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| image= Innoventionsentrance.jpg
| caption='''One of the entrances to Innoventions'''
| theme=Future Technology
| land=Future World
| host= Tom Morrow 2.0 (2000-2007)
| park= Epcot
| sponsor= Sponsor by Exhibit
| opened=September 29, 1994
| custom_label_1 = Type
| custom_value_1 = Interactive Exhibits
| custom_label_1 = Formally Known As
| custom_value_1 = Innoventions: The Road to Tomorrow (2000-2007)
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Innoventions is a pavilion located in [[Epcot]]. The pavilion is divided into Innoventions East and Innoventions West.
==Pavilion History==
Innoventions opened on September 29, 1994 <ref name= "edc"/>, replacing the CommuniCore pavilions. Like its predecessor, Innoventions was divided into East and West buildings, with a total area of 100,000 square feet <ref name= "edc"> http://www.intercot.com/edc/Innoventions/index.html </ref>. Although the basic idea of Innoventions was essentially the same as CommuniCore, their intents were different. Whereas CommuniCore showcased various scientific exhibits, Innovention's goal was to showcase things that would soon be affecting guests in their home or office on a daily basis <ref name= "Martin"> http://www.martinsvids.net/?s=Innoventions </ref>. Furthermore, as opposed to the laid back and bright look of CommuniCore, Innoventions was dark and loud in an attempt to gain guest's attention <ref name= "Martin"/>. In this same vein, a new metallic blue color scheme was given to the buildings to further "modernize" them <ref name= "Martin"/>. Other aesthetic changes included the fact that the exterior reflecting pools were filled in to improve guest flow <ref name= "book"> Pedersen, R.A. The EPCOT Explorer's Encyclopedia:. United States: Epcyclopedia, 2011. Print </ref>, the large windows that made up the walls of the building were covered<ref name= "book"/>, and the West building was expanded towards the [[Living Seas]] <ref name= "Martin"/>. Finally, new entryways were constructed and the pavilion's multilevel interior was changed so that all the exhibits were now on a single level<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=Exhibit History="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"/>.
Following the refurbishment, Innoventions was given the subtitle "Road to Tomorrow" and Tom Morrow 2.0 became the pavilion’s host<ref name===Innoventions East "edc"/>. Finally, the Centorium store (1994-1999which had been open since the pavilion was known as CommuniCore), was expanded and renamed Mouse Gears<ref name="edc"/>. At this time Field Trips was also closed and replaced by the Art of Disney store <ref name=="edc"/>.
Between 2000 and 2007, Innoventions only underwent minor changes. In 2001, the Pasta Piazza Ristorante closed <ref> http://allears.net/din/rest_closed.htm </ref>, and a kiosk named Discover the Stories Behind the Magic opened <ref name= "book"/>. The new interactive exhibit was built as a tie in with the 100 Years of Magic Celebration, and thus it was removed in 2002<ref name= "book"/>. The other entrances and exits to Innoventions were also reopened during this time. In 2005, the Ice Station Cool closed, before later reopening as [[Club Cool]]. Club Cool was still sponsored by Coca Cola; however the exterior of the building was changed. Also at this time, the Character Connection meet and greet opened to guests. Originally planned as a temporary exhibit, the Character Connection allowed guests to meet Mickey and his friends <ref name= "book"/>. The meet and greet location would later be renamed Epcot Character Spot <ref name= "book"/>.
The next major renovation came to Innoventions in 2007. During this refurbishment the pavilion was updated and the subtitle "Road to Tomorrow" and Tom Morrow 2.0 were dropped <ref name= "book"/>. The color scheme of the pavilion was also returned to a powder blue (similar to that of CommuniCore). Following the renovation, a kiosk celebrating Epcot's 25th anniversary opened, although it would close a year later <ref name= "book"/>. In 2009, The Sum of All Thrills opened in Innoventions East <ref> http://land.allears.net/blogs/jackspence/2009/10/sum_of_all_thrills.html </ref>. The exhibit allows guests to design their own thrill ride, and then enter a motion simulator and ride it. The Sum of All Thrill was thus the first "ride" ever located within Innoventions <ref> http://wdwnews.com/releases/2010/03/04/it-all-adds-up-raytheon/ </ref>.
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>==
'''AUTHORS NOTE: Current exhibits are in bold.'''
===Innoventions East (1994-1999)===
{| class="infoList"
|-
|Opened
|Closed
|Sponsor
|Notes
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|1994
|1999
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|Expanded in 1996
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|Apple Computers
|1994
|1998
|
|
|-
|Magic House Show
|1994
|1995
|Masco
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|-
|1994
|1999
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|New Exhibit in 1996
|-
|1994
|1997
|
|
|-
|Honeywell's Comfortville
|1994
|1996
|Honeywell
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|-
|Oracle's Information Highway
|1994
|1996
|Oracle
|Enlarged in 1996
|-
|Masco's Magic House Tour
|1994
|1995
|Masco
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|-
|Honeywell's House of Innoventions
|1995
|1999
|Honeywell
|Replaced Masco's Magic House Tour
|-
|June 1995
|September 1995
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|
|-
|MotorolaCommunications Dream Forum
|1995
|19992003|Motorola
|Replaced Mr. MIDI
|-
|1996
|1997
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|
|-
|1995
|1999
|Family PC Magazine
|Moved and expanded in 1997 <br> (replaced Disney Interactive) moved back in 1998.
|-
|1996
|1997
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|Moved from Innoventions West
|-
|1998
|1999
|
|Moved from Innoventions West
|-
|Disney.com Interactive Zone powered by Gateway
|1998
|1999
|Gateway
|
|}
===Innoventions East: The Road to Tomorrow (2000-Present2019)===In {| class="infoList"|-|Name|Opened|Closed|Sponsor|Notes|-|Forests for Our Future|1999 all |2004|TAPPI|Renovated 2001.|-|Disney.com's Internet Zone|1999|2007|Compaq (2000-?)||-|Communications Dream Forum |1999|2003|Motorola||-|The House of Innoventions East was closed for refurbishment. In |1999|2009|Panja (1999-2000, )<br> Whirhpool (2002)||-|Web Site Construction Zone|1999|2001|Go.com||-|Mission: SPACE Launch Center |2001|2003||Preview of [[Mission: Space]]|-|Future Cars |1999|2001|General Motors||-|Look into the pavilion opened as Future |1999|2001||Moved to Innoventions East: West.|-|Discover the Stories Behind the Magic |2001|2002||Kiosk for the 100 Years of Magic Celebration.|-|Opportunity City |2004|2008|Kauffman Foundation|Also sponsored by Disney.com.|-|Fantastic Plastics Works |2004|2008|The Road to TomorrowSociety of the Plastics Industry ||-|Don't Waste It |2008|2011|Waste Management Corporation||-|Kidcot|2004/2005|2006||Play area for kids.|-|Kim Possible World Showcase Adventure|2009|2012|||-|StormStruck |2008|September 14, to tie in with 2016|FLASH||-|'''Take a Nanooze Break''' |2010|September 8, 2019|Cornell University||-|Environmentality Corner|2005/2006|2012|||-|Test the upcoming millennium celebrationLimits Lab|2003|January 6, 2015|Underwriters Laboratory |Renovated 2009|-|Habit Heroes|2012|January 2016|Blue Cross Blue Shield|Habit Heroes closed on February 26, 2012 following a wave of <br> criticism regarding its plot line. The "Road to Tomorrow" subtitle was subsequently dropped exhibit reopened with a new plot in 2008January 2013.|-|Sum of All Thrills|2009|September 14, 2016|Raytheon ||-|Vision House| April 22, 2012|April 22, 2015|Green Builder Media||-|'''Colortopia'''|November 13, 2015|September 8, 2019|Glidden|Replaced Vision House|-|'''SpectacuLAB'''|November 12, 2017|January 13, 2019|Murata|Replaced Vision House|-|}
===Innoventions West (1994-1999)===
{| class="infoList"
|-
|Name
|Opened
|Closed
|Sponsor
|Notes
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|Epcot Discovery Center
|1994
|1996
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|Moved to Innoventions East.
|-
|Lego DACTA
|1994
|1995
|Autodesk Inc. / LEGO
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|-
|Videonics
|1994
|1997
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| Home video editing
|-
|Bill Nye the Science Guy
|1994
|1997
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|Moved to Innoventions East.
|-
|AT&T
|1994
|1999
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|Closed with rest of pavilion in 1997 but later reopened.
|-
|Discovery Magazine
|1994
|1997
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|Updated Annually.
|-
|Eclectronics
|1994
|1998
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|Hosted by Alec Tronic. Moved across way in 1995
|-
|IBM
|1994
|1997
|IBM
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|-
|IBM: Solutions for a Small Planet
|1998
|1999
|IBM
|New IBM exhibit following 1997 refurbishment.
|-
|Sega
|1994
|1999
|Sega
|Closed with rest of pavilion in 1997 but later reopened.
|-
|Walt Disney Imagineering Labs
|1994
|1995
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|-
|Silicon Graphics
|1995
|1997
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|Refurbished in 1996.
|-
|Inspired By Vision
|1998
|1999
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|Replaced Silicon Graphics
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|Enel / Infobyte VR Presentation
|1996
|1997
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|VR = virtual reality
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|Aladdin's Magic Carpet VR Adventure
|1996
|1997
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|VR = virtual reality
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|Innoventions Pre-Show
|1998
|1999
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|-
|Ultimate Home Theater Experience
|June 1999
|August 1999
|Lutron
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|}
===Innoventions West: The Road to Tomorrow (2000-Present2015)==={| class="infoList"|-|Name|Opened|Closed|Sponsor|Notes|-|Networked Living|1999|2002|IBM|Renovated 2001.|-|ThinkPlace|2002|2009|IBM|Replaced Networked Living|-|Smarter Planet By IBM|2010|2012|IBM|Replaced ThinkPlace|-|IBM THINK|2013|April 29, 2015|IBM|Replaced Smarter Planet|-|Ultimate Home Theater Experience|1999|2006|Lutron||-|Beautiful Science|1999|2007|Monsanto||-|Video Games of Tomorrow|1999|2001|Sega||-|Medicine's New Vision |1999|2002|RSNA|Radiological Society of America|-|Broadcast Connection |1999|2001|AT&T||-|Knowledge Vortex|1999|2002|Xerox||-|Look Into the Future|2001|2007||Moved from Innoventions East|-|Tom Morrow 2.0's Playground|2001|2007||Introduction to Innoventions|-|Video Game Playground|2005/2006|April 29,2015|Disney Interactive||-|Segway Central|2006|2013|Segway||-|Rockin' Robots|2005|2010|KUKA Industrial Robots ||-|Great American Farm|2005|2008|American Farm Bureau ||-|Too Small to See|2006|2008|Cornell University||-|Epcot 25th Anniversary Gallery |2007|2008|||-|Slap Stick Studios / What's Your Problem |2008|2011|Velcro||-|Where's the Fire|2004|April 29, 2012|Liberty Mutual||-|Great Piggy Bank Adventure|2009|April 29, 2012|T. Rowe Price||-|} ==Current Attractions==[[Image:sumofallthrills2.jpg|thumb|350px|The Sum of All Thrills is the first "ride" to be housed inside Innoventions. Photo credit: Disney]]===Innoventions East==='''SpectacuLAB'''- This interactive show celebrates the basic principles of science in a fun environment. '''Colortopia'''- This exhibit begins with a 30 minute presentation in the "Power of Color Theater", where guests explore the psychology of color. Next, guests go to the color lab where they can play Color Mix 'n Match and Spinning Spectrums. Finally, guests can go to Color Our World, where they are given a magical paint brush to help them paint a white circular room. This exhibit is presented by Glidden. '''Take A Nanooze Break'''- This exhibit teaches guests about nanotechnology through storytelling and interactivity. ===Innoventions West=== As of 2018 the interactive exhibits in Innoventions West are closed. ==Restaurants=='''[[Electric Umbrella]]'''- A counter service restaurant located in Innoventions East, the Electric Umbrella specializes in cheeseburgers and chicken. '''[[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=='''Mouse Gears'''- The largest store in Walt Disney World, Mouse Gears sells all kinds of Epcot and Disney World merchandise. Mouse Gears is located in Innoventions East. '''Art of Disney'''- Located in Innoventions West, the Art of Disney store sells art from the Disney theme parks and movies. '''[[Club Cool]]'''- Located in Innoventions West, Club Cool offers guests free samples of Coca Cola from around the world.
==Fun Facts and Trivia==
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