And as already pointed out, the future is not now; It is yet to come, and (obviously) always will be. Attractions and exhibits portraying that upcoming future will by definition always have a place, but you have to keep up as technology changes. You can't build something today - for the future - and then leave it alone for 20 years until it becomes a history exhibit instead. Disney has too much a tendancy to do that.
This.
Plus, EPCOT Center's Future World was not about "Here's the future, come look at it". Not really. Sure, there were attractions that presented the future (RIP Horizons), but Future World was about inspiring people to
help build the future.
Yes, by the mid-90s much of Future World was outdated, and it's hard to remain on the bleeding edge of technology that is moving at such a rapid pace. But that was never the point! Update/remove/replace, it doesn't matter, but what Disney has done is remove what made the original place so special to people, and that is the feeling that we're all in this together, and that it's part of
our mission, every one of us, to build the future. It wasn't "Hey, look at what the smart people at <insert corporation> are doing to build the future for you."
"If
we can dream it,
we can do it."
"Tomorrow's Child -- charting a brand new new way, for the future world is born today."
"For we welcome you now to take the first steps into that future. We welcome you to The Living Seas. We welcome you to Sea Base Alpha."
"We all have sparks, imaginations.
That's how our minds, create creations.
For they can make, our wildest dreams come true.
Those magic sparks, in me and you."
"Ladies and gentlemen, General Motors now invites you to share the challenge of the future. We need you to help us shape tomorrow's mobility."
I could go on and on (believe me).
Innoventions mostly failed at what it's purpose should have been. Hands on, learning, changing exhibits that allowed children and grown-ups to see/touch/participate in things that might just inspire them to go on to do big things. Sure, Communicore needed to be updated, but this area needs to be
constantly updated.
I am not sad that Innoventions is closing, aside from the fact that I am sad that one more part of the ghost town that was once the best theme park in the world is closing it's doors. That makes me sad. Actually, it makes me more angry than sad. It makes me angry that the folks that put so much into this park in the late 70's, who really believed that they were building something special, their ideals were discarded either because it was "too hard" or "too expensive" to update attractions while holding to the clear mission of the original park.
