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Permits to install sets for an upcoming area in Innoventions West have been filed. The area is sponsored apparently by T. Rowe Price and will be built by Sparks Exhibits who have handled several of the recent additions to Innoventions.

The Velcro area of Innoventions West has opened, but rumors linger of show tweaking and script changes to the comedy-show format.

Apparently the current format isn’t going over 100% with audiences, but usually these sorts of scripts aren’t home runs until they test with audiences for a few weeks.

If anything, the building itself is impressive and makes a nice visual addition to Innoventions. Should the show works the kinks out, it should make a nice addition to the area.

The doors into the west breezeway at Epcot have been reopened and the Velcro exhibit is showing signs of progress.

The new entrance allows guests to enter next to the IBM exhibit and is giving the whole area an increase in foot traffic. The Velcro exhibit is still under construction, but has taken the form of a series of whimsical building fronts.

A truly minor note, but if anything it will make traversing Future World a tiny bit easier. The opening to Innoventions West from the west Breezeway (the big hallway leading to The Land, Seas, and Imagination) will be reopening with the new Velcro exhibit scheduled for completion by January.

The original design of Innoventions East and West as Communicore allowed for much more flow-through to the rest of Future World, whereas the current setup has blocked several doors and forced guests to only traverse the central corridor which has in turn become extremely congested. This is a minor improvement in the grand scheme of things, but will help the congestion in that area the nearby Character Spot has created.

In an interesting turn of events, Disney has filed permits to install a display about Velcro in Innoventions West, presumably to replace the (now disposed) Too Small to See exhibit.

The popular “Too Small to See” exhibit in Innoventions West has ended its run at Epcot. The exhibit is designed to tour to various science museums after its initial debut at Epcot. No word on what will be taking over that exhibition space.

A new Kim Possible KidCot activity station has recently opened in Innoventions West.

Continuing the story we reported earlier, another tower at an entrance into Innoventions has been removed. The main Innoventions East entrance from the central plaza is now being removed, joining the West central entrance and the East-park entrance signs in oblivion. Only the West-park entrance tower remains near the Seas with Nemo and Friends.

Inside Innoventions West, refurbishment walls have appeared in the area adjacent to the West plaza entrance. Rumor has it that the “Road to Tomorrow” theme of Innoventions is on its way out piece by piece.

“Too Small to See” is a new interactive area focusing on nanotechnology and the microscopic world in Innoventions at Epcot. The 5,000 square foot space is filled with kiosks that let guests move atoms or build molecules. It replaces the “Ultimate Home Theater Experience” which occupied the space previously. The exhibit is run in cooporation with Cornell University and the National Science Foundation and is expected to remain until May 2007.

Segway Central in Innoventions West at Epcot is now open for business. The location serves a dual purpose, being a starting place for the various Segway tours offered at Epcot, as well as a place for all Epcot guests to try riding a segway free of charge.

The location makes use of the old sphere which was part of Tom Morrow 2.0′s playground as a small theatre to get instructions. After signing waivers, guests then head out to an open green area to try their skills on the Segways.

Riders must be atleast 100lbs but not over 250lbs to ride. They must be able to stand and balance on their own. Pregnant women may not ride. Guests must be 16 years of age, with 16 and 17 year olds requiring a parent’s signature. All guests must sign a waiver.