ImageWorks (Disney)

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name=ImageWorks


caption=ImageWorks Logo
park=Epcot
land=Future World, Imagination! Pavilion
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type=Interactive exhibit
theme=Imagination
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cc=The ImageWorks is an interactive exhibit area at Epcot's Imagination! pavilion, described in the closing spiel of the original Journey Into Imagination as "the creative playground of the future". Originally, the attraction was in the upstairs area of the pavilion in the glass pyramids. After the 1999 refurbishment of the ride, a new ImageWorks was placed downstairs by the unload for the new attraction, under the name The What-If? Labs. The original ImageWorks is in fact, mostly intact, though now used for special events and storage, though late in August, the area started being used for the finale of an interactive Kim Possible activity being tested around Epcot, primarily in World Showcase. The ImageWorks has also appeared at Tokyo Disneyland in the form of a gift shop for Honey, I Shrunk the Audience.

Exhibits

ImageWorks (1982-1998)

* Dreamfinder's School of Drama - Using a bluescreen, guests put themselves into a movie under the direction of Dreamfinder. Choices were a western ("Daring Deputies and the Return of Sagebrush Sam"), a fantasy film ("Enchanted Travelers -- Wily Wizard the Cranky King"), or a science fiction film ("Acrobatic Astronauts in Galactic Getaway"). [Smith, Dave, "Disney A to Z: The Official encyclopedia" (New York, 1996: Hyperion), p. 151]
* Pin Screens - Massive Pin Tables
* Stepping Tones - Guests create music from stepping on color panels
* Figment's Coloring Book - Guests colored images featuring Figment and Dreamfinder using electric "paintbrush guns"
* Rainbow Corridor - A large tunnel that featured colored lights that followed the guests as they went through, each guest getting a different color.
* Electronic Philharmonic - By the usage of sensors, guests could conduct an orchestra.
* Kaleidoscopes - Very large kaleidoscopes that could be controlled by the guest.
* Vibrating Mirrors - An effect that made the guests reflection warp like a funhouse mirror.
* Voice Activated Lumia - A 6 foot diameter sphere that would respond with light effects to the guests voice or sounds.
* Bubble Projectors - In the small pyramid, bubbles were projected on circular screens under the guests control. When they overlapped they would create new colors

ImageWorks: The What-If Labs (1999-Present)

* Stepping Tones - much like the original, though now featuring picture panels making sounds
* Figment's Melody Maker - Added in the 2002 refurbishment, guests can cause Figment to play an instrument to the tune of One Little Spark, changing pitch by what height Figment is at on the screen

ee also

* Epcot attraction and entertainment history

External links

* [http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw/parks/attractionDetail?id=ImageWorksPage Walt Disney World Resort - ImageWorks]

References