Changes

Due to this change in tone as well as logistical issues, construction on The Living Seas was pushed back. Before construction began however, the layout of the Living Seas was altered. This was either due to a change in tone or the unwillingness of of the pavilions sponsor United Technologies to fund the elaborate pavilion <ref name= "Martin"/>. Instead of the extensive dark ride that would have led guests to Sea Base Alpha, a preshow video and short trip through the aquarium were instead installed <ref name= "Martin"/>.. The pavilion was now designed with essentially two parts: the large Coral Reef tankAquarium, and Sea Base Alpha, where guests could look at the future of underwater research ref name= "Martin"/>. After a series of setbacks, construction on The Living Seas began in March of 1984, and the pavilion opened to the public on January 15, 1986 <ref name= "Martin"/>.

When The Living Seas opened it featured three connected attractions, and the Coral Reef Restaurant. After winding their way through the queue (where guests could see historical artifacts from the history of sea exploration), guests watched a short film called The Seas. This movie showed how water made life possible on earth, and also how humanity's understanding of the seas have developed. After watching the short film, guests entered the Hydrolators, which were elevators that took guests "down" to the ocean floor (although in actuality they did only went down two inches) before they were loaded into their Sea Cabs for the Caribbean Coral Reef Ride. The Caribbean Coral Reef Ride took guests through the ocean's depths (the Coral Reef TankAquarium) in omnimover fashion, to Sea Base Alpha. Once at Sea Base Alpha, guests could explore various interactive exhibits that allowed them to learn about marine life, and the technology that made underwater research possible. From Sea Base Alpha, guests could also look out into the various tanks. After exploring Sea Base Alpha, guests could enter another set of Hydrolators and exit the pavilion.

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 Hydrolators <ref name= "Martin"/>. Subsequently, in 2002 the SeaCab Caribbean Coral Reef Ride portion of the pavilion closed, with guests now walking from the Hydrolators, past the Coral Reef TankAquarium, 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"/>.

In December 2003, references to Nemo began to appear through the pavilion, especially in the gift shop <ref name= "Martin"/>. Next, in January 2004 Module 1C and 1D in SeaBase Sea Base Alpha were closed<ref name= "Martin"/>. When the modules reopened they were replaced by "Bruce’s Shark World" (in Module 1D) and a new attraction [[Turtle Talk with Crush]] (in Module IC) <ref> Epcot Encyclopedia </ref>. Turtle Talk With Crush was an interactive show that featured Disney's newest technology, "digital puppetry"-which allowed guests to talk and interact with Crush the Turtle from Finding Nemo. The new show proved to be so popular that Disney decided to integrate Nemo into the entire Living Seas pavilion. In order to do this, on August 21, 2005 the entire pavilion closed to the public<ref name= "Martin"/>.

On November 23, 2005, the SeaBase Sea Base Alpha half of the Seas pavilion reopened <ref name= "Martin"/>. During the refurbishment, the exit hydrolators were removed from the pavilion, and guests now (temporarily) entered and exited through large glass doors <ref name= "Martin"/>. The Sea Base, as it was now called, had been completely remodeled. New signs and decor were added, and the previously scientific exhibits were replaced by Finding Nemo themed ones<ref name= "Martin"/>.

Although Sea Base - and thus Turtle Talk with Crush - was operational by November, the front half of the pavilion remained closed.In this area, Imagineers were hard at work creating a new dark ride attraction, "The Seas with Nemo and Friends". The new attraction was constructed in the location that had previously housed one of the pavilion's preshow theaters, the Hydrolators, the holding areas, and the queue for the old SeaCab attraction Caribbean Coral Reef Ride that took guests through the Coral Reef Tank Aquarium in the SeaCabs <Ref name= "Martin"/>. The Seas with Nemo and Freinds's queue replaced the Hydrolator portion of the attraction. The removal of the third Hydrolator as well as the preshow theater allowed Imagineers to install 9 new dark ride scenes <Ref name= "Martin"/>. In order to extend the original SeaCab Caribbean Coral Reef Ride track to include these new scenes, 280 ft of additional track was installed<Ref name= "Martin"/>.The SeaCabs themselves were remodeled into "Clamobiles" that took guests through the story.

'''Epcot DiveQuest'''- Epcot DiveQuest is 3 hour experience that certified SCUBA divers can take. The experience is broken up into three parts, a 40 minute under water underwater tour in the Caribbean Coral ReefAquarium, a backstage tour, and free time. Guests must be at least 10 years old to participate in Epcot DiveQuest

'''Caribbean Coral Reef Ride (aka The SeaCabs)'''- The short omnimover attraction allowed guests to board SeaCabs and take a ride through Caribbean Coral Reef Aquarium to Sea Base Alpha. While on board the ride vehicles, guests could get a 270 degree view of the large aquarium. The Caribbean Coral Reef ride closed to guests in 2001. Following their closure, guests simply walked down a corridor to Sea Base Alpha.