After an extensive overhaul, the area formerly known as CommuniCore, located behind Spaceship Earth, became Innoventions in 1994. Broken out into two separate pavilions, East and West, Innoventions features sponsored exhibits themed around technology, health, safety, and science.
Over the years, Innoventions has seen many exhibits come and go as well as gone through a few changes of its own. In 1999, in tandem with Epcot’s Millennium Celebration, Innoventions underwent refurbishment and become “Innoventions: The Road to Tomorrow”. In late 2007 the subtitle was dropped as Innoventions underwent another renovation.
At the end of April, 2015, Innoventions West closed its doors forever. Little was known at the time on what the future of this section of Innoventions would hold.
As part of the biggest planned overhaul to Epcot since its opening, it was announced that the majority of Innoventions would not only be closed but, demolished, to make way for a new hub layout. Innoventions East closed in September, 2019, and in November 2019, demolition began on Innoventions West.
| Innoventions East Attractions | Innoventions West Attractions |
|---|---|
| Sum of All Thrills 2009-2016 Sponsored By: Raytheon | THINK 2013-2015 Sponsored By: IBM |
| Vision House 2010-2015 Sponsored By: Green Builder Media | Video Game Playground 2005-2015 Sponsored By: Disney Interactive |
| Test the Limits Lab 2003-2015 Sponsored By: Underwriters Laboratories Inc. | Slap Stick Studios 2008-2011 Sponsored By: Velcro |
| Take a Nanooze Break 2010-2015 Sponsored By: Cornell University & The National Science Foundation | Segway Central 2006-2013 Sponsored By: Segway |
| Don’t Waste It 2008-2011 Sponsored By: Waste Management | Beautiful Science 1999-2007 Sponsored By: Monsanto Company & The Farm Bureau |
| Habit Heroes 2012-2016 Sponsored By: Blue Cross | The Great Piggy Bank Adventure 2009-2015 Sponsored By: T. Rowe Price |
| Website Construction Zone 1999-2001 Sponsored By: Go.com | Virtual Reality 1995-1997 Sponsored By: Enel / Infobyte |
| Opportunity City 2004-2006 Sponsored By: Kauffman Foundation | Videonics 1994-1997 |
| Mr. MIDI 1995-1995 | Video Games of Tomorrow 1999-2001 Sponsored By: Sega |
| Mission: SPACE Launch Center 2001-2003 | Ultimate Home Theater Experience 1999-1999 Sponsored By: Lutron |
| Magic House Show/Tour 1994-1995 Sponsored By: Masco | Tom Morrow 2.0’s Playground 2000-2007 |
| Look Into the Future 1999-2001 | Time Warner 1996-1997 Sponsored By: Time Warner |
| Inforation Highway 1995-1997 Sponsored By: Oracle Corporation | Silicon Graphics 1995-1997 Sponsored By: Silicon Graphics |
| House of Innoventions 1995-1999 Sponsored By: Honeywell | Sega 1998-1999 Sponsored By: Sega |
| House of Innoventions 1999-2009 Sponsored By: Panja | Rockin’ Robots 2005-2010 Sponsored By: KUKA Industrial Robotos |
| General Electric 1994-1999 Sponsored By: General Electric | Networked Living Sponsored By: IBM |
| Gadget Showcase 1994-1997 Sponsored By: Hammacher Schlemmer | Medicine’s New Vision 1999-2002 Sponsored By: Radiological Society of America |
| Future Cars 1994-1999 Sponsored By: General Motors | LEGO Dacta 1994-1995 Sponsored By: Autodesk Inc. / LEGO |
| Forests for Our Future 1999-2005 Sponsored By: TAPPI | Knowledge Vortex 1999-2002 Sponsored By: Xerox |
| Fantastic Plastics Works 2004-2008 Sponsored By: Society of the Plastics Industry | Inspired by Vision 1998-1999 |
| Family PC 1995-1999 Sponsored By: Family PC Magazine | Imagineering Labs 1994-1995 |
| EPCOT Discovery Center 1996-1998 | Eclectronics 1994-1998 |
| Disney’s Internet Zone 1998-1999 Sponsored By: Gateway | Discover Magazine 1994-1997 Sponsored By: Discover Magazine |
| Disney Interactive 1996-1997 Sponsored By: Disney Interactive | Broadband Connection 1999-2000 Sponsored By: AT&T |
| Discover the Stories Behind the Magic 2001-2002 | Bill Nye the Science Guy 1994-1997 |
| Communications Dream Forum 1995-2003 Sponsored By: Motorola | Aladdin’s Magic Carpet 1996-1997 |
| Comfortville 1994-1996 Sponsored By: Honeywell | Look into the Future 2001-2007 |
| Bill Nye the Science Guy 1994-1997 | Solutions for a Small Planet 1998-1999 Sponsored by: IBM |
| Apple Computers 1994-1998 Sponsored By: Apple Computer | Thinkplace 2002-2009 Sponsored by: IBM |
| Colortopia 2015-2019 Sponsored by: Glidden | Smarter Planet 2010-2012 Sponsored by: IBM |
| Spectaculab 2017-2019 Sponsored by: Murata | Too Small to See 2006-2008 Cornell University |
| Environmentality Corner 2005-2012 | Where’s the Fire? 2004-2014 Sponsored by: Liberty Mutual |
| Kidcot 2004-2006 | Centorium 1982-1999 |
| StormStruck 2008-2016 Sponsored by: FLASH | Mouse Gear 1999 – 2020 |
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