Patch Notes // latest change 2023
World Nature · EPCOT · Walt Disney World
Ride · opened 1986 · EPCOT · 4 changes on record
Angler fish KUKA arm broken and not moving⚠ status unknown — still down?
Crowd-reported & dated — we keep the record of what changed.
The pavilion's exterior was repainted from the blue Nemo-era scheme back toward the original 1986 'Living Seas' tan/beige colorway, the entrance mural was refreshed (some Finding Nemo creatures removed), and the entrance seagull animatronics were removed during the work and reinstalled by November 2023.
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The Living Seas was reimagined and rededicated as The Seas with Nemo & Friends, adding a Finding Nemo dark ride on clamshell 'Clamobile' vehicles and 'living characters' projection that composites the animated cast into the real aquarium tank.
The original Seacabs ride-through of the 5.7-million-gallon aquarium was retired and walled off amid post-9/11 attendance declines; the pavilion continued as the Sea Base Alpha walkthrough until the Nemo overlay.
The Living Seas pavilion opened at EPCOT, anchored by a 5.7-million-gallon saltwater aquarium, with guests descending via 'Hydrolator' elevators and touring the tank aboard the 'Seacabs' ride to the Sea Base Alpha research-base walkthrough.
That's every change on the record on The Seas with Nemo & Friends since 1986.
The spotters in our Discord catch the next one first — and the record only grows when someone notices.
Per the documented record, The Seas with Nemo & Friends at EPCOT opened on Jan 15, 1986.
The latest documented change (documented 2023): The pavilion's exterior was repainted from the blue Nemo-era scheme back toward the original 1986 'Living Seas' tan/beige colorway, the entrance mural was refreshed (some Finding Nemo creatures removed), and the entrance seagull animatronics were removed during the work and reinstalled by November 2023.
4 documented changes, dating back to 1986 — the fan-kept ride changelog nobody else keeps.
As of the record's latest confirmation, 1 effect is logged as not working on The Seas with Nemo & Friends. The longest-running is Angler fish KUKA arm broken and not moving, logged not working since Jun 30, 2026. Real-time status belongs to the official park apps; this is the dated record.
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