brb1006
Well-Known Member
First the Chevrolet commercial, and now this? Come on Disney, just overhaul the entire pavilion already!
-
Welcome to the WDWMAGIC.COM Forums!
Please take a look around, and feel free to sign up and join the community.
EPCOT Figment, well, to be replaced by Figment
- Thread starter Walrus from Paris
- Start date
First the Chevrolet commercial, and now this? Come on Disney, just overhaul the entire pavilion already!
brb1006
Well-Known Member
Good thing I own both of the Marvel Figment Comics to keep myself occupied.Figment fans whenever anything even remotely related to JII is released:
View attachment 555074
Don't worry. I'm guilty of doing this myself. We've suffered for 22 years, who could blame us!
trainplane3
Well-Known Member
That's exactly why I posted it here first.* Wanted to crush hopes and dreams like the pavilion has been doing for 20 years now!Figment fans whenever anything even remotely related to JII is released:
View attachment 555074
Don't worry. I'm guilty of doing this myself
*and so speculation wouldn't get carried away*
brb1006
Well-Known Member
I'm getting tired of Dr Nigel Channing, Figment's current personality, and the current state of the Imagination Pavilion.
The current iteration is almost 20 years old and is seriously showing it's age (hello dated CGI Figment!).
Mickeynerd17
Well-Known Member
Here here.
I watched a video on youtube of the current ride back when it opened in 2002. The video quality is the same as the 1998 videos of Horizons. That's how old this thing is.
DreamfinderGuy
Well-Known Member
And now the longest running incarnation of the ride! By several years, in fact!
Surferboy567
Well-Known Member
I’m not saying this means anything. The constant use of Figment though in marketing might mean something is happening. Whatever that something is, I really don’t know.
He’s been apparently given a redesign (in that video that was circulating). Been used in the Chevy commercial, been used in this Advent Health thing, constantly used thoughout EPCOT. They even went a step further and used One Little Spark in this Advent Health video.
They have access to limitless characters yet they specifically chose him. Again, it could and probably means nothing but I can’t help but notice the constant use of Figment. Especially as of late.
He’s been apparently given a redesign (in that video that was circulating). Been used in the Chevy commercial, been used in this Advent Health thing, constantly used thoughout EPCOT. They even went a step further and used One Little Spark in this Advent Health video.
They have access to limitless characters yet they specifically chose him. Again, it could and probably means nothing but I can’t help but notice the constant use of Figment. Especially as of late.
DCLcruiser
Well-Known Member
It gets people like us to tune in and promote it on Twitter. It’s all a game.
Homemade Imagineering
Well-Known Member
Exactly. All the signs are pointing towards a continuation of his character within the parks, including a new iteration of the current attraction (even if that may include an IP tie-in). It wouldn’t make sense to build on his character so much recently, and to quickly evict him from his home at Epcot.
Surferboy567
Well-Known Member
Exactly my reasoning.
Surferboy567
Well-Known Member
Is it though? That is a very specific audience.
DCLcruiser
Well-Known Member
All of the Twitter blog people love Figment. I only knew about this bc they were all going bonkers showing their unboxing videos and getting us excited. Influencers are the new TV commercial, with more reach at a fraction of the price.
Surferboy567
Well-Known Member
trainplane3
Well-Known Member
Even the lights at Imagination have given up hope for the pavilion:
Mickeynerd17
Well-Known Member
I'm still quite skeptical this advent health thing is even connected at all. They probably just used this slogan to mean something else and all the figment fans are just running with it because we're understandably desperate to hear literally anything regarding figment.
But I will say, all these different appearances/mentions have been interesting. Why a car commercial? Why did Josh answer "give us more time (I'm paraphrasing)"? How would advent health be connected to figment?
All of this is both intriguing and confusing at the same time. Perhaps there's something about Advent that connects to the imagination similar to ziplocs on splash mountain. Idk.
It's all quite odd IMHO.
But I will say, all these different appearances/mentions have been interesting. Why a car commercial? Why did Josh answer "give us more time (I'm paraphrasing)"? How would advent health be connected to figment?
All of this is both intriguing and confusing at the same time. Perhaps there's something about Advent that connects to the imagination similar to ziplocs on splash mountain. Idk.
It's all quite odd IMHO.
FigmentsBrightIdeas
Well-Known Member
I honestly think you all are overthinking the Advent Health connection a little too much. I think the “One Little Spark” theme is supposed to tie in to Disney/WDW being the gateway to a world of free-spirited creativity & ideas ‘after’ getting your proper healthcare needs via Advent. (And what better character & theme to utilize for a whole world dedicated to creativity than Figment & the original Journey Into Imagination) Not necessarily Advent Health itself.
I will say though, as it stands, neither the ‘current’ Journey Into Imagination With Figment ride, nor the current plans going on for EPCOT are very celebratory of that “free-spirited creativity” but I still believe there’s hope.. it’ll just take new upper management to come in to realize what the true identity of the parks are to greenlight the revamp/comeback we want. Hence why Josh D’maro said to give them more time/wait.
I will say though, as it stands, neither the ‘current’ Journey Into Imagination With Figment ride, nor the current plans going on for EPCOT are very celebratory of that “free-spirited creativity” but I still believe there’s hope.. it’ll just take new upper management to come in to realize what the true identity of the parks are to greenlight the revamp/comeback we want. Hence why Josh D’maro said to give them more time/wait.
Last edited:
Mickeynerd17
Well-Known Member
That's more along the lines of my thought process right now. I honestly don't see the current ride running through 2030 or at worst 2040, but we'll see what happens.