Imagination!, Themed area in Future World, Florida, US
Imagination! is a pavilion in Epcot's World Celebration section, made up of two adjoining glass pyramids with dark metal space-frame grids; the taller left pyramid overlaps the shorter right one, and their tops are bevelled rather than pointed. Below them sit a blue-green band lettered "JOURNEY INTO IMAGINATION", an entrance area, and a fountain whose water falls into a shallow basin beside stepped orange and red walls. The pavilion covers 1,600 m² in two buildings.
The pavilion opened with Epcot on October 1, 1982, when only the Magic Eye Theater showing Magic Journeys was open; Journey Into Imagination followed on March 5, 1983. Kodak sponsored it for nearly 28 years, until August 2010. The 1998 renovation closed the upstairs ImageWorks and replaced the purple and blue exterior with navy blue, and the pavilion was renamed Imagination! in 1999.
The purple dragon Figment, created for the 1983 ride, became the pavilion's mascot; fans protested when he was reduced to cameos in 1999, and he returned as the lead of Journey into Imagination with Figment in 2002. The upstairs ImageWorks closed in 1998, and its space reopened in June 2016 as a lounge for Disney Vacation Club members.
The area is accessible during regular park hours and requires a valid park admission ticket. You will have better luck with the interactive stations if you arrive early in the day, when fewer visitors are present.
The glass pyramids have chamfered, flattened tops, so they are not true pyramids. The pavilion covers 1,600 m2 in two buildings, and the upstairs ImageWorks, reached by a spiral staircase, closed in 1998; its space reopened in June 2016 as a lounge for Disney Vacation Club members.
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