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Can't wait for the D23 exclusive Figment pin that later ends up on eBay for $700 and for his costumed character to walk across the stage as applause bait 🤩

Yes, which is a very small thing. It’s the only appearance of the icon in any guest area of the building, right?

I was under the impression that it's a new build AA every time and the old one just gets moved around, but it would be interesting if they really only kept one advanced one in place every time and the rest were simpler.

Seeing as how WoM was the "original" pavilion icon (the first designed) and it was so heavily featured in WoM and TT 2.0, I think it's a safe bet. That said, I feel like people don't recall just how rarely the icons were actually used within their pavilions. They were always intended as...

I hope not. A return to form for Journey into Imagination should mean a return to form for Figment's character as well. Something closer to his original voice would really do a lot for that.

There were allegedly plans for both at some point. No excuse for them not to do it at The Land at the minimum, that ride is in need of a little refresh anyway

I don’t think we’ll see that as a preshow (curious if we’ll even get a preshow with this incarnation), but it wouldn’t surprise me to see that in the queue like the multiple Chevy videos in the queue for 2.0.

Test Track is a popular and successful attraction. It’s getting a refresh on GM’s dime to set it up for the next decade. There’s not an option here where Test Track is replaced entirely or GM sponsors an additional new build attraction.

It was fixed at least a few months ago, but yeah, just an old long broken effect that has gotten repaired.

Simulators are all gone and most of the control equipment has been gutted, but the rest is intact. It would be easier to reinstall a simulator attraction than do anything else with that building at the moment (not that they will).

I doubt they're going to just install a version they already made for World of Motion. It'll be a new rendition. They didn't even recycle the original One Little Spark when putting it back in Journey into Imagination.

Interesting. I’m aware of a few issues (one of which was to be corrected in the last overhaul) but have otherwise been told it’s being taken care of. SSE has a strong local crew behind it now keeping things up, ride system included. Hmm, that’s odd. Wondering how/why those on the site tour were...

It’s easily missed during a track walk. Unless you know specifically where to look for a glimpse, you’re not seeing any of it unless you’re in the show areas themselves. That, coupled with the fact that most CMs themselves are probably unaware, plus Ops/WDI being completely separate, created a...

If you're referring to SSE (though I feel like you mean the EPCOT project at large) there's a funny story behind that! They had no idea that all the little remnants of the 94 show were still there until after they made it to the project site (this was after the rehab was already announced iirc...

I don't think it would have made much of a difference, however Journey of Water was very much a supplemental project to the Festival Center. What should have happened was it should have been cancelled as soon as they knew the original Festival Center was not moving forward. Hindsight being 20/20...

This was the plan almost a full 30 years ago. Long term expansion plan listed the concept of a water play area being built behind the NW CommuniCore. The idea was dusted off and moved to the Fountain of Nations in 2015, then moved to just take up the entire NW CommuniCore plot to accommodate for...

HISTA was so huge that they rethemed the entire pavilion around it. The Imagination Institute concept was created for HISTA, then when that film was a hit they made it the theme of the ride. HISTA coexisted with Imagination 2/3 (therefore giving the whole pavilion a cohesive theme) for far...

They are very specifically dead set on not tearing it down. Obviously that may change if time goes on with no development, but they spent a lot of money on structural improvements that they are not going to throw away yet. There is a desire to reuse the dome again, how far that desire will go is...

At this point, yeah basically. For a hot minute Wonders was back in the cards as well but judging by the complete radio silence I've heard there in the last few months, coupled by reassurance that SSE/Imagination are being looked at, I assume it is safe to say we're not getting a Wonders...

If Inside Out at Magic Eye is in fact a real plan, I could see that being fast tracked with how the box office performance has been. That said, I think the increased attendance to the Imagination pavilion following a popular Magic Eye film would only delay work on the ride, if anything. They...