Imagination! (Epcot)

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Imagination! (formerly The Journey Into Imagination ) is a pavilion on the west side of "Future World", one of two Epcot themed areas, an amusement park at Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida. Kodak is a former title sponsor of the pavilion.

Video Imagination! (Epcot)

Interest history

While the pavilion itself has been around since 1982, it has gone through three significant phases. Originally started as an area where the 3-D movie Magic Journeys was played with a song of the same name by Sherman Brothers. Slide Presentation The 'Memories', history of photography is a pre-show presentation. When Journey Into Imagination opened a year later, this area is dubbed the Journey Into Imagination Pavilion. From 1983 to 1986 held Journey Into Imagination , (upstairs) ImageWorks , and Magic Journeys . In 1986, however, the Magic Journeys was replaced by Captain EO , a more advanced 3-D movie made by George Lucas and starred Michael Jackson as the title character. In 1994, Captain EO was replaced by Honey, I Shrunk the Audience, starring Rick Moranis as Professor Wayne Szalinski and Eric Idle as chair of the Imagination Institute, Dr. Nigel Channing.

In 1998, the original Journey Into Imagination was down for renovation. During this renovation, the upstairs ImageWorks is closed and the exterior of the purple and blue painting of the building is replaced with a different color, the navy blue being the main one. Original glass marks replaced with wood and metal. The fountain jumps the frogs reduced in size to accommodate the new gift shop at the new Journey Into Your Imagination door. The glass pyramid remains intact, although the top floor ImageWorks is closed, to be replaced by the bottom ImageWorks - The "What If" Labs

The Pavilion was renamed Imagination! in 1999, when a new attraction was opened. Fans are angry that Dreamfinder, a popular character from previous trips, has been lost. Furthermore, Figment, another popular character, made only a cameo appearance until his short dialogue at the end of the journey. At the end of 2001, Disney closed the journey and modified the attraction, bringing the Image back to a more prominent role, even though the Dreamfinder still does not exist.

For a moment after the return of Figment to the Imagination pavilion, a walk around the Figment characters is available to meet and greet at the former Kodak store between the main pavilion and the theater. Where the image is now not labeled, but the inside is still visible through the window.

In the summer of 2006, the end of Kim Possible's interactive activity was temporarily set above the above ImageWorks as a test, which was themed as a base. Drakken, with a station on the World Showcase that lends "Kimunicator" for interactive activities.

Following the death of Michael Jackson on June 25, 2009, Disney officials are considering the possibility of the return of Captain EO . In February 2010, the movie, now titled Captain EO Tribute, returns to Disneyland. On July 2nd 2010, Captain EO returns to Imagination! pavilion for limited run, replace Honey, I Shrunk Audience .

In August 2010, Kodak, which has sponsored the pavilion since it opened, ended its sponsorship after nearly 28 years.

In June 2016 the upstairs section of the Imagination Pavilion used for the original ImageWorks reopened as a special room for Disney Vacation Club members.