Through The Waters of Earth

The boats then continue on further clockwise and into the arctic biome. Here, large ice cliffs are seen on either side of the boat with a few more chunks of ice floating around the icy waters. Of course, the speakers remind guests that these large ice cliffs are what gave us the very river the boats are floating on transporting guests through the entire pavilion, while also warning of the dangers if the ice melted too quickly and what it could cause. The boats carry on through the arctic biome before running into some animatronic animals of Polar Bears, Walruses, and Narwhals. The narrator reminds guests that even though the area might be cold, it is an important home for many animals around. This chilly sea is home to fish and whales alike while also serving as migration routes for many others.

The boats then enter into an ice cave where they can see Ice Age animals frozen in time before going down a small drop (smaller than Frozen) where the area around them transitions from less and less ice and into dirt and sands. This area (underground to allow for the entrance into the pavilion) showcases the roots of so many water and water adjacent plants, showing guests exactly how the water and nutrients help these plants grow. While the section is short, it gives a quick glimpse at an important part of a plant, and how its connection to nearby water is important. 

The boats then climb out from underneath the roots, and into the arid, and dry, rocky desert. The boat weaves through a small and narrow river as most of the water has evaporated away due to the heat of the desert leaving dried up sand riverbanks on either side of the boats. The narrator shows that even while there isn’t water aplenty in the desert, what water there is, gets used efficiently. Plants along the river have adapted to needing less water or taking advantage of absorbing water quickly when it rains knowing it could dry up quickly otherwise. As the boats travel further along, cacti and other succulents are seen as well as camels showing how they store water/ save water to help prolong the length of time in between their needs of more water in a river/ rainfall. 

The boats leave the hot and arid desert to enter the humid jungle. The immediate impacts of water and the rivers of the jungle are visible. Mist and rain can be simulated throughout this biome showing just how lush the platlife can get in the biome from constant hydration causing the plant leaves to be much larger than what guests would see in other biomes. The large amount of precipitation also allows for the nutrients in the jungle to be constantly recycled out with old nutrients getting washed away with the next rain cycle to also bring in new growth while sending other nutrients and seeds downstream for new plants to grow. 

The humidity of the jungle transitions guests back to the humidity of the greenhouse as the boats pull back into the greenhouse and go past the restaurant of the greenhouse where guests can enjoy a meal after learning how the waters of the earth help grow the food they love to eat.