Changes

Aside from minor changes to Sea Base Alpha, The Living Seas remained essentially unchanged until 1998 when United Technologies ended their sponsorship of the pavilion<ref name= "Martin"/>. With the end of United Technologies sponsorship, all references to the company were removed from the pavilion by the end of 1999<ref> http://www.intercot.com/EDC/LivingSeas/index.html </ref>. At this time, one of the two preshow theaters was also closed, in order to allow returning guests to skip the film altogether and move directly to the hydrolatorsHydrolators <ref name= "Martin"/>. Subsequently, in 2002 the Sea Cab SeaCab portion of the pavilion closed, with guests now walking from the Hydrolators, past the non-functioning Sea CabsCoral Reef Tank, and into Sea Base Alpha (of note is the fact that the SeaCabs remained intact after being discontinued, they were just boarded up)<ref name= "Martin"/>. With no sponsor, and a decrease decreasing in popularity, Disney decided that The Living Seas needed a new toneto change. In order to increase the pavilion’s popularity, Disney began to tie the popular 2003 film Finding Nemo into the exhibits in Sea Base Alpha. As part The integration of this new tie in, in 2004 Modules 1C and 1D were closed to Nemo into the public. When they reopened, the featured Bruce’s Shark World (living seas was done in 1D) and a new attraction [[Turtle Talk with Crush]] (in 1C). Turtle Talk With Crush was an interactive show that featured Disney's newest technology, four parts <ref name= "digital puppetryMartin"- which allowed guests to talk and interact with Crush the turtle from Finding Nemo. The new show proved to be extremely popular, quickly becoming the biggest draw in The Living Seas pavilion, and causing Sea Base Alpha to be overwhelmed by the crowds. Due to this unexpected popularity, Disney decided to retheme the entire Living Seas pavilion, and on August 21, 2005 the pavilion was closed/>.