EPCOT Figment, well, to be replaced by Figment

[Homemade Imagineering]

One silver lining I suppose to the timeline with a JII refurb (if things stay consistent), is the fact that us old school Epcot fans will have staggered things to look forward to. That is of course IF the new TT and SSE live up to their predecessors and are timeless homages to what came before. I could see this as a “save the best for last” type of scenario, slowly feeding us these updates culminating in the one everyone has been asking for all along. Now if the budget for a redo will give us another bandaid as of right now, let’s hope they use the next couple years to put more time & energy into an update, alongside earmarking some significant capital for this attraction

 

[dreamfinding]

One silver lining I suppose to the timeline with a JII refurb (if things stay consistent), is the fact that us old school Epcot fans will have staggered things to look forward to.

Just want to say: There is no timeline during which Wall-Cot will be acceptable during EPCOT 50.

Also, bet your bottom dollar, I will be there on October 1, 2032.

 

[Homemade Imagineering]

There is no timeline during which Wall-Cot will be acceptable during EPCOT 50.

Yep, they should absolutely aim to have all three of these done by at least 2032, including something new for WoL as well

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

When you say audio/video is gone, do you mean the hardware like projectors and speakers were removed, or do you mean all of the original media tapes/files have been destroyed or lost?

A bit of both. The physical hardware, being the projectors and speakers, were removed in 2007. A full revamp of SSE's media systems that same year included the removal of everything that had played in the attraction before (with notable exception to the film projectors, which were simply too much of a hassle to remove and just ended up shut off. The Chariot projector had to be disassembled in place and hauled off in pieces earlier this year). Only what was relevant to reinstall was reinstalled. Just because it's gone from SSE doesn't mean its gone for good though, I'm sure it's all rotting on a server somewhere in Glendale.

 

[dreamfinding]

Yep, they should absolutely aim to have all three of these done by at least 2032, including something new for WoL as well

They have 8ish years. What I would really love to happen for the 50th
1. Being back RoE
2. Fab 5 in space outfits

 

[eddie104]

including something new for WoL as well

Crosses fingers Inside Out 2 performs well at the box office.

 

[Earlie the Pearlie]

Crosses fingers Inside Out 2 performs well at the box office.

It’s doing pretty well critically so far!

 

[Homemade Imagineering]

Crosses fingers Inside Out 2 performs well at the box office.

Absolutely. let’s hope they earmark the property for the correct pavilion

 

[Moth]

Absolutely. let’s hope they earmark the property for the correct pavilion

Space Pavillion ahoy!

 

[dreamfinding]

Space Pavillion ahoy!

Join Anxiety as you undertake a mission to Mars!

 

[Tha Realest]

Not sure how this affects the project’s viability or timetable, but Josh Gad just posted a submitted script he just finished with Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit that may or may not be Spaceballs 2. Now, screenwriters can multitask, but it seems that’s been a priority for them lately (possibly to the exclusion of their Figment project).

 

[Rhinocerous]

Not sure how this affects the project’s viability or timetable, but Josh Gad just posted a submitted script he just finished with Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit that may or may not be Spaceballs 2. Now, screenwriters can multitask, but it seems that’s been a priority for them lately (possibly to the exclusion of their Figment project).

The Search for More Money?

 

[Rodj]

One thing that I'm not sure if someone pointed out before, but for quite a bit now(since late 2010's), the audio for the finale scene has been "incomplete", in that not all of the Figment voice speakers are working for the song.
From what I observed, each speaker for Figment's lines plays a different take/tone, some are more higher pitched and some are more lower pitched. Videos back around 2002/2003 shown that there was a good mix of them and it was lively, but currently, there seems to be only around 2 or 3 of them working.
One of them is the deep toned/unenthusiastic Figment voice, which is playing towards the start of the scene, and it's what you primarily hear if you are sitting further back. It's quite hilarious to me when there is a hold up like in this video where you hear that deep voice for the extended part of the song. It's also hilarious how the Channing moon projection will pause itself on Eric giving you a straight face after the first iteration of the song loop is over.


For comparison, here is a video from 2003 where the finale had all of its speakers working, it sounds much more lively:

 

[WeNamedTheDogIndiana]

One thing that I'm not sure if someone pointed out before, but for quite a bit now(since late 2010's), the audio for the finale scene has been "incomplete", in that not all of the Figment voice speakers are working for the song.
From what I observed, each speaker for Figment's lines plays a different take/tone, some are more higher pitched and some are more lower pitched. Videos back around 2002/2003 shown that there was a good mix of them and it was lively, but currently, there seems to be only around 2 or 3 of them working.
One of them is the deep toned/unenthusiastic Figment voice, which is playing towards the start of the scene, and it's what you primarily hear if you are sitting further back. It's quite hilarious to me when there is a hold up like in this video where you hear that deep voice for the extended part of the song. It's also hilarious how the Channing moon projection will pause itself on Eric giving you a straight face after the first iteration of the song loop is over.


For comparison, here is a video from 2003 where the finale had all of its speakers working, it sounds much more lively:

To me, that just sounds more like an alto is in charge of the mix and determined to have her say for once!


But in all seriousness, yeah. Even if some people in maintenance do care about this attraction enough to occasionally fix up a Figment animatronic, there aren't enough of them to keep this shambling mess running much longer.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

Wayfair opened their first-ever brick-and-mortar store a few weeks ago here in the Chicago area and I paid them a visit today. I was hoping to see Dreamfinder and his Dream Mobile, but all I could find was this cheap imitation, The Dream Center!

 

[Gusey]

I've just realised, the Disney & Pixar Short Film Festival marks its 10th anniversary at Epcot next year. How has nothing replaced it yet?

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

I've just realised, the Disney & Pixar Short Film Festival marks its 10th anniversary at Epcot next year. How has nothing replaced it yet?

HISTA should have come back instead..But noooo they think the Disney+ Snooze Fest is a good idea to keep running..If their not gonna do anything with the pavilion just put the film that fit the institute theme..

 

[Moth]

I've just realised, the Disney & Pixar Short Film Festival marks its 10th anniversary at Epcot next year. How has nothing replaced it yet?

 

[Bocabear]

I've just realised, the Disney & Pixar Short Film Festival marks its 10th anniversary at Epcot next year. How has nothing replaced it yet?

but...we needed to knock down half of communicore to replace it with a smaller building, and then we needed trees more than anything else.....
so....that's what we got instead of attractions....

 

[Homemade Imagineering]

Great, now I know how they’re gonna bait us into thinking they’re fixing the ride this year
In all seriousness I’m happy to hear Magic Eye might finally get some attention. I just hope it’s at least related to Figment or the original attraction in some way, Inside Out is fine IF and ONLY if if stays in Magic Eye (if that’s what they’re planning on doing)