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

[Figments Friend]

So a friend I know who works at the World seems to have the impression that Mickey & Minnie are returning to Epcot.
We knew this…once the new character spot is open.

However, she is hearing that they are both to appear in their 1980s ‘futuristic rainbow’ astronaut attire.
Remade versions of their classic silver EPCOT Center ‘looks’….you know the ones.
All EPCOT Center fans know the ones….

I personally have not heard anything about this until now, and I am not 100% certain this is going to end up actually happening….
But interesting none the less.

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[Unbanshee]

So a friend I know who works at the World seems to have the impression that Mickey & Minnie are returning to Epcot.

Don't Mickey and Minnie already meet at EPCOT?

 

[WondersOfLife]

Even though I’m not the biggest Figzilla fan I think that’s the only way they can continue to play it safe and leave some wiggle room. 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.

I feel like having it tie in to Imagination Institute would be so easy tho. Just put a lab coat on. Doesn't even have to really be directly related to the theming.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

So a friend I know who works at the World seems to have the impression that Mickey & Minnie are returning to Epcot.
We knew this…once the new character spot is open.

However, she is hearing that they are both to appear in their 1980s ‘futuristic rainbow’ astronaut attire.
Remade versions of their classic silver EPCOT Center ‘looks’….you know the ones.
All EPCOT Center fans know the ones….

I personally have not heard anything about this until now, and I am not 100% certain this is going to end up actually happening….
But interesting none the less.

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Nope, it was announced they will be wearing their 100 Platinum outfits there...Still seems pointless not to have the the rest wearing them out at MK.

Disney100 Celebration coming to EPCOT in late 2023

Disney100 Celebration coming to EPCOT in late 2023

www.wdwmagic.com

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Don't Mickey and Minnie already meet at EPCOT?

Yes, but in different areas in the park..They will be returning to their Former character spot later on in the year..

 

[FigmentsBrightIdeas]

I feel like having it tie in to Imagination Institute would be so easy tho. Just put a lab coat on. Doesn't even have to really be directly related to the theming.

I say just screw it with trying to tie into the Honey I Shrunk/Imagination Institute IP theming, it alone doesn’t fit now with Honey, I Shrunk the Audience long gone from the Magic Eye Theatre, so I say, just have Dreamfinder ‘and’ Figment meet and greet outside or in the meet and greet spot again if that’s what the plan is for the ride’s future. It’d only be seen as an act of goodwill on Disney’s part ‘and’ it’d be good promotion & be a great way for guests to interact with Dreamfinder & Figment again in the meantime while they wait for a proper comeback of the ride. They used to meet n greet through the pavilion originally with only Magic Journeys & the ImageWorks operating before the ride even opened in ‘83, starting in Oct. 1982. So I see no reason why it couldn’t nor shouldn’t be done now.

Otherwise, 04-era Jumbo Figment from Figment’s Place is probably the best one to go with in the meantime if there truly ‘isn’t’ a plan involving Dreamfinder & Figment atm internally and of course, the fact that ‘Figment’ atleast is still featured in the ride currently.

 

[The Lochness Monsta]

That's nice about the M & G's, but it shouldn't be one of the main news stories for the 100th.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

That's nice about the M & G's, but it shouldn't be one of the main news stories for the 100th.

It's the norm when they aren't planning any big attractions for sometime..

 

[ToTBellHop]

Tarzan and Pocahontas have met in DAK... they never got their own attraction.

We'll see.

Tho, if Encanto is the reason for a South American animal exhibit and a ride through Isabella's and Antonio's doors... it'll be worth it!

Both Tarzan and Pocahontas had shows at DAK.

 

[drew81]

WDW:
We really care about our guests. Look, we’re adding Moana and Mirabel. We’ve brought back character dining with all the exact same characters as before. Guests just love it!

Disneyland:
We’ve had Moana and Mirabel for over a year. Miguel meets everyday. We had Bianca and Bernard. It took you guys forever to add Mando. Our hard tickets had Bruno, Madam Mim and Ernesto De La Cruz. Guess who we’re adding now?

 

[WorldExplorer]

WDW:
We really care about our guests. Look, we’re adding Moana and Mirabel. We’ve brought back character dining with all the exact same characters as before. Guests just love it!

Disneyland:
We’ve had Moana and Mirabel for over a year. Miguel meets everyday. We had Bianca and Bernard. It took you guys forever to add Mando. Our hard tickets had Bruno, Madam Mim and Ernesto De La Cruz. Guess who we’re adding now?

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I guess this says something about human nature and never being satisfied, but dear god, I never thought moving close to Disney World would result in just constant looking at Disneyland and wanting to be there instead.

 

[drew81]

I guess this says something about human nature and never being satisfied, but dear god, I never thought moving close to Disney World would result in just constant looking at Disneyland and wanting to be there instead.

Not so much about never being satisfied. It has more to do with WDW Leadership being able to do so much more and they continually and deliberately choose not to.

 

[Piebald]

Is WDW still avoiding a Zootopia m&g because of the concerns of weird furry people or is that just being too cheap too?

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

WDW:
We really care about our guests. Look, we’re adding Moana and Mirabel. We’ve brought back character dining with all the exact same characters as before. Guests just love it!

Disneyland:
We’ve had Moana and Mirabel for over a year. Miguel meets everyday. We had Bianca and Bernard. It took you guys forever to add Mando. Our hard tickets had Bruno, Madam Mim and Ernesto De La Cruz. Guess who we’re adding now?

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DL has to get him while he has his own Silly Sideshow without him..

 

[pdude81]

DL has to get him while he has his own Silly Sideshow without him..

 

[Touchdown]

What characters currently appear at WDW that don’t appear at DL? Kevin is the only one I can think of, and I’m pretty sure we only got him because of the Up Bird Show. I guess Figment will be #2 soon.

 

[Piebald]

What characters currently appear at WDW that don’t appear at DL? Kevin is the only one I can think of, and I’m pretty sure we only got him because of the Up Bird Show. I guess Figment will be #2 soon.

If you count the little boats, Scrooge and Launchpad. I don't think they have country bears and maybe a few random training characters that youd see at Epcot that don't appear over there regularly.

 

[pdude81]

What characters currently appear at WDW that don’t appear at DL? Kevin is the only one I can think of, and I’m pretty sure we only got him because of the Up Bird Show. I guess Figment will be #2 soon.

They do a lot of rare characters for runDisney races. Not on the daily of course, but I would call that comparable to the characters they have at special parties in DL.

For regular meets, not much. There were some things that you wouldn't see, like the Pandora rangers and Baymax, but neither are current and Baymax will surely be on the west coast soon enough.

 

[UofMGuy423]

It lost $74M in the theatrical window. But then again, they cut its theatrical window to 30 days to feed the D+ monster.

But, there are other windows in which to monetize content. While D+ isn't profitable yet, its losses could be much greater if not for very popular content like Encanto.

And there's been $12M in home video sales so far.

Plus there are the music residuals from all the music streaming and with Encanto being the number one album and Bruno the number one song on Billboard for weeks and weeks... it adds up.

Plus there is burnishing the brand. Very popular content associated with Disney makes people feel warm and fuzzy about Disney, and so, they buy Disney content and products more and more.

Encanto in the parks is on the same trajectory somewhere in between Frozen and Tiana. Each year, there is more.

Not to mention the movie, along with Coco, roping in the huge Spanish-speaking market into Disney's fold.

Remember: Tangled also lost money at the box office. It has a life still after the theaters.

And Tangled got a bathroom.

It still was a box office dud despite the creative accounting of other departments within Disney. My point was the likelihood of an entire attraction, and the budget devoted to it, seems to be blue sky thinking and the M&G is probably the extent of it. Two years post film release and we're getting a M&G that's not even open in the evening.

 

[UofMGuy423]

For Disney movies are not simply budget & box office numbers. The movie is consistently one of the most streamed on Disney+, sells tons of merch and has a big following now.

And Strange World also had big Disney Plus streaming numbers recently, and overtook Encanto as the #1 film, but I doubt even a M&G will come from that.

As I said above, my point was the likelihood of an entire attraction to Encanto beyond a dedicated M&G seems to be a stretch given Disney's financial issues lately. I suppose we'll see if demand is consistent like Frozen (without any announced sequels and franchise opportunities) or if it wanes like Tangled, etc. and the M&G is all ya see.