Oh for sure! But it’s just irritating.. cause it’s like.. oh yeah, awesome merch! But why isn’t the ride what it should be to coincide w that? You’d be making even more money off merch if the ride was back to the way it originally was w the enhancements we would’ve liked to have seen (ala how Haunted Mansion, Great Moments w Lincoln, and DL’s Fantasyland rides (minus Snow White’s Enchanted Wish) have been enhanced lately.
I do agree with this in theory, but I am 100% certain they'd do a Inside Out IP shoehorn if a refurb happens. And as much as I don't want that, it's unfortunately much more likely than just Figment + Dreamfinder. That makes me sad.
Right, that’s it exactly. However, I’d say it’s moreso about bringing back Dreamfinder & Figment as they were originally rather than reimagining them yet again. Again, it’s been done multiple times and has failed. So I’d rather just restore it back to what was but enhance/improve that classic experience w today’s technology. Also, looking at it from a financial standpoint, it’d be a much better bet and more affordable as technically they have all the resources within their archives, audio, etc. to simply restore & enhance it with the Audio-Animatronic improvements (see new Country Bears, specifically their mechanics) projection mapping tech, etc. they’re able to do now with to great success and praise.
Same here, but we gotta try and have faith they Infact will. They brought back the OG Enchanted Tiki Room (granted, a bit needlessly shortened despite DL having pretty much the full length show) after Under New Management, but again, it proves that it isn’t impossible to bring the original back substantially to guest satisfaction & general goodwill. But a lot of why they haven’t yet is due to neglect and ludicrous political corporate egos that make no sense. My hope is current leadership will eventually be replaced soon, if they have no plans of changing direction after their current predicament as of late, that is
Please don't bring this idea up in a thread where someone keeps bringing up Dragon Tales. I liked the show as a child, but I fear where the conversation will go if we continue down this path.
Are we honestly sure about that? Think about the grand openings of things like Expedition Everest and Soarin’ and such..
I mean, I feel like Everest and Soarin are easier to market to modern audiences. Everest is a roller coaster through a mountain and Soarin is a hang gliding simulator.
yet Universal has Earl the Squirrel and Jack the Clown for Halloween Horror Nights and everyone gets what/who they are. If they’re specifically marketed as “‘Meeting’ Dreamfinder & Figment as you take a wonderful, whimsical Journey into Imagination’, not so hard to get across. Haunted Mansion ghosts, same thing. Sure, you ‘might’ have some folks ask the question if they’re in anything else, But all it does it spark more curiosity to find out more about and/or ride it. Newfound discovery is a good thing, especially when it’s something great. It’s how we fans became fans ourselves. We never knew who they were or what the ride was like initially, but upon experiencing it for ourselves, we found that we loved them and wanted to visit again & again after. Not sure why that’s such a hard concept for some folks (mostly in management) to grasp.
Frozen has at least one fart joke in it ("I don't know if I'm elated or gassy") and everybody loves THAT movie.
How would the Emotions even encounter Dreamfinder and Figment? What would they be doing in Riley's mind?
On another note too.. if everything relied on someone’s prior association w something in order to get ticket sales or profit back. How come places like Knott’s Berry Farm are still extremely popular to this day, with their Ghost Town & residents, and all their themed dark rides not themed to anything pre-existing? That’s what I thought..
Most people outside of the fandom don’t know Earl or Jack. I’d argue that Figment is WAY more popular than them. Even if they did, Universal isn’t making Earl the Squirrel rides.
All of these are cheaper than fixing the ride and give them a better ROI, so yeah that does not invalidate that they don't care about the ride whatsoever.
Part of the trouble is they’re strictly focused on ‘one’ form of guest, one that’s focused on seeing what they’ve already seen, rather than folks that wanna experience the entire resort and buy based on the experiences they’ve had. There’s room for both and I just think it’s shortsighted and ultimately doesn’t make as much profit to invest in the guest that honestly isn’t going to spend as much, let alone visit more, long term.
I was responding to them not caring about the ip not the ride I don’t believe that all that is greenlit and no one in the company cares about the ip
it has to happen someday right now I’d imagine spaceship earth is a bigger priority and maybe after that they do wonders of life but sooner or later they will have nothing else to do in Epcot to increase attendance
Nobody with any power "cares" about the IP. They care about what makes money. Figment makes money so they do the least they can with him to make the most profit. This is also why they don't redo the ride, big expense for no benefit other than some fan goodwill which, again, does not bring in the money.
Current rumors have Imagination happening before Wonders but Imagination has also been "five years away" for the last decade or so. Redoing JII isn't something that will really boost attendance, neither is SSE but they don't really have a choice when it's the icon of the park.