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Good evening gang,
Just a reminder that Trailer Tuesday points are out there available, but more importantly your chance to propose a killer movie idea.
Entries due by tomorrow night.
I'll be back home tomorrow and will have all of Scene 2 awards results posted and then TT winner announced on Friday to keep the same schedule. Thanks again for all the well wishes.
Just a reminder that Trailer Tuesday points are out there available, but more importantly your chance to propose a killer movie idea.
Entries due by tomorrow night.
I'll be back home tomorrow and will have all of Scene 2 awards results posted and then TT winner announced on Friday to keep the same schedule. Thanks again for all the well wishes.
mickeyfan5534
Well-Known Member
Pixar Studios proudly presents...
Sinbad
Based on the Tokyo Disney Sea attraction, Sinbad's Storybook Voyage, this animated film features a grand quest as Sinbad and his pet tiger cub Chandu sets sail to find the greatest adventure. Sinbad adventures with mermaids, fights off the vicious birds of Rukh Island to discover a grand treasure, fights a band of evil pirates, rescues a princess, discovers a kingdom overtaken by monkeys, and even sets sail on a giant whale. Featuring music by Oscar winning composer Alan Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater, including the now famous Compass of Your Heart, this new beautiful animated feature film by Disney Feature Animation is sure to become a fast favorite for all to enjoy.
Sinbad
Based on the Tokyo Disney Sea attraction, Sinbad's Storybook Voyage, this animated film features a grand quest as Sinbad and his pet tiger cub Chandu sets sail to find the greatest adventure. Sinbad adventures with mermaids, fights off the vicious birds of Rukh Island to discover a grand treasure, fights a band of evil pirates, rescues a princess, discovers a kingdom overtaken by monkeys, and even sets sail on a giant whale. Featuring music by Oscar winning composer Alan Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater, including the now famous Compass of Your Heart, this new beautiful animated feature film by Disney Feature Animation is sure to become a fast favorite for all to enjoy.
Scene 2 That's Amore
Before we get started, a little mood music from our season soundtrack and the title track for week 2, That's Amore
Let's have the envelopes please.
For Best Original Score and 10 points the award goes to
(Not one of our regular awards, this is a new award this week and meant to award outstanding achievement in Musical Imagineering)
Pixar Studios and @The90skid An unexpected, very cool, and perfect fit to your Studio's presentation. Great job!
For Best Original Screenplay and 10 points the award goes to
Lucasfilm While your presentation was not as detailed as the others, the judges loved your use of the storytelling for the restaurant from Br'er Gator's perspective. It really was a perfect match to the attraction and feel of the restaurant
For Best Original Art Direction and 15 points the award goes to
Marvel Studios Between the restaurant and site layout in addition to the restaurant exterior and the extra B ticket ride mock up, great job here
For Best Picture (Best overall idea, presentation, visuals, write up, the whole kitchen sink) and 70 points for first, 40 for 2nd and 25 for 3rd
1st place Marvel Studios for Henson's Revue
2nd place Pixar Studios for Pankot Palace
3rd place Lucasfilm for Br'er Gator's Eatin Place
As has been mentioned ad nauseum, 3 wonderful ideas from each of you. It ultimately came down to all of the details, fit, realism, any other minute detail we could try and differentiate between and flipping a coin (no not really).
2nd place Pixar Studios for Pankot Palace
3rd place Lucasfilm for Br'er Gator's Eatin Place
As has been mentioned ad nauseum, 3 wonderful ideas from each of you. It ultimately came down to all of the details, fit, realism, any other minute detail we could try and differentiate between and flipping a coin (no not really).
Trailer Tuesday Results
Marvel Studios - 15 points (1 entry, 1 greenlit film)Pixar Studios - 15 points (3 entries)
Lucasfilm - 0 points
Points recap for Scene 2
Marvel Studios - 100 points (best picture, art direction, 1 tt entry, 1tt winner)Pixar Studios - 65 points (2nd best picture, score, 3 tt entries)
Lucasfilm - 35 points (3rd best picture, screenplay)
So where does that leave our race to the Oscars?
Pixar Studios - 170 points
Marvel Studios - 160 points
Lucasfilm - 75 points
There's still plenty of time left between now (4 more scenes) and then our Oscar's week grand finale so this race is just getting started. The awards Oscar's week will be, for lack of a better word, Huuuuuuge.
spacemt354
Chili's
Marvel Studios right now...
Great job to everyone though - that was an awesome round! Looking forward to Saturday!
MonorailRed
Applebees
spacemt354
Chili's
D Hulk
Well-Known Member
Suchomimus
Well-Known Member
Marvel Studios:
Pixar Studios:
Lucasfilm:
Pixar Studios:
Lucasfilm:
spacemt354
Chili's
A teaser for the Marvel Studios project this Saturday....
Suchomimus
Well-Known Member
AceAstro
Well-Known Member
A teaser for the Marvel Studios project this Saturday....
Don't show them the only thing we have done...
StevenU
Well-Known Member
For Marvel Studios here's my trailer submission!
Kilimanjaro Safari
Go deep into the African Savannah and follow two explorers as they look for Little Red the elephant. After some encounters with the beauty of the animals, they realize that they shouldn't be hunting the animals for captivity. The film concludes with the two main characters stopping a group of pouches from taking Little Red.
Kilimanjaro Safari
Go deep into the African Savannah and follow two explorers as they look for Little Red the elephant. After some encounters with the beauty of the animals, they realize that they shouldn't be hunting the animals for captivity. The film concludes with the two main characters stopping a group of pouches from taking Little Red.
spacemt354
Chili's
The Wildest Ride on the Interwebz
It is a dark time for Disney bloggers.
They are tasked with the job of informing
Disney fans that the classic Magic Kingdom
mountain range is going away. Reeling off
the closure of The Great Movie Ride, as the
sun comes up on the morning of July 17th,
the first blog post is released, leading to
many spilled coffees....
Online forums and social media explode with instant outrage and shock. Several locals begin to protest outside of the attraction within hours of the news...
But, there was still more to come in terms of closing attractions. With the fan community embroiled with Big Thunder's closing, Disney bloggers thought angry fans would be so preoccupied that they could let the news out that Splash Mountain is closing as well....
Unfortunately, that idea failed, and soon an even larger protest was out in front of Splash...
So with two of Frontierland's main attractions set to close, what is the direction of the land? What can possibly take their place?
While nothing can replace the nostalgia of those iconic attractions, the idea of the 'Frontiers of America' in a Magic Kingdom park has only scratched the surface of its potential. The American West is a sprawling landscape of varying dimensions, climates, and scenery, which have yet to be put on display in a way that would create a sense of awe and wonder that one might get from visiting some of American's most famous national parks and wildlife reserves.
With the spirit of America and the frontiers of the west in mind, on July 22nd - a complete revision of Frontierland was leaked onto the wdwmagic forums by forum member @Disney Dad 3000, with a ground-breaking replacement E-Ticket called Iron Mountain, set to open in 2020.
Click the image above to see more!
....
(or here)
Just an FYI, excited that we have added an additional special guest to the judging panel this week, @RMichael21 so you will be seeing his reviews as well tomorrow once all the projects are up.
I'll have Trailer Tuesday results for Scene 3 and should have the main project results up as well tomorrow pending reviews, etc. Will also get scene 4 up as soon as possible in the AM To get you a head start for the week. So a lot on the shooting schedule tomorrow!
I'll have Trailer Tuesday results for Scene 3 and should have the main project results up as well tomorrow pending reviews, etc. Will also get scene 4 up as soon as possible in the AM To get you a head start for the week. So a lot on the shooting schedule tomorrow!
FigmentPigments
Well-Known Member
Pixar Studios presents…
Some of Disney World's biggest thrills have always seemed to come in the form of mountains, specifically the classic mountain range over at the Magic Kingdom. Never before has Disney closed so many of its E-ticket rides at one time, and this has created a big hole that needs to be filled. The main question that arose, was what could possibly take the place of such beloved attractions, and the answering while surprising, not only will add back an E-ticket ride, but also build upon the decaying bones of another beloved attraction and its signature characters.
Ladies and gentlemen, Disney has finally listen to voices of thousands of fans and has turned their attention to the Imagination Pavilion to give it some much needed love and attention. Gone is the Imagination Institute, and in it's place the return of Dreamfinder in Journey into Imagination 4.0, a revamped ImageWorks, and the thrilling and visually impressive Dream Mountain. Together, these three areas will not only, finally bring a true, cohesive Imagination Pavilion to Epcot, but it will expand the mythos behind the story of Dreamfinder.
Backstory
Dreamfinder, a lowly inventor form a bygone era, was a man of great creativity and imagination, but his efforts were continuously stifled and came to nothing. His inventions were unlike anything the world had seen, and as nobody seemed to share in his joy of discovery, the Dreamfinder slowly felt his thirst for the new wither.
His loss of drive and inspiration weighed on him, and it was almost as if the color of the world was fading as his dreams drifted further and further away. There had to be a way to get his dreams, his inspiration back! Tirelessly, he worked day and night until he created his dream machine, a device capable to capturing colors, sights, and sounds to help ignite a spark in him, a spark of imagination.
In the first test run of his Dream Machine, Dreamfinder was astounded to find he created a figment, and not just any figment, but a figment of imagination. Seemingly pulled form the memories of his imaginary friend from his childhood, Dreamfinder named his new friend, Figment. Encouraged, by this latest development and Figment's enthusiastic support, Dreamfinder continued to work on his Dream Machine until one day, a portal of pure mesmonic energy opened into the world of imagination.
Although initially hesitant, Figment curiosity and child-like wonder convinced Dreamfinder to throw caution to the wind and enter the portal on his newly updated, flying Dream Machine. Together, the twosome explored the realms of imagination meeting sound sprites, a Chimera, and many fanciful creatures. But these realms also held many perils that threatened the world of imagination and dreams. Fear from the Bewilderness and Doubt from the horrible land of Nightmare Nation lived to suck the hope and dreams from the world. Any sparks that came into contact with these two, withered into nothingness and were consumed.
One unfortunate day, Fear and Doubt caught up to Dreamfinder and Figment, angered that their flights of fancy were creating more dreams and inspirations for the world. During the attack, Dreamfinder learned that Fear and Doubt had caused no one to believe in his inventions, hoping to dash his wealth of imagination and cause the world to lose a little bit of light. Fear and Doubt would consume all of the imagination in the world! Angered, Dreamfinder and Figment forced Fear and Doubt back into the deepest realms of imagination, but Dreamfinder knew that those two would always remain unless the spark of imagination came back into the world. As he would later become known for saying, "Imagination belongs to all of us" and Dreamfinder vowed to never let Fear and Doubt take that away from anyone ever again.
Determined to put inspiration back into the world, Dreamfinder settled into his new home, the Dreamport, in the Realm of Imagination. From here, Dreamfinder and his faithful friend Figment, took daily flights of fancy, collecting anything that may spark the imagination before returning back to the Dreamport to store them. The great question now was how to send out these sparks into the world? Some could be sent into daydreams and flashes of inspiration, but with so many sparks ready to go, Dreamfinder would need a way to send them across the realms and the world.
Luckily for the world, Dreamfinder has surrounded himself with many sparks of imagination, and came up with the idea of sending the majority of sparks through dreams. So our heroes set of to find the tallest point in all of the realms and settled on Dream Mountain. This became the gathering point for all of the sparks of imagination, and from here, Dreamfinder can monitor the dreams of the world and fill it with as many sparks as he can.
Journey into Imagination 4.0
As part of this grand update of Imagination, Journey into Imagination welcomes back Dreamfinder in an all new adventure. Inspired by the best selling comic series Figment, Journey into Imagination takes guests on a journey with Dreamfinder and Figment through the realms of Imagination. Anything can happen on this all new dark ride, bringing a return to the semi-omnimover that was so famous in the original and, as always, the classic One Little Spark.
Guests will exit into a shared area called Inspiration Station that is also the exit for the pavilion's signature attraction: Dream Mountain.
And now, for a very special introduction, here is Dreamfinder and Figment!
“Oh-Ho! Gracious me! So happy to see you and meet you my fellow Dreamseekers! Although, I wonder… Have I met some you before? Perhaps you sir, yes you! The tall fellow in the back with those wonderful mouse ears? No?”
“Hey! Reminds me of someone I-I-I know! Ohhhhh Who’s the leader of the club that’s made for you and meeee, M-I-C…”
“Now, now, Figment, we haven’t time to reminisce and reacquaint! The Dreamliners are steaming up, and the idea bags have been emptied! We must inform our volacious volunteers of their duties! We have quite the task ahead! Now, Dreamseekers, forgive me for neglecting a propitious introduction… I am the Dreamfinder – a fellow Dreamseeker as yourselves. I travel far and wide gathering the Sparks of Imagination from all the corners of the globe to…”
“Corners? CORNERS?!? I thought the world was a globe? How can the big blue ball have corners?!?”
“Oh, Figment, anything is possible if you use your imagination! But regrettably, it seems an unforeseen unfortunate circumstance has befallen us! Here at the Dreamport is our lovely control center for operations, but the Sparks of Imagination are stored far away in Dream Mountain, our personal plethoric warehouse of wonders! Inside the Dream Mountain, the Sparks of Imagination fly and collide into new and intriguing ideas, concepts, and dreams! Occasionally, the Sparks have had, ahem, misfired into calamitous conundrums… some call them brainstorms…”
“Ooooo neato! I had a brainstorm last night - it was all big and wild, and suddenly this HUUGGGE…”
“Figment! We haven’t the time to discuss your nocturnal escapades! Time is of the essence! Forgive me, but we must dispense with the courteous cordialities and proceed to the point! The brainstorm is growing out of control! We need you, my fellow Dreamseekers, to travel to Dream Mountain in order to capture and contain the Sparks of Imaginations it has freed! Your vehicles of choice will be the aforementioned Dreamliners, a transport mechanism meticulously designed as a most adequate modicum of motion through the Dream Mountain! Proceed with caution, Dreamseekers! Brainstorms can be unpredictable.”
“Unpredictably unpredictable?”
“Indeed, Figment! Regardless, I believe that with the combined forces of our imaginations we will be successful in our quest! For as you well know…”
(together): “Anything is possible if you use your imagination!”
Guests enter through the queue which is the hub where sparks of inspiration (after being sent to the Dreamport) are stored to be sent out into the world as different kinds of dreams (regular night dream, day dreams, etc), They are stored in a large clear glass vaults where they resemble little basketball-sized spheres of multicolored ether that bounce around and ping off the sides of the glass.
As guests walk by each container, the can hear different sounds or one of the idea balls of light transforms into an image. Examples: children's laughter, music notes, a unicorn, a dragon shooting fire, so on and so forth.
Connected to each container is a steampunk inspired tube that lights up and shows a little idea ball is sucked out and taken away. Further in the queue, guests can see the massive, retro/futuristic machine in the center of the room. (Similar to the below fountain).
The idea balls are sucked into here where they are sent out into the world. Several radar screens show what looks to be a brightly colored mass of clouds expanding to cover the screen with the readout out flashing a danger sign.
Once passed the main room, guests are ushered in small groups into a private meeting room. Here a large screen comes to life and Dreamfinder appears to greet the guests. He welcomes everyone to the dream headquarters and hoped you had a nice visit. Suddenly, Figment flies into the room, panicked and worried. He tells Dreamfinder that a huge brainstorm is brewing. Dreamfinder pulls up the weather radar (like the one seen in the queue). The colorful storm clouds are churning around the spark containers with lightening shooting out dangerously. Dreamfinder tries to tell Figment to switch on the safety valve but it's too late. The lightening has cracked the containment tubes and the sparks are being sucked out!
Dreamfinder turns tot he guests and pleads for the guests' help, telling us he needs to catch those sparks before they run wild. He directs us to go to the Dreamport to board our vehicles, while he flies ahead to assess the damage.
LOADING – THE DREAMPORT
Loading occurs within the heart of the Dreamport, in a chamber shaped like a colorful biomechanical brain. Wires, pumps and gears are like manmade neurons. Overhead is a coaster track which resembles a rainbow spinal cord. This space also suggests a Victorian train station, complete with a beautiful tile mural beyond the train loading. This mural depicts the mesmonic landscapes of Dream Mountain, which guests will soon experience.
RIDE VEHICLES - DREAMLINER
Guests climb aboard their Dreamliner, a flying contraption engineered by Dreamfinder himself to navigate the wild subconscious atmosphere of Dream Mountain. Dreamliners are fashioned in a riveted “dreampunk” style very similar to the iconic Dream Machine blimp. Riders sit suspended below the tracks with legs dangling, secured by a simple lap bar. Each Dreamliner train sits 16 riders in 8 cars, each car seating 2 across. This Vekoma family invert model allows for better sightseeing than B&M’s 4-across model, ideal for the fantastic imagery of Dream Mountain.
All Dreamliner seats feature onboard speakers. These provide an on-ride musical soundtrack, and also allow Dreamfinder to give riders updates on their mission.
Due to the nature of inverted coasters, Dream Mountain includes a free locker system near the entrance where guests may store their valuables for up to 2 hours.
STATS
Type: Suspended Family Coaster
Manufacturer: Vekoma
Launch system: LSM (Linear Synchronous Motors)
Speed: 50 mph
Height: 105’
Inversions: 0
Height restriction: 44”
Capacity: 1,500 riders per hour
Duration: 3 minutes
DARK RIDE – THE GENTLE DREAMSCAPE
The Dreamliner starts out slowly, magnetically propelled at a slow dark ride pace. Riders enter a Dreamscape, still housed within the protective glass shells of the Dreamport. Below riders is a freeform organic landscape of moonrocks and solid rainbows. Animatronic bird-sized whales fly about. Giant cotton pods float past riders’ heads, emitting a cornucopia of sweet scents. An animatronic unicorn stands atop a grassy mountain, which rises from the earth to reveal an literal rock face.
Into a towering forest of trees, whose trunks transition into beams of light reaching for the stars. One huge tree uproots itself and spins 180 degrees. Its roots transform, revealing themselves as the antlers of a majestic animatronic elk. A distant full moon (a screen effect) breaks apart into a mass of bioluminescent butterflies, transforming into a crescent moon.
Through cracked glass walls, riders catch glimpses of the rampaging brainstorm in the wild subconsciousness of Dream Mountain. Loose Sparks of Imagination fly past. Through ribbed, riveted corridors, the Dreamliner heads towards a mental airlock.
LAUNCH – FIRING SYNAPSES
The Dreamliner proceeds into a thick maze of ganglia and synapses. Dreamfinder comes over the speakers: “My Sparks of Imagination are running wild in the brainstorm! You must retrieve them! Launching into Dream Mountain in three…two…one…”
Neon synapses light up from within! The Dreamliner hurtles forward (via Linear Synchronous Motor launch) at 40 mph! Riders sail up a 105 foot climb, which quickly carries them to the space behind Journey into Imagination, and into…Dream Mountain!
COASTER INTRO – GOOD DREAMS
The entirety of Dream Mountain is enclosed like Space Mountain. An artful use of darkness, projections, and physical scenery combines to simulate a wild, surrealistic brainstorm. Tracks are hidden throughout. The inverted coaster creates an unparalleled sensation of flight!
Riders enjoy a delightful fast flight through swirling colorful brainstorm winds. Projections ahead depict a dozen zipping Sparks, realized much like Ghost Galaxy or Hyperspace Mountain. Rainbow lasers blast out from the Dreamliner and capture these Sparks, one-by-one.
Riders continually sail past imagery of good dreams. Through rainbows and past fairy lights. Great big bubbles burst into shards of color. Distant skies spin in ever-changing geometric fractals. Clouds transform into Dali-esque flying clocks, and vice versa. Everything follows by the strange anti-logic of a dream, highlighted by the delightful sensation of flight.
The chase continues along fun helixes, turns and hills. Eventually only one Spark remains. It dives down a darkened hole.
Dreamfinder again comes over the speakers: “Great work, Dreamseekers! Only one Spark remains.” A pause. “Oh no, it’s headed into nightmares! After it!”
2ND LAUNCH – THE KALEIDOSCOPE TUNNEL
The Dreamliner slides into a spinning psychedelic kaleidoscope tunnel. Without slowing, it immediately launches forwards and upwards, at a thrilling top speed of 50 mph, into the suppressed memories of Dream Mountain…into the world of nightmares!
COASTER CLIMAX – NIGHTMARES
Colors quickly drain from the kaleidoscope. The Dreamliner emerges into a colorless void, a frightful desaturated dark cousin of good dreams. The only thing of color is the last remaining Spark, which races ahead of the trains.
Here the coaster hits its highest intensity. Trains zig back and forth at top speeds, and race into high-force helixes. Trains hit a pitch black pocket of what Dreamfinder called a “falling nightmare,” and plunge down the steepest drop this ride system allows!
In this terrifying colorless world, a shadowy figure emerges. This is Nightmare personified, a gigantic shadow monster with glowing evil eyes. It pursues riders as they pursue the Spark, past scary imagery.
A thick mist hides the floor. From these clouds emerge huge jagged thorns infested with bugs. Eyeballs with bat wings float in nothingness. The train navigates a twisted forest of branches, paralleled by skeletal clouds above. While braving a corridor of disembodied hands (which grow additional hands on their fingers), the Dreamliner sends forth a blast and captures the final Spark of Imagination!
Dreamfinder: “You’ve done it! Quickly, now, back to the Dreamport!”
The Dreamliner dives into a sudden tunnel. It slows along a final brake run, housed within a rainbow corridor. Speeding colored lights match pace with decelerating train cars. Riders return to the Dreamport. The dozen captured Sparks unload via glass tube back into containment jars, all alongside an animatronic Dreamfinder. He thanks riders for retrieving his Sparks of Imagination.
V.R. OVERLAY – VIRTUAL SURREALITY
To renew interest in Dream Mountain years after it opens, Imagineering has planned a seasonal virtual reality overlay, known as Virtual Surreality. With V.R. headsets, riders may now brave an even crazier dreamscape of pure light and color. With the freedom such an overlay allows, we can regularly enhance Dream Mountain with more and more delightful dream imagery!
“Glorious gleefully jubilant celebration! You’ve done it, Dreamseekers!”
“Wahoo! It looked pretty bad for a little bit back there! I think we may have lost somebody… Hey! Where is that funny looking kid from the back row? Did the big black blob get him?!?”
“Now Figment, what have I told you about jumping to conclusions? I took a very meticulous role count, and all Dreamseekers are present and accounted for!”
“If you say so, Dreamy! But hey! Now all our friends can come play with us here in the Dreamport! Now that Dream Mountain is back in tip top shape, our imaginations can run freeeeeee!”
“Ha ha! Quite right, my purple friend! Thank you again, my fellow Dreamseekers! We certainly couldn’t have done it without your imaginations! Let us take Figment up on his inviting invitation to enjoy the fun and fancy-free exhibits in the ImageWorks labs! You all have certainly earned the reward!”
POST-RIDE - ImageWorks
Inspiration Station
Guests disembarking from either the Journey into Imagination or Dream Mountain will be let off at the shared exit of Inspiration Station, the home for the gift shop Bright Ideas and the candy shop Sweet Dreams.
Sweet Dreams is a two in one candy shop selling your very own edible sparks of imagination and fruity drinks to wash them down with. These sparks are actually multi-colored bon-bons that guest can take home in their very own "glass" vaults. For one fee, guests are free to choose what colors and flavors they want from each of the dream machines until their vault is full. Of course, these sparks are also good with the shop's signature lightbulb drinks. A variety of flavors including the standard sodas are served in souvenir lightbulb cups with a glowing nub to light up your drink.
From here guests can exit back into Epcot passed the green area with a more naturalistic jumping fountains, or head upstairs to ImageWorks.
Once in Inspiration Station, guests can head upstairs to the reinstated ImageWorks where guests can use their own sparks of imagination in new and creative ways. The ever coloring changing stair case lights up as guests ascend the stair case to the second level and the open air creative areas. For guests needing to take the elevator, this trip is no less enchanting. Figment has hijacked the elevator, and provides comedic entertainment on the short trip up.
As the doors open, the wondrous glass roof of the pavilion is as bright as its was in its original form. The glass is mildly tinted to allow the sun to come in and create rainbow patterns on the floors and walls. Turning to the left, guests will enter into the main hub through the rainbow corridor and then disperse into six different themed areas.
Beloved figures like Dreamfinder and Figment have been a staple of early imagineers looking to create wonderfully creative characters that could inspire a generation, and inspire they did. Now, with the opening of Dream Mountain, a whole new generation can experience these characters in a new light while the nostalgic generation can appreciate the updated designs and stories. With the combination of the family ride of Journey into Imagination and the thrilling coaster of Dream Mountain, everyone has a chance to be inspired, and maybe it will spark something inside of them.
DREAM MOUNTAIN
Part of a top-to-bottom reimagineering of Epcot’s Imagination Pavilion
Part of a top-to-bottom reimagineering of Epcot’s Imagination Pavilion
Some of Disney World's biggest thrills have always seemed to come in the form of mountains, specifically the classic mountain range over at the Magic Kingdom. Never before has Disney closed so many of its E-ticket rides at one time, and this has created a big hole that needs to be filled. The main question that arose, was what could possibly take the place of such beloved attractions, and the answering while surprising, not only will add back an E-ticket ride, but also build upon the decaying bones of another beloved attraction and its signature characters.
Ladies and gentlemen, Disney has finally listen to voices of thousands of fans and has turned their attention to the Imagination Pavilion to give it some much needed love and attention. Gone is the Imagination Institute, and in it's place the return of Dreamfinder in Journey into Imagination 4.0, a revamped ImageWorks, and the thrilling and visually impressive Dream Mountain. Together, these three areas will not only, finally bring a true, cohesive Imagination Pavilion to Epcot, but it will expand the mythos behind the story of Dreamfinder.
Backstory
Dreamfinder, a lowly inventor form a bygone era, was a man of great creativity and imagination, but his efforts were continuously stifled and came to nothing. His inventions were unlike anything the world had seen, and as nobody seemed to share in his joy of discovery, the Dreamfinder slowly felt his thirst for the new wither.
His loss of drive and inspiration weighed on him, and it was almost as if the color of the world was fading as his dreams drifted further and further away. There had to be a way to get his dreams, his inspiration back! Tirelessly, he worked day and night until he created his dream machine, a device capable to capturing colors, sights, and sounds to help ignite a spark in him, a spark of imagination.
In the first test run of his Dream Machine, Dreamfinder was astounded to find he created a figment, and not just any figment, but a figment of imagination. Seemingly pulled form the memories of his imaginary friend from his childhood, Dreamfinder named his new friend, Figment. Encouraged, by this latest development and Figment's enthusiastic support, Dreamfinder continued to work on his Dream Machine until one day, a portal of pure mesmonic energy opened into the world of imagination.
Although initially hesitant, Figment curiosity and child-like wonder convinced Dreamfinder to throw caution to the wind and enter the portal on his newly updated, flying Dream Machine. Together, the twosome explored the realms of imagination meeting sound sprites, a Chimera, and many fanciful creatures. But these realms also held many perils that threatened the world of imagination and dreams. Fear from the Bewilderness and Doubt from the horrible land of Nightmare Nation lived to suck the hope and dreams from the world. Any sparks that came into contact with these two, withered into nothingness and were consumed.
One unfortunate day, Fear and Doubt caught up to Dreamfinder and Figment, angered that their flights of fancy were creating more dreams and inspirations for the world. During the attack, Dreamfinder learned that Fear and Doubt had caused no one to believe in his inventions, hoping to dash his wealth of imagination and cause the world to lose a little bit of light. Fear and Doubt would consume all of the imagination in the world! Angered, Dreamfinder and Figment forced Fear and Doubt back into the deepest realms of imagination, but Dreamfinder knew that those two would always remain unless the spark of imagination came back into the world. As he would later become known for saying, "Imagination belongs to all of us" and Dreamfinder vowed to never let Fear and Doubt take that away from anyone ever again.
Determined to put inspiration back into the world, Dreamfinder settled into his new home, the Dreamport, in the Realm of Imagination. From here, Dreamfinder and his faithful friend Figment, took daily flights of fancy, collecting anything that may spark the imagination before returning back to the Dreamport to store them. The great question now was how to send out these sparks into the world? Some could be sent into daydreams and flashes of inspiration, but with so many sparks ready to go, Dreamfinder would need a way to send them across the realms and the world.
Luckily for the world, Dreamfinder has surrounded himself with many sparks of imagination, and came up with the idea of sending the majority of sparks through dreams. So our heroes set of to find the tallest point in all of the realms and settled on Dream Mountain. This became the gathering point for all of the sparks of imagination, and from here, Dreamfinder can monitor the dreams of the world and fill it with as many sparks as he can.
Journey into Imagination 4.0
As part of this grand update of Imagination, Journey into Imagination welcomes back Dreamfinder in an all new adventure. Inspired by the best selling comic series Figment, Journey into Imagination takes guests on a journey with Dreamfinder and Figment through the realms of Imagination. Anything can happen on this all new dark ride, bringing a return to the semi-omnimover that was so famous in the original and, as always, the classic One Little Spark.
Guests will exit into a shared area called Inspiration Station that is also the exit for the pavilion's signature attraction: Dream Mountain.
And now, for a very special introduction, here is Dreamfinder and Figment!
“Oh-Ho! Gracious me! So happy to see you and meet you my fellow Dreamseekers! Although, I wonder… Have I met some you before? Perhaps you sir, yes you! The tall fellow in the back with those wonderful mouse ears? No?”
“Hey! Reminds me of someone I-I-I know! Ohhhhh Who’s the leader of the club that’s made for you and meeee, M-I-C…”
“Now, now, Figment, we haven’t time to reminisce and reacquaint! The Dreamliners are steaming up, and the idea bags have been emptied! We must inform our volacious volunteers of their duties! We have quite the task ahead! Now, Dreamseekers, forgive me for neglecting a propitious introduction… I am the Dreamfinder – a fellow Dreamseeker as yourselves. I travel far and wide gathering the Sparks of Imagination from all the corners of the globe to…”
“Corners? CORNERS?!? I thought the world was a globe? How can the big blue ball have corners?!?”
“Oh, Figment, anything is possible if you use your imagination! But regrettably, it seems an unforeseen unfortunate circumstance has befallen us! Here at the Dreamport is our lovely control center for operations, but the Sparks of Imagination are stored far away in Dream Mountain, our personal plethoric warehouse of wonders! Inside the Dream Mountain, the Sparks of Imagination fly and collide into new and intriguing ideas, concepts, and dreams! Occasionally, the Sparks have had, ahem, misfired into calamitous conundrums… some call them brainstorms…”
“Ooooo neato! I had a brainstorm last night - it was all big and wild, and suddenly this HUUGGGE…”
“Figment! We haven’t the time to discuss your nocturnal escapades! Time is of the essence! Forgive me, but we must dispense with the courteous cordialities and proceed to the point! The brainstorm is growing out of control! We need you, my fellow Dreamseekers, to travel to Dream Mountain in order to capture and contain the Sparks of Imaginations it has freed! Your vehicles of choice will be the aforementioned Dreamliners, a transport mechanism meticulously designed as a most adequate modicum of motion through the Dream Mountain! Proceed with caution, Dreamseekers! Brainstorms can be unpredictable.”
“Unpredictably unpredictable?”
“Indeed, Figment! Regardless, I believe that with the combined forces of our imaginations we will be successful in our quest! For as you well know…”
(together): “Anything is possible if you use your imagination!”
Guests enter through the queue which is the hub where sparks of inspiration (after being sent to the Dreamport) are stored to be sent out into the world as different kinds of dreams (regular night dream, day dreams, etc), They are stored in a large clear glass vaults where they resemble little basketball-sized spheres of multicolored ether that bounce around and ping off the sides of the glass.
Once passed the main room, guests are ushered in small groups into a private meeting room. Here a large screen comes to life and Dreamfinder appears to greet the guests. He welcomes everyone to the dream headquarters and hoped you had a nice visit. Suddenly, Figment flies into the room, panicked and worried. He tells Dreamfinder that a huge brainstorm is brewing. Dreamfinder pulls up the weather radar (like the one seen in the queue). The colorful storm clouds are churning around the spark containers with lightening shooting out dangerously. Dreamfinder tries to tell Figment to switch on the safety valve but it's too late. The lightening has cracked the containment tubes and the sparks are being sucked out!
Dreamfinder turns tot he guests and pleads for the guests' help, telling us he needs to catch those sparks before they run wild. He directs us to go to the Dreamport to board our vehicles, while he flies ahead to assess the damage.
LOADING – THE DREAMPORT
Loading occurs within the heart of the Dreamport, in a chamber shaped like a colorful biomechanical brain. Wires, pumps and gears are like manmade neurons. Overhead is a coaster track which resembles a rainbow spinal cord. This space also suggests a Victorian train station, complete with a beautiful tile mural beyond the train loading. This mural depicts the mesmonic landscapes of Dream Mountain, which guests will soon experience.
RIDE VEHICLES - DREAMLINER
Guests climb aboard their Dreamliner, a flying contraption engineered by Dreamfinder himself to navigate the wild subconscious atmosphere of Dream Mountain. Dreamliners are fashioned in a riveted “dreampunk” style very similar to the iconic Dream Machine blimp. Riders sit suspended below the tracks with legs dangling, secured by a simple lap bar. Each Dreamliner train sits 16 riders in 8 cars, each car seating 2 across. This Vekoma family invert model allows for better sightseeing than B&M’s 4-across model, ideal for the fantastic imagery of Dream Mountain.
All Dreamliner seats feature onboard speakers. These provide an on-ride musical soundtrack, and also allow Dreamfinder to give riders updates on their mission.
Due to the nature of inverted coasters, Dream Mountain includes a free locker system near the entrance where guests may store their valuables for up to 2 hours.
STATS
Type: Suspended Family Coaster
Manufacturer: Vekoma
Launch system: LSM (Linear Synchronous Motors)
Speed: 50 mph
Height: 105’
Inversions: 0
Height restriction: 44”
Capacity: 1,500 riders per hour
Duration: 3 minutes
DARK RIDE – THE GENTLE DREAMSCAPE
The Dreamliner starts out slowly, magnetically propelled at a slow dark ride pace. Riders enter a Dreamscape, still housed within the protective glass shells of the Dreamport. Below riders is a freeform organic landscape of moonrocks and solid rainbows. Animatronic bird-sized whales fly about. Giant cotton pods float past riders’ heads, emitting a cornucopia of sweet scents. An animatronic unicorn stands atop a grassy mountain, which rises from the earth to reveal an literal rock face.
Into a towering forest of trees, whose trunks transition into beams of light reaching for the stars. One huge tree uproots itself and spins 180 degrees. Its roots transform, revealing themselves as the antlers of a majestic animatronic elk. A distant full moon (a screen effect) breaks apart into a mass of bioluminescent butterflies, transforming into a crescent moon.
Through cracked glass walls, riders catch glimpses of the rampaging brainstorm in the wild subconsciousness of Dream Mountain. Loose Sparks of Imagination fly past. Through ribbed, riveted corridors, the Dreamliner heads towards a mental airlock.
LAUNCH – FIRING SYNAPSES
The Dreamliner proceeds into a thick maze of ganglia and synapses. Dreamfinder comes over the speakers: “My Sparks of Imagination are running wild in the brainstorm! You must retrieve them! Launching into Dream Mountain in three…two…one…”
Neon synapses light up from within! The Dreamliner hurtles forward (via Linear Synchronous Motor launch) at 40 mph! Riders sail up a 105 foot climb, which quickly carries them to the space behind Journey into Imagination, and into…Dream Mountain!
COASTER INTRO – GOOD DREAMS
The entirety of Dream Mountain is enclosed like Space Mountain. An artful use of darkness, projections, and physical scenery combines to simulate a wild, surrealistic brainstorm. Tracks are hidden throughout. The inverted coaster creates an unparalleled sensation of flight!
Riders enjoy a delightful fast flight through swirling colorful brainstorm winds. Projections ahead depict a dozen zipping Sparks, realized much like Ghost Galaxy or Hyperspace Mountain. Rainbow lasers blast out from the Dreamliner and capture these Sparks, one-by-one.
Riders continually sail past imagery of good dreams. Through rainbows and past fairy lights. Great big bubbles burst into shards of color. Distant skies spin in ever-changing geometric fractals. Clouds transform into Dali-esque flying clocks, and vice versa. Everything follows by the strange anti-logic of a dream, highlighted by the delightful sensation of flight.
The chase continues along fun helixes, turns and hills. Eventually only one Spark remains. It dives down a darkened hole.
Dreamfinder again comes over the speakers: “Great work, Dreamseekers! Only one Spark remains.” A pause. “Oh no, it’s headed into nightmares! After it!”
2ND LAUNCH – THE KALEIDOSCOPE TUNNEL
The Dreamliner slides into a spinning psychedelic kaleidoscope tunnel. Without slowing, it immediately launches forwards and upwards, at a thrilling top speed of 50 mph, into the suppressed memories of Dream Mountain…into the world of nightmares!
COASTER CLIMAX – NIGHTMARES
Colors quickly drain from the kaleidoscope. The Dreamliner emerges into a colorless void, a frightful desaturated dark cousin of good dreams. The only thing of color is the last remaining Spark, which races ahead of the trains.
Here the coaster hits its highest intensity. Trains zig back and forth at top speeds, and race into high-force helixes. Trains hit a pitch black pocket of what Dreamfinder called a “falling nightmare,” and plunge down the steepest drop this ride system allows!
In this terrifying colorless world, a shadowy figure emerges. This is Nightmare personified, a gigantic shadow monster with glowing evil eyes. It pursues riders as they pursue the Spark, past scary imagery.
A thick mist hides the floor. From these clouds emerge huge jagged thorns infested with bugs. Eyeballs with bat wings float in nothingness. The train navigates a twisted forest of branches, paralleled by skeletal clouds above. While braving a corridor of disembodied hands (which grow additional hands on their fingers), the Dreamliner sends forth a blast and captures the final Spark of Imagination!
Dreamfinder: “You’ve done it! Quickly, now, back to the Dreamport!”
The Dreamliner dives into a sudden tunnel. It slows along a final brake run, housed within a rainbow corridor. Speeding colored lights match pace with decelerating train cars. Riders return to the Dreamport. The dozen captured Sparks unload via glass tube back into containment jars, all alongside an animatronic Dreamfinder. He thanks riders for retrieving his Sparks of Imagination.
V.R. OVERLAY – VIRTUAL SURREALITY
To renew interest in Dream Mountain years after it opens, Imagineering has planned a seasonal virtual reality overlay, known as Virtual Surreality. With V.R. headsets, riders may now brave an even crazier dreamscape of pure light and color. With the freedom such an overlay allows, we can regularly enhance Dream Mountain with more and more delightful dream imagery!
“Glorious gleefully jubilant celebration! You’ve done it, Dreamseekers!”
“Wahoo! It looked pretty bad for a little bit back there! I think we may have lost somebody… Hey! Where is that funny looking kid from the back row? Did the big black blob get him?!?”
“Now Figment, what have I told you about jumping to conclusions? I took a very meticulous role count, and all Dreamseekers are present and accounted for!”
“If you say so, Dreamy! But hey! Now all our friends can come play with us here in the Dreamport! Now that Dream Mountain is back in tip top shape, our imaginations can run freeeeeee!”
“Ha ha! Quite right, my purple friend! Thank you again, my fellow Dreamseekers! We certainly couldn’t have done it without your imaginations! Let us take Figment up on his inviting invitation to enjoy the fun and fancy-free exhibits in the ImageWorks labs! You all have certainly earned the reward!”
POST-RIDE - ImageWorks
Inspiration Station
Guests disembarking from either the Journey into Imagination or Dream Mountain will be let off at the shared exit of Inspiration Station, the home for the gift shop Bright Ideas and the candy shop Sweet Dreams.
Sweet Dreams is a two in one candy shop selling your very own edible sparks of imagination and fruity drinks to wash them down with. These sparks are actually multi-colored bon-bons that guest can take home in their very own "glass" vaults. For one fee, guests are free to choose what colors and flavors they want from each of the dream machines until their vault is full. Of course, these sparks are also good with the shop's signature lightbulb drinks. A variety of flavors including the standard sodas are served in souvenir lightbulb cups with a glowing nub to light up your drink.
From here guests can exit back into Epcot passed the green area with a more naturalistic jumping fountains, or head upstairs to ImageWorks.
Once in Inspiration Station, guests can head upstairs to the reinstated ImageWorks where guests can use their own sparks of imagination in new and creative ways. The ever coloring changing stair case lights up as guests ascend the stair case to the second level and the open air creative areas. For guests needing to take the elevator, this trip is no less enchanting. Figment has hijacked the elevator, and provides comedic entertainment on the short trip up.
As the doors open, the wondrous glass roof of the pavilion is as bright as its was in its original form. The glass is mildly tinted to allow the sun to come in and create rainbow patterns on the floors and walls. Turning to the left, guests will enter into the main hub through the rainbow corridor and then disperse into six different themed areas.
- Music Makers is an area themed entirely around music and the creation of. Guests can entertain themselves with the Stepping Tones, creating a song and try their hand at singing it, or make music with a wave of the hand.
- Painters Palate is another area dedicated to the arts. Here guests can paint giant murals using giant paint brushes, color with electronic paint brushes, create their own signature crayon colors for purchase, or draw free hand.
- Make and Create is especially designed for the hands on experience. Kids can get their hands dirty with the sand pit, build with Legos, or even with moldable clay. The highlight of this area is the opportunity to make their own fireworks show.
- Dance and Play is a chance for those to insert themselves into a movie, design their own outfits on the doodle tab, or practice their dance moves against the flash wall.
- Scientific Discoveries is a short hands on show hosting a small number of guests in an effort to show the wonders of science. The host is "helped" out by Figment who pops in to give distinctly unhelpful advice. The most common activity is the making of slime. This area is also home to Flights of Fancy, a indoor skydiving simulator to help guests experience the most common of dreams, flight.
- Meet and Greet is the chance to meet and talk with Dreamfinder and Figment in person. This area is covered in ceiling to floor screens with ever changing images that were once found in the queue of Soarin'. When not meeting guests, Dreamfinder wanders around ImageWorks to interact and play with guests while Figmnent hops over to Scientific Discoveries to help there.
Beloved figures like Dreamfinder and Figment have been a staple of early imagineers looking to create wonderfully creative characters that could inspire a generation, and inspire they did. Now, with the opening of Dream Mountain, a whole new generation can experience these characters in a new light while the nostalgic generation can appreciate the updated designs and stories. With the combination of the family ride of Journey into Imagination and the thrilling coaster of Dream Mountain, everyone has a chance to be inspired, and maybe it will spark something inside of them.
Poe Dameron
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Lucasfilm Studios presents Station '75
Space Mountain in the Magic Kingdom will be redone to replicate an airport inside a city of the future. The SpacePort, named Station '75, is a working, living city center inside the futuristic city on the move.
Instead of going below ground, you will ride an elevator up to the 2nd floor, simulating a space elevator that takes you to the terminal. Inside, you look out onto the northern lights and can see earth from a distance. Guests can walk up to the large panel and gaze out at outer space.
On the wall are other airports with the flight take off and depart times. You walk down a neon walkway and go towards the loading dock.
At the loading dock, guests watch a video about how their rockets will be propelled into space, a safety demonstration for emergency landings, and then a flight overview, making a roundabout at the end of the milky way galaxy, then returning home.
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There are many easter eggs in the queue to old attractions such as Horizons, the original Space Mountain, and Alien Encounter.
The roller coaster will be much smoother with more props compared to the original Space Mountain. The rockets will be double seated rather than single seated, with much more leg room as well. On-board audio from your capcom will be installed as well. There won't be any music on the journey to simulate the silence of outer space, however there will be many effects to keep your attention on the attraction.
The ride will be roughly 3 and a half minutes long.
Leaving the loading dock the rocket blasts off into hyperspace with a LIM launch from 0-38mph and an immediate incline and leveling off slowing the rockets down to a brake section. After the brake section at the top of the 40 foot hill. The rockets then dive down and circle around to look out to the milky way galaxy in the distance.
The rockets spin around asteroids and a large gas giant. The rocket then lands inside a comet, as a reference to the original Star Tours ride, and you make your escape from it.
The ride then has a second launch cycle which propels the rockets back into lower earth orbit and to Station '75 with a sonic boom to finish the adventure and return home to Tomorrowland.
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Studio execs wanted to thank those of you who submitted a film proposal this week. This week you were tasked with proposing a new film based off of one of Disney's original, non IP attractions.
After rereading the scripts, executives have decided to greenlight @kmbmw777 Grizzly Peak pitch. Yours had a different tone then the rest and the peak and scenery would look great on screen. Great introspective journey for your characters in this film. Your film would really serve the attraction well I think.
With those entries there will be 5 points for each of you to go towards your studios tally and then an extra 10 for Pixar for getting one of their films green lit this week. Thank you again everyone!
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Thank you for joining us so far on in this trip through the movies. So far we've had a few laughs in space, enjoyed some Italian in the old west and survived one of the more deadly conflicts in the Earth's history in Europe. Unfortunately, things don't get any lighter for us this week with our movie choice, but it is an all-time classic and worth a look. It will also lead to a slightly different challenge then we've attempted so far.
The director of our film this week produced a very interesting array of films with each distinctively his own. While there are others I enjoyed more, this one has both a classic scene and set that will remain in movie lore for many years to come as evidenced in how distinctive they still are to this day, 57 years after the film's release.
Here's a little look at Alfred Hitchcock's, Psycho
Don't know how many of you have watched this before, but definitely worthy of your movie bucket list. As are many other Hitchcock films like Vertigo, North by Northwest and The Man Who Knew too Much.
So what do we do with Psycho for our Imagineering prompt this week? As with Psycho, there are many films throughout time, where it's not just the characters and people we remember, but the places, locations, buildings. They can be just as important to the story and in essence are characters themselves. For me, when I remember Psycho, I always think of the Bates Motel. The rain coming down, that simple neon sign and non descript roadside motel. I don't know how many of you have had a chance to travel the backroads of America, but you owe it to yourself at least once to stay in one of these interesting old places.
With that being said, your challenge this week is to produce a new Disney World resort that will be as iconic as the Bates Motel. Now we don't want people getting hurt or attacked at your resort, but obviously a stay they won't forget. To make this a truly memorable and desirable resort, you need to have some type of story tied to it, a way to connect it to something. In order to accomplish this, there are a few things you'll need to do:
(1) Tie in your resort to one of the rides/attractions at the Magic Kingdom. No,we aren't looking for a bunch of jumbo figurines lining the exterior of the resort, this is a nice place after all
, but a resort that takes it's cues and theme from a MK ride. How can you continue the story and theme of that ride with your resort? How great would the Barnstormer Barracks be? My idea, so it's off limits. Ha.(2) Plan your park with direct and adjacent park access. One of the perks of the Grand Californian at Disneyland is it's direct access to the park. In this vein, we are going to plan this for your resort as well, so you'll need to keep this in mind when planning the layout, etc. @spacemt354 had a fun Star Wars themed hotel last year I believe with private "hyperspace" access to HS to keep the story going. You don't have to go that crazy, but what kind of convenient and seamless transition do you want into the park?
(3) Don't necessarily worry about the location of the ride/attraction you use at MK. Many of them are land locked meaning you can't easily transition from your resort to say a Fantasyland or Liberty Square attraction. If you want to take the general MK size as a guide to place your resort at parks edge (or within actual confines of the park itself if you are so daring), know that in this blue sky world you can move land at will. Again don't feel you have to try and cram this into the MK now, but design your resort how you want and show how it feeds into a revamped area that your ride/attraction currently exists (not worrying about the park layout as a whole).
(4) Extra - obviously any extras you can include, dining, merch, etc. go a long way in making this the place to visit, so go for it.
Just let me know when I can book my first night's stay!