DaytonCIM's Journal: Subs

"This is the captain speaking. Welcome aboard. We are underway and proceeding on a course that will take us on a voyage through liquid space. En route, we will pass below the polar ice cap, and then probe depths seldom seen by man. Make yourself comfortable, but please remain seated at all times. And no smoking please--the smoking lamp is out."

You've just climbed down the entrance ladder and taken a seat in front of your own personal porthole. A stream of cool air blows from beneath the porthole to keep you from feeling queasy. As you pull way from the dock, you look into the crystal clear water of the Submarine Lagoon where giant clams, moray eels, groupers, and other inanimate sea life thrives.

According to the crew, there's a surface storm ahead. It's a good thing the submarine can dive below the storm, unlike the wrecks that you see in the Graveyard of Lost Ships. Sorry, the submarine doesn't stop for you to retrieve the sunken treasure.

Suddenly you find yourself below the polar ice cap at the North Pole. The captain dives further.

Now the ocean is dark because no sunlight reaches this depth. Strange, bioluminescent fish provide their own eerie light. As with the other fish on this voyage, they swim without moving their bodies, as though they were made of a rigid material. What unusual fish!

That's enough of that darkness. What's next? Mermaids!

You've now reached the Lost Continent of Atlantis. Although destroyed long ago by volcanic activity, there's still plenty of evidence of the former culture and beauty of Atlantis. The captain safely guides your submarine past underwater eruptions that continue to rock the ruins. Those eruptions look strangely like air bubbles illuminated by red lights.

Look at the tail of that sea creature. What could it be? As the sub reaches the head end of creature, it turns out to be a cross-eyed sea serpent. Upon seeing this, the captain decides it's time to return to surface.

Climb back up the ladder. If you suffer from claustrophobia, you'll breath a sigh of relief as you exit from the confined space of your submarine.

Okay, so the effects weren't really that convincing, but you have to admit that there's no other ride like this one. And if you're like most people, this is as close as you'll ever get to a trip on a real submarine.

what's this?

[artifex2004]

a DisneyCIM? :)

Nah, if it was Disney, when you turned around and fled, the sea serpent would have chased you, and your seat would have shaken as it caught you, and then your brave captain would get you free, etc. :) Oh, and maybe someone would be found dead every year...

Re:what's this?

[DaytonCIM]

Sub Captain. Class of 1988.

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[bethanie]

And you still remember all of that? :-)

Actually, that's not too hard to imagine. There are a few dialogues from my freshman year Spanish class that I still remember -- and I didn't repeat them *nearly* as many times as I bet you did that little piece. :-)

Thanks for the refresher. It was always one of my faves.

....Bethanie....

I loved that thing

[Philip K Dickhead]

It's gone, isn't it?

Interesting oxymoron there

[Ra5pu7in]

What on earth is an "inanimate sea life"?

At first I thought this was a story, then it sounded like the lead-in to an old text computer game. Sounds like the "narrator" was a real character.