So why exactly did Disney ruin Journey Into Imagination?

[mimitchi33]

If you want an Inside Out attraction, just crank up the old Cranium Command and let'er rip.

I'm guessing they chose to be in the Imagination Pavillion because of the enormous success of the Bing Bong character. His merchandise flew off the shelves during Christmas of 2016, toddlers and cute-loving adults adore him, and his plush is the only Inside Out one that's still being sold at the Disney Store. Just take a look at this photo that was shot last Monday at the Roosevelt Field Mall:

How dare you call Dreamfinder creepy!

Some people don't like rides a majority of people like. It's a Small World is a big example of this.

 

[marni1971]

I was born in 1998-

You missed so much.

 

[George]

You missed so much.

To be fair, we'll probably be dead first.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

If you want an Inside Out attraction, just crank up the old Cranium Command and let'er rip.

I posted this a while ago but this is how I think it would have looked if it ever happened.

 

[marni1971]

To be fair, we'll probably be dead first.

On the brighter side we might be dead before IPcot has festivals 365 days of the year.

 

[larryz]

On the brighter side we might be dead before IPcot has festivals 365 days of the year.

Well, I don't know about that -- they're cranking up festivals, runs, and other events faster than ever...

 

[Ralphlaw]

Never thought I would hear that about Scrappy

Scrappy Doo was originally supposed to star in an attraction called "Journey Into Annoyance".

They actually completed a project at Disney that was originally going to be called "Journey Into Lack of Imagination", but instead they renamed it the new narration for the Tommorowland Transit Authority.

 

[Brer Oswald]

I just listened to the JimHill podcast on this recently- basically Kodak had a contract that said the ride needed to be drastically updated every 15 years or so. Problem was this was near the dawn of the digital age, and Kodak had just made some massive layoffs and was in need of restructuring, so they couldn't pony up enough cash for a fantastic redo of the ride, so "Journey into YOUR Imagination" was born, and the most problematic parts of the ride (the turntable, for example) were eliminated. After Journey 2.0 opened, the ride got HORRIBLE reviews from guests and fans alike, and was rated the lowest attraction at Epcot. The Imagineers were given a budget to redo the ride AGAIN, and one crafty Imagineer went back and found all the original Figments that were left to rot backstage and inserted them back into the ride (fully refurbished mind you). The ride was a much improved over the "YOUR" version, but Figment hasn't been the same since.

Those are all the figments used in the final scene correct?

 

[Brer Oswald]

No offense to Figment but this ride is screaming to be replaced by an Inside Out attraction. They can even include Figment as well. Guests can explore the mind, people's emotions, and the power of the imagination....

So little of Inside Out actually has to do with Imagination. The IP would honestly work better in an updated wonders of life.

 

[Sketch105]

Those are all the figments used in the final scene correct?

Correct. I believe the moon figment and the telephone/Taste and touch lab Figment are also from the original ride as well. I highly doubt they made any new animatronic figures because they pretty much all look on point to the 1980s ride version.

 

[Yert3]

I posted this a while ago but this is how I think it would have looked if it ever happened.

Knowing how current Disney shoehorns an IP anywhere they can, I'm surprised this hasn't been done already.

 

[Since1976]

After a 12 year stretch (1990 - 2002) between WDW trips, JIYI was the first attraction I did on my return -- on my honeymoon. I did not know the ride had changed.

It probably goes without saying that it was not a great start to our magical week. And it certainly did not impress my new bride, who had never been to Walt Disney World before.

I remember telling her, "There are better attractions here. Really!"

 

[larryz]

Scrappy Doo was originally supposed to star in an attraction called "Journey Into Annoyance".

Every cartoon in which he appeared was a "Journey into Annoyance."

 

[brb1006]

After a 12 year stretch (1990 - 2002) between WDW trips, JIYI was the first attraction I did on my return -- on my honeymoon. I did not know the ride had changed.

It probably goes without saying that it was not a great start to our magical week. And it certainly did not impress my new bride, who had never been to Walt Disney World before.

I remember telling her, "There are better attractions here. Really!"

If the original was still around then she would have been very impressed.

 

[Bender123]

I took my kids (at the time 8 and twin s) for the first time about six years ago and decided it must just be my rose colored glasses and the kids will love the new version.

The train scared the twins and then it broke down with us stuck for 20 minutes in front of the smell screens that kept spraying skunk scent at us and we had to be walked out. We did not go back that trip. Now its a ride done in irony...We have to ride it in the same way you watch a really bad movie. Its so bad its fun to make your own commentary.

Oddly, I will be sad when this ride goes away, just because of the family survival day we experienced.

 

[danyoung56]

If the original was still around then she would have been very impressed.

I'm not so sure about this. While the original is vastly better than the current abomination that's running, it still wasn't all that great, at least for me.

 

[Chef Mickey]

He was in one projection in the finale of Journey into Your Imagination.

Guest and management complaints forced the next overhaul as an emergency measure.

Eisner in particular was less than impressed with JIYI.

Hmm, seems like Eisner actually cared about rides and could at least facilitate changes to attractions.

Nothing beats the attractions WDW got under Eisner.

 

[marni1971]

Hmm, seems like Eisner actually cared about rides and could at least facilitate changes to attractions.

Nothing beats the attractions WDW got under Eisner.

He did to a certain degree. He demanded Imagination 2 and Alien Encounter be changed.

There again he also demanded to know what had been done to the ToT after riding it in DCA. No one had the courage to say this was what your budget cut did. Not to his face on that day anyway.

 

[Chef Mickey]

He did to a certain degree. He demanded Imagination 2 and Alien Encounter be changed.

There again he also demanded to know what had been done to the ToT after riding it in DCA. No one had the courage to say this was what your budget cut did. Not to his face on that day anyway.

Is that story anywhere about ToT? That's so funny because I said the EXACT same thing after I rode ToT at DCA. Completely different rides as far as I'm concerned. That's why the WDW version can never be ruined.

 

[marni1971]

Is that story anywhere about ToT?

I've not seen it in print. It does mirror Uncle Mikes comments the night before WDSP opened too...