Rumor Figment, well, to be replaced by Figment

Epcot82Guy

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The thing about IMAG (the original) is that it actually should be the easiest attraction to update over time. I realize they want their headliner "new" thing and IP tie ins generally. But, for something more long-based (like Mansion, Pirates, etc.), the original attraction's story lends itself to updates in individual areas easily. Much like Mansion, it was a series of individual rooms with gags and effects. Plus, it was literally about creativity and inspiration vs. a set time period. So, it could be kept fresh without having to redo the whole thing (again, much like Mansion). Beloved characters for merch. Check. Great ear worm song. Check. Theater next door where you can (we have) put IP du jour. Check. Heck, they could enclose the terrace and make a creative food spot, even, satisfying the Epcot food and booze need! It also could be a massive bone thrown to the "old school" fans.

It's just disappointing to see the potential being wasted.
 
Inspired Figment

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Epcot82Guy said:
The thing about IMAG (the original) is that it actually should be the easiest attraction to update over time. I realize they want their headliner "new" thing and IP tie ins generally. But, for something more long-based (like Mansion, Pirates, etc.), the original attraction's story lends itself to updates in individual areas easily. Much like Mansion, it was a series of individual rooms with gags and effects. Plus, it was literally about creativity and inspiration vs. a set time period. So, it could be kept fresh without having to redo the whole thing (again, much like Mansion). Beloved characters for merch. Check. Great ear worm song. Check. Theater next door where you can (we have) put IP du jour. Check. Heck, they could enclose the terrace and make a creative food spot, even, satisfying the Epcot food and booze need! It also could be a massive bone thrown to the "old school" fans.

It's just disappointing to see the potential being wasted.
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Agreed 100%. My only concern though about IP being placed in Magic Eye is the fact they were able to basically skew that when Honey I Shrunk the Audience came around, with the way they changed the guest flow in order to manipulate attendance to get the higher ups to retheme the OG Journey Into Imagination to the Honey, I Shrunk-based Imagination Institute themed mess we’s had since ‘99. (Just with a Figment band-aid placed on it in ‘02) I’d just ‘really’, ‘really’ hope they never try to pull that sort of thing again if another IP based offering were to go into Magic Eye. Granted, things were seemingly fine with Captain EO w MJ being the headliner, with the guest flow to both attractions being unchanged.. but yeah, I suppose we’ll see what happens.
 
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SpectreJordan

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Homemade Imagineering said:
Even so I’m not sure Figment alone is enough to anchor an entire E Ticket. You’d at least need one other character(s) in the mix. After all, he is quite literally the figment of someone’s imagination, whether that’s Dreamfinder or Eric Idle
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I'd have to disagree. I was there on the first day of the Art Festival in 2023 & it was a see of purple. You'd almost think he was Disney's mascot if you were there that day & didn't know any better.

If they build a banger E-ticket that gets hardcore park fans excited, they'll love it, hype it up & then your average park goer will line up too.
 
Homemade Imagineering

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SpectreJordan said:
I'd have to disagree. I was there on the first day of the Art Festival in 2023 & it was a see of purple. You'd almost think he was Disney's mascot if you were there that day & didn't know any better.

If they build a banger E-ticket that gets hardcore park fans excited, they'll love it, hype it up & then your average park goer will line up too.
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I was more alluding to the fact an entire darkride featuring a singular character like Figment wouldn’t translate as well into a plot. I don’t see Figment working too well completely by himself throughout an actual attraction, when he was designed to always be somewhat of a complimentary character.

His purpose in merch, meet n greets, & everything else is very different to that of an attraction where he will be required to help drive home some sort of narrative, big or small. There’s almost zero reason not to include a character like Dreamfinder in a new version, when said inclusion makes it easier to write a story. It’s already been done once and proved very successful. The substance & potential is all there, they’d be silly to isolate Figment in an attraction focused entirely around him, sans any external characters. He’ll still be the star of the show, but it needs to be more than Figment gesturing us towards different things for 6 minutes
 
Cmdr_Crimson

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SpectreJordan said:
I'd have to disagree. I was there on the first day of the Art Festival in 2023 & it was a see of purple. You'd almost think he was Disney's mascot if you were there that day & didn't know any better.

If they build a banger E-ticket that gets hardcore park fans excited, they'll love it, hype it up & then your average park goer will line up too.
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They seem to know what they were doing in the early 80's..This was a wallet being sold on eBay pre-Eisner era marketing and it shows that they were looking at Figment to push the merch at Epcot but still acknowledge that Mickey is still there.
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Tha Realest

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The history of sitcoms demonstrates, by and large, that when you take a standout character out of their natural grouping or ensemble and showcase them individually, it doesn’t feel the same.

As Baxter explained time and time again, Figment and Dreamfinder are a classic comedy duo. Splitting them up makes no sense, as we’ve seen for a few decades now.
 
Bocabear

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Will they ever understand that and bring them back together? Will they ever actually give us a good, revitalized and spectacular Imagination Pavilion? Signs don't look good....especially with talks of changing it to another IP and more meet and greet space. It's kind of a dark time in Disney theme park history....
 
MagicEye99

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My confidence in hearing anything JII related is waning, especially after hearing the news that "many" of the announcements will be DLR-related. That does not leave much room for wild card stuff, i.e., JII. Hopefully I'm proven wrong, but I'm prepared for another D23 to come and go with no material attention paid to this ride. It's a shame.
 
DreamfinderGuy

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Anyone who's genuinely expecting to hear about Imagination on Saturday needs to get their expectations in check. It's not even the strongest year we've had in recent times for rumors that something for Imagination is in development, let alone the fact that so many other projects are taking precedence. We were never going to hear about JII this year, we'll be lucky if we hear anything for EPCOT other than Test Track.
 
Homemade Imagineering

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DreamfinderGuy said:
Anyone who's genuinely expecting to hear about Imagination on Saturday needs to get their expectations in check. It's not even the strongest year we've had in recent times for rumors that something for Imagination is in development, let alone the fact that so many other projects are taking precedence. We were never going to hear about JII this year, we'll be lucky if we hear anything for EPCOT other than Test Track.
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I agree, I’m now just crossing my fingers for 2026
 
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Streetway

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DreamfinderGuy said:
Anyone who's genuinely expecting to hear about Imagination on Saturday needs to get their expectations in check. It's not even the strongest year we've had in recent times for rumors that something for Imagination is in development, let alone the fact that so many other projects are taking precedence. We were never going to hear about JII this year, we'll be lucky if we hear anything for EPCOT other than Test Track.
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Well, I hope the purple guy has a bright future at least. The cycle continues
 
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Streetway

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Moth said:
Yeah. He's apart of the plush mountain.

Monkey paw curls a finger. But not really because saying "figment found at d23" is like "fork found in kitchen".
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Yknow, i have a feeling this update is never gonna come. If you really knew all along he’d only be in plush mountain, I respect the troll game lol.
 
MagicEye99

MagicEye99

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Agreed. It’s either a) never happening or b) not going to be what we want. Either way, I’d just like confirmation so I can move on haha.
 

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