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EPCOT · Walt Disney World
Shop · opened 1982 · EPCOT · 6 changes on record
The long-shuttered upstairs ImageWorks space reopened in June 2016 as a lounge exclusively for Disney Vacation Club members, ending any prospect of the original second-floor gallery returning.
Kodak ended its sponsorship of the Imagination pavilion in August 2010 after nearly 28 years, and the Kodak branding was subsequently removed from the What If Labs.
The upstairs ImageWorks closed on October 10, 1998 when the pavilion shut down for the Journey Into Your Imagination retheme; the second-floor gallery never reopened to the public.
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The original ImageWorks — 'The Image Works: Creative Playground of the Future' — opened with EPCOT Center on the upper level of the Imagination pavilion, a hands-on gallery of creative experiments including the Rainbow Corridor, Magic Palette, and Stepping Tones.
That's every change on the record at ImageWorks since 1982.
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Per the documented record, ImageWorks at EPCOT opened on Oct 1, 1982.
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for ImageWorks is dated Oct 10, 1998: The upstairs ImageWorks closed on October 10, 1998 when the pavilion shut down for the Journey Into Your Imagination retheme; the second-floor gallery never reopened to the public.
The latest documented change (documented Jun 2016): The long-shuttered upstairs ImageWorks space reopened in June 2016 as a lounge exclusively for Disney Vacation Club members, ending any prospect of the original second-floor gallery returning.
6 documented changes, dating back to 1982 — the fan-kept shop changelog nobody else keeps.
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