"I don't think the imagination pavilion works anymore." - Tony Baxter

[Axle1986]

"I don't think the Imagination pavilion works anymore. I'm going to be forthright about that. I think the difference we had between Figment and Dreamfinder, representing knowledge and the unbridled enthusiasm of a child, was very clear to people. It spoke and it resonated. They've tried to bring Figment back, bit it's like having a comedian play against a comedian, with Nigel Channing. It's like Hardy and Hardy instead of Laurel and Hardy. You've got to have a good play between the characters, and I think people go through there and they don't understand what it's about. All of us go through this imagination process, and I thought that was an extraordinary topic to handle and put out there, and it kind of skirts the issue of what it is today."

http://www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/201211/3265/

An understatement, but it is refreshing hearing something bluntly honest for once.

 

[Matt7187]

"I don't think the imagination pavilion works anymore." - Tony Baxter, today at IAPPA.

An understatement, but it is refreshing hearing something bluntly honest for once.

It's about time someone realized it!

 

[Goofyernmost]

HOLD THE PRESSES!! News Flash. Read all about it. It's kind of sad that it took this long for someone to notice.

 

[HMF]

HOLD THE PRESSES!! News Flash. Read all about it. It's kind of sad that it took this long for someone to notice.

Oh, Tony's had that opinion for a while. It's just he does not talk about it in public much because he wants to keep his job.

 

[wdisney9000]

Yay! It only took 15 years for an employee to publicly state that something wasnt working correctly. At this rate things should be fixed by 2027. Oh, wait,.....he only acknowledged it, didn't say something was being done about it. Oh well, hopefully when I'm 70 years old they will have it all worked out and bionic legs will be available so i can still enjoy the parks.

 

[Disneyfan_76]

"I don't think the imagination pavilion works anymore." - Tony Baxter, today at IAPPA.

....is what someone should have said in the 90s.

 

[DisneyLeo18]

My apologies if I'm wrong since I don't know the context, but when I first read the title I thought "works" as in it is a bad idea.

Not literally not functioning. Hope I'm wrong actually...

 

[Goofyernmost]

Yay! It only took 15 years for an employee to publicly state that something wasnt working correctly. At this rate things should be fixed by 2027. Oh, wait,.....he only acknowledged it, didn't say something was being done about it. Oh well, hopefully when I'm 70 years old they will have it all worked out and bionic legs will be available so i can still enjoy the parks.

I'll only be 80...I'm sure I'll enjoy the fix.

 

[pipenut]

"I don't think the imagination pavilion works anymore." - Tony Baxter, today at IAPPA.

In other news, a few other Disney World attractions need help.

Sure Maelstrom needs a "cleaning," the Yeti is "almost working," and half of SSE is missing "a little something", but it's about time someone else "doesn't think the imagination pavillion works anymore." I mean, that's gotta stop!

 

[duff527]

My apologies if I'm wrong since I don't know the context, but when I first read the title I thought "works" as in it is a bad idea.

Not literally not functioning. Hope I'm wrong actually...

I thought the same thing.

 

[EpcotFanForever]

"I don't think the imagination pavilion works anymore." - Tony Baxter, today at IAPPA.

So let's see - someone whom we respect finally agrees with us, and we slam him for it. Are we part of the solution or part of the problem here?

 

[Axle1986]

So let's see - someone whom we respect finally agrees with us, and we slam him for it. Are we part of the solution or part of the problem here?

Sorry, but who is slamming him?

 

[EpcotFanForever]

Sorry, but who is slamming him?

Oops - sorry - didn't intent to point back at you.

 

[Tip Top Club]

No one...

 

[Goofyernmost]

My apologies if I'm wrong since I don't know the context, but when I first read the title I thought "works" as in it is a bad idea.

Not literally not functioning. Hope I'm wrong actually...

The reason why Imagination Pavilion isn't working is because Disney has lost it's base of talent that actually had imagination. That were able to see things that others didn't realize that they saw and point it out to us in an interesting and different way. So in that sense, he is correct, if that is what he meant by it.

Either way...it is true. It either isn't working in it's present form or it can never work because no one knows how to make it work. Both are probably true, sadly!

 

[Admiral01]

This might be the same thing that was said earlier. There are two ways to interpret this:
1) The current ride is no good
2) The concept of a ride based on imagination is no good

Baxter is talking about the current version of the ride, right?

 

[HM GhostHostess]

 

[yoyoflamingo]

Here's the full context from Theme Park Insider:

"I don't think the Imagination pavilion works anymore. I'm going to be forthright about that. I think the difference we had between Figment and Dreamfinder, representing knowledge and the unbridled enthusiasm of a child, was very clear to people. It spoke and it resonated. They've tried to bring Figment back, bit it's like having a comedi
an play against a comedian, with Nigel Channing. It's like Hardy and Hardy instead of Laurel and Hardy. You've got to have a good play between the characters, and I think people go through there and they don't understand what it's about. All of us go through this imagination process, and I thought that was an extraordinary topic to handle and put out there, and it kind of skirts the issue of what it is today."

 

[Admiral01]

So, what he is saying is that the current version isn't good, the original version was good, and that the imagination process leads to an extraordinary topic.

 

[Pixiedustmaker]

So let's see - someone whom we respect finally agrees with us, and we slam him for it. Are we part of the solution or part of the problem here?

I think it is more a case of convergence of opinions, rather than Tony agreeing with folks on this message board. Does Tony Baxter anonymously cruise this board or even know of this conversation? I kind of doubt it. Meaning, we aren't part of the solution or the problem, but peripheral to all of it.