EPCOT's The Seas with Nemo and Friends debuts a fresh color palette

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Exterior refurbishment at The Seas with Nemo and Friends - September 28 2023

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Posted: Friday September 29, 2023 8:16am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

The Seas with Nemo and Friends pavilion at EPCOT is getting a makeover, which sees the light blue color covering most of the exterior replaced with beige.

Exterior refurbishment at The Seas with Nemo and Friends - September 28 2023

As part of the exterior refurbishment, the squawking "Mine!" seagulls have been removed, and the water splash effect is currently deactivated. Some of the fish on the mural wall have also been removed.

Exterior refurbishment at The Seas with Nemo and Friends - September 28 2023

The new paint scheme at the exit area is mostly complete.

Exterior refurbishment at The Seas with Nemo and Friends - September 28 2023

The work on The Seas pavilion is taking place just ahead of the official opening of Journey of Water Inspired by Moana in the coming weeks - completing the World Nature neighborhood.

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Dutch Inn '76Oct 02, 2024

Exactly.

Horizons '83Oct 01, 2024

To each their own, my wife and I always stop in, not even to ride nemo, but to see the dolphins and the exhibits. It makes for a nice break from the hustle and bustle of the park.

BocabearOct 01, 2024

There is absolutely no reason they could not go back to a similar design and feel...Make it a Seabase again...or tell a new story, but make the creation and exploration of the seas a major part of it... yeah yeah, the IP Mandate...but that mandate has not helped this pavilion...but has in fact made it less-than. unless they are thinking 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea....(which is an IP)

Dutch Inn '76Oct 01, 2024

I don't live in Atlanta anymore, but I've been to the GA at least 4 times, and the aquariums in Baltimore and Chattanooga several times as well. They're all much better than the Seas as it is utilized today. We skip it most of the time.

Dutch Inn '76Oct 01, 2024

Yeah - except they've abandoned all of that pretext and design. They need to demo and start over.

UNCgolfSep 30, 2024

I think the original pavilion with the full Seabase Alpha concept was one of Imagineering's all-time triumphs. It was up there with most of the rest of Future World as one of the best things they've ever built at WDW. As a kid, it made the biggest impression on me of anything at WDW outside of maybe some combo of Horizons, original Imagination, and Spaceship Earth.

zipadee999Sep 30, 2024

I still think it’s a worthwhile attraction. It’s clean and the animals are well-cared for. It’s just lost the original goal. Now it’s just a slightly above average aquarium. The original experience of ‘going to the bottom of the ocean’ was an incredible idea. Most aquariums have you looking into small enclosures made to look like the sea. What the original Living Seas tried to sell was that you were in a small base and the aquariums were the vast expanse of the ocean. That’s a very special idea and it’s a shame it has been left behind.

Horizons '83Sep 30, 2024

Eh, I live in the Atlanta area, been twice since it opened. Very nice, but not really something I go back to often. Think I have spent more time at the Living Seas, oddly enough.

Epcot81FanSep 30, 2024

When it opened it was an integrated attraction with a unique story and experience. Now it’s just a rundown, sad remnant of itself. Oh, but with Nemo slapped on it as lipstick.

DreamfinderGuySep 27, 2024

When you go to the Georgia Aquarium you buy admission to just the Georgia Aquarium. The Seas is one section that requires no separate admission in a huge theme park that you paid to visit. It's apples to oranges, it's fine.

BocabearSep 27, 2024

That is what was genius about the original iteration of the pavilion....Yes it was an aquarium, but more than that, it was a journey to a Seabase... It was never just about the aquarium... because as you say, there are other places with aquariums.... They need to bring back the journey...

dmc493Sep 27, 2024

This is a silly statement. Many people don't make trips to Atlanta or other cities with massive aquariums, and still find plenty of joy experiencing The Seas. I don't believe The Seas has ever been an attempt to be the biggest or best aquarium experience in the country.