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Updates to the Seas Pavilion
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Frigin Shanghai... (insert current money suck here).
BoarderPhreak
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The waves crashing outside were dry and dusty this past week when I was there. They couldn't even keep that going? 
V_L_Raptor
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Which, to be clear, is an overwrought hand puppet secured to the end of a Kuka arm.
It might be the only worthy show scene, but these animatronics, they ain't what they used to be...
Your joking?The waves crashing outside were dry and dusty this past week when I was there. They couldn't even keep that going?
BoarderPhreak
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Sadly, no. No water in sight. Just three lonely seagulls in the parching heat.
Though I don't see any water in this old photo... Was I imagining it all this time?
CaptainAmerica
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Is he broken? He was working in March, at least I think he was. He was flying all around. His blacklight could have used some adjusting, as you could see the arm, but he seemed to have a full range of motion.
V_L_Raptor
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On a completely different note, I'd like to see them build one of those land-based salmon farms and run tours. Maybe they could also run tours of their PV farm too? And hey, why not build a "Sun" pavilion built around a small concentrated solar facility. You could even call this new pavilion the Universe of Energy or something like that.
At one time, both Land and Living Seas were research stations in their own right, although the research angle was much more prominently displayed at Land. While their staff and facilities might still be useful to the wider research community, the truth is, a lot of researchers nowadays can find easier ways to study what they're interested in without having to haul to and from the Mouse's labs. At a higher end university, a researcher's startup budget could cover costs related to building apparatus like the anti-gravity spinner. If not, there's always room for interdisciplinary grants, and NSF (for one) really likes research with strong Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts sections. Epcot 8.0 concepts are really good for those kinds of things. I daresay it would take a lot of persuading (and probably additional funding, like, lots of it) to get a research professor to set up shop at Epcot at this point.
Meanwhile at Disney, like so much of Future World, these features became obsolete when management didn't opt for continual updates. They're not even trying to beef up that angle, nor will they for the foreseeable future. It's not as though there's a science and research festival planned to sell beer, after all...
Biff215
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Nope, there should be water consistently splashing across the rocks every few seconds, which is when the seagulls respond with their classic "Mine!".Sadly, no. No water in sight. Just three lonely seagulls in the parching heat.
Though I don't see any water in this old photo... Was I imagining it all this time?
ParksAndPixels
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- In the Parks
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Was there last week as well, no water effect.
BoarderPhreak
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That's what I thought. There were always waves crashing since The Living Seas.
Haymarket2008
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Someone on twitter posted a photo of a new neon-ish color scheme for the Seacab tunnels.
peter11435
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Who? Link?
Haymarket2008
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Sorry, it has gotten lost in the shuffle, my bad. It was the exterior of the tunnel. Someone took a picture from a viewing area.
Scuttle
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It’s off all the time. I’ve realistically seen it running about 5 out of my past 20 rides.
WondersOfLife
Blink, blink. Breathe, breathe. Day in, day out.
I would just like to point out that the Chum popping-out statue thing was working in full effect, and so was the Marlin+light fish thing animatronic, on May the 3rd.
JohnD
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Sadly, no. No water in sight. Just three lonely seagulls in the parching heat.
Though I don't see any water in this old photo... Was I imagining it all this time?
Dry! Dry! Dry!
WondersOfLife
Blink, blink. Breathe, breathe. Day in, day out.
The water here was also working on my trip May 3rd too.
trainplane3
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This anything to take note of? I'd think if it was a true refurb/removal, they'd put actual walls around it.
I feel that user is being a bit over dramatic...
I feel that user is being a bit over dramatic...
GlacierGlacier
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I've been there with curtains in place before. I've also been there when it was so dirty it really should have had curtains in place. I wouldn't worry.
HMF
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Indeed, The Living Seas died in 2006.