Rumor Figment, well, to be replaced by Figment

[aladdin2007]

I forget which thread now but last night I mentioned how this ride needs to be put out of its misery after riding it yesterday. Its pretty bad at this point. It needs paint, it needs life, it needs a better story, it needs imagination..... Its a waste of barren space in those scenes and over twenty years later now just looks worse than ever. A lot of effects not working...figment not working...the vehicles look bad, and the queues and exit are stuck in the late 90s. Cast clearly didn't want to be there, there wasn't even anyone at the end where you get out.

But keep spending millions on your precious boring shrubs and plants and inept lights that don't work Disney, while your attractions continue to rot.

The company is completely okay with doing business this way and it has hit a new rock bottom. The ride is long over due for an overhaul, along with others. Management needs an overhaul from the top down, or were stuck with this for another twenty years. Imagination is embarrassingly limping from the inside and out.

 

[Dragonman]

I’m wondering whatever came about with Iger and D’amaro taking a backstage tour of the ride last year.

 

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ✨ ᗩζᗩᗰ]

I’m wondering whatever came about with Iger and D’amaro taking a backstage tour of the ride last year.

What now? When was that?

 

[Dragonman]

What now? When was that?

Last year at some point. There were reports of them being spotted around the building.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

What now? When was that?

Last year at some point. There were reports of them being spotted around the building.

Josh D'Amaro and Bob Iger Reportedly Took A Look At 'Journey Into Imagination'

Apparently Josh D’Amaro (Chairman of Disney Parks and Experiences,) Disney CEO Bob Iger, and Jeff Vahle (President of Walt Disney World,) were seen around Walt Disney World. Many are excited because this gave the trio a chance to see the parks from a guest’s perspective, and all the issues that...

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[Rodj]

Never knew that this part of the JIIwF ImageWorks existed back then, thought it transitioned from the JIYI ImageWorks to what's mostly there currently:

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Never knew that this part of the JIIwF ImageWorks existed back then, thought it transitioned from the JIYI ImageWorks to what's mostly there currently:

Yep, it was the first thing you encountered after entering Imageworks...Ever wonder why there is that weird blocked off section with the lame Simon match game on the wall? (Shown here on the right hand side) That is were it was..It lasted from 2002 to 2011...

And here is what the post show was like

 

[Phineas]

many rides are getting to be bad shape, Disney seems adamant right now on letting actual attractions go, but they can sure spend millions on boring shrubs.

I rode this one last time on my trip 3 weeks ago. The AA holding the telephone was paralyzed. No movement whatsoever, just dialogue from a static figure.

 

[Dragonman]

I rode this one last time on my trip 3 weeks ago. The AA holding the telephone was paralyzed. No movement whatsoever, just dialogue from a static figure.

I’m convinced the insides are barely hanging on and they only do the bare minimum when repairing them

 

[SailorMercury]

I’m convinced the insides are barely hanging on and they only do the bare minimum when repairing them

Maybe it’s an inside job like burning Iago

 

[peter11435]

Maybe it’s an inside job like burning Iago

don’t spread false rumors

 

[SailorMercury]

don’t spread false rumors

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

I’m convinced the insides are barely hanging on and they only do the bare minimum when repairing them

What's weird is that there are only 3 AA's in the entire ride...

All the other Figments are either Screen based or Static Store statues...So, why is it so much more important if a screen goes down or statue fell over and not fix these AA's when they use to move decently over 20 years ago?

 

[Indy_UK]

What now? When was that?

They probably just got lost trying to leave the park

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Shut Up and Take my Money Figment!

 

[peter11435]

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Yeah, but some people here believe everything they read.

 

[Rodj]

Yeah, but some people here believe everything they read.

You'd be surprised by how many people believed the Mouse Trap News piece on Figment replacing Mickey Mouse as the main mascot, even Reuters had to make an article fact checking it.

 

[peter11435]

You'd be surprised by how many people believed the Mouse Trap News piece on Figment replacing Mickey Mouse as the main mascot, even Reuters had to make an article fact checking it.

Yep. Or the story about Moana

 

[Rodj]

This is the current state of the Sound Lab AA, we went from having it be mostly decent after the day long closure(to work on both AA's) to now being worse than before the closure. The platform doesn't even lower down anymore.

 

[V_L_Raptor]

I don't know if this has come up (read: I'm not reading through 193 pages to find a reference to this that might not exist), but there's now a Little Golden Book themed to Figment, and it's surprisingly full of classic EPCOT Center references and scenes from the original ride. (Dreamfinder is fairly cartoonized, but I suppose that's expected for this style.) I found this at a FLBS rather than at Disney, and it just came out with a 2024 copyright date.

While a lot of current Epcot doesn't make sense to me (natch), it definitely doesn't make sense to have something like this propagating without a plan to do something with it. It may be a tiny test balloon for TDO, but I'd still definitely recommend picking it up if you'd like a quick poke in the feels for EPCOT Center.