Now, I don't mind changes in things, but the Nemo overlay completely destroys the 'experience' that was The Living Seas.
Spoilers ahead for the ride. The exterior is fine. The graphic additions to the big wall behind the rocks is fine. The seagulls are fine.
Assuming the main entrance is still the main entrance, you enter going through the same curly queue in the first room. Except that all the interesting things to look at are gone. All you have is some imagineered sand dunes to give you the idea you are on the beach or something. No monitors, nothing to look at.
Continue into one of the movie "and it rained...and rained" rooms. Except it is just filled with winding queue. Nothing to look at. No monitors, nothing on the wall. Just some gauzy material overhead with lights projected downward. Continue on into what I think is the area before what was the hydrolators. More windy queue. No shortcut. Walk through the whole thing. Oh yeah. Nothing to look at.
Finally reach the entrance to the ride, which oddly enough, is open to the main floor of the pavilion. There were plants around it for the preview, but right before stepping onto the moving platform, you could just jump through the tree farm and be by the main staircase. So any idea that you are embarking on a trip that takes you somewhere is completely gone.
The ride itself? Uninspiring. Multiple back projected screens with Nemo hiding from different characters. You'll be tired of hearing "Where's Nemo" after about 5 minutes of this. There are some cute effects, but there is no story. Good for kids, I guess - mine said his favorite part was the jellyfish, which were actual props just moving up and down. I kept waiting for the new technology with the projects images in the tank, which came at the end, with some song. I have no idea what that was about. But the projected images were very cool. I tag this as a 5 minute wait ride. I won't wait longer than that. And there was nothing at the end - nothing about arriving anywhere to do something. The song ends and you are out.
But what is it? Is it supposed to be the main entrance to the pavillion? Or are you supposed to stand in that line to bypass it right at the moving platform? You can enter through the exit area, I guess, but the hydrolators are gone, and there is now a store filled with Nemo crap. So, I guess the idea of building any kind of story experience is lost on anyone who doesn't want to stand in that line. Don't want to wait an hour? Just walk through that store over there, and into the pavilion, with no idea of what the heck is going on.
And the store isn't closed off in any sense. You can be standing in the middle of the main floor and see out the doors into the sunlight. So any idea that you are under the sea at all is destroyed. So, now it is just a big aquarium with some cartoony attractions.
Sorry, Imagineering - you really screwed up this time, imo. You've got no overall story or theme anymore. Nothing is set up for anything else. The flow of the attraction is confusing, and you botched the queue.
Spoilers ahead for the ride. The exterior is fine. The graphic additions to the big wall behind the rocks is fine. The seagulls are fine.
Assuming the main entrance is still the main entrance, you enter going through the same curly queue in the first room. Except that all the interesting things to look at are gone. All you have is some imagineered sand dunes to give you the idea you are on the beach or something. No monitors, nothing to look at.
Continue into one of the movie "and it rained...and rained" rooms. Except it is just filled with winding queue. Nothing to look at. No monitors, nothing on the wall. Just some gauzy material overhead with lights projected downward. Continue on into what I think is the area before what was the hydrolators. More windy queue. No shortcut. Walk through the whole thing. Oh yeah. Nothing to look at.
Finally reach the entrance to the ride, which oddly enough, is open to the main floor of the pavilion. There were plants around it for the preview, but right before stepping onto the moving platform, you could just jump through the tree farm and be by the main staircase. So any idea that you are embarking on a trip that takes you somewhere is completely gone.
The ride itself? Uninspiring. Multiple back projected screens with Nemo hiding from different characters. You'll be tired of hearing "Where's Nemo" after about 5 minutes of this. There are some cute effects, but there is no story. Good for kids, I guess - mine said his favorite part was the jellyfish, which were actual props just moving up and down. I kept waiting for the new technology with the projects images in the tank, which came at the end, with some song. I have no idea what that was about. But the projected images were very cool. I tag this as a 5 minute wait ride. I won't wait longer than that. And there was nothing at the end - nothing about arriving anywhere to do something. The song ends and you are out.
But what is it? Is it supposed to be the main entrance to the pavillion? Or are you supposed to stand in that line to bypass it right at the moving platform? You can enter through the exit area, I guess, but the hydrolators are gone, and there is now a store filled with Nemo crap. So, I guess the idea of building any kind of story experience is lost on anyone who doesn't want to stand in that line. Don't want to wait an hour? Just walk through that store over there, and into the pavilion, with no idea of what the heck is going on.
And the store isn't closed off in any sense. You can be standing in the middle of the main floor and see out the doors into the sunlight. So any idea that you are under the sea at all is destroyed. So, now it is just a big aquarium with some cartoony attractions.
Sorry, Imagineering - you really screwed up this time, imo. You've got no overall story or theme anymore. Nothing is set up for anything else. The flow of the attraction is confusing, and you botched the queue.
We'll be there next week for our first trip! 
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