EPCOT Figment, well, to be replaced by Figment

[Epcot82Guy]

Mass demonstrations and vandalism to get the point across is okay by me, by the way.


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I'll book a reservation as soon as I'm back in town...

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

Will Wonders of Life still be empty?

If I were a betting man I would say by 2032 Wonders of Life will either be operating again or gone entirely.

 

[FigmentJedi]

You do realize that that was the 2nd incarnation sans Figment ......

The original was a "You had it all along" thing, it's right there in the song with "We all have sparks". The second incarnation was "Oh hey, it looks like all these garbage optical illusions we showed you made your brain suddenly start generating rejected entries from an early 2000s monthly photoshop contest".

 

[Homemade Imagineering]

Oh hey, it looks like all these garbage optical illusions we showed you made your brain suddenly start generating rejected entries from an early 2000s monthly photoshop contest".

You just reminded me

 

[Thelazer]

I wake up in a cold sweat about them announcing “Dreamfinder returns with his old pal Figment…..with the Toy Story Mania ride system and a shooting gallery!!!” and thinking that is even remotely a good idea.

Shh.... don't give them ideas.

 

[Bocabear]

If the attendees of D23 actually booed them off the stage if they did not mentione anything coming for iImagination...or chanted "Bring Back Dreamfinder" loudly and continually, they may actually get the point...but as long as the attendees breathlessly cheer for a popcorn bucket or new paint on their otherwise old and dated attractions, we will continue to get cupcake parties and special merch instead of what the parks actually need.

 

[V_L_Raptor]

I think, quite frankly, that if the attendees at D23 booed them off the stage, they would be asked to leave the event without refund, and a whole new flock of D23 adherents would be ushered in to provide an appreciative audience, this year or simply next.

 

[Thelazer]

Would never happen, not in a million years would that happen. They don't want there gold passes revoked.

 

[Bocabear]

They would not do anything about booing...Nobody would have their Gold passes revoked....and remember that D23 is a paid club.... they need the money... That said, a less enthusiastic reception and an Imagination chant if nothing is mentioned might get the message across... We are all still Disney fans, but that doesn't mean we have to applaud every decision...

 

[V_L_Raptor]

They would not do anything about booing...Nobody would have their Gold passes revoked....and remember that D23 is a paid club.... they need the money... That said, a less enthusiastic reception and an Imagination chant if nothing is mentioned might get the message across... We are all still Disney fans, but that doesn't mean we have to applaud every decision...

They need the money, but that doesn't mean there won't be more people buying the tickets after a crop were to be trespassed. There's always someone willing to fork over some more dough to think they're insiders, right?

 

[EagleScout610]

I think, quite frankly, that if the attendees at D23 booed them off the stage, they would be asked to leave the event without refund, and a whole new flock of D23 adherents would be ushered in to provide an appreciative audience, this year or simply next.

I don't think anyone was banned when they audibly boo'd Chapek a few years ago

 

[V_L_Raptor]

Mm. I keep thinking this is going to go the "influencer access" route.

 

[vikescaper]

I don't think anyone was banned when they audibly boo'd Chapek a few years ago

I boo’d Chapek and they definitely didn’t ban me!

 

[Homemade Imagineering]

It’s been a few months since this tweet. I know Brayden isn’t exactly a trustworthy source, but obviously it contradicts the notion that operations & WDI will take down either JII or SSE following the debut of TT 3.0. Haven’t seen anyone mention this in a while so just thought I’d bring it to attention in case anyone here knows if this is indeed false information, or whether it is true/or plans have changed since. Furthermore I suppose all/any plans for announcements at D23 are flexible up until the very last minute

 

[Moth]

It’s been a few months since this tweet. I know Brayden isn’t exactly a trustworthy source, but obviously it contradicts the notion that operations & WDI will take down either JII or SSE following the debut of TT 3.0. Haven’t seen anyone mention this in a while so just thought I’d bring it to attention in case anyone here knows if this is indeed false information, or whether it is true/or plans have changed since. Furthermore I suppose all/any plans for announcements at D23 are flexible up until the very last minute

I assume by "active plans" they mean those that have hit a certain step of approval/are green lit or close to it. SE and JII are still fighting it out on who's first likely and then the winner will go into 'active plans'.

But plans have changed since also. This is a very 'dynamic' company, plans change by the hour. You can ask DL's Tomorrowland.

 

[Homemade Imagineering]

I assume by "active plans" they mean those that have hit a certain step of approval/are green lit or close to it. SE and JII are still fighting it out on who's first likely and then the winner will go into 'active plans'.

But plans have changed since also. This is a very 'dynamic' company, plans change by the hour. You can ask DL's Tomorrowland.

Yeah that was my initial guess, I’m happy to hear both are potentially in line for some work coming up here soon. At the very least I’d imagine we might get some bluesky concept for either this year. Then again, I can see them wanting to commit to a finalized plan for JII & then announcing it, because bluesky plans can change and we don’t need anymore false promises… ESPECIALLY when it comes to the first official news of them giving this attraction the attention it has needed for over 2 decades now. I would think that almost has to be a homerun of an announcement given the touchy circumstances of the situation. A grand reveal is the way I see it. Otherwise they could share bluesky plans for SSE & wait a couple years for a JII announcement. One more significant element of this is the fact they just redid another Baxter attraction, & I remember you alluded to this being a catalyst for which might go first if any

 

[SilentWindODoom]

Man... I just KNOW they're gonna introduce new characters to rotate with Figment at the ImageWorks Labs. And they're gonna do the lead up talking about new offerings at the Imagination Pavilion. It's like they need to do the fakeout every year.

 

[aladdin2007]

I assume by "active plans" they mean those that have hit a certain step of approval/are green lit or close to it. SE and JII are still fighting it out on who's first likely and then the winner will go into 'active plans'.

But plans have changed since also. This is a very 'dynamic' company, plans change by the hour. You can ask DL's Tomorrowland.

but if one should get sponsor funds, the other would get more funding from Disney,I would assume?

 

[Nland316]

I assume by "active plans" they mean those that have hit a certain step of approval/are green lit or close to it. SE and JII are still fighting it out on who's first likely and then the winner will go into 'active plans'.

But plans have changed since also. This is a very 'dynamic' company, plans change by the hour. You can ask DL's Tomorrowland.

Off topic — but is this a project that has some current motion behind it? Seems like it was pretty close at one recent point.

 

[Brer Oswald]

If the plan doesn’t involve Tony coming back and delivering a true masterpiece, I don’t want to see it.