EPCOT Figment, well, to be replaced by Figment

Zak and Wheezie

Zak and Wheezie

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DreamfinderGuy said:
While we're crunching numbers, I feel it's worth mentioning that JIIwF will become the longest running attraction in Future World's history in three short months. It will have had a lifespan longer than any other incarnation of anything else there ever has. I remember when people were complaining about how Ellen's Energy Adventure was the oldest thing there and how it was 21 years old at the time of its closure. JII 3 is gonna be 23 this year.

(The current record holder is the Lion King movie that used to play in The Land. It ran for just over 23 years, which is an almost sadder attraction to hold the record considering this is the park that used to have Horizons, JII, SSE '94, etc.)
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I wanna try not to get off-topic too much but SSE '94 only being open until 2007 is a bit surprising to me. It could've easily operated into the early 2010s before it got to be outdated.
 
aladdin2007

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Zak and Wheezie said:
I wanna try not to get off-topic too much but SSE '94 only being open until 2007 is a bit surprising to me. It could've easily operated into the early 2010s before it got to be outdated.
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It could have still made it through today and not really been outdated, if only it had gotten some tweaks and changes instead of the rotten gutting it got and replaced with nothing. It has the joy of riding through an air duct for almost 20 years now. Inexcusable. (Im referring to the second half mainly)
 
Mickeynerd17

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Zak and Wheezie said:
I wanna try not to get off-topic too much but SSE '94 only being open until 2007 is a bit surprising to me. It could've easily operated into the early 2010s before it got to be outdated.
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Absolutely not.

Even though I don't remember it, I had family members who rode with me in 2006 and they all said the ride looked painfully out of date and corny, especially the descent scenes.

Honestly, looking back at videos, they were right.
 
HMF

HMF

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Mickeynerd17 said:
Absolutely not.

Even though I don't remember it, I had family members who rode with me in 2006 and they all said the ride looked painfully out of date and corny, especially the descent scenes.

Honestly, looking back at videos, they were right.
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And I am sure going backwards through a dark void with a 2000s-era jib-jab video in front of you has aged beautifully.
 
Mickeynerd17

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HMF said:
And I am sure going backwards through a dark void with a 2000s-era jib-jab video in front of you has aged beautifully.
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I never said it did. Both aged like milk in the Florida sun. The only thing the 2008 descent has going for it in my book is purely personal nostalgia since that's the SSE I know and remember.

I'd argue the most "timeless" descent was the 1986 version with the space station. I'd be a very happy individual if we could get a modern version of that and have space station girl visible again.
 
RosR9

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Moth said:
Iger seems to be gearing up to knock on the doors of creative department for some Figment shorts.

Could this be the start?...
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It felt like his answer was basically saying no plans have been made to redo the ride. I feel like if there was something in the works he would have said it like when he brought up the DCA avatar land last year
 
EagleScout610

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Moth said:
Iger seems to be gearing up to knock on the doors of creative department for some Figment shorts.

Could this be the start?...
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Either the start of V4, or the start of "See Figment's around in other stuff! Time to replace the ride". I will not be shocked if it goes either way.
 
MisterPenguin

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Nickm2022

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I literally can imagine Iger walking into imagineering and going "hey I was asked about figment again what can we do about him?" and the imaginers going "here's the last 25 years of ideas what's the budget?"

Also, Thought I had, with all the new frozen lands, what's the chance they update Frozen ride w the new AA's and replace the face screens for the new frozen movies? The ride is approaching ten years old soon.
 
Homemade Imagineering

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Dragonman

Dragonman

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MisterPenguin said:
This thread is about a revamped Figment ride.


The thread here below is for the possible Figment short, movie, or series...

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News Post in thread 'Bob Iger Reveals Disney May Develop Figment Content Beyond EPCOT'

wdwmagic said:
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Bob Iger Reveals Disney May Develop Figment Content Beyond EPCOT

Bob Iger Reveals Disney May Develop Figment Content Beyond EPCOT
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In all seriousness, hope this leads to good things
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I just see that as “we’ll do anything with him but fix the ride” unfortunately.
 
aladdin2007

aladdin2007

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Dragonman said:
I just see that as “we’ll do anything with him but fix the ride” unfortunately.
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The only thing that might be the saving grace to that theory (and I feel the same way) is Epcot's upcoming 50th. They are going to want it to be better than it is if they care anything at all about a 50th celebration which remains to be seen. After the MK's 50th flop, who knows except that was partially blamed to covid.
 

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