BradyBzLyn...Mo 2,023 Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 From the Disney Parks Blog... Vintage Epcot: A Return to Seabase Alphaposted on September 6th, 2012 by Nate Rasmussen, Archivist, Marketing Resource CenterI’m a huge fan of The Seas with Nemo & Friends attraction at Epcot where you can interact with the stars of the hit Disney•Pixar film, but there is one thing I miss about the original The Living Seas Pavilion – the hydrolater.Iconic to The Living Seas Pavilion, this 20 passenger capsule elevator took guests on a 30-second trip to the ocean floor where they experienced water rushing by as electronic indicators measured the progress of their decent while the floor beneath them was shaking.This 185,000 square-foot pavilion that opened in 1986 is home to a coral reef environment that holds 5.7 million gallons of seawater. When guests disembarked at Seabase Alpha (now known just as Seabase), they explored a model undersea research facility.The previous queue at The Living Seas had artifacts that had a more nautical feel than the beach queue guests encounter today.While saying “dude” as much as possible is today’s norm when leaving The Seas with Nemo & Friends attraction, I still like to yell out “the deluge” when it downpours here in Florida. Those two words are still memorable all these years later from the original The Living Seas preshow.As the 30th anniversary of Epcot approaches, read more about the history of the park in the posts below:Vintage Epcot: A Look Back at Epcot’s CommuniCoreVintage Walt Disney World: The Tower of Life Debuts at EpcotVintage Walt Disney World: Honoring the London 2012 Games at Epcothttp://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2012/09/vintage-epcot-a-return-to-seabase-alpha/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Total Joker ... TJ 203 Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 Ah yes, I remember it well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kampfirekim 260 Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 OHhhh I loved the Hydrolators! :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ftwildernessguy 778 Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 The queue was great. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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