SeaBase
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Land
Attraction type
Theme
Finding Nemo (2007-)Opening date
SeaBase is an aquarium located atThe Seas with Nemo & Friends area atthe Seas Pavilion atEpcot. The attraction originally opened asSeaBase Alpha alongside its predecessorThe Living Seas prior to its name being shortened to simply as "SeaBase" since the opening of "The Seas with Nemo & Friends" area at the attraction.
History[]
Pre-2007 revamp[]
The pre-2007 revamp of the aquarium.
The Living Seas first opened onJanuary 15,1986, where the exit of the attraction consisted of the SeaBase Alpha aquarium, where guests disembarked from their vehicles to explore the aquarium. Guests could explore the largest saltwater tank in the world consisting of various sorts of marine life seen in the aquarium interior. This, however, was surpassed in2005 since the opening ofGeorgia Aquarium, where it exhibited the largest saltwater aquarium in the world consisting of various assorted marine life. Also featured in the original incarnation of the SeaBase attraction was a 20-passenger elevator that took guests a 30-second trip to the ocean floor, while the floor beneath them was shaking. The original incarnation additionally included a model undersea research facility, which was not in the post-2007 revamp.
As of December2003, Disney began to retheme the Living Seas attraction based on the recently-releasedDisney/Pixar animated film,Finding Nemo, resulting in a transformation to the pavilion itself as of January2004. The attractionTurtle Talk with Crush was added into the aquarium's interior onNovember 16,2004, replacing the former Module 1C (or Earth Systems) exhibit, which resulted in a success in a plan to move the attraction to a larger area of the pavilion. The attraction used in the facility was only the beginning of revamping The Living Seas. The Living Seas, alongside the SeaBase Alpha aquarium, closed for a major refurbishment. Turtle Talk with Crush moved into a larger space following the transformation of "The Living Seas" to "The Seas with Nemo & Friends", which opened onJanuary 4,2007.
Post-2007 revamp[]
After one year and five months of closure in the facility, SeaBase had a major transformation onJanuary 4,2007, making it the first Pavilion to be dedicated to an animated movie property, as well as the second Epcot attraction to be based on an animated movie (in this case,Finding Nemo); the first one wasCircle of Life: An Environmental Fable themed after the1994Disney animated film,The Lion King atThe Land Pavilion since its opening in1995, replacingSymbiosis. Like in its predecessor, guests disembark from the attraction into the aquarium where they come across one of the world's largest saltwater aquarium tanks all across the interior of the aquarium. The capsule elevator that provided a 30-second trip to the ocean floor in this current incarnation of the attraction has been removed as of today.
Attraction summary[]
The SeaBase aquarium is encountered when guests disembark from their vehicles fromthe Seas with Nemo & Friends and is themed after the2003Disney/Pixar animated feature film,Finding Nemo. All around the aquarium are various marine animal exhibits, including one of the largest saltwater aquarium tanks in the world. Other exhibits featured in the interior of the building consist ofdolphins,manatees,sharks,stingrays, and various other assorted fish where guests can experience the aquarium and like in any aquarium, signages are displayed to give guests information about the animals seen inside the SeaBase aquarium. Aside from viewing the animal exhibits, the interior of the building also houses theTurtle Talk with Crush attraction, an interactive show where guests can interact withCrush fromFinding Nemo.
As of 2019, the original Living Seas logo was restored on a new directory signage in the SeaBase area, causing the World Nature pavilion to be renamed The Seas Pavilion.[1]
Beginning in2020, a scavenger hunt attraction titled "Finding Dory's Friends" (themed after the2016 Disney/Pixar filmFinding Dory, the sequel toFinding Nemo) was added inside the aquarium's interior, where guests must search around the aquarium to look for answers by placing stickers on the outlines of animals on the booklet which they pick up[2].
Trivia[]
- Notably enough, The Living Seas (which housed the SeaBase Alpha containing the world's largest saltwater aquarium tank) closed onAugust 21,2005 for a major refurbishment, three months beforeGeorgia Aquarium (which curiously had the world's largest saltwater tank surpassing the size of SeaBase's largest aquarium tank) opened onNovember 23 on that same year.
References[]
- ↑Figueroa, Jessica (October 11,2019). "PHOTOS: The Living Seas Pavilion Logo Returns on Sleek New..." (en-US). WDW News Today.
- ↑Info about Finding Dory's Friends
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