EPCOT Figment, well, to be replaced by Figment

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Never knew that this part of the JIIwF ImageWorks existed back then, thought it transitioned from the JIYI ImageWorks to what's mostly there currently:

Yep, it was the first thing you encountered after entering Imageworks...Ever wonder why there is that weird blocked off section with the lame Simon match game on the wall? (Shown here on the right hand side) That is were it was..It lasted from 2002 to 2011...

And here is what the post show was like

 

[Phineas]

many rides are getting to be bad shape, Disney seems adamant right now on letting actual attractions go, but they can sure spend millions on boring shrubs.

I rode this one last time on my trip 3 weeks ago. The AA holding the telephone was paralyzed. No movement whatsoever, just dialogue from a static figure.

 

[Dragonman]

I rode this one last time on my trip 3 weeks ago. The AA holding the telephone was paralyzed. No movement whatsoever, just dialogue from a static figure.

I’m convinced the insides are barely hanging on and they only do the bare minimum when repairing them

 

[SailorMercury]

I’m convinced the insides are barely hanging on and they only do the bare minimum when repairing them

Maybe it’s an inside job like burning Iago

 

[peter11435]

Maybe it’s an inside job like burning Iago

don’t spread false rumors

 

[SailorMercury]

don’t spread false rumors

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

I’m convinced the insides are barely hanging on and they only do the bare minimum when repairing them

What's weird is that there are only 3 AA's in the entire ride...

All the other Figments are either Screen based or Static Store statues...So, why is it so much more important if a screen goes down or statue fell over and not fix these AA's when they use to move decently over 20 years ago?

 

[Indy_UK]

What now? When was that?

They probably just got lost trying to leave the park

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Shut Up and Take my Money Figment!

 

[peter11435]

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Yeah, but some people here believe everything they read.

 

[Rodj]

Yeah, but some people here believe everything they read.

You'd be surprised by how many people believed the Mouse Trap News piece on Figment replacing Mickey Mouse as the main mascot, even Reuters had to make an article fact checking it.

 

[peter11435]

You'd be surprised by how many people believed the Mouse Trap News piece on Figment replacing Mickey Mouse as the main mascot, even Reuters had to make an article fact checking it.

Yep. Or the story about Moana

 

[Rodj]

This is the current state of the Sound Lab AA, we went from having it be mostly decent after the day long closure(to work on both AA's) to now being worse than before the closure. The platform doesn't even lower down anymore.

 

[V_L_Raptor]

I don't know if this has come up (read: I'm not reading through 193 pages to find a reference to this that might not exist), but there's now a Little Golden Book themed to Figment, and it's surprisingly full of classic EPCOT Center references and scenes from the original ride. (Dreamfinder is fairly cartoonized, but I suppose that's expected for this style.) I found this at a FLBS rather than at Disney, and it just came out with a 2024 copyright date.

While a lot of current Epcot doesn't make sense to me (natch), it definitely doesn't make sense to have something like this propagating without a plan to do something with it. It may be a tiny test balloon for TDO, but I'd still definitely recommend picking it up if you'd like a quick poke in the feels for EPCOT Center.

 

[aladdin2007]

I don't know if this has come up (read: I'm not reading through 193 pages to find a reference to this that might not exist), but there's now a Little Golden Book themed to Figment, and it's surprisingly full of classic EPCOT Center references and scenes from the original ride. (Dreamfinder is fairly cartoonized, but I suppose that's expected for this style.) I found this at a FLBS rather than at Disney, and it just came out with a 2024 copyright date.

While a lot of current Epcot doesn't make sense to me (natch), it definitely doesn't make sense to have something like this propagating without a plan to do something with it. It may be a tiny test balloon for TDO, but I'd still definitely recommend picking it up if you'd like a quick poke in the feels for EPCOT Center.

That beautiful little golden book makes the current ride look even worse, they ought to be outright embarrassed at the state of things but they don't care. Merch and TDO or other powers that be never correlate hardly.

 

[V_L_Raptor]

That beautiful little golden book makes the current ride look even worse, they ought to be outright embarrassed at the state of things but they don't care. Merch and TDO or other powers that be never correlate hardly.

That beautiful Little Golden Book makes the whole park look worse. They even fit in Tony Baxter and Walt Peregoy, fer cryin' out loud.

(I wasn't crying out loud, but I had to take a moment when I found it, because I wasn't ready for it when I was already Having A Day.)

 

[trainplane3]

This is the current state of the Sound Lab AA, we went from having it be mostly decent after the day long closure(to work on both AA's) to now being worse than before the closure. The platform doesn't even lower down anymore.

Yep. Let's see how long this lasts. Coming up on 2 weeks at a minimum now.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Yep. Let's see how long this lasts. Coming up on 2 weeks at a minimum now.

Can't imagine how bad it would be to see a closing date when they aren't moving at all ..Which seems to be a pattern now a days..

 

[Rodj]

Yep. Let's see how long this lasts. Coming up on 2 weeks at a minimum now.

It first started at the end of January, at that time there was no movement at all, just frozen in place.

 

[Haymarket2008]

This needs to close. It’s time.

It’s in disrepair and it’s a below the quality standard. In years past, it was able to shuffle on, but it has reached the end of the line.

I do think this may be the year an announcement comes. The figurative smoke is bigger than it has ever been. Fingers crossed.