Innoventions (Disneyland)
| Innoventions | |
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Entrance to Innoventions
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| Disneyland | |
| Area | Tomorrowland |
| Coordinates | 33°48′43″N 117°54′59″W / 33.812°N 117.9165°WCoordinates: 33°48′43″N 117°54′59″W / 33.812°N 117.9165°W |
| Status | Closed |
| Soft opening date | July 3, 1998 |
| Opening date | November 10, 1998 |
| Closing date | March 31, 2015 |
| Replaced |
Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress (1967-1973) America Sings (1974-1988) |
| Replaced by | Tomorrowland Expo Center (2015-present) Star Wars Launch Bay |
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| Attraction type | Interactive exhibits |
| Music | "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow", written by the Sherman Brothers |
| Hosted by | Tom Morrow (Nathan Lane) (former) Audrey Wasilewski (former) J.A.R.V.I.S. (Paul Bettany) (former Stark Industries exhibit) |
| Ring show | Honda (Transportation) Taylor Morrison (Home) Southern California Edison (Information) |
 Wheelchair accessible |
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 Assistive listening available |
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 Closed captioning available |
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Innoventions was an attraction in Tomorrowland at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. It opened on July 3, 1998 as part of the New Tomorrowland, focusing on near-futuristic technologies. The attraction operated for nearly 17 years, closing on March 31, 2015. From 2013 until its closure, its focus mainly shifted to character meet-and-greets featuring superheroes from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It occupied the Carousel Theater, a round two-story building in which the outer half of the first floor rotates. A similar attraction of the same name exists in Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort.
From 1967 to 1973, the building housed Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress. This attraction was moved from Disneyland to its current location in Magic Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort in 1973, at the request of its sponsor, General Electric. America Sings occupied the building from the following year until 1988. Audio-Animatronics from the show were used in Disneyland's Splash Mountain. The upper level of the building continued to house the Tron SuperSpeed Tunnel segment of the PeopleMover until that attraction eventually closed in 1995. The attraction closed March 31, 2015.
The building was redesigned and reopened on November 16, 2015 as the Tomorrowland Expo Center. The first floor of the building hosts Star Wars Launch Bay, a Star Wars exhibit featuring peeks behind the scenes and character meet and greets with Darth Vader, Kylo Ren, Boba Fett, and Chewbacca, while the second floor hosted "Super Hero HQ", featuring meet and greets with Marvel characters Thor and Spider-Man and an exhibit featuring Iron Man's suits based on the film. Super Hero HQ closed in April 2016.
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