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Imagination overhaul earmarked
After months of rumors, we’ve heard from a fairly reliable source that the Imagination pavilion has been earmarked for a major renovation in the 2009 fiscal year, which begins this October. Details of the refurbishment are said to include a new show to replace the old Honey, I Shrunk the Audience, as well as a complete overhaul of the ride through attraction.
Imageworks reworked
Despite our hopes that perhaps they’d take the opportunity to just bulldoze the building and start over, the Imageworks at the Imgination pavilion has reopened with a whimsical and updated look.
Though the ride-through attraction was also closed, it did not change in any significant manner. Rumor suggests preliminary work was done for a coming overhaul of the ride, but that remains to be seen. We’ll believe it when we see it. Until then, at least the Imageworks is more attractive. Try not to blind yourself with the glare from the floor.
The upstairs glass atrium portion of the building in the pyramid remains completely closed off to guests aside from the occasional group on the Undiscovered Future World tour. Recent reports state that the new Waste Management games for Innoventions were installed up there briefly and we know that previews for the Kim Possible interactive game used it as a location.
Putting lipstick on a pig might be the way to describe this overhaul, but at least it’s progress.
Imagination work more then meets the eye?
In addition to an earlier permit specifying the work on fixtures, screens, curtains, lights, etc… in the Imageworks during the current closure, Imagineering has filed a permit for “Imagination Demolition.”
Sources are saying this new permit is the first of many which will result in a redesign of the entire pavilion. The extent of the work culminating in a new ride and show rather then the dated Imagination Institute theme.
Some rumors even suggest the return of the Dream Port theme. Forgot what exactly that is? Here’s a good collection of Youtube videos to refresh your memory.
Imagination – again?
Disney has filed a permit to refurbish the post-show Kodak Imageworks area of the Imagination pavilion. Rumors suggest that perhaps the upstairs portion of the building may reopen, though the permit only specifies new carpet and such. The upstairs are is rumored to be currently use as staging area for the Waste Management exhibit coming to Innoventions East in February.
