Innoventions (Epcot)


Innoventions was an ever-changing collection of exhibits at the EPCOT theme park in Walt Disney World, Florida. It focused on technological advancements and their practical applications in everyday life. Innoventions is a portmanteau of the words "innovation" and "invention".
WWW innoventions.disney.com

History

Innoventions first opened on July 1, 1994, replacing Communicore in EPCOT. When the attraction opened, it prominently displayed games from various Sega consoles in an arcade style. The exhibit also featured virtual reality systems that used head-mounted displays. Innoventions is divided into two buildings known as Innoventions East and Innoventions West. In 1999, Innoventions had a major renovation for the park's Millennium Celebration, and added the subtitle "The Road to Tomorrow". In 2007–2008, Innoventions underwent another major renovation, dropped the subtitle "Road to Tomorrow," and changed its general aesthetic again while also launching the companion website innoventions.disney.com.

Closure and demolition

On May 19, 2015, Innoventions West closed with the promise of a major overhaul, which ultimately never happened.
On September 7, 2019, the original version of Club Cool and the Fountain View in the south portion of Innoventions West permanently closed ahead of demolition.
Demolition of Innoventions West began in Fall 2019. The Southwest Quadrant was reduced to a structural frame in December 2019.
Today, the building that formerly housed Innoventions East has reopened as Connections Eatery, the main quick service restaurant for the front of EPCOT in World Celebration. The building that formerly housed Innoventions West has been completely demolished to make way for the Journey of Water attraction in World Nature, the exhibit space as CommuniCore Hall, and the festival stage as CommuniCore Plaza in World Celebration, which was the named after the demise of the classic Future World pavilions.

Exhibits and sponsors

Innoventions East

Innoventions West

Tom Morrow 2.0

Epcot's Innoventions' mascot for 2000–2007 is a small Audio-Animatronic character named Tom Morrow 2.0, the former host of Disney Channel's Imagineer That! interstitial shorts. He was removed in 2007 during Innoventions' 2007–2008 renovation and stored at Imagineering's offices in Glendale, California. In August 2025, the character was reintroduced for a web video revival of Imagineer That! published on WDI's YouTube channel.

Area music

The Innoventions Area Loop is roughly 20 minutes long and begins with a musical piece by David Arkenstone entitled "Papillon " from his album In the Wake of the Wind. The rest of the music was composed by Russell Brower for Walt Disney Imagineering and is not commercially available. Brower, along with Arkenstone, would then compose the music for the World of Warcraft games.