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/* Innoventions East: The Road to Tomorrow (2000-Present) */
In March of 2015, Disney announced that Innoventions West would be closed on April 30, and that the exhibits housed within the pavilion would be removed <ref> http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/innoventions/news/21mar2015-innoventions-west-to-close-in-april-along-with-vision-house-at-inventions-east.htm </ref>. This closure coincided with the end of the exhibitors' (Liberty Mutual, IBM and T. Rowe Price) sponsorship agreements <ref> http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/theme-park-rangers-blog/os-disney-epcot-innoventions-west-closing-20150320-post.html </ref>. On June 31, 2015 a rest and relaxation area called a D-Zone opened in Innoventions West <ref name= "wdwmagic"> http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/epcot/news/26jun2015-new-d-zone-relaxation-area-coming-to-epcot-next-week.htm </ref>. Besides housing seating for guests and device chargers, a small snack and beverage stand also opened at this time <ref name= "wdwmagic"/>. In August 2016 Disney announced that The Sum of All Thrills and StormStruck would be closing on September 14, 2016 <ref> http://wdwnt.com/blog/2016/08/breaking-the-sum-of-all-thrills-and-stormstruck-closing-goodbye-innoventions-at-epcot/ </ref>. The closure of the two exhibits left Colortopia and Take a Nanooze Break as the only operating exhibits left in Innoventions.
On November 12, 2017 The SpectacuLAB opened in Innoventions East <ref> http://www.insidethemagic.net/2017/11/new-spectaculab-show-officially-opens-spark-walt-disney-worlds-epcot/ </ref>, the exhibit closed on January 13, 2019 <ref> https://touringplans.com/epcot/attractions/spectaculab </ref>. In July 2019, as part of Epcot's ongoing transformation, Disney announced that the remaining exhibits in Innovention's East and the Fountain of Nations would be closing on September 8, 2019 <ref name="wdwmagicepcot"> https://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/epcot/news/03jul2019-summary-of-all-the-closures-coming-to-epcots-future-world.htm </ref>. Furthermore, Disney also announced that the [[Electric Umbrella]], [[FountainView]], Club Cool and Mouse Gear would also be closing in the Winter of 2019<ref name="wdwmagicepcot"/>. The FountainView, Mouse Gear, and Character Spot characters are all expected to move to temporary locations at this time <ref name="wdwmagicepcot"/>. While Disney has announced that Club Cool will be returning, although no further information was given <ref> https://twitter.com/WDWToday/status/1146157571436421120 </ref>.
==Exhibits History <ref name= "book"/> <ref name= "edc"/> <ref> http://www.extinctdisney.com/#!innoventions-west/dv5v2 </ref> <ref> http://www.extinctdisney.com/#!innoventions-east/jskmk </ref>==
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===Innoventions East: The Road to Tomorrow (2000-Present2019)===
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|'''Take a Nanooze Break'''
|2010
|N/ASeptember 8, 2019
|Cornell University
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|'''Colortopia'''
|November 13, 2015
|N/ASeptember 8, 2019
|Glidden
|Replaced Vision House
|'''SpectacuLAB'''
|November 12, 2017
|N/AJanuary 13, 2019
|Murata
|Replaced Vision House
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===Innoventions West: The Road to Tomorrow (2000-Present2015)===
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'''[[Club Cool]]'''- Located in Innoventions West, Club Cool offers guests free samples of Coca Cola from around the world.
==(The Innoventions FountainsFountain of Nations) Fun Facts and Trivia <ref name= "allears"> http://allears.net/tp/ep/fount.htm </ref>==
* Every 15 minutes, the Innoventions Fountain of Nations "performs" to classical music. The fountain was designed by Imagineer Mark Fuller.
* In the wintertime, holiday music plays instead.
===Music <ref name= "allears"/>===
The music for the Innoventions Fountain of Nations is rotated every 15 minutes in no particular order. The seven musical selections that can be heard are:
* "Standing in Motion" by Yanni