The show that would eventually develop into Turtle Talk with Crush, began as a prototype at Walt Disney Imagineering's Research and Development lab <ref name= "wdwmagic"> http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/turtle-talk-with-crush/news/16nov2004-turtle-talk-with-crush-press-release.htm </ref>. Following the success of the Stitch Phone booth that Disney R&D installed in Innoventions at Disneyland, Disney began to look into other interactive experiences <ref> http://www.parkworld-online.com/joe-garlington-i-turned-interactive-design-into-a-speciality/ </ref>. According to Disney, the project began with a challange to "challenge to give guests a way to personally interact with Crush from his animated, undersea world" <ref name= "wdw"/>. After three years of development, Imagineering created the show Turtle Talk with Crush. This new attraction was a product of Disney's Living Character Initiative (a program that would later produce the [[Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor]].
Turtle Talk with Crush opened on November 16, 2004 in the Living Seas pavilion <ref> https://www.mouseplanet.com/guide/584/Walt-Disney-World/Epcot/Future-World/Turtle-Talk-with-Crush </ref>. The new interactive show was initially housed in Sea Base Alpha's Module C <ref name= “book”"book"> Pedersen, R. A. The EPCOT Explorer's Encyclopedia:. United States: Epcyclopedia, 2011. Print. </ref> . The immense popularity of the show, led to the entire Living Seas pavilion being closed in August 2005. Although the majority of the pavilion would remain closed until October 10, 2006, Turtle Talk with Crush reopened in November 2005 <ref name= “book”"book"/>. Once the rest of [[The Seas with Nemo & Friends]] (as the pavilion was now named) reopened, Turtle Talk with Crush was moved to a larger theater <ref name= “book”"book"/>.
On May 6, 2016 characters from the Disney Pixar film Finding Dory were incorporated into Turtle Talk with Crush. These characters include: Dory, Destiny the whale shark, Bailey the beluga whale and Hank the "septopus" <ref> http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/turtle-talk-with-crush/news/06may2016-characters-from-the-upcoming-finding-dory-movie-now-appearing-in-turtle-talk-with-crush.htm </ref>