dreamfinding
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Can they just re-align the bubble room? That’s all I’m asking.
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EPCOT Figment, well, to be replaced by Figment
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dreamfinding
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Back to another thread (or maybe it was this one) that was talking about the lack of humbleness in WDI.
PREMiERdrum
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Thank the stars that SE sits smack-dab at the entrance of the park, serves as the park's main icon, and carries the narrative experience of the park's mission. It can't easily be made seasonal or otherwise abandoned (pours one shot of the good stuff out for Horizons).
I imagine we could get a moderate show update and shrugged shoulders on the ride system for now, save for a grind-and-groove here or there.
Coaster Lover
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- In the Parks
- No
They gut the ride and put a coaster in there... call it something stupid like "Time Racers" or something...
OptimusPrime
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- In the Parks
- No
“Figment is getting fixed!” Rumors are as old as With Figment. It’s nice to have dreams, that’s what Disney is all about obviously. But I’ll believe that it’s getting fixed when I’m riding it.
GenChi
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That never officially got announced even though it made such rounds it felt like it did. That teaser social media post Disney made this year did include those writers among those meeting him so they are clearly still planning it. Those two also move between projects a lot.
The other thing is we don't know exactly what distribution it's meant for. Could be a full scale theatrical. Could be a Disney+ special (they did write the upcoming Lego Star Wars one). Could even be a Magic Eye surprise for all we know. Hopefully we know details by end of D23 what's planned for this.
Premierdrum is probably right, given past investment cycles, its realistic expect Epcot to not get anything until the late 2020s outside of the occasional entertainment refresh given what happened with past investment cycles (not even expecting the trash fire that is communicore to get touched too). Only way I can see it is if a low budget redo is packaged with something coming to magic eye and that's a huge stretch (or if the figment movie somehow releases and does 2010s marvel numbers). JII redos are like rumors of a new Banjo Kazooie game, they always appear when the company that owns the IP (Disney/Microsoft) has a big showcase upcoming (D23/E3), but they never come to pass, and if we do get news of one at D23, I'm expecting it to be a vague piece of concept art during the inevitable blue sky segment and nothing else for years after that. At this rate, I'm assuming the ride as is remains in its current state until the heat death of the universe.
Moth
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Comparing Figment to Banjo makes hell of a lot of sense.
Can we draw more comparisons on how other Rare IPs (Perfect Dark and Battletoads) are getting revivals like how World of Motion is getting some loving?
Figment truly is the Scrimblo Bimblo of Disney parks, haha.
I think late 2020s is the correct time placement based off the Epcot 50 goal I've heard. Don't wanna start too early to where it feels like your advertising stuff that's been out, and if you build late, it's a late birthday gift! Yay!!!
The only exception is if World Showcase magically gets Brazil announced at the Brazil D23 thing.
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I garuntee that cosmic rewind at Epcot is a case of “no good idea never dies at imagineering” with time racers.
“And Figment, who did NOT die!”
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FigmentFan82
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It was, Deadline is a credible source for TV and film news:
Disney Dragon Character Figment Getting Feature Treatment From Dan Hernandez, Benji Samit & Point Grey
Disney Character Figment Getting Feature Treatment From Dan Hernandez, Benji Samit & Point Grey
deadline.com
DreamfinderGuy
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It’s not.
This still isn’t an official announcement from Disney.It was, Deadline is a credible source for TV and film news:
Disney Dragon Character Figment Getting Feature Treatment From Dan Hernandez, Benji Samit & Point Grey
Disney Character Figment Getting Feature Treatment From Dan Hernandez, Benji Samit & Point Grey
Brer Oswald
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I've been using the Figment and Banjo comparison for years now. Every presentation you get your hopes up only to have them dashed. I can't do it anymore.
I hate the second image, thank you very much.
FigmentFan82
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This is an official announcement of a project in development. As with all things it could always get canceled, but this would not have been released if they weren't officially working on it.
Homemade Imagineering
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Yeah almost every summer before D23 & sometimes even Destination D JII rumors reappear like clockwork, it’s the same with DL’s Peoplemover. Can’t say I’m surprised there are rumors but I am sure there’s folks at WDI constantly discussing it. I’m not getting my hopes high for anything this year, I’ve learned my lesson from previous D23s.
Only thing is, projects like Tropical Americas & BBTM have already been bluesky announced which kind of bothers me in the sense that I’m not as excited for their renouncements even if it comes with more details (that is especially true for Tropical Americas considering they’re already set on Encanto, Indiana Jones, etc…). In short I really want some wildcard announcements, whether that’s JII, SSE, WoL, or something else entirely. Maybe we’ll get new Tomorrowland over at DL who knows, but I digress.
I think for Figment Destination D makes alot of sense. It’ll be closer to TT’s reopening date, & they can take it offline the following year (so basically mid 2026 Figment). That, or of course SSE depending on how things shift around
Only thing is, projects like Tropical Americas & BBTM have already been bluesky announced which kind of bothers me in the sense that I’m not as excited for their renouncements even if it comes with more details (that is especially true for Tropical Americas considering they’re already set on Encanto, Indiana Jones, etc…). In short I really want some wildcard announcements, whether that’s JII, SSE, WoL, or something else entirely. Maybe we’ll get new Tomorrowland over at DL who knows, but I digress.
I think for Figment Destination D makes alot of sense. It’ll be closer to TT’s reopening date, & they can take it offline the following year (so basically mid 2026 Figment). That, or of course SSE depending on how things shift around
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Also mean to throw off topic but genuinely don’t see how breakout translates to wdw tot, especially with the fifth dimension part. Would legit be an entirely different ride.
BrianLo
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There is definitely not insane applause at everything. Maybe it doesn’t come across at home, but there is notably different energy. From polite clapping to actual excitement.
The Figment character costume kind of fell off a cliff when people realized they were trolled. I think I started laughing when I found out the ruse. There was a very poor reaction to Zootopia with a golf clap and groans. The villainsland response was notably over the top and I think Josh even references that.
Chanting or booing over the absence of an Epcot project In Anaheim of all places would be cringey and incredibly juvenile. No offense to everyone who suggested the contrary, but there’s social pressure not to be an idiot at these things. As much as the keyboard warriors want people to turn up to boo… no thank you. That’s weirdly an obnoxious request and this is a fun fan event.