The trouble I have with this logic is it’s the very same one that got us the ride we have there now. Because they had a 4D film themed to a film IP at the time in the Magic Eye Theater, Honey I Shrunk the Audience. They stupidly decided, oh yeah, those really popular & profitable characters we have in an equally popular/beloved attraction. We don’t need any of that anymore. Scrap it and make the ‘ride’ an extension of Honey I Shrunk the Audience. Then, when that immediately backfired/failed miserably. Their fix was, oh, then just shoehorn the Figment character into the poorly received Honey I Shrunk ride (ya know, a property Figment has ‘nothing’ to do with..), that fixes everything. (Yeeah.. right).
I’ve made the comparison somewhat before, but it’s the equivalent of deciding all the sudden to retheme Haunted Mansion to a genuinely bad Winnie the Pooh ride inside.. and then, when people complain to bring the Haunted Mansion and its Ghostly residents back, they decide instead… “Nah, just put the ghosts back in and their song and just have them haunt Pooh & Friends in the 100 Acre Wood in each scene. That fixes everything”… like.. what??
Pretty clear to me that isn’t a permanent good fix, let alone a genuine good replacement for an iconic/classic ride.
Another analogy to make for you specifically is like.. imagine you replace a really good say.. animatronic Dragon Tales show someplace w I dunno.. a really cheap/lousy CocoMelon show. People complain like, what the heck? This totally sucks in comparison to the really good Dragon Tales show that was here initially.. so what do they do to “fix” the problem. Hey, why not shoehorn Ord, Zak & Wheezie, and Cassie in there, to sing along to the CocoMelon songs and ‘their’ characters.. but still call it like “Dragon Tales: Singing Springs Jamboree” w little to none of the familiar Dragon Tunes, side characters, settings, etc. and it’s like.. wait, what?! Seriously?? That makes no sense, this is stupid. That’s basically what this is for a large majority of Journey Into Imagination/Dreamfinder & Figment fans. We shouldn’t have to compromise period. We deserve our darkride. Magic Eye Theatre has had its varying films/attractions before, but they never came at the expense of a perfectly endearing, classic ride until they decided randomly at some point to change the guest flow/queue ropes and signage to get attendance numbers down intentionally to “prove” Journey Into Imagination “needed to be changed”. . Nobody would’ve minded slight enhancements here & there. Done to the tech, Lighting effects, new projection mapping, etc. Just as long as it didn’t drastically affect the ride’s story, characters, and theme at hand.
