EPCOT Figment, well, to be replaced by Figment

[Nobody nobody]

You better hope you make it to 2032 then...

do not bring that pain on me.

 

[Zak and Wheezie]

do not bring that pain on me.

I will. Muhuhahaha. I am secretly the son of Dr Nigel Channing, and I shall do the horrific crime of making you wait almost a decade for the Dreamfinder to come back.

Seriously, by the time this ride gets reworked and Dreamfinder returns, a good chunk of the people who could've seen a reworked ride in like 2015 will be dead. They should've reworked Figment 10 years ago.

 

[SageOfTime]

Almost every thread for the last week has kinda devolved into this, I dunno what they're putting in the water but...


Figment! Let's talk about Figment. Do y'all think in a hypothetical redo of the pavilion they'll fix up/replace the water features?

I hope they'll get a little TLC, but still stick around mostly as they are! One of my favorite memories of my last time in the parks is just taking a minute to rest and sitting in that fountain area outside Magic Eye at night, just listening to the music and watching the SSE shows in the distance. The atmosphere up there really reminds me of how you can still find little pockets of care and soul, even when so much of the park has been changed.

 

[mysto]

Can we please, please, PLEASE stop making every thread like this? I open the forums after a few hours away and find six pages of like, literally, the weirdest posts I've ever seen.

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

 

[Tony the Tigger]

I will. Muhuhahaha. I am secretly the son of Dr Nigel Channing, and I shall do the horrific crime of making you wait almost a decade for the Dreamfinder to come back.

Seriously, by the time this ride gets reworked and Dreamfinder returns, a good chunk of the people who could've seen a reworked ride in like 2015 will be dead. They should've reworked Figment 10 years ago.

Not to be a dream crusher, but don’t you think it’s just as likely they might replace it altogether with a new IP rather than redo the same attraction?

 

[Tony the Tigger]

Sorry...

If you were previously banned, and posting about being previously banned, what makes you think the mods won’t catch on?

 

[Zak and Wheezie]

Not to be a dream crusher, but don’t you think it’s just as likely they might replace it altogether with a new IP rather than redo the same attraction?

I really don't, Figment merch sells like crazy. You might want to consider what happened the lazy time they tried getting rid of Figment.

 

[J. D.]

I apologize it’s probably my fault I’ve been here about that long I’m the only thing that’s different I apologize I will strive to be better

No need to apologize. I'm pretty sure they're not alluding to you.

 

[Jayspency]

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Yeah, he's back... but not Dreamfinder.

I have to wonder what the Figment renovation budget would've been had 9/11 never happened.

Bringing this back, I think the budget would’ve been much higher. The whole reason the budget was ridiculously low was because of how bad 9/11 hurt tourism. Idk how much higher the budget would’ve been but I could see an overhaul similar to the ones test track has gotten over the years.

 

[Bocabear]

Bringing this back, I think the budget would’ve been much higher. The whole reason the budget was ridiculously low was because of how bad 9/11 hurt tourism. Idk how much higher the budget would’ve been but I could see an overhaul similar to the ones test track has gotten over the years.

Wouldn't the budget have been controlled by Kodak at that time point? not the tourism dip?

 

[Moth]

Wouldn't the budget have been controlled by Kodak at that time point? not the tourism dip?

iirc I think the thing about JIIWF was the fact Disney footed some of the bill also?
Kodak was largely going thru it's own financial issues at the time which kneecapped how much they could throw at it, and the tourism dip likely hurt some of their business.

 

[Nobody nobody]

iirc I think the thing about JIIWF was the fact Disney footed some of the bill also?

everything about the current figment from development to opening to where it is now with the update reminds me of the “he roped me into this” scene from Rick and Morty

 

[Prince-1]

I was going on rants about stupid things. Really angry. I didn't know they were intrusive thoughts. I was also 17.

Plus, I was well-liked in the community, but I guess I had to suffer that blow.

And I am guessing you are now 17 1/2??

 

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ֊ᗩζᗩᗰ]

if we're lucky the Fujifilm/Konica Minolta merger will go through and they'll have the buying power to be the sponsor for the new Imagination pavilion. Fuji Figment has good brand recog and that classic Disney naming convention / alliteration. Disney would be wise to hit them up for sponsorship. They're the right company for the overhaul, in my mind.

 

[Zak and Wheezie]

I have a theory that the Imagination Institute is actually an evil corporation that kidnapped Figment and stole him from Dreamfinder to promote their idea of "imagination". At the Imagination Institute, imagination is/was seen as something no one needs to put much effort into. Figment had his memory of Dreamfinder and his idea of imagination entirely erased; this is why at the end of the 1999 ride, Figment asks Nigel Channing "can they imagine too?" This is despite the fact that he already asked this question to Dreamfinder in the 1983 ride.

 

[Agent H]

No need to apologize. I'm pretty sure they're not alluding to you.

I didn’t think they were alluding to me but I have a tendency to go off on random tangents

 

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ֊ᗩζᗩᗰ]

I feel like my profound nonsensical musings are being overshadowed by other people's profound nonsensical musings. Did school let out early?

 

[Nobody nobody]

I feel like my profound nonsensical musings are being overshadowed by other people's profound nonsensical musings. Did school let out early?

better than the defeatism that often fills this thread.

Not by much.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

I feel like my profound nonsensical musings are being overshadowed by other people's profound nonsensical musings. Did school let out early?

No, I'm pretty sure they're doing this while in school.

 

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ֊ᗩζᗩᗰ]

better than the defeatism that often fills this thread.

Not by much.

This is true but it's so very difficult to be glass half full when it comes to an imagination overhaul. That said, it WILL happen eventually.