Yes, for how tight-lipped they were about basically everything else and how focused they were on a specific narrative with regard to the future of the parks, it was something of a standout non sequitur.
Probably the cheapest thing Disney could do to drive attendance to the pavilion and turn Figment from a typical walk on to a line out the door would be to just uncover the original track, put the carousel Dreamfinder opening back in, and slap the rainbow tunnel and a few cheap interactive activities upstairs again. The nuts and bolts are there, it could probably be done within a year. Maybe even try to find a more engaging movie for the theater so it’s not just a place people go to get out of the heat or rain.Oh my god that ride's so awful now. Some people can't stand Small World? Figment's personality and voice are a billion times worse. And look - an imaginary toilet! Guess even figments of the imagination have to take a dump now and then.
I think I heard that the original tracks were covered in with concrete and so they'd have to gut the whole thing to return it back to its original state.
The original attraction turned into walk-on very quickly. Rebuilding it would be a huge mistake. The Figment and Dreamfinder fan base is just too small. And don't forget that Dreamfinder exudes a rather slimy creep factor that Disney wants to keep in the same relic bin as Uncle Remus.
Again...your opinion.
You sit on a throne of lies.
Let me see if I can help you. At the Disney shareholder's meeting during February, 2005 the Disney CEO (Micheal Eisner) was asked about reuniting Dreamfinder and Figment at Epcot. Mr. Eisner said, "Well… This is an excellent, excellent question, one of the best questions of the year. This is proof positive of the lack of real power of a CEO in American corporations. It also is proof positive that I’m not the micromanager that I’m depicted to be. Because I agree with you; but I’m the only one who agrees with you. I have not been able to elicit the passion you expressed in our animation department, in our live-action department, and in Mr. Iger to my left. However, we’ll keep trying; we’ll keep suggesting. And maybe I’ll take you to the next meeting that I go to on Figment down in Florida."
Didn’t the rumor switch from the carousel getting the axe to an update a few years back (don’t think it’s coming, only scene that needs an update is the final one, if it does maybe to tie to the diversity thing, each family in each era could be a different race, animatronics would need to be reskinned, but kept intact otherwise and the first scene could be left as is as a way of keeping continuity with the old versions)? I mean the rumors for JII switched from a carosel of IP layovers (Phineas and Ferb, Inside Out, the Muppets, etc) to it remaining stagnant for eternity then too. I don’t think we’re getting a return of the old ride (nor anything related to the old ride) for a possible refurb, if it ever happens at this point. I mean I could practically hear JII screaming for death on my last ride, same can’t be said for carousel.
Except that comic features the very same Dreamfinder, simply younger as it’s a backstory of events ‘before’ the original ride takes place. I don’t get what makes Dreamfinder supposedly “creepy” or “outdated” compared to any other characters. Should/are Merlin, Gepetto, Lord Henry Mystic, or any other jolly or “scholarly mentor/eccentric/professor/inventor” characters with facial hair considered “creepy & outdated” or have a need for an overhaul too? Last I checked, that was never the case.. Sure doesn’t add up to me….
I think there's a lot of misconception going on. I met Dreamfinder when I was 15, and he was in no way, shape or form anything even close to resembling creepy.
I should add that I think the misconception is coming from him kneeling to get to eye level with younger kids. When I met him, I had my 10-year-old sister with me, but also my cousins who were 15, 9, and 5, and he lowered himself as to appear less intimidating to my younger cousin.
Right.. as would literally any other character meeting & greeting with younger kids at the park. Lol! That misconception, IMO, is absolutely nonsensical & irrational.
