EPCOT Inside Out to Replace Journey into Imagination with Figment?

[MickeyMouse10]

Neither Figment nor Inside Out is a prominent enough attraction to ever make a TV spot, so it's irrelevant.

Inside Out made $857.6 million and is the highest grossing nonsequel Pixar film ever.

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[CaptainAmerica]

Inside Out made $857.6 million and is the highest grossing nonsequel Pixar film ever.

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Okay? Dark rides aren't featured in commercials pretty much ever. I don't care what the box office is.

 

[MickeyMouse10]

Okay? Dark rides aren't featured in commercials pretty much ever. I don't care what the box office is.

I'm sure anything that is new and decent will be featured in the 50th anniversary ads. Disney wants to milk that for everything they can.

 

[Phicinfan]

It's not a matter of Disney IP. It's a matter of IP popular enough that a split second of an appearance in a commercial will prompt masses to say, "Sure, I like X. I'd like to go on an X ride."

Island at the Top of the World is Disney IP, and wouldn't budge the needle.
Guardians of the Galaxy is Marvel IP, but really moves the needle.

Figment only moves the needle for a segment of nostalgic fans. That is worth something, but without proper caretaking, it is eroding away.

Tell you what, show me the data that says Figment is not a recognized IP of Disney, and I will look more at your point of view. Go ahead, I can wait.

 

[Phicinfan]

Alright then let me float this question out there. Say Disney is trying to advertise to bring in new visitors to the parks. What would make families who've never gone to Disney World want to go?

A. a new Figment ride

or

B. a new Inside Out ride

Here is my issue with the arguments so far. Most feel and maybe Disney as well, IP drives the entertainment. You would have to tell me how those IPs are integrated into the ride and what type of ride we are getting before I could say that. I would much prefer Figment....but that is me. But would I want a ride that just has Figment plastered all over the walls just to have it....no.

Inside out did very well, but I wonder on the real draw it has as we have yet to see anything on a sequel and no integration other than a meet and greet so far into the parks....ah...except a spinner in DL?

Here may be your answer how much of a draw is Inside out there?

 

[MickeyMouse10]

Here is my issue with the arguments so far. Most feel and maybe Disney as well, IP drives the entertainment. You would have to tell me how those IPs are integrated into the ride and what type of ride we are getting before I could say that. I would much prefer Figment....but that is me. But would I want a ride that just has Figment plastered all over the walls just to have it....no.

Inside out did very well, but I wonder on the real draw it has as we have yet to see anything on a sequel and no integration other than a meet and greet so far into the parks....ah...except a spinner in DL?

Here may be your answer how much of a draw is Inside out there?

Say it is the same exact ride format, but it has either "Inside Out" or "Figment" as its theming. Then who takes the Prize? The purple dragon that isn't as known or "Inside Out", a mega blockbuster hit, that will eventually spawn sequels?

 

[Phicinfan]

Say it is the same exact ride format, but it has either "Inside Out" or "Figment" as its theming. Then who takes the Prize? The purple dragon that isn't as known or "Inside Out", a mega blockbuster hit, that will eventually spawn sequels?

Figment, again, big movies don't always equate to a good ride. Then again is the ride imagination still? If so then Figment, if not, then who knows.

 

[Haymarket2008]

I’ve seen a few proposals for the Imag area. None at the moment float my boat. But that’s just me.

Bit of a stretch of a question here but, could one of them still involve Figment but not in the way you’d prefer? Or do they all look bleak?

 

[trainplane3]

Bit of a stretch of a question here but, could one of them still involve Figment but not in the way you’d prefer? Or do they all look bleak?

Or if the building even stays?

 

[Haymarket2008]

Or if the building even stays?

I think it is staying. The insider talk of it possibly going away has quieted down a great deal, thankfully.

 

[marni1971]

Say it is the same exact ride format, but it has either "Inside Out" or "Figment" as its theming. Then who takes the Prize? The purple dragon that isn't as known or "Inside Out", a mega blockbuster hit, that will eventually spawn sequels?

You don’t like Zootopia and DAK as well do you?

 

[marni1971]

I think it is staying. The insider talk of it possibly going away has quieted down a great deal, thankfully.

The jury’s still out. Imag is still way down the line.

 

[MickeyMouse10]

You don’t like Zootopia and DAK as well do you?

Actually, I'd love to see Zootopia in Animal. If Dinoland and Expedition Everest can be in this park than why not Zootopia? Sure people have said they are too human-like, but that can really be said about many Disney Animals.

 

[marni1971]

Actually, I'd love to see Zootopia in Animal. If Dinoland and Expedition Everest can be in this park than why not Zootopia? Sure people have said they are too human-like, but that can really be said about many Disney Animals.

Thank you.

 

[britain]

Figment in his current form is still considered to be not the disaster that the previous version was, so move along to bigger Communicore fish to fry.

 

[larryz]

I know what you're saying, but Figment works if he's paired with Dreamfinder. They're yin and yang.

I'd rather have them Yueng and Ling.

 

[Horizons '83]

You can do whatever you want. But look deep within and you'll know the truth. Figment is an annoying twerp whose ride looks like it belongs in Universal Studios.

It's filled with screens, bad acting and even worse animatronics. It's more akin to "The Cat in the Hat" than "any of the Great Disney dark rides".

I'm not sure how to react to this but I think you are missing the point. The Original Imagination would still be held in the highest even today because of its ride system and mechanics. Nobody will argue that updates would be necessary along the way, but Figment still has a future (HUGE future) if Disney wanted him to. Imagination in its current state is regrettable, that has been known for years now.

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

I'm just about one more major hit left from abandoning Epcot. If they screw up Imagination (I say that as if it can really get much worse than it already is), I think I'm done.

 

[themarchhare]

Okay? Dark rides aren't featured in commercials pretty much ever. I don't care what the box office is.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

I said "pretty much ever," not "literally ever." The fact that you had to go back 12 years and cross over to the West Coast sort of proves my point.