Road to Tomorrow was an alright concept but its home is what killed it. Innoventions doesn't pull in the guests it should even with the towers blatently announcing their names. Tom Morrow 2.0 was the host but his character was not humorous, impressive nor large enough to captivate an audience like a larger animatronic could (Innoventions at Disneyland got lucky with its large host). The whole concept of Innoventions has really be dead for a while, now as more of a exhibit hall with a mish-mash of different sponsored modules on a rubber road "to tomorrow." When none of the exhibits even match in theme, you know that it is just exhibit space and nothing more. At least Communicore shared a working theme...
....as a worker of innoventions, I feel insulted. Rather, I used to work there. I enjoyed working there every single second of the day. You must be getting your information wrong because we were packed every freaking day. I would do non stop shows and the lines for the venues were immense. We close at 7pm to prepare for illuminations and due to the vast amount of people in there, we'd usually let the last guest out at 7:30. I'd talk to the parents and kids there and majority of the times if given a choice, the children rather stay there.
Our walls are lined up with letters to innoventions of how friendlywe are and how we're such a fun place for the children. We've gotten stories from West Side venues such as "where's the fire?" Children and their parents learn things they never knew before from that venue. You'd be suprise how many children don't have a meeting place. We had a family come up to that venue telling us that if it wasn't for their visit last year to "Where's the fire?" They wouldn't have gotten out safetly out of their burning home.
Kids love making paper there and learning about plastic. Pulling ropes and smashing a fire helmet drives the children nuts over at Test the Limits Lab~ UL
As for new venues: :zipit:
Now, we are all intitled to out opinions here, but when I worked at innoventions, I didn't do it for the old school guests, or the adults.
I worked at innoventions for the children and the countless memories I had with each and everyone one of them. I made children laugh at toontag and have fun at UL and Nano. We teach them about plastic and we teach them how to avoid a house that's on fire.
Now, to you that might seem mish-mash, but to the children, it's a place to learn and play and where adults can be a kid again.
Enough rant from me, I just can't stand when people think they know innoventions. It's more then just a rubber road you know =/ Since the adults don't feel like reading all the good stuff innoventions has to offer, let the kids at least enjoy themselves.
As for the towers, I'm glad they're gone. Those were breeding grounds for the bad kids. They'd climb all the way to the top while their ignorant parents were smiling and taking pictures.....
