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/* The Living Seas Presented By United Technologies (1986-1998) */
===The Living Seas Presented By United Technologies (1986-1998)===
[[Image:Seasentrance.jpg|350px|thumb|The entrance to The Living Seas prior to the 2005 refurbishment. Photo Michael Grey.]]
The Living Seas officially opened to guests on . On hand for the pavilion's Grand Opening were Disney president Frank Wells (who cut the opening ribbon inside the pavilion's 5.7 million-gallon tank), chairman Michael Eisner, Florida Governor Bob Graham, United Technologies chairman Harry Gray and Roy E. Disney <ref> http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-01-16/news/0190190142_1_walt-disney-disney-productions-living-seas </ref>.
The completed Living Seas pavilion was unique among the original EPCOT Center pavilion's in that it did not house a "feature attraction". Instead, the pavilion was made up a series of interconnected smaller attractions, concluding with guests arrival at the futuristic underwater research station [[SeaBase Alpha]]. The Living Seas pavilion began with guests entering a winding queue that featured artifacts from the history of sea travel. They would then enter the first preshow where they watched a slideshow touting United Technologies. Following the slideshow, guests would walk into another theater, where they were shown the 6 minuted film "The Sea". This movie showed guests how water made life on earth possible, while also touching on how humanity's understanding of the seas has developed. After the film, guests exited to the Hydrolators, which were "sea elevators" designed to take 30 guests "below the surface". Exiting the Hydrolators, guests would then board their "SeaCabs" and travel on the Caribbean Coral Reef Ride through the pavilion's Caribbean Coral Reef Aquarium (thus the name of the ride) to SeaBase Alpha.
