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In order to accommodate the new Innovention's exhibits, CommuniCore's exhibits had slowly been phased out throughout the early 1990s <ref name= "book"/>. Despite this, due to the massive nature of the project, Disney decided that Innovention's would open in two phases <ref name= "Martin"/>, with The first phase opening in 1993-1994 and the second in 1998-1999<ref name= "Martin"/>.
When it opened, Innoventions featured exhibits by IBM, Sega, and General Motors (among others) <ref name= "book"/>. Since Innoventions was at least partially inspired by a consumer electronics show, the pavilion was less organized then CommuniCore had been, and large advertisements were occasionally present <ref name= "Martin"/>. Besides the exhibits, Innovention's also held three stores, the Centorium, the Art of Disney, and Field Trips, as well as the new [[Ice Station Cool]], which had free Coca Cola samples from around the world <ref name= "book"/>. In addition to these stores, Innoventions was also home to the Pasta Piazza Ristorante, the [[Electric Umbrella]], and the [[Fountain View FountainView Espresso & Bakery]] <ref name= "book"/>.
The first major change to Innoventions came in 1997, when Innoventions West was refurbished <ref name= "edc"/>. Although most of the exhibits changed when it reopened, some were updated and retained <ref name= "edc"/>. In 1999, in preparation for the upcoming Millennium Celebration, all of Innoventions (both East and West) was closed for refurbishment. Besides just renovating the exhibits, the 1999 refurbishment also gave the pavilion more order. At this time, all but two of the entrances and exits were closed off, and a path was created for guests to follow <ref name= "edc"/>.
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, [[Fountain View Starbucks]] 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]], [[Club Cool]] and Mouse Gear would also be closing in the Winter of 2019<ref name="wdwmagicepcot"/>. The Fountain View, 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, no further information was given about the store's new location <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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|-
==Restaurants==
'''[[Electric Umbrella]]'''- A counter service restaurant located in Innoventions East, the Electric Umbrella specializes in cheeseburgers and chicken. The restaurant usually opens at 11 am.
'''[[Fountain View Starbucks]]'''-Located in Innoventions West, the Fountain View serves Starbucks coffee as well as other snacks and pastries.
===Former Restaurants===
'''Pasta Piazza Ristorante'''- Located in Innoventions West, Pasta Piazza Ristorante was a counter service restaurant that specialized in Italian food (including a Mickey Mouse shaped pizza). Pasta Piazza Ristorante opened in 1994 and closed in 2001.
==Shopping==
'''[[Club Cool]]'''- Located in Innoventions West, Club Cool offers guests free samples of Coca Cola from around the world.
==(The Innoventions Fountains) Fun Facts and Trivia ===== Fountain of Nations <ref name= "allears"> http://allears.net/tp/ep/fount.htm </ref>=== * Every 15 minutes, the Fountain of Nations "performs" to classical music.
* Every 15 minutes, the Innoventions Fountain "performs" to classical music. The fountain was designed by Imagineer Mark Fuller.
* In the wintertime, the fountain receives holiday music plays instead.[[Image:InnoventionsFountain.jpg|thumb|350px400px|The Innoventions Fountainof Nations. Photo by Harshlight]]* The Innoventions Fountain of Nations can shoot water up to 150 feet in the air.
* The Fountain send 30,000 gallons of water up into the air per minute.
* On Epcot[[EPCOT Center]]'s opening day, representatives from 22 countries each poured a gallon of water from their homeland into the Innoventions Fountainof Nations.
====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
* An instrumental from the "Air Battle Sequence" from the Surprise in the Skies show (Surprise in the Skies was once a lagoon show at Epcot)
===Innoventions Pavilion===
* Disney CEO Michael Eisner liked the name Electric Umbrella (a the name given to one of Innovention's restaurants in 1994 by Imagineer Rolly Crump) so much that he wanted to use it as the name for the entire Innoventions pavilion <ref> Crump, Rolly, and Jeff Heimbuch. It's Kind of a Cute Story. N.p.: Bamboo Forest, 2012. Print.</ref>
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