35 figures: 4 full animation - 31 limited animation

POSEIDON (in Aigia, page 27): Poseidon sits on his throne, lecturing the guests as they sail around his palace. Full range of expressions on face, movement of head, arms and hands.

NESSIE (the Loch Ness Monster, page 28): A figure around the magnitude of Universal's "King Kong" or TDL's Dragon beneath the Castle. Only her long, wide neck and horse-shaped head appear out from beneath the water. She growls to the skies, then at the guests, snapping at them in the process. Movement to eyes, flaring of nostrils, opening & closing of mouth, movement of head side to side and up & down, and movement of neck to snap at guests. The neck is big enough to give realism to the scene where she "swallows the boats" (page 29).

CASTAWAY (in Nessie's Stomach, page 30): He is an old man, yet stands up straight on his raft, with a half-eaten, raw fish in his hand. He is talking to the guests who have just joined him. Full expressions of face and movement of head, arms and torso.

POSEIDON (in Judgement Hall, page 31): The ancient Greek god stands on a cliff, giving an impassioned speech to the Elderly Jurors. Movement in eyes, mouth, head, arms, hands and torso.

DUMMY GUESTS (GROUP A in Experiment Site, page 21, GROUP B in Conservatory, page 32): The boats are each filled with 22 dummies, although only 14 of them (7 per boat) will be animated. Animation is limited and divided to only a couple of movements per figure (i.e.: one figure will have movement in arms and head, allowing it to take a flash picture and look around while another figure will have movement in mouth and head, allowing it to shout for help and look around).

DOLPHINS (3 together, in Experiment Site, page 22): The three dolphins stick their heads out from the water, open their mouths to give distressing cries, move their eyes a little, and shake their heads up and down .

ELDERLY JURORS (12 together, in Judgement Hall, page 31): only their head and shoulders appear from inside the jury box. Static frowning expressions of their faces. Movement is limited. A few nod their heads (in accordance to Poseidon's speech), a few others glance from side to side, while a couple occasionally appear to whisper to the person next to them. The others are still.

MONSTER PLANT A (in conservatory, page 32): Movement limited to opening & closing of mouth," and tilt of "head." It's "arms" are connected to the "dummy boat prop" (a fake boat-full of "guests" about to be devoured by the plant). The Dummy Boat is moved by hydraulics, so the plants rubbery "arms" will seems to be moving on their own.

MONSTER PLANT B (in conservatory, page 32): Same as above, but added animation to long, squid-like "arms" which reach out to guests.

"Poseidon/Chase" is a water-flume attraction, like "It's a Small World" and "Pirates of the Caribbean," in which the guests will be sucked down a whirlpool, encounter ancient Greek gods and come face to face with the Loch Ness Monster, all while becoming aware of the oceans' fragile ecosystem.

"Poseidon/Chase" is the name of a fictional experimental research group which is under fire from the press due to the negative results their high-powered sonar tests are having on sea life. To help save their public image, and to ensure their government funding is not cut-off, facts which the guests will learn in the queue area, Poseidon/Chase is allowing the guests access to their facilities in order to see an actual testing of their high-powered sonar. The guests board a series of 22-passenger boats which take them out to sea to view the sonar test. Even before the test begins, the guests are aware that high-powered sonar is silly and unnecessary. As the test starts the guests can see that it is also very harmful to marine life, as demonstrated by the churning of the ocean's surface and the appearance of a group of dolphins making distressing cries. With a mighty thunderclap, the guests are confronted by the mighty voice of Poseidon, the ancient god of the Seas, who creates a giant whirlpool which sucks the guests' boats down to his underwater palace where they are to be sentenced for their crimes against the ocean's inhabitants (namely causing a "thundering death" to rain down on his subjects). Escaping Poseidon's palace, the guests experience a thrilling encounter with the Loch Ness Monster, who, under orders from Poseidon, swallows them and takes them to the great sea court. Along the way, the guests meet Nereus, the Old Man of the Sea, who is very sympathetic to their plight and vows to help them in whatever small way he can. Once inside the sea court's forbidding grotto, the guests are sentenced and are moments away from their fate when the recognizable sound of the advanced sonar starts. The sonar waves affect the grotto like an earthquake, allowing the guests to escape by sailing through a crumbling wall. As the guests ascend to the surfacer the voice of Nereus pleads for them to better understand the effect they have on the oceans' ecosystem. Once at the surface, the guests are rescued by a Poseidon/Chase vessel which issues an apology to them over a very impersonal P.A. system.

With a story-line suggested from recent news events (the Big Sur/global warming sound tests), "Poseidon/Chase" will dazzle guests with its special effects (such as travelling through a whirlpool and being swallowed by the Loch Ness Monster) while bringing attention to our effect on the oceans' ecosystem.

The facade of "Poseidon/Chase,, is very plain, resembling a low-profile experimental research facility. The Poseidon/Chase logo is displayed above the entrance along with: "Experimental Research Division" written underneath in smaller, regular type. The double meaning of the title "Poseidon/Chase" (founded in the late 1800s by Dr. Oskar Poseidon and Henry Chase - learned by the guests in tie pre-show video and by the pictures and exhibits displayed in the queue) is augmented by their logo, which features Poseidon's trident as the "e" in "Poseidon."

The Queue snakes through the Poseidon/Chase lobby, a large, white room with some giant logos and mottos painted on the -walls. There are also some large windows which look out over the "ocean." Guests make their way past photos, plaques, products and many interactive displays showcasing the company's ludicrously inane and costly (to the environment and government alike) achievements. The interactive displays will be numerous throughout the queue and designed to be utilized by many people at the same time, bringing people in the queue together and helping to alleviate any potential boredom while waiting in line. On overhead monitors runs an ongoing and "unintentionally" funny "Info-mercial"-type program, "The Poseidon/Chase Ecology Hour," which welcomes the guests to the facilities and clues them in on what a shortsighted company Poseidon/Chase really is and how potentially dangerous their latest experiments could be. The following pages contain an excerpt of "The Poseidon/Chase Ecology Hour." The actual program may vary in length so the guests watching from the queue area do not view the program twice.

To skip the preshow video script, click here.