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===History=== |
===History=== |
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A second Innoventions opened at Disneyland on [[July 3]], [[1998]] in the New Tomorrowland. Innoventions in Disneyland occupies the Carousel Theater, which housed previous attractions Carousel of Progress (1967-1973, now located at the [[Magic Kingdom]]), and America Sings (1974-1988). Utilizing the existing Carousel Theater's moving platforms, Innoventions is the only spinning building in Disneyland and makes one full revolution every 17 minutes, 40 seconds. According to the Castmembers, the building is the fastest moving building in Disneyland, moving at 1 [[ |
A second Innoventions opened at Disneyland on [[July 3]], [[1998]] in the New Tomorrowland. Innoventions in Disneyland occupies the Carousel Theater, which housed previous attractions Carousel of Progress (1967-1973, now located at the [[Magic Kingdom]]), and America Sings (1974-1988). Utilizing the existing Carousel Theater's moving platforms, Innoventions is the only spinning building in Disneyland and makes one full revolution every 17 minutes, 40 seconds. According to the Castmembers, the building is the fastest moving building in Disneyland, moving at 1 [[mph]]. |
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===Current exhibits=== |
===Current exhibits=== |
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Revision as of 02:25, 11 September 2007
| Innoventions | |
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 Entrance to Disneyland Innoventions in original 1998 color scheme. | |
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| Attraction type | Rotating Building with Interactive Exhibits |
| Ring show | Transportation Sports Home Information Entertainment |
| Previous attractions | Carousel of Progress (1967-1973) America Sings (1974-1988) |
 Wheelchair accessible | |
 Assistive listening available | |
 Closed captioning available | |
History
A second Innoventions opened at Disneyland on July 3, 1998 in the New Tomorrowland. Innoventions in Disneyland occupies the Carousel Theater, which housed previous attractions Carousel of Progress (1967-1973, now located at the Magic Kingdom), and America Sings (1974-1988). Utilizing the existing Carousel Theater's moving platforms, Innoventions is the only spinning building in Disneyland and makes one full revolution every 17 minutes, 40 seconds. According to the Castmembers, the building is the fastest moving building in Disneyland, moving at 1 mph.
Current exhibits
- 2000 - Present - Pioneer "Virtual Resort", guests experience a virtual reality vacation
- 2002 - Present - Disney Synergy exhibit where guests can play Stitch games, or even talk to Stitch himself
- 2002 - Present - Disney Interactive and ESPN videogames in a free arcade
- 2005 - Present - Honda ASIMO theater, a 15-minute presentation on the state-of-the-art ASIMO robot
Former exhibits and sponsors
- 1998-2000 - Honeywell sponsored playground
- 1998-2004 - General Motors simulator attraction
- 1998 - ? - Hewlett Packard-sponsored (formerly Compaq) free computer game arcade
- 2000 - ? - AT&T- Hyperlink Hopscotch, previously an interactive cartoon show.
- 2004-2005 - Segway track, where guests 16 and older could ride a Segway
- 2005-2006 - ISMO, where a demonstration on humanoid robots is held
- 2005-2007 - VMK Central (closed on June 3, 2007, scheduled to be a limited time only, but lasted much longer.)
Tom Morrow
Disneyland's Innoventions features a full-size Audio-Animatronic host simply known as Tom Morrow, voiced by actor Nathan Lane.
Music
- Tom Morrow sings "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow", the former theme song of the Carousel of Progress. The song was written by Richard and Robert Sherman for that attraction's premiere at the 1964 New York World's Fair. The Tom Morrow version has new lyrics. The original recording of the song, as sung by Rex Allen, Jr., can be heard as exit music at the ASIMO show within Innoventions.
See also
External links
Innoventions, Inc.
Innoventions, Inc., unrelated to the Innoventions attractions, is a manufacturer of computer memory test equipment based in Houston, Texas. It was incorporated in 1984: Innoventions, Inc.
