Originally Posted By alisserae Another Figment event! <a href="http://psc.disney.go.com/eventservices/disneygallery/wdwfigment.html" target="_blank">http://psc.disney.go.com/event services/disneygallery/wdwfigment.html</a>
Originally Posted By idleHands Interesting. This is much more involved than the event from last September. Almost an entire day's worth: Luncheon and Seminar @ Odyssey Artist Signing Dessert Reception Two hours for the luncheon and seminar? OOOOOOOH! Sounds like the history of Dreamfinder and Figment will be discussed, along with the history of the attraction. And this would be the PERFECT time to announce the green light for Imagination's proposed rehab, for Epcot's 25th anniversary next year!
Originally Posted By smeeeko rats.. when does food & wine start?? (we're "planning" to go in late september.. so..)
Originally Posted By ChiMike While stuff like this is interesting, I have a big problem dropping hundreds of dollars to celebrate how Disney destroyed this character property. Call me cranky, but why reward Disney's incompetence? Disney only sees things through $ now, they no longer have the talent to judge popular appeal through any other metric.
Originally Posted By idleHands "Call me cranky..." Hi, Cranky! 8^D "... but why reward Disney's incompetence?" I'm not rewarding Disney's incompetence. I'm rewarding Bruce Lau's artistic talents! His Figment sculpt from last year was spot on. And from the photo at the Special Events site, this latest sculpt will be the perfect complement to the first one. Unfortunately, registering for the event is the only sure-fire way to guarantee acquiring one, without paying through the nose on eBay later on. Does Disney benefit from that? Yes, they do. That's why they do the special merch events. But Bruce Lau also benefits. And when he produces great sculpts such as these, I don't mind some of my $$$ going Disney's way. Whatever keeps Bruce working in his craft! "Disney only sees things through $ now, they no longer have the talent to judge popular appeal through any other metric." Oh yeah... tell that to John Lasseter. Go ahead. I dare ya! 8^D
Originally Posted By ChiMike >grin< Actually, John is probably more frustrated with that as much as anyone. Look at all the CGI films that have made millions (Cars included) that were sub-par. Look at the animated sequels. How can he rally for Pixar's way of doing things when any drivel can do 100 mil by it's second weekend? --- I understand your Figment points from a collector's POV.
Originally Posted By Skylardad I hope they use this event as a forum to announce the rumored changes to restore Journey Into Imagination with a rich story like the original. It would be nice to see some of the original Epcot "spark" return to Future World. It would be nice to see some great storytelling return. The new incarnation of The Seas may be headed in the right direction for story and effects but it really is a deviation from the original concept of Future World and the theme of The Living Seas.
Originally Posted By idleHands "I hope they use this event as a forum to announce the rumored changes to restore Journey Into Imagination with a rich story like the original." From what I've heard, you just might get your wish. The green light is apparently just around the corner. 8^D
Originally Posted By idleHands HEY! Please rein in your enthusiasm. The green light has not yet been bestowed. That is why I qualified my statement with the words "might" and "apparently." This is Disney, after all. They could change their minds at the very last minute. But at least the project is being worked on. And there is a strong desire to get this off the ground. So... I believe that it will happen. But I'm not the person making the final call.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Count me among those that would love to see this happen. My kid loves the current Imagination attraction, but I know he'd be blown away by the origional.
Originally Posted By Skellington88 Do you know how badly people want dreamfinder back in Imagination? If it gets greenlit...the opening lines for the ride will stretch out all the way to Space Ship earth!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 Hope you're right idleHands. By the time they get Imagination 'right' it'll wind up costing as much as a decent E-Ticket. All for a simple little ride that simply needed an update and a little plussing.
Originally Posted By idleHands S88 and Sof74... I hear you, loud & clear! Bringing Dreamfinder back will have all the nostalgia buffs on Cloud 9, especially after the hoopla for the DL 50th has died down. Refreshing Imagination -- hopefully the entire pavilion and not just the ride -- would be the cherry on top of the 25th Anniversary celebration sundae! (Yum cherry. Bing cherries. Time for another road trip to my favorite cherry stand.) Anyway... Sof74 deftly throws the spotlight on a major issue regarding past management in P&R. Here's hoping that future management pays close attention to the talent pool in Emeryville, and incorporates both their originality and the lessons learned from the Legends, and utilizes this creative wisdom to get it right THE FIRST TIME! And to stop making boneheaded decisions to lessen attraction quality and repeatability simply because of some bean counter's myopic spreadsheet or some middle manager's overly zealous ambitions to promote on the glory of a project completed under budget.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <Do you know how badly people want dreamfinder back in Imagination? If it gets greenlit...the opening lines for the ride will stretch out all the way to Space Ship earth! > Can you imagine? All those Disney Fansite Mouth-breathers all in one queue?
Originally Posted By avromark <<All those Disney Fansite Mouth-breathers all in one queue?>> I think I constitute the only mouth-breather here Jim. Jim's a meanie. All I ask for is stop the marketing tie-ins give us good old school style rides, but updated to todays technologies and what not. I just like rides with a story or theme.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Hey, 'Journty Into Imagination' was great when it opened in 1982. That first scene where we meet Dreamfinder and Figment is one of the best opening scenes in any Disney theme park attraction -- it blew me away when I first rode it. Unfortunately, the rest of the ride wasn't all that great. And if you visit some of the sites that have a ride-through, you'll see that it gets a bit tedious. My memory of the ride is better than the actual ride. Kinda like 'America Sings.'
Originally Posted By avromark I guess we all suffer nostalgia. Kind of like how I remember the house my parents had up until I was about 7, I remembered it being huge, when I went back to it, it felt somewhat quainter.
