| The Seas with Nemo & Friends | |
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  The pavilion logo (top) used since 2019 on Epcot signage, inspired by the original logo of The Living Seas, and the attraction logo (bottom) used since 2007 | |
 Marquee and entrance to the pavilion | |
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| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | January 4, 2007 |
| Replaced | The Living Seas (Future World) |
| Ride statistics | |
| Attraction type | Aquarium/Dark ride |
| Manufacturer | Montgomery Watson |
| Designer | Walt Disney Imagineering |
| Theme | Finding Nemo, Underwater exploration base |
| Site area | 185,000 sq ft (17,200 m2) |
| Capacity | 2,200 riders per hour |
| Vehicle type | Omnimovers, styled as “clam mobiles” |
| Riders per vehicle | 2–3 |
| Tank size | • 5,700,000 US gallons (22,000 m3) • 793,000 US gallons (3,000 m3) kept in storage |
| Number of creatures | 8,500 |
| Audio-Animatronics | Yes |
 Lightning Lane available | |
 Wheelchair accessible | |
 Assistive listening available | |
| The Living Seas | |
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 The Living Seas logo (top) and marquee entrance to the pavilion (bottom) | |
| Epcot | |
| Area | Future World |
| Status | Removed |
| Opening date | January 15, 1986 |
| Closing date | August 21, 2005 |
| Replaced by | The Seas with Nemo & Friends (World Nature) |
| Ride statistics | |
| Attraction type | Aquarium |
| Designer | WED Enterprises |
| Theme | Underwater exploration base |
| Music | George Wilkins andRussell Brower[1] |
| Sponsor | United Technologies (1986–1998) |
| Wheelchair accessible | |
The Seas with Nemo & Friends (formerlyThe Living Seas) is a pavilion and aquarium located in theWorld Nature section ofEpcot, atheme park at theWalt Disney World Resort inBay Lake, Florida. The pavilion is themed as anoceanic exploration base called SeaBase Alpha, with several exhibits devoted to oceanic study. The building includes an aquarium and its attacheddark ride attraction, a talk show-type attraction calledTurtle Talk with Crush, and theCoral Reef Restaurant. With 5.7 million US gallons of tank volume, the pavilion is also the second-largest aquarium in the U.S. and theninth-largest in the world.
The Living Seas opened in 1986 but had been planned as part of the park since its opening in 1982.[2][3] The pavilion was re-themed in 2006 as The Seas with Nemo & Friends after the 2003 filmFinding Nemo.
The Living Seas opened to the public on January 15, 1986. It housed the largest saltwater tank in the world at its completion, holding 5.7 million US gallons (22,000,000 L) of water, but was surpassed in 2005 with the opening of theGeorgia Aquarium.[3][4] The concept of the building was to take visitors under the ocean to "Sea Base Alpha". Guests viewed a short movie about the formation of the oceans entitledThe Sea, which was followed by an elevator ride to the ocean floor aboard a "Hydrolator" (in reality, guests rode a stationary hydraulic elevator while moving walls, sound effects, and a vibrating floor gave the effect of traveling a long distance downward). Guests then boarded a Seacab on the Caribbean Coral Reef Ride and rode through the middle of the tank. They then disembarked into the main exhibit area where they could interact with various multimedia displays. Once finished, guests leaving the pavilion would then board another Hydrolator to the surface (which, similar to the first set of elevators, simulated upward motion).
The Living Seas was sponsored byUnited Technologies from its opening until 1998. After the departure of United Technologies as the sponsor of The Living Seas, significant changes were made to the pavilion. All sponsorship references were removed from the pavilion. Preshow theatre #2 was removed and a corridor was built through its space, allowing guests to bypass the preshow if they wished to go directly to the Hydrolators.
On October 21, 2001, as a result of declining patronage following theSeptember 11 attacks, the Seacabs closed down and were walled off. The queue of the Seacab ride was left intact and the Seacabs were still visible to guests through the ocean tank windows. After they closed, guests leaving the Hydrolators walked along the former wheelchair bypass corridor to Sea Base Alpha. Now, guests had the option of viewing the preshow or going directly to the Hydrolators and simply walking to Sea Base Alpha.
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In December 2003, Disney began to re-theme The Living Seas into a new pavilion based on the recently releasedPixar filmFinding Nemo. The majority of the transformation began with exterior elements, but in January 2004, the interior began to change as well. On November 16, 2004,Turtle Talk with Crush opened in what was once Module 1C, or the Earth Systems exhibit. The show's unexpected success overwhelmed the pavilion, causing the development of plans to move Turtle Talk with Crush to a larger area in the pavilion.
Turtle Talk with Crush was only the beginning of changes to The Living Seas. On August 21, 2005, The Living Seas closed for its transformation intoThe Seas with Nemo & Friends. Parts of the pavilion reopened in late November 2005. Outside the pavilion, the facade and mural were changed and depictions of sea life seen inFinding Nemo were added. The exit Hydrolators had been removed and were replaced with glass doors that served as an exit and temporary entrance. Sea Base Alpha had been re-themed toFinding Nemo and the entire original preshow area was in the process of being rebuilt. Decor and signage were replaced and scientific displays were replaced by ones themed toFinding Nemo. Turtle Talk with Crush remained as popular as it was before the transformation.
Throughout 2006, construction walls hid the preshow area which was undergoing reconstruction. With the former Sea Base Alpha open, work progressed on the new queue areas and the Seacabs were being rebuilt as a new "Clamobile" attraction. The remaining Living Seas preshow theater, entrance Hydrolators, holding areas, and Seacabs queue were all completely removed and replaced by a new themed queue area. Hydrolator Three and Theater 1 were replaced by a number of new dark ride sets. The former Seacabs ride was lengthened by 280 feet (85 m) through the space formerly used by the preshow theatre, but the final section still took place inside the tank. A new projection technology was added to the tank and the new show scenes. The existing Seacabs were given aclamshell shape and renamed "Clamobiles". ThreeAudio-Animatronicseagulls were also added to the entrance. They periodically flap their wings and say "Mine! Mine! Mine!", just like the seagulls do inFinding Nemo.
On October 10, 2006, the construction walls in front of the entrance to The Living Seas, now The Seas with Nemo & Friends, were removed. The temporary entrance was removed from the exit. Turtle Talk With Crush was removed from Module 1C, and relocated to the second preshow theater, which had been unused since 1999 when it had been broken up by the bypass corridor following United Technologies' discontinuation of sponsorship. Module 1A was turned into a pre-show space for the expanded Turtle Talk With Crush, with its exhibits moving to 1C, while a new queue line corridor was built from the module into the existing theater space using a backstage fire exit. The Seas with Nemo & Friends was rededicated on January 24, 2007.
It was the first Epcot Pavilion to be based on a Disney animated movie property, and only the second Epcot attraction to use characters from the movies (The Lion King-basedCircle of Life: An Environmental Fable atThe Land Pavilion's Harvest Theater was the first, opening in 1995 replacingSymbiosis).
In late 2019, new directory signage was installed in Seabase Alpha, restoring the former Living Seas logo, as the pavilion was now renamed "The Seas" Pavilion.[5]
In September 2023, the three audio-animatronic seagulls found at the entrance were removed. The characters on the facade of the attraction were also removed and the pavilion was repainted back to its original color scheme during this time.[6] On July 22, 2025, it was announced that Diver Look-Out Chambers would return in the Seas Pavilion, which was became part of the section of World Nature at EPCOT, since the demonstration was being temporarily closed and the Future World area was permanently closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic for five years ago.[7]
On August 3, 2025, it was announced that changed the name ofSeaBase intoSeaBase Aquarium as a new entrance sign of the gift shop, in the Seas Pavilion, which was became part of the section of World Nature at EPCOT.[8]
This pavilion has a backstage VIP room that is used for private events, such as weddings and conventions. The room is long and curved with wood-paneled walls. One side has floor-to-ceiling windows into the aquarium. The room also has anacrylic glass see-through piano.
Although fairly simple technology, there are some amazing effects throughout the pavilion. In the room where Marlin gets chased by an anglerfish, there are 2 robotic arms holding the animatronics together so they look like they're chasing each other. Another effect is in the finale where a projector from the ceiling projects the fictional fish into the real aquarium so it looks like Nemo and his friends are swimming with the real fish. Turtle Talk with Crush features an effect where there are hidden cameras, along with a cast member using a puppet to simulate the movement of the digital turtle. Whenever a guest raises a hand or asks a question, the cast member looks through the hidden camera and reacts to the guest, moving the puppet to simulate the digital turtle.
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