Updates to the Seas Pavilion

[Scott the Lawyer]

Would you say it/the area would be worth a 4 hour drive?

Definitely worth it - ton to do, lots of outdoors, world class hiking and rock climbing, and other attractions. But I don't want people to yell at us for not talking about The Seas with Nemo so feel free to DM me to discuss.

 

[Little Green Men]

TLS has a good queue. The ride is a horrible let down. And the current post-show area is basically devoid of anything other than looking at fish. And a gift shop.

Hardly. Sea base is full of activity and exhibits

 

[HauntedPirate]

Hardly. Sea base is full of activity and exhibits

Hardly. Turtle Talk - Closed. Bruce's Shark World - Closed. You could walk around and look at fish, that's it. Unless the signs I saw posted last week were incorrect.

 

[Little Green Men]

Hardly. Turtle Talk - Closed. Bruce's Shark World - Closed. You could walk around and look at fish, that's it. Unless the signs I saw posted last week were incorrect.

Maybe with Covid you mean but normally that isn’t the case

 

[HauntedPirate]

Maybe with Covid you mean but normally that isn’t the case

Thus the reason I said “The current post-show area...”. Normally it has plenty of things to do, I agree.

 

[Little Green Men]

Thus the reason I said “The current post-show area...”. Normally it has plenty of things to do, I agree.

My apologies I misunderstood then

 

[trainplane3]

Would someone like to clean the ceiling? Also, it seemed to be darker then normal in there? Might just be me but some of the upper lighting is out.

Coming back to this over a year later I'm glad to say (nearly) all the ceiling lighting is functional and some light cleaning around the vents was done:

(top image, the lighting should be one section longer on the left)

While it is a case of regular maintenance and upkeep, I'm glad to see the lighting is all working instead of a lot of random lights being burnt out.

 

[castlecake2.0]

Was just watching @marni1971 ’s tribute again and noticing how so much of the exhibits are just gone. With Disneynature and National Geographic’s huge source of content it would be nice if they could update/add back some displays and exhibits. Like a poster said further back, there’s not much to do other than look at fish after the ride.

We could fund it by turning the corporate lounge into a bar. Boom done.

 

[DoleWhipDrea]

Was just watching @marni1971 ’s tribute again and noticing how so much of the exhibits are just gone. With Disneynature and National Geographic’s huge source of content it would be nice if they could update/add back some displays and exhibits. Like a poster said further back, there’s not much to do other than look at fish after the ride.

We could fund it by turning the corporate lounge into a bar. Boom done.

Yes! There's so much more that Disney can do now with National Geographic, so much good that they could do (and, yes, sell.)

And the bar/lounge could be the new "Wave" that's rumored to be getting re-themed at the Contemporary. Or call it SeaBase Alpha and make us classic EPCOT fans happy.

 

[jmuboy]

I’m all for adding a bar to pay for exhibit refreshes!

 

[castlecake2.0]

I’m all for adding a bar to pay for exhibit refreshes!

It’s such a beautiful space, and I know they rent it out for special events, but still surprised they haven’t put it into daily operation. Could even go Space220 route and add a hydrolator entrance experience to it to really generate some traffic.

 

[TikibirdLand]

I’m all for adding a bar to pay for exhibit refreshes!

What? Not enough of 'em around WS?

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

It’s such a beautiful space, and I know they rent it out for special events, but still surprised they haven’t put it into daily operation. Could even go Space220 route and add a hydrolator entrance experience to it to really generate some traffic.

Yeah but you have to take an elevator to go up. And you enter on the ground floor and wind up in Seabase Alpha. So a hydrolator (being an actual elevator this time) would take you up, meaning you were below the ocean floor to begin with somehow. It'd take some clever tricks to make that one work.

 

[Bocabear]

It is a shame it is missing the kinetics of the diver tube in the middle... It was fascinating to watch and added so much to the belief you were actually in Seabase Alpha... Now it is a building with an aquarium...

 

[castlecake2.0]

Yeah but you have to take an elevator to go up. And you enter on the ground floor and wind up in Seabase Alpha. So a hydrolator (being an actual elevator this time) would take you up, meaning you were below the ocean floor to begin with somehow. It'd take some clever tricks to make that one work.

Just make the drinks good and people will forget all about the technicalities

 

[Little Green Men]

It is a shame it is missing the kinetics of the diver tube in the middle... It was fascinating to watch and added so much to the belief you were actually in Seabase Alpha... Now it is a building with an aquarium...

That's still there

 

[peter11435]

It is a shame it is missing the kinetics of the diver tube in the middle... It was fascinating to watch and added so much to the belief you were actually in Seabase Alpha... Now it is a building with an aquarium...

That has never been removed and is still used

 

[Bocabear]

That's still there

But I have not seen them actually use it in years...

 

[mikejs78]

But I have not seen them actually use it in years...

I have as recently as 2019.

 

[Haymarket2008]

Judging by the Epcot Experience model, (I know, not the BEST thing to go off of nowadays) but will the mural on the entrywave be restored to the original sunset on the horizon from The Living Seas days? It exists on the model, which I find interesting.