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- Come relive one of the most beloved attractions of all time, Journey Into Imagination. From @RetroWDW's Revisited series comes this restored and AI-enhanced ride-through of the attraction timed and set to original audio recordings.
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If they built a new updated version of this ride, with today's animatronics, projection mapping and trackless ride technology it could be incredible.
There’s elevations within the ride building so a trackless system wouldn’t work unless they plowed the entire site and started over again.
@@Shag471 True, though I think the elevations are artificial - to do it you'd need to gut the building and start again regardless.
@@andrewraphael3800 The ground is definitely raised in some parts and there’s a big pit near the end of the ride. Also, the original concept had it traveling to the second floor. But to graze the entire building and start over isn’t ever in their plans. If they chose to do that then they would just put something else there.
That happened to Horizons. They wanted to convert the current ride into a space pavilion and even had detailed plans showing the conversion. But the sponsor wanted a whole new building so they plowed the building and started all over again.
Being that Imagination hasn’t had a sponsor since 2010 I highly doubt Disney would go to those measures to build a whole new ride unless they got a corporate sponsor. I think they will just keep the current version running until it breaks entirely and they will either close the pavilion or use it for other purposes, like they did with Wonders of Life after Met Life pulled out.
@@Shag471 well there’s a figment movie apparently coming, so that gives me some hope that it gets a referb or full remaster
@@Shag471 C'mon Adobe! You make bank off imagination. Sponsor a figment refresh and give some back. Am I right?
At the last D23 Expo I saw Tony Baxter as I was leaving a panel and he talked to me for a bit. When I told him that I hope he can re-do Journey Into Imagination, he said, "I've told them [Disney] that if they ever greenlight a new version I will come back out of retirement to work on it." It indicated how proud he's of this original version and I hope he does get the chance to remake this masterpiece.
I wonder what kind of wisdom I’d get from George Lucas if Disneys vision of his universe ever came up in conversation
In a perfect world Dreamfinder and Figment were fully embraced as the iconic mascots of Epcot, and this ride still exists and is considered a timeless classic.
In a more perfect world Alien Encounter would still be running, Mr Toad and Winnie the Pooh would be in the same park or different parks, The Simpsons would be in Disney Parks on both coasts and Jack Sparrow would finally leave the Pirates ride!
This ride absolutely should’ve been grouped with the untouchables, like Pirates, COP, Spaceship Earth, etc.
I so adored this ride, and still love One Little Spark!
I mean, it still seems like Figment is the mascot of Epcot.
@@hamurshI actually don’t think the Simpsons would do well at Disney. But it does fit Universal pretty well, at least until it gets replaced.
The hype around Figment and the original ride.. the fanbase, the merchandise, the controversy over refurbs.. can often eclipse the purity and charm of a slow moving, no height requirement ride populated with original characters and animatronics. It's so small and simple, yet also summarizes what was special about epcot.
THIS RIDE WAS SOOOOOO GOOD!!!!! Look at that incredible detail that we don’t have anymore!! This version is exactly how you should explain the art of imagination and creativity!!! Disney MUST bring this masterpiece back!!!
Thank you for posting this. My fiancé was the original Dreamfinder in the park, voiced some lines in the ride, and was the voice of the Dreamfinder camera operator at the end telling you to watch your step (and just about everything Dreamfinder in the Imageworks.. except School of Drama-that was Joe Rhode). It makes me glad to see how the ride and Dreamfinder are both still greatly appreciated.
AMAZING!!! Your fiancé is LEGEND! ❤️
Thank you! Ron has gone on to act in, work for and create other wonderful attractions such as Universal Studios, the Titanic Experience, Fort Liberty, Shakespeare theater productions, the Golden Horseshoe at Disneyland, but I suspect that Dreamfinder is nearest and dearest to his heart.
@@jaynefeeneyI have his book all about it! Thank you for sharing. I hope you two have a bright and happy future ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
@@jaynefeeneyyou’re the future Mrs. Dreamfinder! Congratulations!
YOUR FINACÈ WAS RON FREAKING SCHIDER? Or however his name was spelled.
Bless everyone for doing this. The loss of this version of the ride still hurts more than anything else Disney has ever changed
And don’t forget Splash Mountain too!
@@danielandlucycartoonsmadne5885 And Horizons!
Things change and we must be grateful for the time we had it in our lives
@@danielulloa7703Yeah but what about sharing it with our children? I had to break it to my 6 year old daughter that this ride no longer exists.
@@princesspikachu3915 unfortunately that is the nature of Life
I first came to Walt Disney World in early January of 1987. I was only 7 years old and Epcot was just barely 4 years old. As a kid from northern Michigan living in a small town of only 1,800 people, all of Disney absolutely blew my mind. Of course it was only just Magic Kingdom and Epcot at the time. But Epcot in particular had an enormous impact on my life, and the ripple effect of that still lasts to this day. I wasn’t even aware of the 1964 New York City World’s Fair, but the similarities and goals were so much what Epcot became, and I’ve become fascinated with it as an adult. I’d have really loved it had I been around for it. But Future World at Epcot taught me so much about history, inspired me, and made me optimistic and excited about the future. Then the World Showcase, as a person who has really never even left my home state until my Disney trip, opened my eyes so much to all the Greer other cultures and places in the world. I’ve always loved science and especially as a kid, absolutely loved dinosaurs. So the Universe of Energy was easily my favorite ride, and just left me speechless. But I think Journey Into Imagination was easily my second favorite area. I miss the way that it originally was like this, and getting to go up into the crystal pyramid. At the time I was first there too, Captain EO had just opened in the Magic Eye Theater, and as a Michael Jackson fan, just as everyone was in the mid-80’s, it was incredible. I still to this day have many things from that trip, from a park map, to plastic bags, to my plush Figment, still in perfect condition. He was my favorite character from the parks back then. My trips to Disney inspired me so much, that I eventually moved to the Orlando area as an adult, to go to college and to work. I’ve lived in the area now for 25 years, and live just 3 miles directly north of Magic Kingdom as the crow flies. But Epcot is still my favorite park, and I’ve been there the most over the years, from holidays, to races, to even some professional jobs. I understand that even Walt said the parks would never e finished, constantly updating, but it breaks my heart s little to see some of what I feel the overall messages of Epcot were, being lost. Rides like Guardiansof the Galaxy or Frozen may be fun, but what do they actually teach you? Nothing in my opinion. Some of Epcot’s original rides were not only fun, but you learned things from them too. I think this has increasing been lost, in favor of anything that simply draws in crowds to make a profit. But it’s hard to describe just how amazing Epcot was in its earliest years, if A) you didn’t experience it, and B) didn’t experience it as a kid. Before the days of social media or even the internet, you were lucky to even find still images from the parks, much less see a video. So when you arrived, you barely had any IDEA what you were in store for. And if your only even remotely similar experience before that was your county fair? Wow! It was like going forward in time 300 years. Thanks for posting these videos. I still have yet to send in my family’s extensive camcorder videos from our summer 1989 Disney trip, when both MGM Studios and Typhoon Lagoon were just a few months old. But I’ve finally had it all professionally digitized, so look for that soon!
You’re 100% right. Epcot from 82 until the demise of Horizons was the most ambitious thing WDI ever did. It was an absolutely incredible experience. I’ll never forget when I got high (weed) and went with friends to Epcot. I’ll never forget that single experience. I just rode spaceship earth yesterday. It give me such strong nostalgic feels. It’s about as close as you can come to old Epcot.
I had a similar experience in a similar time frame. Loved Epcot and the way it was then.
Beautifully written! I totally agree!! Especially the part about almost no videos, out there...And traveling in time 3oo years lol!
I would give anything to go back in time and visit Epcot as it was, Sadly I was born in '94 so I missed out on all this. I'm in WDW as I write this and I don't think this pavilion will be with us much longer, or spaceship earth. Both are in a bad state and break down frequently.. its very obvious they are being left to rot now. Figment will live on, the amount of merch is promising, let's all hope they bring back one little spark properly and keep it going
Oh my gosh! I totally get the hype now. This is spectacular. I wish I could have seen and appreciated it. Please, Disney, bring this back with new technology (animatronics) and all of the same set design.
Yeah, I NEED them to bring it back.
Out of all of the rides they removed at Epcot, this one baffles me the most by far as to why they removed it. Literally nothing about it was dated, it was quite literally a perfect attraction. God i wish I could have rode it.
Same. I was born in 2000
Yeah. Like, with splash mountain, at least there was a reason. This had no reason to go.
@@sealy1 yeah like disney has been trying to hide song of the south for years so it only makes sense for them to get rid of it. Im definitely gonna miss splash mountain and wish it was still around but I understand why it was removed.
Same..
@@Ninnintender the basic ride is still there, i find the splash mountain thing kind of amusing because a lot of it was cobbled together with America Sings animatronics, and then that was reproduced for Orlando.
I was a member of the Projection & Special Effects maintenance team when "Imag" opened in '83 and would like to thank everyone involved in the restoration. Seeing the show again brings back so many memories of what it took to maintain such a complex creation. There were 19 motion picture projectors (35mm & 70mm), over 300 special effect projectors, two class IV lasers in Scene 7 and a few class III lasers in the Dream Port. Something I hadn't recalled in years was the difficulty the ride control team had synchronizing entry of each train into one of the 5 identical scenes on the turntable (scene 3). Turntable entry and exit were right next to each other but visually isolated by a set wall. A curved piece of track, momentarily visible in the video, was installed during constriction to allow vehicles to run on the rest of the ride but bypass scene 3. Turntable intrusions caused a LOT of downtime.
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Is that why they changed it? it seems like they could have just bypassed the turntable completely.
Thank you so much for sharing! It's really depressing that they didn't try to refurbish the attraction to fix the biggest headaches instead of scrap it all together.
Disney be like “Yeah this ride is an all-time classic. Let’s fuck this shit up beyond repair for no real reason.”
Bob Iger is an evil man
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I just love the way Figment goes “Huh?”, like he’s bewildered and offended Dreamfinder would indicate he’s not perfect yet.
The puppet Figment pulling the hats off the kids at the end was so cute!
More effort went into this than Disney spent on the WDW 50th anniversary. Thank you. I never got to go on the original so to see it like this, so clearly, and from different perspectives ( layered in with outside shots ) is beyond amazing. Thank you. This is the only video I've seen that winds up with a good precursor then delivers a view unlike anyone else's home videos. So many cool shots both before and after the ride footage itself.
ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTFUL!! Thank you sooooo much for uploading this. I LOVE the original ride and I miss it quite a bit. Fun fact: I was the actual, very last public guest to ever ride this attraction. I waited in line to be on the very last train on the last night. I even asked to be in the very back seat of the last car on the train and the CM's let me wait on the side until the last official train at closing. I admit that I had a tear in my eye that night, lemme tell you. Thanks again for doing this. It's a gold mine and I just sub'd to this channel! THANK YOU!!!
That must have definitely been fun to be there and on the last car/train must have been worth it. Lucky you.
I first visited EPCOT in 1985. I rode this three times. I loved it. I finally came back at the end of 2018, and I was so disappointed with what was done to it.
The best epcot ride. I so wish WDW would bring this back. It's timeless.
I am so glad I got to ride this original version way back when I was 8! I rode the remake decades later and was sadly disappointed. I love Dreamfinder and Figment! You just can't have one without the other!
Ain't that the truth lol
My girlfriend took me to Disneyworld for the first time in March. And I was like, "I don't get it. What's all the fuss about this ride or whatever." But then I found out that the ride had been essentially destroyed for some reason. This was gorgeous and now I understand people's love for it! I wIsh Disney would reboot it respectfully, but it was already perfect the way it was. Still, they could bring it back better than ever and would probably gain a huge amount of goodwill from their audiences for it, not to mention sales of plush Figments and the other guy.
WOW!!!! I am so hapy this video exists, and so happy that I got to go to this ride a few times when a super young kid.
Only those who went to it can really re-imagine how it was to be there by watching this video. It unlocked so many old memories I had forgotten. As soon as they showed up in the video, I remembered exactly how those pieces were inside the full room, with all the immersive sounds, all the amazing art, and even the smells of each area!
They should just re-do it how it was but with newer animatronics.... Bring back the dreamfinder, bring back the dream vehicle, bring back the dream port.... it was so amazing. I was literally in awe watching this video and validating that I was not being crazy of how amazing I remember this was.
5:02
♫Two Tiny Wings, Eyes Big and Yellow ♫
♫Horn of a Steer, but a Lovable Fellow ♫
♫From Head to Tail, He's Royal Purple Pigment ♫
♫And There, Viola! You've got a Figment! ♫
This iteration of Journey Into Imagination has always held a soft spot in my heart. I have been to Disney World multiple times in my life and my Dad talks about riding through this ride with his Father years ago. I love that this video exists and my Dad and I can semi experience riding it together.
I'm Japanese and I've been to WDW three times. I rode the new version and I didn't understand why Figment is so popular. But now I completely understand.
The new version of Figment made me smell farts, which was cute but a little vulgar, but the original version of Figment looks like a great friend who will take you to a wonderful world.
Even for someone like me who has never ridden the original version, the original version is more luxurious, beautiful and stimulates the imagination.
The rainbow flower scene is amazing. They should do this again!!
Jump to a Scene:
0:30 The blueprints for a pavilion
2:22 Exterior footage B-Roll
3:16 Your journey begins (One Little Spark)
5:02 Meet Figment!
7:26 At the dreamport
8:00 Autum flowers (A Painters Brush)
9:12 Chilling words (Musical Thriller)
10:10 Happy song and snappy dancin' (A Duet for a new show)
10:45 What about Science? (Nature at a mind's glance)
13:03 Figment and Dreamfinder on new ideas (all the things a figment can be)
15:42 Disembark to ImageWorks
17:53 Figment gets animated (Balloon, Baseball, Ballet, Snake charmer, Magician)
19:46 Figment and the Magic Pallet
21:57 Exterior footage B-Roll 2
23:10 meet and greet with Dreamfinder and Figment
24:00 Photo Scrapbook
25:55 Credits
Hope you enjoyed this video as i did and that it "Sparks" your own flights of imagination and inspiration too!
Someone recently released a recreation of this ride in VR chat. I rode it and it was amazing. It's not as detailed as this, but for one person working on this in their spare time it's great. Also i love this ride's music.
There are no words that can express how happy I am to see this again. Between the loss of this and the Maelstrom over in the World Showcase, I would cry if I went back to Epcot.
Am I the only one who wishes they'd put Epcot back to as it was in the late 1980s?
When I first went on journey into imagination with figment, I couldn’t understand how people are extremely passionate about the purple dragon. However, after witnessing the history videos on the original attraction, the failed renovated attraction, the attraction of today, and witnessing the full experience of the original, I now have sympathy for figment. He’s now up there on my list of top tier Disney characters.
Same, I think he's still around because he's cute and adults have nostalgia, if the current version of the ride had been the original, I seriously wouldn't understand all of the merch.
It seems so much more whimsical and cute than the current version. Even the song sounds nicer than the new one..
Oh my goodness! This version was SOOOOOOO good!!! Figment is so much more adorable in the original! This version has to come back to Epcot
I remember when Journey Into Imagination had long wait times to ride on it. Such a great attraction, especially Image Works at the end when the ride was over. The play area was a hit with kids. Now it's a shadow of its former self. So sad.
The parks need more Figment experiences. An updated version of this (even if it was todays 6 minutes - longer would be nice.) someone else below talked about technology and animation of today- I completely agree it would be fantastic. I appreciate this channel and it’s editors for being able to restore all of this footage and edit this together. Truly amazing work.
Oh my…this stirs the heart and feeds the soul. Thank you for making this so we have more than incomplete memories of this amazing show. ❤
I know every single word of this ride. Such a big part of my childhood. We used to ride it on repeat at the end of the night back in the eighties.
I distinctly remember holding my two year old brother on my lap. He just turned 40.
My how the time does fly.
If I could have one ride back.. this is my first choice.
This was, maybe weirdly, my favorite ride/experience of Epcot as a kid. I truly felt inspired going through. Part of why, I think, is because of the love and care that went into developing and creating this attraction - in true Walt Disney style. Because Walt legitimately cared about his creations, and the experiences to be had for the kids and families. You can tell the people that worked on it, cared about it. At least that's my impression. The new version of this ride exudes corporate decision making and faceless/nameless indifference. A big ole Fail that no-one cares about.
Man I miss this ride. The perfect summation of classic Epcot.
Wonderful tribute! This was my second favorite ride at WDW, the first being Carousel of Progress.
I remember it fondly as a child and miss it dearly. I'll never forgive WDW for revamping it. Figment and Dreamfinder were from a unique origin where they were created for the attraction only... not from a movie or other product line. IIRC, figment was largely left out of the '99 revamp. Only after some backlash did Disney incorporate Figment back into Journey into YOUR imagination. Disney grossly underestimated the popularity and public perception of this attraction. Figment appealed to all races and types (Figment is/was one of the most androgynous disney figures) and is a well-loved character.
I'm surprised the rainbow tunnel hasn't been brought back yet with today's influencers and instagramers you'd think this would have been a given.
This is one of the best retro Disney attractions.
Great job with this... I'm just glad I got to experience all of this before it was all destroyed by Kodak's short-sightedness.
Same here. This is as close as we will ever get to a Time Machine to see Epcot Center in its glory days. ❤
@@FigmentForeverit a little more complicated then that. I know a few other bits of history of the ride.
I just came back from doing the new "updated" version they have now. While it is still unique and a fun ride, I looked into the history of it when I got back. Couldn't believe there was an original version that was SO much different than it is today.
What a spectacular ride this must have been!!! Thank you so much for sharing this and giving those of us who missed the opportunity the first time around to enjoy it now!
This video is great but doesn’t do it justice. It really was an amazing experience! Shame it’s gone now.
I first rode this when I was 10 in late October of 83 until it was “refurbished” around 2002. I just saw it tonight after 21 ish years. My memory told me the old ride was better. After tonight no question the old ride is a timeless classic compared to what it is today. All it needed was some updates in technology. So sad in my opinion Disney felt it was too long and was too expensive to keep operational.
This is the single greatest thing i have ever seen at a Disney park, i wish i got to see it in person 😞
And I went on every ride in Hollywood studios and Epcot and this is still better. It has that charm and personality that the other rides don't have
This brings back so many wonderful memories...this entire experience from the jumping fountains, the attraction, Dreamfinder and Figment, and the rainbow tunnel for me that was the most magnificent thing ever. I hope they bring back Journey into Imagination back to its former days of glory. Thank you so much for sharing!
Figment & Dreamfinder! The rainbow tunnel! This ride was our favorite at Epcot when I went as a kid in the 80s. Went back with just my mom when I was in college, after they changed it, and we were soooo disappointed. I even had a Figment plush from the 80s. I wish I could watch this vid with her but Covid took her last year. Thanks for putting this together.
I’ve heard so many stories of this legendary ride. Thank you for making this vid and having us experience it.
What a bittersweet journey :) This attraction was such a remarkable experience. Thank you for your efforts to bring this much attention and detail back to us.
Thank you for this! My fi4rst trip was in Summer 1992; EPCOT Future World was at its best back then!
I had forgotten how colorful and beautiful this ride use to be! Not that drab crappy one they have now. They could totally bring this back with today’s updated technology and it would such a fantastic, fun ride!!
The Dreamfinder > Eric Idle
I honestly don’t know what Disney was thinking.
This is absolutely incredible and amazing ! You guys did an AMAZING work restoring this! It is the clearest footage I have ever seen! Feels like it was filmed with todays phones! Congratulations and infinite gratitude 3:47 pure magic 🙏💖🌷🤗
4:12 It is amazing how modern & steam punk this ride looks through today's eyes. It would have aged like the Peter Pan, the Haunted Mansion, or Pirates of the Caribbean.
The same can't be said for the current iteration. Not only did it completely miss the point of the original and turn Figment's "childish delight" into annoying mischief, it has also aged about as well as the 90's intro to Bill Nye the science guy episodes. I still love you Bill, but those 90's intros can't exactly be deemed timeless.
Great video! Thank you! Having experienced the jaw-dropping versions of WDW and especially EPCOT Center from the late ‘80s through early 2000s, I had given up on the resort around 2015. Then I visited the Tokyo Disney Resort, and DisneySea blew my mind the way Epcot and Animal Kingdom used to. Newer Disney fans don’t seem to understand how immersive and effortless the magic was in the United States, but at least we have videos like this to remind us!
My God what a ride that was. We just got back and while the newest version is better than the last, it's a far cry tlfrom this.
Going to Epcot in the 90's, I was able to ride some of the original rides, and some of the first replacements. But Figment was, and still is my favorite Disney character. Man zid love to ride this again. Thanks for the upload!
My first WDW trip was 1993 and the original version of this ride was among my favorites. Thank you SO MUCH for the restored footage! I could even smell the area with the science labs and the trunk full of clapping hands, just after the dreamport. If I recall, there was a big spinning “tornado”. But my favorite scene of all was the white wash carousel and garden.
I remember going on this ride. It's one I really loved.😢
Sadly it's gone now😢
Definitely with you there.
As a 15 y.o who has only ever experienced the new/updated version of this ride, thank you! Figment has weirdly enough, been my favorite character since I was five on my first trip to Disney (and I'm SUPER excited to meet him for the first time on my upcoming trip during Festival of the Arts!). After learning the history of the ride, it makes me sad to see a once beloved and popular ride almost completely gone and reimagined. It's a shame I was never able to experience this, but I'm glad I can through video and hear about all the wonderful memories of this ride through people in these comments. I love the appreciation Figment has been getting in these recent years and I can only hope that leads to better things to come and a possible refurbishment of Journey Into Imagination with Figment (fingers crossed!).
I'm 30 and Figment has always been my favorite park character. I never got to ride this version sadly. It seems so much better than the dated Eric Idol one.
That marching band version of One Little Spark at the end really slaps!
Oh my god. I love this. I've been obsessed with this version of the ride for years now, and this is literally a dream come true. (Now they just need to bring it back-) Jokes aside, this is amazing. The footage may not be insanely good, but for me, it's awesome. It was awesome to see the Figment animations from ImageWorks in full, and that Magic Palette thing? Oh my god, that's probably one of the cutest things I've seen in my life. The Dreamport storage room that's usually a void in videos actually having visible things literally made me tear up, I'm serious. In short, This is probably one of my favorite videos, if not my favorite video, I've seen on this platform. Thank you so much.
Oh thank you for this video! My husband never got to see this version of Imagination but I grew up on Epcot during the summers. I wish they had left it alone, or simply updated some of the video. That said, we had a great time on the sound/color wall and actually attracted a crowd as we were successful in completing the pattern.
So much better than the dated version they have now I sadly wasn't born yet when this version was out.
Thank you for this. They destroyed the heart of epcot when they removed this and horizons
Wow! One of my favorite rides of all time in the best quality I’ve ever seen! Nice work!!
This is the best video compilation of this ride I've seen yet! Just looks fantastic - thanks so much for putting this together and sharing it with everyone! I miss this ride so much.
..i just need to thank you.. i never got to visit this one and always wanted to.. and now im 33 and dont know if or when ill ever be able to go... you brought something wonderful to a lot of people but for me personally... you brought me something i wanted for a long time... thank you
My parents used to dread this ride. My sister and I, plus my parents would ride it and me and the sis would be belting it out, NON-STOP!
🎶🎵 *“EEE-MAA-JA-NAY-TION”* 🎵🎶
For the entire day and sometimes even for multiple days lol. We couldn’t help it, it was one catchy tune!
If they found this annoying then I couldn't imagine (hehe) what they would think of the current one.
Now I wish Micheal Eisner didn't want this to be updated in the 90's the original I am looking at is incredible
Wow, Thank you for sharing all of this nostalgia. Being a true Disney fan, it's wonderful that we can relive these moments again.
This sparked so many memories. Very nice footage and nice work restoring it.
They were crazy to get rid of this ride!😢
This ride is the most Dr. Seuss Disney has ever gotten
Thank you for this, I knew about Dream finder and Figment through tv commercials growing up but never knew they had a ride before this current one with Eric. Thank you for taking the time to restore this and the animation.
Incredible work. The ride was even more remarkable than I'd imagined.
I have a feeling it’s coming back
That version is WAY better than what’s there now
I was lucky enough to go to Disney World in the mid eighties when I was a kid and it was amazing. Epcot in particular made a lasting impression.
Same with me. I went in 83 and again in 85. A great time to be at The Magic Kingdom and Epcot. The Electrical Light Parade and Journey Into Imagination were standout classics.
I’ve never heard of Figment until this year. I love the Language Arts Through Imagination videos featuring Figment. Figonia, the magical place where Figment lives in these videos, sounds like a great place.
Love that so much! Really nice to see it again in such good shape.
Seeing the traditional animation of Figment wish they included him in Once Upon a Studio
Thank you for this on so many levels!
I just want to thank you guys for all your hard work. This was one of my favorite rides growing up and living in central Florida. I have fond memories of the image works area and at the end of the night my parents letting me play in the jumping fountains before we headed home.
This brought back great memories and again I thank you for that.
I rarely comment on anything but this is incredible! This was my favorite ride at EPCOT (I was an 80's kid). I remember the water outside, the Image works!!! We spent so much time there playing and enjoying the experiences!!! I took my son two years ago because I wanted him to experience it. It was so disappointing, bland and terrible!!! THIS RIDE is so full of rich detail, joyful music and enriching experiences for kids of all ages!!! Dreamfinder was like Santa Claus with the most jolly demeanor. Figment was so happy and carefree!!! I miss the old Disney and especially the old Imagineers that made the experience so magical! The magic at Disney is dying and it's so sad.....
Just watched this. Tears in my eyes awesome. Thanks for this!
I’m so glad this video exists. I never got to experience the original ride and have always been so curious about it. And yeah, it lives up to the hype. Disney should have never changed it.
Where did you find that instrumental of one little spark at the end of the video? I can’t find it anywhere on TH-cam!
This makes me so happy to watch, but so incredibly sad that I or my daughter will never get to see how truely glorious this ride was back in the day. I really wish that after all the work on Epcot, they move on to re-doing Journey into Imagination and doing it right this time. I actually like the current itteration, but after seeing what it was, it's really hard to go ride it without being slightly bitter.
WOW. Thanks, I forgot just exactly how much better this was. Been a while
Figment is one of the mascots of Epcot
man I miss this ride
I worked there in the 90s. Walk through and last ride. Those were the days
I've always wondered why Disney never properly filmed these old rides after completion. When a ride this old goes away, all we have are people's vacation videos on subpar media (although this video shows we can now digitally enhance and try to wring out some good quality after the fact). You always see snippets of professional filmed promotions to advertise the rides in the past, but I guess it never occured to them to document the whole ride in each case. If they did so on film, we could have had a really nice source to scan from, but I guess it was never a thing back then.
Yes the nostalgia is awesome. I remember all this. When I was a kid we'd drive down to Disney World from NJ almost every summer. Still miss this ride and Mr Toad's Wild Ride and 20000 Leagues Under the Sea the most. I don't know if Spaceship Earth has changed since last time I went. Also miss Universe of Energy a lot. I also remember how impressed I was with Captain Eo. The comparison to previous 3D effects showed so much progress. Totally looked like you'd be able to touch that flying furby thing. Hope to continue watching these videos
Just like I remember from my first trip to Epcot Center in August of 1983 when the ride was only a few months old! ❤
I love Figment as a character so I'm happy as long as he has a place in Epcot (I'd be super bummed if he didn't!) but I don't think I was old enough to go to Disney when this ride operated last like this… I'd love to experience it.
Oh how I miss this ride.
Amazing work! Very cool way to relive the ride!
Amazing work. Really glad to see this again after so many years
I wouldn't be surprised if the people behind Meow Wolf were inspired by this ride.