Monorail_Orange
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Martin, how did the proposed (but not built) third attraction for Pandora fit into the complex with FOP and NRJ? Or was it pretty much stand-alone instead?
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EPCOT Figment, well, to be replaced by Figment
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I’ve never seen documentation but understand it was stand alone.
lazyboy97o
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While it’s more efficient, to describe combining attractions as “cost cutting” is probably the wrong sentiment. Look at the Magic Kingdom where many attractions and venues are in shared facilities that allows for efficiencies in construction and operations while also shaping the space of lands beyond a series of disconnected facilities. Even the Imagination Pavilion combined multiple experiences into one facility, Without enough specifics the fire alarm system might be the only area that could be described as “cost cutting” by not utilizing more expensive systems and means to create separation and minimize unnecessary evacuations.
DCLcruiser
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I found it to be the least enjoyable ride at WDW. Maelstrom was amazing in comparison and I was always scared of the trolls as a kid. I'm still waiting for the climax of the story to NRJ. It just ends without anything happening.
They should just use Na'vi as the ride queue to transport you to FoP.
Back on topic, Figment needs a movie made by Marvel.
DisneyGentlemanV2.0
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Very hard to manage from a power standpoint. Lots of battery required to move horizontally. Vertical not very doable with current technology without drawing power from a track.
Homemade Imagineering
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Gosh, thinking about this thread makes me so sad. Back in August I had so much hope for this Pavillion, and was even expecting an announcement at D23. That announcement never came, although I was confident it would still happen because of what insiders on this thread were saying. Now it seems like we’ll have to wait another 20 some odd years for a redo, even though I know it’ll probably be alot sooner than 20 years.
HanSoloDolo
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Figment needs a movie made by the guy who wrote Gravity Falls.
Homemade Imagineering
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Wow. Reading the beginning of this thread up until D23 2019 is so depressing. My hopes went up extremely high at first, dropped a bit after no announcement at D23, with the reassurance from insiders that we’d get a new attraction in 5 years, and now it’s hit an all time low, of getting back on the same waiting train everyone’s been on since 1999/2002, with my hopes dropping even more that Disney will just abandon the attraction like Stitch, let it rot for a while, and after many years pick up the next trendy IP, demolish it, and build another overhyped water feature or spinner “attraction” in its former space. Although that sounds a bit irrational, and I don’t want to jump to such dramatic conclusions, so I’ll just keep waiting, and I guess at this point whatever happens happens. Maybe though, we can all use this time to send more letters to the right people in Disney, and if we don’t stop maybe they’ll have a second thought about what they want to prioritize within this entire overhaul, or in the more likely scenario, they’ll just give us what we want when they can do so financially, probably in around 7 years now instead of 5 due to current circumstances (feel free to correct me on that insiders).
Brer Oswald
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The longer it’s put off, the more time I have to work on my Engineering and Business degree (not that they’d hire me anyways, but I can dream 
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Homemade Imagineering
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Keep working towards that dream, no matter how long it may take! I’m not an expert on what it takes to become an imagineer, but to me as long as one is hard working and has the motivation and passion to become one, it is possible! In regards to imagination, I feel like Figment is safe from an outright removal from the pavillion, because again, just as everyone says, Figment sells, and he’s a huge part of Epcot. Disney would be stupid not to include him in the next incarnation of imagination! As for Dreamfinder, I’m really not too sure, as according to Martin there have been proposals with him, but proposals are just ideas and nothing more. I do feel like Disney will try and incorporate Figment into the next incarnation mixed in with whatever IP replaces it since Disney is so determined to shove IP into every corner of Epcot. I guess I’ll just have to keep waiting and keep my expectations in check, although it’s hard when you’re so passionate about a former attraction and it’s potential to be amazing againThe longer it’s put off, the more time I have to work on my Engineering and Business degree (not that they’d hire me anyways, but I can dream
UNCgolf
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Primeval Whirl and Stitch were both already closed; they just announced it was permanent.
I don't think there's any reason to think they would shut down Imagination right now. They need the capacity at EPCOT.
Homemade Imagineering
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I agree. I’ve said this many times already on other threads before, and I really feel like figment might meet the same fate as Stitch did, since just like you said, it’s a walk on most of the time, and in the next few years if it’s ridership continues on a downwards slope, combined with the fact that COVID has had a strong effect on the company, I do feel like abandonment is very much possible.
DoleWhipDrea
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Figment won’t be shut down unceremoniously. It’s one of the few family-friendly rides at EPCOT (whether it gets much of a line or not.) It will close when it finally gets the greenlight for a makeover, however many years away that may be.
Also, rides having long wait lengths are the exact opposite of what Disney wants at the parks right now...and are most likely re-thinking in light of the pandemic. As noted, they desperately need the capacity. EPCOT has very little as a result of all the closures over the years.
Finally, the ride is not in the kind of dramatic state some posters have indicated here...especially when compared against many other attractions at the parks. It’s just more noticeable when something doesn’t work because that attraction barely has much going on in the first place.
Also, rides having long wait lengths are the exact opposite of what Disney wants at the parks right now...and are most likely re-thinking in light of the pandemic. As noted, they desperately need the capacity. EPCOT has very little as a result of all the closures over the years.
Finally, the ride is not in the kind of dramatic state some posters have indicated here...especially when compared against many other attractions at the parks. It’s just more noticeable when something doesn’t work because that attraction barely has much going on in the first place.
DCLcruiser
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We're spreading little Figment love in New York...
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Gillyanne
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Looks like we've shopped at the same Etsy Store
(didn't block out my plate since it's vanity and adds to the whole thing)