That’s very strange. Back when this thread was posted, I was in such a better mood back then compared to now. Of course that probably goes for everyone else who had an immense amount of hope before last years D23, and the quarantine has made many of us somewhat irritable I’m sure. Because I don’t have the time to read through this entire thread over again, do you remember where the OP got his insider information that compelled him to create this thread? Just curious. Also, it doesn’t look like anything is going to happen with this mediocre mess of an attraction for a long time now, so that’s something I guess
. Martin’s posts last year had me so hyped, and to think those plans for imagination’s overhaul are seemingly canned, at least for a long while, is incredibly sad.
Thanks for riding it for us. I have already fulfilled my biannual quota for that attraction. Maybe when the skunk effect breaks down I’ll ride it again.
I completely agree. I just can’t see Figment leaving the pavilion. Whatever is to come, must include Figment, no matter how obscure or tied in to an IP it may be. He is a flexible character so you can include him in many situations, and yes, there are limits to where you can or cannot include him, but the concept of his character is pretty flexible. Now, would I want to see him tied into a massive IP based attraction? Preferably no, but if Disney feels so compelled to have an IP everywhere, and won’t take no for an answer, then I guess I’d have to settle for Figment and inside out. Hopefully they could find a way to include the Dreamfinder in the scenario as well. Jack did a great episode on DSNY Newscast about a possible inside out tie in scenario. I recommend checking that out if you haven’t already. Now for what I’d want to see, well, that’s simple, and of course it’s an updated version of the original, maybe even using Mystic Manor as a template, similar to how Dinosaur and Indy share the same vehicles and layout. As for now we will be stuck with the current crap we’ve had since 1999/2002, seemingly for a while unfortunately. We just have to be patient.
I really don’t understand the holdup. Imagination is quite literally the most “DISNEY!!!” concept there is. Getting cynical maybe the fact they can’t get going with imagination is a sign of how far they’ve fallen. They can’t fix imagination because they have no imagination.
And it really isn’t that hard. All they have to do really, is duplicate mystic manor at Epcot and retheme the whole thing to an updated JII, and it would probably be the best thing ever. As for stitch, the same case can be said. There are so many concepts that can go into that building, and the fact that they seem to ignore it in favor of extremely unnecessary and poorly timed additions to the parks in places that don’t need replacement, or are just projects that are way to dang expensive, and suck up the budget from any overhauls to attractions that need them, such as JII with figment, is just pathetic.
I completely agree. My biggest worry however, is that they’ll eventually move figment to the Play Pavilion with an even smaller role over there, and they’ll simply demo the current attraction for a completely new attraction that has nothing to do with imagination. I know wakanda was tossed around as an idea for WS, as we found out about that yesterday. This does worry me a bit, because the Execs may find that they’d rather demo imagination due to its lack of ridership for wakanda or something else, rather than rebuilding the original attraction. Then again, I realize I’m jumping to conclusions, and Wakanda wasn’t even set to go anywhere near JII with Figment, it was supposed to be located next to Germany. Things change however, and with everything so flexible it does worry me that they’ll just end up demoing imagination for something like Wakanda in the future. Also, I remember Martin mentioning on this thread the possibilities that the pavilion could face in the future, which were full demo, partial demo, or gutting, and he mentioned that full demo would most likely lead to something completely new and different, sans Figment and Dreamfinder. That’s why I mentioned this scenario. Again, just putting my thoughts out there.
Which isn’t out of the realm of possibility. Demolition is one of the options they may go with if they feel it is needed, and everything is up in the air right now so who knows what they’ll end up going with.
