ItlngrlBella
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Special event space... Like everything else that has closed... I mean "repurposed."
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Which attraction needs an update most?
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Yeah, I agree that the old version was better, but it has only been around for three years and draws big crowds. As much as I'd like to see it return to its old form, its not really at the top of the list for things that need updating.
So Ellen is currently winning with 19 votes. I've never ridden it, so I don't feel like I have a say in the quality of the attraction, but the mere fact that I've avoided it is probably evidence enough. I have ridden the embarrassing Journey into Imagination though, and avoid the entire pavilion now, so I don't know how much worse you can get.
barkerbird
Active Member
I'm not so sure an update would help Ellen. The video is old, and the AAs are pretty bad. Unless they completely remake the video and update the AAs.. I feel like it might be on its way out.
I honestly don't even think Disney cares or acknowledges its existence enough to even close it. It's just there.
WondersOfLife
Blink, blink. Breathe, breathe. Day in, day out.
Most of what was listed are fine... A better list could probably be..
Peter Pan's Flight, Ellen's Energy Adventure, Journey Into Imagination with Figment, Circle of Life, Voyage of the Little Mermaid, Dinoland USA.
Peter Pan's Flight, Ellen's Energy Adventure, Journey Into Imagination with Figment, Circle of Life, Voyage of the Little Mermaid, Dinoland USA.
danyoung56
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The current Imagination ride is one of the two attractions at WDW that actually make me angry (the other one is Stitch). Great technology totally wasted on a lame story.
yepitsandy
Active Member
Imagination definitely needs it, but Universe of Energy needs it way worse.
I tried to make this list as general as possible, going based off of the attractions people most commonly say need updates. For instance, I don't personally think Muppet Vision 3D needs an update, but there are plenty of others that do. Although, I do agree that everything you listed needs to be updated.
MerlinTheGoat
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Imagination is the only specific listed here that i'd classify as an abomination with practically no redeeming value. The rest could be decent to good with some updating, to different degrees they arguably have some redeeming value. Imagination has none in my eyes, it's an all around horrible ride that needs to be gutted and changed entirely.
The original ride was infinitely more impressive. Just in terms of the show scenes they were elaborately detailed from an imagineering standpoint with a number of animatronic Dreamfinder and Figment figures. Lots of colorful lighting with larger and better implemented video screens. The performing arts laser scene was state of the art at the ride's opening and it was still hard to find effects like it even many years later. But the thing that really stood out was the impressive Flight into Imagination scene at the beginning, with the rotating set that had to sync up to the ride vehicles.
It's not impressive technology wise either. The current version just travels through some incredibly empty dark rooms and stopping at some simplistic video screens with poor CGI, reusing a (substantially shorter) part of the original track.
The original ride was infinitely more impressive. Just in terms of the show scenes they were elaborately detailed from an imagineering standpoint with a number of animatronic Dreamfinder and Figment figures. Lots of colorful lighting with larger and better implemented video screens. The performing arts laser scene was state of the art at the ride's opening and it was still hard to find effects like it even many years later. But the thing that really stood out was the impressive Flight into Imagination scene at the beginning, with the rotating set that had to sync up to the ride vehicles.
WondersOfLife
Blink, blink. Breathe, breathe. Day in, day out.
I'll bet the "impressive technology" was mostly probably going toward stitch with the really good animatronics in there.
danyoung56
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I completely agree with you on this. My only thought on current tech is that the ride vehicles are pretty cool, even though they're not used very well.
Uncle Lupe
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Need an all the above option.
KikoKea
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The original ride was infinitely more impressive. Just in terms of the show scenes they were elaborately detailed from an imagineering standpoint with a number of animatronic Dreamfinder and Figment figures. Lots of colorful lighting with larger and better implemented video screens. The performing arts laser scene was state of the art at the ride's opening and it was still hard to find effects like it even many years later. But the thing that really stood out was the impressive Flight into Imagination scene at the beginning, with the rotating set that had to sync up to the ride vehicles.[/QUOTE]
I'm not very familiar with this ride, other than it's current pitiful state. Why did they change it? I cannot imagine why they would take out screens, lights, and figures and leave it as it is now.
I'm not very familiar with this ride, other than it's current pitiful state. Why did they change it? I cannot imagine why they would take out screens, lights, and figures and leave it as it is now.
danyoung56
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The original version didn't work very well. They had a lot of trouble with the turntable sequence, getting it all to sync up properly. They finally decided to scrap it, but what they replaced it with really sucked. So they came up with version 3, which was marginally better but still pretty bad.
KikoKea
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Too bad- it's a great space and that area could use a really nice attraction. Perhaps it will be updated in a few years when they get around to Epcot. Thanks.
