Apparently I've missed these for years!

[Melanie]

Tonight I was in Epcot and noticed these particular lights outside Innoventions. How many years have I been missing these? I've known about and noticed the twinkling sidewalks forever, but these 'shapes' jumped out as something I'd never noticed. Apparently I was wrong in thinking they were new. Please enlighten me! If you know me, you know I don't spend a ton of time in Epcot at night.

[AgentC]

I think they have been there at least 1-2 years. Maybe more. Unless you are hanging out around Innoventions, they are not as obvious as the twinkling ones.

Since my kids like to stay at Innoventions until they are being shooed out the door, it is usually dark when we we leave. They especially like to sit in the middle of the circle one and watch it.

[Cjsmom1811]

Never seen those!!!! & I work at EPCOT!!!

[Pirate Granny]

They have been there at least ten years, maybe more...we always make it a habit to see the lights on our way outta the park...beg my hubby to put some in at our house.

[BrerGnat]

They've been there a LOOOONG time. It was one of the things I knew my oldest son would love to see when we took our kids there in 2010. He's a big fan of lights, patterns, and stuff like that. They've been there at least as long as Innoventions was called Innoventions (rather than Communicore East/West). Probably around 10 years or more.

[CuteAsMinnie]

It's always so fun to notice things for the first time! I've learned tho to ask DH, instead of the teenagers, "DH, was this always here?"

I've never noticed these lights either. We're usually not around Innoventions when it's dark. Now We'll hang around there until the kids say "wow, look at that" to which i can reply...

[azcavalier]

Oh yeah, they've been there for years and years. We've been going since 2002, and I can't remember NOT seeing them. But, of course, you have to be crossing in front of the Innoventions exit after dark.

[MickeysBestPal]

I have them on a video that I shot in 1999.
They were not new at that point.

They may have been installed about the time of the name change of the central FW buildings from "CommuniCore" to "Innoventions."

That would have been in the mid 1990's.

[SBETigg]

Isn't it great that as much as you visit, you still find new-to-you things in the park.

[buzznwoodysmom]

Those lights have been there as long as I've been taking my kids to WDW. On our first family trip my kids were 2 years old and 9 months old (they are now 12 and 10)and those lights were there way back then.

Seeing pics of those lights brings back such great memories of those early trips with my babies. When in Epcot I would always sit there with my kids at night while the rest of our group rode rides they weren't tall enough for. They loved those lights!!! We try to see them on our way out on every trip. Just this past December we stopped for a few minutes, and even my kids told me they remember those nights playing on the lights.

[TinkerbellT421]

Tonight I was in Epcot and noticed these particular lights outside Innoventions. How many years have I been missing these? I've known about and noticed the twinkling sidewalks forever, but these 'shapes' jumped out as something I'd never noticed. Apparently I was wrong in thinking they were new. Please enlighten me! If you know me, you know I don't spend a ton of time in Epcot at night.

Same here Mel! Never noticed these before!!! Surprising because we spend hours every trip in Epcot especially at night when staying at the Boardwalk! I'm going to have to spend special attention waiting to see them in December!

Do they only appear at a certain time and for a certain amount of time? ie. is it like every hour and a half for ten minutes or something like that?

[Pooh Fan]

Wow! I have not seen these either. They will certainly go on the to-do/see list for the next trip. Thanks for sharing.

[JPL]

I believe those were installed when Communicore changed to Innoventions, I'm going to say around 1994 or so.

[ibelieveindisneymagic]

We saw them for the first time on our last trip (2011) and thought they were new too!

I love the twinkling lights, but these are even better.

[Disney Doll]

I've never noticed them either! Looks cool though. We will have to look for them next time.

[AgentC]

Same here Mel! Never noticed these before!!! Surprising because we spend hours every trip in Epcot especially at night when staying at the Boardwalk! I'm going to have to spend special attention waiting to see them in December!

Do they only appear at a certain time and for a certain amount of time? ie. is it like every hour and a half for ten minutes or something like that?

Once they are on , they stay on until park close. They are just easy to miss since they are toward the entrances of Innoventions and not on the main path.

[MstngDrvnDsnyLvr]

They were there when hubby and I went in 2009. But sometimes the little things are the ones that are overlooked.

[Joannelet]

I saw this on the twitter feed and I too have never seen them! I thought they were new when I saw your pics! Crazy that they have been there for so long! How did I miss this!? I have only seen the little dot lights not these!

[EJS-Houston]

Same here Mel! Never noticed these before!!! Surprising because we spend hours every trip in Epcot especially at night when staying at the Boardwalk! I'm going to have to spend special attention waiting to see them in December!

Do they only appear at a certain time and for a certain amount of time? ie. is it like every hour and a half for ten minutes or something like that?

Same here...I've been going to DisneyWorld every 2 years since 2005 and I'd never seen those lights before I stumbled across them this past November.

[AmandaChan]

Just another reason I LOVE Disney! You discover something new and awesome in the most unexpecting places every single time!

btw, I noticed them a few years ago. After having been there and walked in the same area at least four years prior.