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EPCOT · Walt Disney World
CommuniCore Hall and CommuniCore Plaza opened to the general public on June 10, 2024 on part of the former Innoventions site, while the East building had been repurposed as Connections Eatery and Connections Cafe.
The CommuniCore name returned to the park in June 2024 when CommuniCore Hall and CommuniCore Plaza opened in World Celebration on part of the original pavilion's footprint.
Luminous The Symphony of Us premiered on EPCOT's World Showcase Lagoon, succeeding Harmonious with synchronized pyrotechnics, choreographed water fountains, lasers, searchlights, and fire torches set to original music by Pinar Toprak (including the EPCOT Anthem), two new original songs, and new arrangements of classic Disney songs.
World Celebration Gardens, a garden area featuring a statue of Walt Disney at Dreamers Point, opened on December 5, 2023 on the ground the fountain had occupied.
Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana opened on October 16, 2023 on the cleared northwest portion of the Innoventions West site.
All traces of the Epcot Experience were reported removed and the Odyssey was restored to open seating ahead of its use as an indoor Global Marketplace for the 2022 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival.
The former Innoventions East building that had housed the exhibit reopened as Connections Cafe & Eatery, a quick-service restaurant in World Celebration.
The Epcot Experience preview center closed permanently on March 14, 2022.
Demolition was underway on the northwest section of Innoventions West, the building that had housed the exhibit, clearing ground for Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana.
Demolition crews were tearing into the Innoventions West structure by October 2020, clearing its northwest section for a new attraction.
Aerial photos showed the former Innoventions West building, which had housed THINK, being demolished as part of Epcot's multi-year transformation.
Demolition of the former Innoventions West building began by November 2019 as part of the Epcot transformation, removing the structure that had housed Where's the Fire?.
Demolition of the Fountain of Nations was underway by October 20, 2019, and the structure had been reduced to rubble by October 28, 2019.
Walt Disney Imagineering presents the Epcot Experience opened inside the Odyssey Events Pavilion with a continuous 12-minute film, a projection-mapped scale model of Epcot, and display cases of park artifacts and historical attraction posters previewing the park's overhaul.
Disney began gutting the Innoventions East building that had housed The SpectacuLAB, with dumpsters on site filled with stripped-out interior material.
Disney reported on September 18, 2019 that cast members had collected water from the fountain before it was drained, storing it in a Swiss vessel and a Mexican vase drawn from the Walt Disney Archives so it could be reintroduced into a new Epcot water feature.
The Fountain of Nations performed for the last time in early September 2019 and was drained and closed off behind construction walls, which were reported in place on September 9, 2019.
Innoventions East operated its final day on September 7, 2019 and closed for good the next morning, ending the complex's 25-year run with its last exhibits, Colortopia and Take a Nanooze Break.
Innoventions East closed permanently on September 7, 2019, and its building was later repurposed as Connections Eatery in Epcot's World Celebration neighborhood.
Colortopia operated for the final time on September 7, 2019 and closed permanently along with the rest of Innoventions East on September 8, 2019.
Innoventions East, the building that had housed StormStruck, closed for good and later reopened as Connections Eatery, a quick-service restaurant in World Celebration.
Innoventions East, the building that had housed Habit Heroes, closed permanently in September 2019 and was later reworked into Connections Café and Connections Eatery in World Celebration.
Take a Nanooze Break closed permanently when the Innoventions East building shut down during Epcot's multi-year transformation.
Disney announced that a preview center called "Walt Disney Imagineering presents the Epcot Experience" would open in the Odyssey Events Pavilion in October 2019 to show off the park's transformation.
Reporting on July 2, 2019 set September 8, 2019 as the permanent closing date for Innoventions East as part of the Future World overhaul, with September 7 as the final day of operation, the pavilion by then being down to just Colortopia and Nanooze Break.
Disney published the list of Future World closures for the Epcot overhaul on July 2, 2019, stating that the Fountain of Nations would close on September 8.
Disney announced that Innoventions East and its two remaining exhibits, Colortopia and Take a Nanooze Break, would close that September as part of the Epcot transformation.
Disney's announced list of Future World closures for the Epcot overhaul confirmed The SpectacuLAB was already closed, with the rest of Innoventions East set to shut on September 8, 2019.
The SpectacuLAB gave its final performances and closed permanently after about fourteen months of operation.
Demolition of the former CommuniCore West building, by then Innoventions West, began in fall 2019.
The Innoventions East building that had housed The Sum of All Thrills closed in 2019, and the structure was later reworked into Connections Eatery in World Celebration.
Murata's robotic cheerleaders performed a synchronized balancing dance before each showing of The SpectacuLAB from February 18 to 20, 2018 for National Engineering Week.
The SpectacuLAB opened in the former VISION House space in Innoventions East, running shows five times a day in which working scientists and an intern character named Frankie demonstrated ultrasonic pressure, barometric pressure, acceleration and force with volunteers from the audience.
The SpectacuLAB, a live science-demonstration show presented by Murata and Science From Scientists, opened in Innoventions East next to Colortopia in November 2017.
Disney announced The SpectacuLAB, an interactive science show created with electronics manufacturer Murata and the nonprofit Science From Scientists, for Innoventions East at Epcot that November.
Neighboring Innoventions East exhibits The Sum of All Thrills and StormStruck closed permanently, thinning the pavilion around Colortopia.
StormStruck: A Tale of Two Homes closed permanently in Innoventions East after just over eight years, on the same day as The Sum of All Thrills.
The Sum of All Thrills closed permanently at Epcot after just under seven years in Innoventions East.
A Walt Disney World spokeswoman confirmed on September 13, 2016 that The Sum of All Thrills and StormStruck had closed for good, leaving Colortopia as the only remaining occupant of Innoventions East.
The retirement of The Sum of All Thrills was announced, with the Innoventions East attraction and the neighbouring StormStruck both set to close in September 2016.
The retirement of StormStruck and The Sum of All Thrills was reported, with both attractions set to leave Innoventions on September 14, 2016 as their sponsorship agreements ended.
Habit Heroes closed for good at Innoventions East on Sunday, January 17, 2016, with no public announcement from Disney.
The Disney & Pixar Short Film Festival opened in the Magic Eye Theater in place of Captain EO.
Captain EO gave its final Epcot performance, ending the film's last regular run at any Disney park.
Colortopia Presented by Glidden opened in Innoventions East at Epcot as a 3,700-square-foot interactive exhibit built around three areas: the Power of Color standing theater, the Color Lab and Color Our World.
Colortopia, presented by Glidden, opened in Innoventions East in November 2015 with a Ty Burrell-narrated theater segment, a color lab and an interactive painting station.
Innoventions West closed on April 30, 2015 after a final operating day of April 29, and the overhaul Disney had described as temporary never happened.
Innoventions West closed all of its interactive games and exhibits on April 30, 2015, leaving only the Disney/Visa Photo Place operating in the building.
VISION House presented by Green Builder Media closed permanently on April 22, 2015, three years to the day after its Earth Day opening.
Disney announced that the Great Piggy Bank Adventure would close for good after April 29, 2015, along with the other Innoventions West attractions, with the building closing on April 30 as Disney prepared for a future project.
Attractions Magazine reported that THINK presented by IBM, The Great Piggy Bank Adventure and Where's the Fire? were all scheduled to close for good after April 29, 2015, emptying Innoventions West.
Disney confirmed in March 2015 that VISION House would close permanently at 7:00 p.m. on April 22, 2015 while the rest of Innoventions East stayed open.
In March 2015 Disney confirmed that Innoventions West's remaining exhibits - The Great Piggy Bank Adventure, Think presented by IBM and Where's the Fire? presented by Liberty Mutual - would end their runs and that the hall would close.
Disney announced that Innoventions West would close at the end of April 2015 and that its remaining exhibits, including Where's the Fire?, would close with it as the sponsorship agreements ended.
The Great Piggy Bank Adventure closed permanently in 2015 after about six years of operation and never reopened.
THINK presented by IBM closed permanently when Innoventions West went dark to guests in the spring of 2015, and the exhibit never reopened.
Where's the Fire? closed permanently on April 29, 2015, the last day of operation for the remaining Innoventions West exhibits, which shut at 7:00 pm.
Walt Disney World and IBM formally opened the 6,600-square-foot THINK exhibit during National Engineers Week, with a 40-foot gesture wall, game stations, a film and a self-guided interactive tour.
THINK presented by IBM opened in Innoventions West at Epcot, taking over the space of IBM's former Smarter Planet and Runtime exhibits.
Habit Heroes reopened at Innoventions East after an eleven-month retooling that replaced hosts Will Power and Callie Stenics with Director Jin and agents Dynamo, Quench and Fuel, dropped the obese villains for foes named Blocker-Bots, Sappers and Scorchers, and swapped the entrance and exit.
VISION House presented by Green Builder Media opened in Innoventions East as a guided walk-through tour of a model sustainable home, taking over the space of the House of Innoventions.
Disney and Green Builder Media announced that VISION House would open at Epcot's Innoventions on Earth Day, taking over the space of the House of Innoventions.
Green Builder Media and Disney announced in March 2012 that a green-home exhibit called VISION House would replace House of Innoventions at Epcot's Innoventions.
Habit Heroes soft-opened inside Innoventions East as an interactive healthy-living exhibit sponsored by Florida Blue Cross, in which guests followed hosts Will Power and Callie Stenics through three interactive sessions and fought personified bad habits.
Disney suspended Habit Heroes in late February 2012, about three weeks after the soft opening, after physicians and body-image advocates attacked its obese villains, among them Lead Bottom, The Snacker and Sweet Tooth, as fat-shaming.
Slapstick Studios closed permanently at Innoventions West, with February 4, 2011 given as its last day of operation.
WDWMagic reported that "What's Your Problem?", the Velcro exhibit at Innoventions, would close permanently.
Eastman Kodak ended its nearly 28-year sponsorship of the Imagination pavilion that housed the theater.
A photo update from inside Epcot reported that the Innoventions West space that used to hold Rockin' Robots had been turned into a large sitting area.
The Magic Eye Theater reopened on July 2, 2010 with the returning Captain EO, which occupied the building until its final Epcot showing on December 6, 2015.
Captain EO returned to the Magic Eye Theater as a tribute engagement following Michael Jackson's death, taking the space vacated when Honey, I Shrunk the Audience closed in May 2010.
Honey, I Shrunk the Audience played its final Epcot performance in May 2010, closing permanently after more than fifteen years in the Magic Eye Theater.
Disney announced on April 28, 2010 that Captain EO would return to Epcot's Magic Eye Theater on July 2, 2010, and that Honey, I Shrunk the Audience would close 'in the next few weeks' to prepare the theater.
Rockin' Robots closed permanently after roughly five years, ending KUKA's sponsored exhibit in Innoventions West.
Take a Nanooze Break opened in a former sitting area of Innoventions East at Epcot as an interactive nanotechnology exhibit developed with Cornell University and Tamarack Design and based on the National Science Foundation-supported Nanooze magazine.
Disney confirmed on its official Parks Twitter account that the display had been retired, citing obsolete technology.
The Sum of All Thrills, presented by Raytheon, opened in Innoventions East on October 14, 2009, letting guests design a coaster, bobsled or jet run at a touch table and then ride it on a KUKA robotic-arm simulator.
The Sum of All Thrills opened in Innoventions East at Epcot, letting guests design a bobsled, roller coaster or jet ride on a multi-touch table and then ride their creation in a KUKA robotic-arm simulator.
KUKA Robotics announced a RoboSim 4-D robot-arm simulator for Innoventions while still listed as the sponsor of the 2,000-plus-square-foot Rockin' Robots exhibit in Innoventions West.
House of Innoventions closed and was replaced by VISION House, which opened in its Innoventions East space on Earth Day, April 22, 2012.
Concept art for The Sum of All Thrills was published, showing four Raytheon-sponsored robotic-arm simulators due to open in Innoventions later that year.
The Great Piggy Bank Adventure, presented by T. Rowe Price, opened inside Innoventions West on May 19, 2009.
The Great Piggy Bank Adventure opened in Innoventions West at Epcot, presented by T. Rowe Price, with a grand-opening ceremony attended by Mickey Mouse, Epcot Vice President Dan Cockerell and T. Rowe Price chairman Brian Rogers.
Disney and T. Rowe Price announced the Great Piggy Bank Adventure, an interactive money-management exhibit scheduled to open at Epcot's Innoventions in spring 2009.
StormStruck: A Tale of Two Homes officially opened in Innoventions East at Epcot, presented by the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes with RenaissanceRe, WeatherPredict Consulting, Simpson Strong-Tie and State Farm.
StormStruck entered a test-and-adjust phase at Innoventions East, showing its computer-generated 3D hurricane film to guests ahead of the official opening.
StormStruck, a 4-D weather-safety show presented by the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes, opened in Innoventions East in August 2008.
Reopened after a major refurbishment (closed July 9, 2007) with Dame Judi Dench as narrator, a new Bruce Broughton score, reworked descent scenes, and interactive ride-vehicle touchscreens ('Project Tomorrow') that build a personalized vision of the future.
Walt Disney World announced a coming interactive Innoventions exhibit that would let guests experience severe weather and learn how to protect a home against it.
The arches were presented for the final time during the 2008 holiday season and were never installed again.
Slapstick Studios, an interactive comedy game show presented by The Velcro Companies, opened as an exhibit in Innoventions West at Epcot.
The exhibit's show, "What's Your Problem?!?", ran as a hosted game show in which guests spun a "Wheel of Seemingly Insurmountable Problems" and had 60 seconds to solve a fastening problem using props made with Velcro brand products, followed by a walk-through gallery of hook-and-loop applications.
The show paired a computer-generated 3D storm film with in-theater effects and an interactive segment in which guests voted using buttons below seat-back screens, and the majority choice about protecting the home changed the outcome of the storm sequence that followed.
A 2007-2008 renovation dropped the 'Road to Tomorrow' subtitle, changed the complex's aesthetic and retired Tom Morrow 2.0, the Audio-Animatronic host voiced by Max Casella who had greeted guests since 2000.
A large section of the former CommuniCore West building kept its original CommuniCore carpet patterns and logo-bearing light fixtures until a 2007 renovation of Innoventions.
Rockin' Robots opened inside Innoventions West at Epcot, sponsored by KUKA Industrial Robots, in the space previously occupied by Disney Interactive.
The exhibit ran as a guest-conducted robotic band of four KUKA industrial arms named Cicerob, Herbot, Delbot and Norbot, which struck chimes, gongs, cymbals, wooden crates and car horns on cue from four touch-screen consoles.
Where's the Fire? opened as a walk-through interactive fire-safety exhibit in Innoventions West at Epcot, presented by Liberty Mutual Insurance in cooperation with the U.S. Fire Administration.
The attraction reopened from a refurbishment on May 30, 2003, with work continuing in the lobby and pre-show area into early June.
The Communications Dream Forum closed permanently on May 1, 2003, ending Motorola's run in Innoventions East after more than seven years.
The same show building reopened as Journey Into Imagination With Figment, keeping Dr. Nigel Channing and the Imagination Institute framing and restoring Figment to every show scene, though the Dreamfinder remained absent.
Reopened as the current 'Journey Into Imagination With Figment,' restoring Figment to a lead role across the Imagination Institute's sensory labs and bringing back 'One Little Spark' with new verses; Dr. Nigel Channing was retained as co-host.
Journey Into YOUR Imagination closed after a run of two years and one week, following negative reception from guests and critics.
Future Corps was disbanded in a round of Walt Disney World entertainment layoffs, ending a run of roughly seventeen and a half years as an EPCOT atmosphere act.
Journey Into YOUR Imagination opened in the rebuilt Imagination! pavilion, sending guests on a tour of the fictional Imagination Institute hosted by Dr. Nigel Channing, played by Eric Idle.
The rebuild wrote the Dreamfinder out of the attraction entirely and cut Figment down to cameos in the queue films, a constellation in the connection lab, and a closing appearance in which he was heard before Channing shooed him off.
The ride path was drastically shortened for budgetary reasons, bringing the attraction down to about five minutes from the original ride's eleven.
Fewer than half of the original attraction's ride vehicles were kept in service on the shortened track.
Reopened as 'Journey Into Your Imagination,' a full retheme that dropped the Dreamfinder, sidelined Figment to a brief cameo, and added new host Dr. Nigel Channing (Eric Idle) leading a shortened tour of the 'Imagination Institute.'
General Electric and General Motors, sponsors of Innoventions East since opening day, ended their exhibits in June 1999.
Innoventions was rebuilt for Epcot's Millennium Celebration and took the subtitle 'The Road to Tomorrow,' with the East building's exhibits marked by green highway signs and the West building's by blue.
The Communications Dream Forum continued through the renovation of Innoventions for Epcot's Millennium Celebration, after which the pavilion carried the subtitle "The Road to Tomorrow."
House of Innoventions opened as a walk-through model-home exhibit in the Innoventions East building at Epcot, sponsored by Panja and Whirlpool.
The original attraction closed for a major renovation, permanently retiring the Dreamfinder character and shuttering the upstairs ImageWorks interactive gallery.
The Aladdin magic carpet virtual reality experience returned as Aladdin's Magic Carpet Ride at DisneyQuest, which opened at Downtown Disney on June 19, 1998.
The Epcot show was cloned to three other Disney parks, opening at Tokyo Disneyland as MicroAdventure! on April 15, 1997, at Disneyland on May 22, 1998 and at Disneyland Paris as Cherie, j'ai retreci le public on March 28, 1999, each replacing that park's Captain EO.
Aladdin's Magic Carpet VR Adventure ended its run at Innoventions West, closing at Epcot after roughly three years.
The Communications Dream Forum opened in Innoventions East at Epcot as Motorola's sponsored exhibit.
Reopened after a major reimagining with Jeremy Irons as narrator and a new orchestral score (based on Bach's Sinfonia No. 2); the near-future finale scenes including the network operations center, paperless office, and boy's bedroom were removed and replaced with a single Internet video-call scene.
Honey, I Shrunk the Audience opened in the Magic Eye Theater at Epcot's Kodak-sponsored Journey Into Imagination pavilion, taking over the theater Captain EO had vacated on July 6, 1994.
Honey, I Shrunk the Audience took over the Magic Eye Theater, leaving the pavilion without Captain EO for more than fifteen years.
Captain EO played the final performance of its original Epcot run on July 6, 1994, after nearly eight years in the Magic Eye Theater.
Innoventions opened in the rebuilt CommuniCore buildings on July 1, 1994 and the Energy Exchange did not return.
Innoventions opened in the former CommuniCore buildings, replacing the pavilion that had contained Expo Robotics.
Innoventions opened on July 1, 1994 in the twin former CommuniCore buildings as Innoventions East and Innoventions West, a walk-through showcase of emerging technology with hands-on sponsor exhibits from General Electric, General Motors and Honeywell.
Innoventions opened in the former CommuniCore East and West buildings on July 1, 1994, replacing the pavilion's exhibits with a corporate technology showcase.
Epcot Outreach left the CommuniCore West building on July 1, 1994 and reopened elsewhere in the park as the Epcot Discovery Center.
Innoventions opened on July 1, 1994 in the former CommuniCore buildings, replacing the pavilion that had housed EPCOT Computer Central.
CommuniCore, the pair of buildings wrapping the fountain's plaza, closed in 1994, and Innoventions opened in those same buildings on July 1, 1994.
The CommuniCore buildings reopened as Innoventions on July 1, 1994, with Innoventions West occupying the CommuniCore West space that had held FutureCom.
Innoventions opened in the former CommuniCore buildings, remaking the space that had held TravelPort.
Innoventions opened in the former CommuniCore buildings on July 1, 1994, taking over the space EPCOT Computer Central had occupied.
CommuniCore East, the building that had housed the Electronic Forum, reopened as Innoventions East in July 1994 after a renovation.
Energy Exchange closed permanently on January 31, 1994 after eleven years in CommuniCore East.
CommuniCore closed to guests on January 30, 1994 so both crescent buildings could be rebuilt as Innoventions.
CommuniCore, the pair of Future World buildings that had housed Expo Robotics, closed entirely a few months later.
EPCOT Computer Central and the surrounding CommuniCore pavilion closed on January 30, 1994 to be redesigned into Innoventions.
Epcot Computer Central, the exhibit that had housed the show, closed on January 30, 1994, and the CommuniCore buildings reopened as Innoventions that July.
CommuniCore, the pair of buildings that had housed TravelPort, closed to guests.
EPCOT Computer Central closed permanently on January 30, 1994 along with the rest of CommuniCore East.
CommuniCore closed permanently on January 30, 1994 after 11 years so both buildings could be redesigned into Innoventions.
FutureCom closed in January 1994 when the CommuniCore buildings shut down for their conversion into Innoventions.
The Disney's Aladdin virtual reality experience debuted at Innoventions West at Epcot as part of the Walt Disney Imagineering Labs exhibit, seating riders on a magic carpet and sending them through Agrabah via a head-mounted display.
Backstage Magic closed permanently on October 1, 1993, after more than nine years in EPCOT Computer Central.
Lights of Winter debuted for Epcot's 1994 holiday season, with light-covered arches spanning the central walkway between Future World and World Showcase as part of Holidays Around the World.
Expo Robotics closed permanently in CommuniCore West at Epcot after a run of five years and nearly eight months.
Expo Robotics closed on October 3, 1993, removing the pavilion's robot-arm demonstration.
Backstage Magic gave its final performance on October 1, 1993, ending the show inside EPCOT Computer Central months before the pavilion closed.
Backstage Magic closed on October 1, 1993 after more than nine years, ending the show inside EPCOT Computer Central four months before the exhibit itself closed.
Fountain specialist WET rebuilt the Fountain of Nations in 1993, and the refurbished fountain performed to music every 15 minutes for the rest of its run.
Splashtacular, a show staged at the rebuilt fountain, debuted in 1993 and ended a few months later after fountain spray blew onto the stage and soaked the performers and guests.
TravelPort closed permanently on April 27, 1992, after nine and a half years in CommuniCore East.
The Electronic Forum, home of the interactive EPCOT Poll, closed on March 16, 1991, and the World News Center opened in CommuniCore the following day.
The Electronic Forum's former pre-show area opened as the World News Center on March 17, 1991, the day after the Forum closed, carrying top news stories on a bank of television monitors.
Electronic Forum closed permanently after more than eight years of EPCOT Poll voting in CommuniCore East.
Expo Robotics opened in CommuniCore West at Epcot as a robot demonstration in which robotic arms performed programmed tricks, with some able to draw a picture of a guest's face taken from a video monitor.
Expo Robotics opened in CommuniCore West on February 13, 1988, demonstrating programmed robot arms that performed tricks and sketched guests' portraits from video images.
After leaving Epcot, Magic Journeys ran at the Magic Kingdom's Fantasyland Theater from December 15, 1987 until its final Walt Disney World showing on December 1, 1993.
Captain EO, a 3D musical film starring Michael Jackson and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, opened in the Magic Eye Theater at the Kodak-sponsored Journey Into Imagination pavilion at EPCOT Center.
Captain EO opened in the Magic Eye Theater on September 12, 1986, permanently taking over the auditorium Magic Journeys had vacated seven months earlier.
Magic Journeys played its final EPCOT Center performance on February 9, 1986, ending a run of three years and four months in the Magic Eye Theater.
Reopened after its first major refurbishment with new narration by Walter Cronkite replacing Vic Perrin, the added 'Tomorrow's Child' finale, and new near-future scenes (a paperless office and a boy at a bedroom computer).
The Astuter Computer Revue gave its last performance on January 2, 1984, and the same EPCOT Computer Central space reopened on February 4, 1984 as Backstage Magic.
Backstage Magic opened on February 4, 1984 in EPCOT Computer Central in CommuniCore East, presented by Sperry Corporation.
Backstage Magic opened in the same Epcot Computer Central space on February 4, 1984, superseding the Astuter Computer Revue under continued Sperry sponsorship.
The tour reopened inside the same Computer Central space on February 4, 1984 as Backstage Magic, an updated show still sponsored by Sperry.
The Astuter Computer Revue, the show that previously occupied EPCOT Computer Central, closed on January 2, 1984, leaving the space open for a replacement presentation.
The Astuter Computer Revue closed permanently on January 2, 1984, after a run of roughly fifteen months.
The Astuter Computer Revue, the opening show, gave its last performance on January 2, 1984 after 15 months.
The show toured guests through EPCOT Computer Central and explained how computers controlled park operations across Walt Disney World, with a score composed by George Wilkins.
After the court-ordered breakup of the Bell System took effect on January 1, 1984, FutureCom carried on under AT&T, which stayed on as an Epcot sponsor.
Epcot Outreach, an information and educational resource area that included the Epcot Teacher's Center, opened inside CommuniCore West on May 26, 1983.
The Journey Into Imagination dark ride opened in the same pavilion on March 5, 1983, five months after Magic Journeys had debuted with the park.
Journey Into Imagination opened with audio-animatronic hosts the Dreamfinder and Figment, a slow-moving dark ride set to the Sherman Brothers' song 'One Little Spark,' alongside the hands-on upstairs ImageWorks gallery.
Electronic Forum, home of the EPCOT Poll, opened in CommuniCore East at EPCOT Center, where seated guests answered current-issues questions using five lettered buttons set into the left armrest of each seat.
Future Corps debuted at EPCOT Center as a full-time Future World atmosphere act, a brass-and-percussion ensemble playing in the drum and bugle corps style.
Opened as the opening-day centerpiece of EPCOT Center, a Bell System-sponsored dark ride climbing through the history of communication inside the geosphere, originally narrated by Vic Perrin.
Energy Exchange opened in CommuniCore East on EPCOT Center's opening day as an Exxon-sponsored hands-on energy exhibit.
CommuniCore opened with EPCOT Center on October 1, 1982 as two semicircular exhibit buildings, CommuniCore East and CommuniCore West, standing behind Spaceship Earth at the center of Future World.
The Astuter Computer Revue opened with EPCOT Center on October 1, 1982 as a Sperry-sponsored show inside Epcot Computer Central in CommuniCore East.
The Fountain of Nations opened with EPCOT Center on October 1, 1982, dedicated in a Ceremony of International Waters in which delegations poured water gathered from major rivers, lakes and seas around the world into its basin.
FutureCom, the Bell System's walk-through communications display anchored by the Fountain of Information and The Age of Information kinetic sculptures, opened with EPCOT Center in CommuniCore West on October 1, 1982.
Magic Journeys opened with EPCOT Center on the park's first day as the 3-D film in the Magic Eye Theater at the Kodak-sponsored Journey Into Imagination pavilion.
TravelPort opened with EPCOT Center on day one as an American Express-sponsored exhibit in CommuniCore East, where guests previewed vacation destinations on touch screens or asked American Express staff for help planning a trip.
EPCOT Computer Central opened with EPCOT Center in CommuniCore East on October 1, 1982 as a display of the actual computers that ran the park, sponsored by Sperry and headlined by the Astuter Computer Revue.
The exhibit was laid out as a hands-on games area whose stations included a blowout preventer display, a coal locator, a driving machine, a hundred-watt bulb crank and a video bicycle.
The pavilion's exhibits included EPCOT Computer Central, the Electronic Forum and its EPCOT Poll, TravelPort, a Population Clock and the touch-screen games Compute-A-Coaster, the Great American Census Quiz, Get Set Jet and the Flag Games in the East building, and the Bell System's FutureCom in the West.
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