Where's the Fire? — Former Show · History & Timeline

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⚰ Permanently closed · Oct 2014operated 10 years · 2004–2014

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2019

Area UpdateNov 2019#

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?.

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2015

Area UpdateApr 30, 2015#

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.

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Coming SoonMar 2015#

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.

Reported 2015-03-23 (Doctor Disney) and 2015-03-24 (KennyThePirate); both name Where's the Fire among the closing exhibits alongside THINK by IBM and The Great Piggy Bank Adventure. MickeyWiki states the closure 'coincided with the end of the exhibitors' (Liberty Mutual, IBM and T. Rowe Price) sponsorship agreements'. The underlying announcement date is not established at day precision, so this beat is held to month precision.

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2014

RefurbishmentOct 2014#

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.

KennyThePirate gives 'April 29, 2015 at 7:00pm' and lists Where's the Fire among the closing attractions; Doctor Disney states 'the last day of operation for all of those exhibits will be April 29, 2015'; the AllEars Innoventions archive records Where's the Fire? as closed end of April 2015. CONFLICT ON RECORD: the Wikipedia Innoventions exhibit list gives 'October 2004 - October 2014' for this exhibit, but the raw wikitext shows that entry carries no citation, and the same article dates the building's closure to May 19, 2015 against contemporaneous end-of-April reporting; Wikipedia is therefore not cited for this closure. Confidence held at medium because the two strongest sources are prospective announcements rather than a retrospective confirmation that this specific exhibit was still open on its final day.

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2004

NewOct 3, 2004#

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.

Firehouse trade feature (published 2009-03-01) states verbatim: 'On Oct. 3, 2004, Epcot opened Where's the Fire?', 'sponsored by Liberty Mutual in cooperation with the U.S. Fire Administration'. Wikipedia and the AllEars Innoventions archive both place it in Innoventions West from October 2004. The same feature described a staged home with 'over 300 fire hazards', the back of a Darley pumper built for the attraction serving as the escape meeting place, and a children's escape maze; its 'largest public fire education experience in the country' framing is trade/sponsor language, not an independent measurement, and is not asserted here as fact.

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Questions & answers

When did Where's the Fire? open?

Per the documented record, Where's the Fire? at EPCOT opened on Oct 3, 2004.

When did Where's the Fire? last close for refurbishment?

The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for Where's the Fire? is dated Oct 2014: 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.

What changed recently on Where's the Fire??

The latest documented change (documented Nov 2019): 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?.

How many changes are on record for Where's the Fire??

5 documented changes, dating back to 2004 — the fan-kept show changelog nobody else keeps.

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