Hey, everybody, I'm new here, but I thought I would share my idea for a new ride for JII, if ever they decide to revamp it again, entitled: Journey Into Figment's Imagination.
The Preshow:
The room is a clean, futuristic Imagination Laboratory, complete with all kinds of lights, buttons, and sparking electric gadgetry all over the walls. Through a large window we can see the heart of the lab - an impressive looking chair with a helmet suspended above it, wires and tubes streaming from the helmet into the machinery on the wall. On the opposite side of the room there is an aquarium. When everyone has entered, the lights dim, and we see Eric Idle on a monitor overhead:
IDLE: Welcome, friends, to the Imagination Institute. I am Dr. Niles Channing, and today we are demonstrating our wonderful new machine - the DreamChamber. You, our specially approved test subjects, will board our DreamRovers and enter into the imagination of one specially selected person. For the first time in history, we will be able to experience the imagination of another person first hand! Now, we need a volunteer...
While Idle has been talking, Figment has slipped surreptitously into the aquarium, dressed in a 19th century diving suit. He waves silently to the guests, and taps on the glass, giggling.
IDLE: Eh what? Figment? What are you doing in there?
FIGMENT: (giggling) I don't know.
IDLE: Well, come out of there. You're distracting everyone from something very important!
FIGMENT: Hi everybody! Ooh... look at all the buttons!
IDLE: Figment? Figment! Are you listening to me?
Figment suddenly rises out of the aquarium, and we HEAR noises from all around -
Figment crashing into things, punching buttons, turning dials. Lights go on and off.
FIGMENT: I LOVE buttons!
IDLE: Don't mind Figment, friends. He's just a little excited to see everyone. Figment? Are you... done yet?
Just then, Figment appears behind the plate glass, bouncing happily about the room.
FIGMENT: This is neat!
But he notices the chair in the middle. He stops, and looks at it quizically.
FIGMENT: What's this do?
IDLE: That's the chair where our test subject will sit, Figment. He puts the helmet on, and we enter his or her imagination with our new machine.
FIGMENT: Wow. That's GREAT! Let me try!
He then plops down into the chair and puts the helmet on.
FIGMENT: How does it work?
IDLE: Um, well first, the little purple dragon gets OUT of the highly expensive equipment, and then...
FIGMENT: Can I push buttons?
IDLE: Sigh... I hate it when he's cute. He always gets cute on me. Oh well. Just sit tight, Figment, and we'll get the machine fired up.
FIGMENT: Does it hurt?
IDLE: Not too terribly much.
FIGMENT: Oh. Okay, then.
Then, the lights go off and the buttons around the room light up. The machinery hums and whirs. Figment fidgets excitedly.
FIGMENT: Hoo hoo hoo oh boy!
COMPUTER: Imagination Engine online. Main power reaching critical levels. Supplementary power online.
IDLE: Figment? Figment? The machine is overloading! Figment!
COMPUTER: Danger! Danger! Danger! Dang-
The machine gets louder and louder, sparks fly, gas shoots out of the walls, and then: darkness and silence.
IDLE: Figment? Is everything all right?
Then, out of the silence, we hear a SINGLE BEEP, and a button lights up.
IDLE: Figment?
We hear a sequence of corresponding beeps and lights, that continue until we realize - a tune is being played: "One Little Spark."
IDLE: Is everything all right down there? What's going on?
The room begins to come alive - the machinery playing and making electronic noises to the tune of "One Little Spark" The lights come on, and Figment is dancing in the chair, conducting the orchestra of the machinery.
FIGMENT: Okay, everybody! Let's go! DreamRover ready for take-off!
The whole lab is now singing the song, and the doors open to take the guests to the DreamRover boarding room.
IDLE: Whew! Everything... seems okay. Everyone please exit through the doors to your left, and prepare to board your DreamRover. I hope this is a good idea...
**TO BE CONTINUED**
The Preshow:
The room is a clean, futuristic Imagination Laboratory, complete with all kinds of lights, buttons, and sparking electric gadgetry all over the walls. Through a large window we can see the heart of the lab - an impressive looking chair with a helmet suspended above it, wires and tubes streaming from the helmet into the machinery on the wall. On the opposite side of the room there is an aquarium. When everyone has entered, the lights dim, and we see Eric Idle on a monitor overhead:
IDLE: Welcome, friends, to the Imagination Institute. I am Dr. Niles Channing, and today we are demonstrating our wonderful new machine - the DreamChamber. You, our specially approved test subjects, will board our DreamRovers and enter into the imagination of one specially selected person. For the first time in history, we will be able to experience the imagination of another person first hand! Now, we need a volunteer...
While Idle has been talking, Figment has slipped surreptitously into the aquarium, dressed in a 19th century diving suit. He waves silently to the guests, and taps on the glass, giggling.
IDLE: Eh what? Figment? What are you doing in there?
FIGMENT: (giggling) I don't know.
IDLE: Well, come out of there. You're distracting everyone from something very important!
FIGMENT: Hi everybody! Ooh... look at all the buttons!
IDLE: Figment? Figment! Are you listening to me?
Figment suddenly rises out of the aquarium, and we HEAR noises from all around -
Figment crashing into things, punching buttons, turning dials. Lights go on and off.
FIGMENT: I LOVE buttons!
IDLE: Don't mind Figment, friends. He's just a little excited to see everyone. Figment? Are you... done yet?
Just then, Figment appears behind the plate glass, bouncing happily about the room.
FIGMENT: This is neat!
But he notices the chair in the middle. He stops, and looks at it quizically.
FIGMENT: What's this do?
IDLE: That's the chair where our test subject will sit, Figment. He puts the helmet on, and we enter his or her imagination with our new machine.
FIGMENT: Wow. That's GREAT! Let me try!
He then plops down into the chair and puts the helmet on.
FIGMENT: How does it work?
IDLE: Um, well first, the little purple dragon gets OUT of the highly expensive equipment, and then...
FIGMENT: Can I push buttons?
IDLE: Sigh... I hate it when he's cute. He always gets cute on me. Oh well. Just sit tight, Figment, and we'll get the machine fired up.
FIGMENT: Does it hurt?
IDLE: Not too terribly much.
FIGMENT: Oh. Okay, then.
Then, the lights go off and the buttons around the room light up. The machinery hums and whirs. Figment fidgets excitedly.
FIGMENT: Hoo hoo hoo oh boy!
COMPUTER: Imagination Engine online. Main power reaching critical levels. Supplementary power online.
IDLE: Figment? Figment? The machine is overloading! Figment!
COMPUTER: Danger! Danger! Danger! Dang-
The machine gets louder and louder, sparks fly, gas shoots out of the walls, and then: darkness and silence.
IDLE: Figment? Is everything all right?
Then, out of the silence, we hear a SINGLE BEEP, and a button lights up.
IDLE: Figment?
We hear a sequence of corresponding beeps and lights, that continue until we realize - a tune is being played: "One Little Spark."
IDLE: Is everything all right down there? What's going on?
The room begins to come alive - the machinery playing and making electronic noises to the tune of "One Little Spark" The lights come on, and Figment is dancing in the chair, conducting the orchestra of the machinery.
FIGMENT: Okay, everybody! Let's go! DreamRover ready for take-off!
The whole lab is now singing the song, and the doors open to take the guests to the DreamRover boarding room.
IDLE: Whew! Everything... seems okay. Everyone please exit through the doors to your left, and prepare to board your DreamRover. I hope this is a good idea...
**TO BE CONTINUED**
