Recent content by FigmentsBrightIdeas

I’ll tell you the reason. This attraction had the same attendance, popularity, reputation, and merch sales as classics like Small World, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Haunted Mansion have for decades now. The one core difference is Disney hasn’t done the same bafflingly crazy thing they’ve done...

You’re missing the painfully obvious thing, Figment is in both versions of the ride, merch with the Figment character on it sells and automatically upon seeing him brings memories of the ‘original’ ride he originated from back. And when it’s one of the ‘only’ options for things they’re selling...

Maybe.. just maybe, it’s because there’s something serious going on here that a lot of people are willing to brush off when it Infact is more serious than you realize regarding the future of this character & pavilion. Hence why I’m pointing out what I am. Straight up willful ignorance from the...

To this day, people still ask for Disneyland’s PeopleMover to return. The track is still there, that attraction hasn’t been operating for around the same time. No excuse for that either other than willfull neglect and not taking capacity into consideration. Look at how much worse the land...

And at this point, it’s more than merch. And that’s completely unreasonable, period. There is zero logical explanation you could give for doing what they’re doing lately. Other than willful ignorance, honestly.

*27 years. And funny, how even to this day, most still clamor for fixing this ride/bringing it back. It’s the core reason why people love the character & pavilion to begin with. Heck, the stuff selling the highest numbers has consistently been, for like the past 20 years of them specifically...

And I know some are gonna say. But attraction integrity/placemaking. They can’t cause the current ride is the one operating. Nah, not when it’s the current ride that’s the wrong one. The ride should be the thing spotlighted that it sticks out like the horrible sore thumb it truly is. People...

Oh yeah.. and for how much they seemingly love celebrating & utilizing elements of the 02-current iteration of the ride that the majority doesn’t like. (Keep the stuff we know folks ‘love’ from folks involved with it that are celebrated & acknowledged for a record of excellence constantly...

Oh, ya know.. there’s something else that I ought to bring up also that I noticed about the last 2 redos/current ride that isn’t discussed as much. Ride capacity. The original version had a large amount of vehicles and was constantly moving (similar to the Haunted Mansion). When they did the...

Right there with ya. Super cool & very nice guy who truly knows his stuff. ❤️ Brilliant contributions to Parks history projects lately. Excited to read his upcoming books and such relating to all his research.

Yup.. yikes.. my apologies on that. I honestly should’ve looked up the Louvre and its history of changes up and double checked on that particular “fact” of it being one of its inspirations. I try to get that sort of thing right everytime and not wrong, I can’t remember where I read that...

Tom K. Morris would be one of the most reputable sources. He’s absolutely right on that. And it would make the most sense as Kodak of course was the sponsor of the pavilion.

The ‘86 “Tomorrow’s Child” song should absolutely return to Spaceship Earth’s finale, IMO. We need more of those memorable songs/tunes in the park again. Same goes for “Listen to the Land”/Symphony of the Seed opening of the Land boat ride. Bring back the classic fun & whimsy. The old Land...

Whoops! You’re 100% right. My apologies on that, I had read this “fact” about it being inspired somewhere before but clearly it was wrong. Thanks for the correction. Duly noted

btw, I always found it funny how Paris could have a Pooh stage show at their park, but yet somehow they couldn’t have just done that at the Fantasyland theater around the same time in Anaheim where it would’ve fit, gotten much better reception overall, and could’ve sold merch near ‘there’ as...