My family was enjoying a visit to EPCOT over a recent weekend. It was an interesting time to visit as it was one of those rare times when there was not a festival going on. The park attendance seems lighter than usual, and even the temperature was cooperating. Don’t get me wrong it was still hot, but not as hot as we usually encounter in the middle of summer. My oldest daughter and I headed over to the Guardians of the Galaxy coaster, while my youngest daughter and wife headed to the Seas with Nemo and Friends.

Once we were done with the coaster we headed over to Nemo to meet up and decided to take another ride through the Ocean with Nemo and his grand adventure.

It’s a cute slow moving dark ride attraction with some nicely detailed scenes and projections that are a bit dated and could use an updating soon. This is nothing too state of the art by todays standards but my youngest daughter absolutely loves it.

Once the ride is over you exit in to the SeaBase that setup like an aquarium. I remember in years past there used to be all sorts of things going on inside. Now it’s mostly just large tanks filled with all sorts of sea life.

If you look closely inside one of the largest tanks you may even spot a not so hidden mickey. This is also where guests can scuba dive at certain times of the day which I can only image would be a really fun experience.

There is also a nursery up on the second floor with some smaller creatures. I don’t think they are actually babies, but they are beautiful tanks and the colors of the fish are really striking. They also do have quite a few cast members around answering questions if you have any.

As you are leaving the SeaBase you will exit through a small gift shop and along one of the walls you will find a few souvenir machines.

On the left is a penny press machine that we have visited many times in the past. On the right is a souvenir (dog) tag engraving machine. But on this visit I noticed something new in the center and that was a souvenir medallion machine.

This new set of coins has a nice tarnished look to them. I actually like this look to the more shiny versions we have seen at other machines. These don’t attract fingerprints and dirt as easily as the other ones so I hope they move forward with this style in the future. The set includes designs of Ariel and Flounder, the Seagulls from Finding Nemo (Mine, Mine, Mine), Bruce and the Sharks reminding themselves that Fish are Friends, and Crush the Turtle Duuuuuude!

The reverse side of each coin has an image of Mickey wearing some scuba gear and “The Living Seas” across the top. Now this is an interesting design because I’m pretty sure this pavilion is no longer known as the Living Seas. Is this an error coin that shouldn’t have been released? Will these be pulled soon and replaced with corrected versions. I’m not sure, but I’ll be checking back to see if anything changes. That could be an expensive error if they find out. Keep on Collecting!

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