Attractions change. I don’t think this rises to the level of an insult. They still use Mr. Toad, the Nautilus, and other things this way as well. Sure, it trades on nostalgia, and the Imagination pavilion deserves much better care than it currently receives. Still, even if Dreamfinder never returns, I don’t see the problem with selling merchandise related to him.
The problem is there’s no specific merch for the current ride, sure there’s Figment plush but Disney’s not selling any Imagination Institute shirts or anything else branded similarly. Disney knows they can still keep the terrible current ride and pander to the fans of the original with shallow merchandise callbacks. The scary part is they’ve been getting away with it. It’s probably gone on a little too long to be explained as Disney seeing if there’s still any interest in the character.
Oh I’m not surprised at all, it’s just dissapointing to see people eat this stuff up while the ride just rots.
People like to imagine the Disney Archives are a massive repository for any and all things that may have factored into the history of the parks . . . but the truth is they are very selective about what they take in, and artifacts have to be deemed as having some pretty extreme historic value to the company in order to be accepted.
My guess would moreso be stuff like blueprints, plans, photo/video/audio archives of the stuff used for those activities rather than full physical items.
It is more likely that elements like that exist on file, yes.
A part of me keeps hoping that we'll see it return when the Play! Pavilion opens...whenever that is...
I'm sure there will be a programmable instagram wall that can be used to pretend they brought it back and rotate through different settings. But I don't hold out much hope for a full rendition.I just want a picture in the rainbow tunnel
We can only hope, for we'll never really know for sure if they moved to the archives.
Buzzy, anyone?
I heard he was in the back of an Explorer, along with Walt's Head. They were stopping at the souvenir shops along I-Drive looking for some t-shirts for Buzzy. Of course; Walt wouldn't need one.Is he missing?
