Originally Posted By danyoung >The Land, Imagination, The Living Seas and then the wonderful World Showcase. I love EPCOT!< Umm, you like Imagination? Tell me you're talking about the architecture. Or maybe the original verson of the ride. I don't know anyone who likes the current version.
Originally Posted By Labuda Currnt version of Imagination beats teh pants off version 2.0, dan. I like the current Imagination just fine, tyvm!
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Although I don;t like the current version anywhere near the first version -- thankfully they didn't leave us with #2 (descriptively) I still enjoy #3 -- it is a nice diversion - at least it hasn;t become another thrill ride
Originally Posted By basas I agree- i still find the third version to be enjoyable. Plus, i still like HISTA so i quite like Imagination! as a whole.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I know I'm in the minority, but I liked the 2nd version far more than the current one. Sure, it starts off by insulting you, but the ending brings it all into prospective. And the new ending is just random, and you can see the walls move and the ceiling raise. On top of all that, you can still see them after they move, and the room looks much much smaller. With all the video screens and black walls, it looked huge, and the unload area fit in much better than coming from a yellow room. And the constillation room was great too. I know I'm in the vast minority, but the 2nd verison was superior to the current version.
Originally Posted By LuvDatDisney I can honestly say that no place has 'wowed' me like the orignal EPCOT Center. It made me feel that the future would indeed be a great, big, beautiful tomorrow. I heard someone refer to it as awe-inspiring and I would agree. I was lucky enough to see the park before opening and then there on Opening Day. I was just amazed at the technology and shear scope of the place. I still love the park, but there's no doubt it's been made smaller by the loss of the long, AA-filled attractions and the addition of what I call the thrill-ride wannabes (like Test Track and Mission Space). man what an amazing place EPCOT Center was in the 1980s! Happy B-Day! (And a Happy 34th to WDW!)
Originally Posted By danyoung The original version of Imagination was probably my least favorite of the Futureworld attractions. But that's like saying that a New York strip steak is my least favorite steak - still pretty darned enjoyable. But while I agree with those of you that said that version 3 is better than version 2, to me it's still incredibly lame. I keep riding it with the hope that I'll find something that I like. But by the time it gets to the eye chart scene and the special effect is nothing more than a movie clip of Figment bouncing around on the chart, I just completely lose interest. BRING BACK DREAMFINDER!!!
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Don't. Dreamfinder was the most boring, totally unappealing character ever invented for a Disney ride anywhere. One little spark...and you are history! Good riddance.
Originally Posted By MrToadWildRider Dreamfinder was great. The original ride was terriffic although simple. I always though the simpleness of the original Imagination was intended as almost a way to exercise your imagination (or maybe test it in others' cases)
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>Dreamfinder was great.<< I guess I was never into fat redheads with hand puppets walking around.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I also was a huge dreamfinder fan-- I think he was an integral piece of the whole concept
Originally Posted By Blackie Pueblo I never actually saw the character dressed up and walking around the park. I wish I had. The only real place I saw Dreamfinder was on the ride. But I too thought he was an integral part of Journey Into Imagination. He really helped make us understand the Figment was a lot more than just a purple dragon. Blackie Pueblo check out my short films at: <a href="http://www.newlineagefilms.com" target="_blank">http://www.newlineagefilms.com</a>
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <He really helped make us understand the Figment was a lot more than just a purple dragon. < absolutely
Originally Posted By SJHYM Losing Dreamfinder and the original Imagination attraction is very sad. I wish they had kept the turntable part of the ride and then updated the track part of the attraction. It would have been better and probably cheaper in the long run. And what about science, science, science?
Originally Posted By LuvDatDisney ^^^Nice to see other lovers of the orginal Imagination ride. I miss Dreamfinder and the whole whimsical ride. What I can't get over is how bereft of actual imgaination the current pavillion showcases.
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn I remember my first trip to EPCOT Center. My family was riding World of Motion, and crossed by a photographer inside with a tripod. The next year we went to EPCOT Center, we bought the Pictorial Souvenier book. There was by brother and his girlfriend in a picture taken by that photographer! I also remember that day spending three hours in Journey, because I loved it. I even got a kick out of the preview show to Magic Journeys. Future World took me ~all day~. And that's BEFORE Horizons or the Living Seas existed. I look at those old pictures every once in a while. Man I had some bushy hair back then.
Originally Posted By Crazy4WDW I've already decided to plan a trip to WDW in 2007 for Epcot's 25th birthday. Hopefully the WDW brass will do a little more celebrating for the 25th than it did for the 20th. I LOVE EPCOT!
Originally Posted By TDLFAN They celebrated the 25th of WDW (and the MK perse) but nothing for EPCOT's 20th as far as I remember.
