Moana, Mirabel and Figment meet and greet details confirmed for Walt Disney World

[Cmdr_Crimson]

UP FROM THE DEPTHS
THIRTY STORIES HIGH
BREATHES FIRE
HIS HEAD IN THE SKY
FIGZILLA!
FIGZILLA!
AND FIGZOOKYYY
FIGZILLAAAAAA!

 

[Rodj]

I liked the theory about Figzilla given by Disney Dan where Figment used his imagination to be larger to interact with the community better by himself.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Thankfully, though it will be a walk-around character, it will not be "Figzilla" and will be closer in height to Mickey, Donald, etc.

Um, gonna need more details about this...It would still look strange..

 

[Timothy_Q]

Kinda wild that Merida retained that prime MK space for all these years

 

[brb1006]

"You Could Not Live with Your Own Failure, Where Did that Bring You? Back to Me."

 

[FigmentFan82]

"You Couldn't Live with Your Own Failure, Where Did that Bring You? Back to Me"

complete with Figment's Rainbow Gauntlet

 

[Magicart87]

I liked the theory about Figzilla given by Disney Dan where Figment used his imagination to be larger to interact with the community better by himself.

And they can visually show that by making a projected, interactive Figment grow to his Meet n Greet size.

 

[CHOX]

Okay, but where’s the announcement for the floating Eric Idle Moonhead?

 

[ToTBellHop]

And how do we all read Moana, of all characters, meeting at DAK?

 

[Magicart87]

Okay, but where’s the announcement for the floating Eric Idle Moonhead?

They'll be sold with the rest of the balloons.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

And how do we all read Moana, of all characters, meeting at DAK?

Still thinking that after Epic Universe opens will eventually see the retheme from Animal to Adventure Kingdom where they can toss them in there as a test run..But, that's just me tho..

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

They'll be sold with the rest of the balloons.
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[Thelazer]

Dreamfinder or BUST!

 

[Figments Friend]

Well this is a bit disappointing….
My hope was they were going to move forward with the proposed ‘living character’ version of the purple dragon we all know and love.
Would have been a nice fit.
But no, instead it seems they are falling back on the costumed version….scaled down in height to try to avoid the ‘scare factor’ Figzilla created among the wee ones.



Can I just add that Figment’s ‘Dad’ , Mr. Baxter, is not a fan of the towering costumed version ?
Even a Mickey - sized version will be too large and contrast against what this character was supposed to symbolize.



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[Magicart87]

Well this is a bit disappointing….

It's not confirmed. But it does bring up the question... How else can Disney do a Figment meet and greet?

Without Dreamfinder (and puppet) what other options exist for the character? The "Living Character" initiative seems logical but how would that work with guests that go in for the emotional hug? Or family photo-op? It's gotta be a costumed character, at least in part...

 

[MisterPenguin]

And how do we all read Moana, of all characters, meeting at DAK?

That DAK will be renamed to Disney Jungle Kingdom.

 

[Jedi14]

Is Merida replacing Elena?

 

[Dunston]

They can’t do the puppet version because they don’t have anyone to be holding him. Dreamfinder can’t be holding him because they need to be coherent with the current attraction (unfortunately), and they can’t have an imagination institute worker holding him because they likely don’t want to push that theme any further for when they do decide to overhaul the pavilion.

Well, you're right by half. They "don't have anyone to be holding him" because it's cheaper to get a regular pay cast member to get in the figment fur character than it would be to train and pay people to operate the puppet, let alone design and build it.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

That DAK will be renamed to Disney Jungle Kingdom.

Considering WDW has more renamed parks with all the different Epcot's And D-MGM I think it's time for it's name change as well..Still I think Adventure Kingdom gives it more a full circle on anything adventurous..

 

[MagicHappens1971]

Is Moana even doing a M&G? The way it's worded implies she's going to be on a floatilla?