EPCOT Is the End of Innoventions Near?

[brb1006]

They tried that back in the mid–late 00’s, with recorded Stitch spiels playing in the Adventureland and Tomorrowland restrooms. At some point, someone realized it was a bad idea to encourage guests to use specific restrooms for a voiceover.

Is there any existing audio of the Stitch spiels?

 

[MisterPenguin]

I recently saw a post on an Instagram account that I follow that said that we should "say our goodbyes" to Colortopia. I decided to message the account and ask what they meant, and got told that "based on some sources" Innoventions is set to close "in the near future." How valid is this claim?

Hi! You might want to take the rumor tag and rephrase the question as a declarative sentence.

 

[tirian]

Is there any existing audio of the Stitch spiels?

Not that I know of. He was looking for Lilo and kept calling out her name.

Even though it was out of place in AL, it was kind of cool in the TL restrooms. The downside was that it accompanied WDW’s Stitch overkill that began with the attraction and its castle promo, extended to the monorail spiel, and overwhelmed merchandise. The restrooms were a much later addition, but were cut along with everything else when leadership finally accepted that Stitch’s Great Escape was the lowest-rated attraction of all time in WDW. (The “honorary” award worldwide goes to Superstar Limo at DCA.)

 

[MisterPenguin]

Whoa, I guess my sprinklers for my lawn are an attraction.

Definitely. And your car is an E-Ticket ride!!

 

[Clamman73]

Not a bad view now.

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

Confirmed today. The Character Spot, Starbucks, and Hallway are all gone. Reduced to atoms.

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

Confirmed today. The Character Spot, Starbucks, and Hallway are all gone. Reduced to atoms.

Hopefully someone got a photo. I guess this is The End of Innoventions.

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

The state of interior construction is incredibly sad. The building is almost entirely gutted now. Nothing but chunks of drywall and metal framing tied together in pretzel shapes on the ground
now. The skylights have been removed as well as the entirety of the ceiling in there. Just goes straight to sheet metal and insulation now

 

[tparris]

Can also confirm what @DreamfinderGuy has said about West. AC ducts, insulation, and wiring are ripped up and hanging from the ceiling, and all carpet is ripped up, exposing bare concrete. The building is near ready for demolition, now it’s just a matter of how long they will take. Hopefully demo will only take a few days, as I’d rather not have to see a Horizons-esque stretched out demo process.

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

Can also confirm what @DreamfinderGuy has said about West. AC ducts, insulation, and wiring are ripped up and hanging from the ceiling, and all carpet is ripped up, exposing bare concrete. The building is near ready for demolition, now it’s just a matter of how long they will take. Hopefully demo will only take a few days, as I’d rather not have to see a Horizons-esque stretched out demo process.

I took a quick picture leaving The Land. This is a newer wall on the backside of the meet and greet part of the building. Sorry for the poor quality
Will demo start up after Food and Wine?

 

[Tegan pilots a chicken]

I was just looking at old EPCOT maps spaced out in five year increments. It’s astonishing how much has changed and how much is going to change.

 

[Tapestry_of_Nations]

Wasn't that old light up diorama of Future World in Innoventions (Communicore) West? Wonder if it got saved. I know those folks from Retro WDW have a picture of it somewhere from '05.

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

Wasn't that old light up diorama of Future World in Innoventions (Communicore) West? Wonder if it got saved. I know those folks from Retro WDW have a picture of it somewhere from '05.

It’s in East and it’s still there. Hard telling for how much longer though

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

What does it look like, and where exactly is it? This sounds cool.

It looks like this...Use to be in Backstage Magic..

From retrowdw..

 

[*Q*]

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Is this the one they had set up by Innoventions East?

 

[*Q*]

Is this the one they had set up by Innoventions East?

No, he's talking about the giant new elevated Festival Center, going approximately where Club Cool was

 

[ChrisFL]

we should have a nickname for that thing......how about "The Table"?

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

we should have a nickname for that thing......how about "The Table"?

“The Egg” is an already established nickname, because it looks like an egg from above. Whole building is oval shaped

 

[trainplane3]

We need flex space.

Okay, let's demo our flex space.

Ok- wait, what?