The guests enter the load area, located in the next room from the lobby/queue. It is a smallish room, seemingly decorated in haste after a last-minute decision to allow the public inside the facilities. Along the walls are more stupid mottos like: "Poseidon/Chase: Finding Answers to Life's Questions," "What's Going On Down There? Ask Poseidon/Chase!" and "Don't Worry! Poseidon/Chase is On The Job!" The guests board a series of boats which lie atop an exposed conveyor belt. When loaded, the conveyor belt drops the boats into a small water flume which takes them into the next room...

The boats enter from the load area and "back-up" in this room, giving the load area significant leeway and preventing the attraction from breaking down due to a slow-moving guest or other occurrence. In this room, the guests are being briefed by an ongoing video display featuring Mark Short, the head engineer for Project Dante (the high-powered sonar project).

The following speech, like the pre-show video, will also be on a continuous-loop and will be lengthened accordingly to prevent repeated viewings by the guests.

. . . . . . . . . . MARK SHORT For those of you just joining us, I am professor Mark Short, head engineer for Project Dante; and on behalf of Poseidon/Chase, I'd like to welcome you to the 13th public testing of our new Super Sonar technology. This is all so very exciting folks, in just a few moments you will find yourself in the open ocean, at the testing site of our new experimental sonar. Now let me take this time to reassure you all that the reports you might have heard regarding shark attacks in these waters have all been fabricated by our competitors. But nevertheless we ask that you please remain seated at all times, keeping your hands and arms inside the boat, and no flash photography please our test area is lined with a series of very sensitive light sensors which could be falsely triggered by the flash from your camera. Your boats are self-navigational and will follow a preset path that will keep you a safe distance from the danger area. We're all very proud of this new navigational system, developed here at our Poseidon/ Chase laboratories. Some day, your very own car may utilize this technology, allowing you to whisk-off to work while you read the morning paper or drink a nice cup of coffee. It's just another way that Poseidon/Chase puts YOU into the future! Well, we're just about ready for the start of our sonar test - I can see some of your boats already heading out to the testing site. Let me also remind you that for those of you with sensitive hearing, you may want to cover your ears. It has been known to be a bit loud at times...

A pack of four boats will be let out of this room at a time at an appropriate interval and will travel "outside" on a flume to the ocean below...-

The group of four boats approach the test site which is located in the "open ocean." The test site is marked by a large circle of buoys with "Danger" signs on them. An official voice speaks to us from tinny speakers mounted in the buoys as the boats approach and stop alongside them.

. . . . . . . . . . PROJECT ANNOUNCER All right, Project Dante - test thirteen ready to go. All instruments ready. For the spectators down below at the test site, we remind you that there is to be no flash photography. This is for your safety as the navigation system on your boats will be affected by a sudden flash of light. Let me just recheck some figures here, one moment please...

At this time, a fifth boat (the "Dummy Boat #1 - just like the other four, but filled with limited-animation figures posing as guests) can now be seen approaching the test site, following the same path as the guests' boats. One of the figures takes a flash picture and their boat veers off course and enters the restricted area. The figures on the Dummy Boat start calling out but the announcer continues his spiel, unaware...

. . . . . . . . . . PROJECT ANNOUNCER (Cont'd) Okay, everything checks out and we're ready to go. On my mark, gentlemen. Sonar signal testing to begin in 5, 4, 3, 2. Oh! Hold it! We have something amiss! One moment folks and we'll have everything put right...

The dummies in the Dummy boat relax.

. . . . . . . . . . PROJECT ANNOUNCER (Cont'd) . . . . . .(muffled-talking in private) Well plug it back in! My goodness. How much do we pay you here? . . . . . .(normal) All right, folks, we have the situation under control. It seems that Dr. Callan's cat has gotten loose and managed to jump on top of our control panel, stepping on some buttons that should never be pushed. Dr. Callan is one of our top executives here and she is a direct descendent of one of our founders, the late Dr. Oskar Poseidon. Okay, once again, gentlemen, on my mark! Testing to start in five, four, three, two, one!

A loud, continuous "sonary" sound (actually sounding more like a foghorn) emanates from the ocean. The surface of the water becomes greatly agitated. A few dolphins stick their heads out of the water and make distress cries to the sky.

. . . . . . . . . . PROJECT ANNOUNCER (Cont'd) . . . . . .(a bit nervous) Ah, ladies and gentlemen, the dolphins do that sort of thing regularly. They're not in any kind of distress of anything. Our scientists tell us it's part of their mating ritual and has nothing to do with our testing.

A loud thunderclap sounds as we suddenly hear the commanding voice of Poseidon emanating from the skies around us.

. . . . . . . . . . POSEIDON . . . . . .(angry/shouting) Who dares to proclaim themselves a god and send a thunderous death raining down upon my defenseless subjects!?! Who dares to outrage my temple - my kingdom?!? . . . . . .(calmer, authoritative) I am Poseidon, Lord of the Seas; and for your insolence I command you to face trial in the great court of Aigia.

A large whirlpool forms in the restricted area, sucking the Dummy Boat underwater.

. . . . . . . . . . POSEIDON (Cont'd) Alas! Are the brave and courageous mortals afraid of getting wet?

Another giant whirlpool starts near the guests, boats. Like magic, it slowly rises on its side and becomes a tunnel. The boats start to enter.

. . . . . . . . . . POSEIDON (Cont'd) . . . . . .(beckoning) Come to me!, Enter the underwater palace of Aigia. For it is in the Aegean depths I await you and to Aigia you shall come. Come hither to the palace of Poseidon.