either the whole LAL stones or just the tiles in a new display there so we can have an open area at the front as well.
Amen to that! Especially Nemo!
JEANYLASER
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nemo needs to go and bring back the old Living seas!
HMF
Well-Known Member
What if it was replaced with something better?:animwink:
artdeco
Member
Liking the clean-cut look and glad someone finally asked this. The fiber optic lighting in the sidewalks is an effect that still looks great (lackluster maintenance notwithstanding). I'd like to see the moving patterns and the twinkling star fields retained and restored.
Yep, all of that stuff is still done several times a day.
Really? You want the annoyingly long pre-show and 1 minute ride back?
Lets look at it without nostalgia colored glasses: it wasn't that good.
PalisadesPkteer
Active Member
Hey if they start ripping out the Tarps someone tell me OK.
I will come down there just to watch them get ripped out of EPCOT!
Yea, I'll be the one jumping up and down yelling HURRAY, handing out leaflets on how this is the day EPCOT was saved from the evil Tarps and high five everyone in sight.
Raven, get some photos or video of this if it happens.
I will come down there just to watch them get ripped out of EPCOT!
Yea, I'll be the one jumping up and down yelling HURRAY, handing out leaflets on how this is the day EPCOT was saved from the evil Tarps and high five everyone in sight.
Raven, get some photos or video of this if it happens.
brookelizabeth
Member
I'm a lurker here, but had to share...
Rode Nemo tonight, the scenes at the end with the aquariums were bright...you could see the real fish, I've never seen it lit up! My husband thought maybe they just turn on the aquarium lights at night and we've only ridden during the day? Can anyone confirm? Or, was it once lit up, but was dark for years? My son was enchanted seeing all the fish "with Nemo". We even saw the dolphin swim by.
Also, the giant fish with the teeth and light bulb thing on him, I swear that had just been a screen all these years, but tonight he almost lept into our clam mobile! Has it always been a robotic arm and I just truly never noticed?
It was a wayyyy cooler ride with these added!
And on the plaza talk, we miss the whirligigs.
Rode Nemo tonight, the scenes at the end with the aquariums were bright...you could see the real fish, I've never seen it lit up! My husband thought maybe they just turn on the aquarium lights at night and we've only ridden during the day? Can anyone confirm? Or, was it once lit up, but was dark for years? My son was enchanted seeing all the fish "with Nemo". We even saw the dolphin swim by.
Also, the giant fish with the teeth and light bulb thing on him, I swear that had just been a screen all these years, but tonight he almost lept into our clam mobile! Has it always been a robotic arm and I just truly never noticed?
It was a wayyyy cooler ride with these added!
And on the plaza talk, we miss the whirligigs.
The scenes with the Nemo characters in the real tank has always been that way. Did you perhaps ride really late at night when the aquarium lights were turned off?
Also, the Angler Fish has always been on a robotic arm, it just wasn't working for a while.
Also, the Angler Fish has always been on a robotic arm, it just wasn't working for a while.
MarkTwain
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Undecided on the whirligigs. Part of me likes them for bringing some kinetics to Innoventions Plaza, part of me agrees that they are simply visual clutter that looks like something you might find in the food court of your local shopping mall. On the other hand, there are some much more attractive ways of bringing kinetics in.
Agree with everyone that says the tarps must come down... and more importantly, the big ugly poles that hold them up.
As for Nemo... it wasn't that the ride was great before, it was that the concept was so much more inspiring and EPCOT like. I agree that the ride/pavilion needed a redo, but I would have liked to see more of a technological and experiential upgrade to the existing concept then yanking it out in favor of Nemo.
Agree with everyone that says the tarps must come down... and more importantly, the big ugly poles that hold them up.
As for Nemo... it wasn't that the ride was great before, it was that the concept was so much more inspiring and EPCOT like. I agree that the ride/pavilion needed a redo, but I would have liked to see more of a technological and experiential upgrade to the existing concept then yanking it out in favor of Nemo.
Thrill Seeker
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If you look from the monorail, they are all sitting backstage over by Universe of Energy...
Mickey_777
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True that. I wouldn't get on the ride if it ever went back to being just an aquarium style attraction. I go to Disney, for the most part, cause it's "Disney".
TestTrack
Active Member
I definitely agree that the old living seas wasn't that good. However, it fit with Epcot. Right now to me The Seas with Nemo sticks out oddly front its signage out front being overly cartoony with the lovable but random "mine" birds. It's just an odd addition.
I would much rather see the area revamped with a new ride design. Keep the ride through the aquarium...its nice and relaxing...but have an addition "deep sea" simulator or something inside.