Zak and Wheezie
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Aw man. They should have had a second thought...
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EPCOT Figment, well, to be replaced by Figment
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Cmdr_Crimson
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Nessie another rare character that has the looks of Kah and the body and inspiration of Figment...even Tho this is prior to his creation...And voiced by Sterling Holloway..
FigmentsBrightIdeas
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He’s a fun character for sure, the whole short is a lot of fun. Though while I can def see familiar looks in the body, I’d say most of Disney’s “dragons” (both the good & bad ones) had a similar rounded/oval tummy, he personally gives me more of Madame Mim (from Sword in the Stone) in dragon-form vibes in design during the duel between her & Merlin vibes than Figment. On the topic of Sterling being the OG voice of Winnie the Pooh though, funny thing is decades later after this we got a short placed before the (of all things) the Winnie the Pooh 2011 movie, The Ballad of Nessie which featured it’s own iteration of a Nessie that was heavily inspired design-wise apparently by both Figment & The Reluctant Dragon.
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Zak and Wheezie
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So me and my Dragon Tales friends got to meet Figment today. And then we tried to ride it. We got to the Smell Lab and then it broke down and we had to evacuate. We got to ride an hour later but still. And this was right after opening.
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Zak and Wheezie
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I wonder if Nessie is Figment's long-lost love interest... lol
Cmdr_Crimson
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Have a to wonder if Figment is still bringing in the crowds at his M&G lately? I'm concerned....Where are the crowds??
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Rodj
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It really depends on the day. I still see ~15 minute lines on livestreams during “normal days”(no special events/start of a festival)
JohnD
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They need to re-do the character. Early year versions were shorter. Not the Figzilla they have now.
Zak and Wheezie
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I was the first person to meet him today (May 2, 2025). Initially there weren't any people trying to meet him, although when the ride broke down/evacuated I did see a few more people in line for him. When I met him again (I actually met him twice after buying a sleeping Figment plushie), there were quite a few people but not a huge line.
FigmentsBrightIdeas
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Well you also have to consider it’s a weekday, so there aren’t gonna be as big of crowds meeting him then either. Best way to judge crowd levels is on a weekend.
Zak and Wheezie
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True
Although Friday seems just as busy from my experience. Maybe i'm wrong though
Fido Chuckwagon
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Zak and Wheezie
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This probably doesn't mean much of anything because she was just a cast member, but I mentioned the Figment movie around a CM while buying a Coke and how I thought it might have been cancelled and the CM said "no, I think it's coming out next year". So I think it's just not done yet. Not cancelled. It takes time to make movies.
It was never said the movie was cancelled, though. A lot of people (including myself, admittedly) thought it had been.
It was never said the movie was cancelled, though. A lot of people (including myself, admittedly) thought it had been.
GenChi
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Just thinking back to that shareholder meeting question.
Lol @ having all these high level leaders, and they can't put a basic 2 and 2 together about why investors asked about Figment in 15 annual shareholder meetings. Investors aren't bringing him up this much because they personally like the character (shareholders personally like a lot of Disney content), but as investors they see him as an undervalued asset/IP that isn't being optimized, and they are asking why they aren't using this asset to increase their value. Why they aren't investing in making a better ride to gain new fans or making more outside media/rides to take his presence national or international when they know he's a proven seller and has an untapped market. They'd say the same if a major film isn't getting park exposure either.
Shareholders directly telling them for 20 years about him being undervalued and they still tried removing him in the 2010s, and then shareholders being proven right in the 2020s just has Iger pump merch without any other investment. Makes me laugh though how they still don't get it when even the ones they report to are telling them this and are proven correct.
Lol @ having all these high level leaders, and they can't put a basic 2 and 2 together about why investors asked about Figment in 15 annual shareholder meetings. Investors aren't bringing him up this much because they personally like the character (shareholders personally like a lot of Disney content), but as investors they see him as an undervalued asset/IP that isn't being optimized, and they are asking why they aren't using this asset to increase their value. Why they aren't investing in making a better ride to gain new fans or making more outside media/rides to take his presence national or international when they know he's a proven seller and has an untapped market. They'd say the same if a major film isn't getting park exposure either.
Shareholders directly telling them for 20 years about him being undervalued and they still tried removing him in the 2010s, and then shareholders being proven right in the 2020s just has Iger pump merch without any other investment. Makes me laugh though how they still don't get it when even the ones they report to are telling them this and are proven correct.
Zak and Wheezie
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Yeah it seems they just want to push Figment already even though many people don't know who he is unless they live in Florida (or in cities that are close to Orlando: Savannah, Valdosta, Brunswick GA)
FigmentsBrightIdeas
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I mean, truth is, nobody knew him prior (as it should be) whenever any of us experienced or saw the original ride anywhere for the first time. That’s kind of the point, introducing a new character and concept. Just like every other classic atttraction we like (whether that be Small World, Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion, Spaceship Earth, etc.) We fell in love with Dreamfinder & Figment ‘because’ we experienced the whimsical, charming, and fun Journey Into Imagination ride. The art of discovery & love/appreciation afterwards is part of the whole process of why we all fell in love.. not because we knew them prior. Just as it is watching a new Disney film w characters or stories we haven’t seen before. The same amount of creativity that goes into making their new films, much of that goes into their theme park attractions aswell. It just baffles me this is such a hard concept for folks up top to understand sometimes.
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FigmentsBrightIdeas
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In all honesty, most CMs typically aren’t largely informed in these matters. It’s all hearsay or a guess unless they’re huge fans themselves and genuinely know people within Disney internally. (Which typically isn’t the case).
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Haymarket2008
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The Figment movie is absolutely not in any active production. There may be a script treatment floating around, but it is not happening for a WHILE. If at all.
Tha Realest
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I would agree with this.
BUT - while Rogen is quite occupied at the moment with all his due accolades for The Studio, Hernandez and Samjit’s calendars appear quite open.
Zak and Wheezie
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I just realized: Bear, Tutter, Ojo, Pip and Pop from Bear In The Big Blue House could've rode the original JII.