Journey Into Imagination
| Journey into Imagination | |
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| Epcot | |
| Status | Removed |
| Opening date | March 5, 1983 |
| Closing date | October 10, 1998 |
| Replaced by | Journey Into YOUR Imagination |
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| Attraction type | Dark Ride |
| Designer | WED Enterprises |
| Music | One Little Spark |
| Vehicle type | Modified Omnimover |
| Riders per vehicle | 7 (3 in the front, 4 in the back) |
| Duration | 11 minutes |
| Host | The Dreamfinder (Chuck McCann) and Figment (Billy Barty) |
| Journey into Your Imagination | |
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| Epcot | |
| Area | Future World |
| Status | Removed |
| Opening date | October 1, 1999 |
| Closing date | October 8, 2001 |
| Replaced | Journey Into Imagination |
| Replaced by | Journey Into Imagination with Figment |
| General statistics | |
| Attraction type | Dark Ride |
| Designer | Walt Disney Imagineering |
| Riders per vehicle | 7 (3 in the front, 4 in the back) |
| Duration | 5 minutes |
| Host | Dr. Nigel Channing (Eric Idle) |
| Journey Into Imagination with Figment | |
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| Epcot | |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | June 2, 2002 |
| Replaced | Journey Into YOUR Imagination |
| General statistics | |
| Attraction type | Dark Ride |
| Designer | Walt Disney Imagineering |
| Music | One Little Spark |
| Riders per vehicle | 7 (3 in the front; 4 in the back) |
| Duration | 6 minutes |
| Host | Dr. Nigel Channing (Eric Idle) and Figment (Dave Goelz) |
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Journey into Imagination with Figment is the third and latest incarnation of a dark ride attraction located within the Imagination! pavilion at the Epcot theme park at Walt Disney World. Originally opened on March 5, 1983, its original and current version feature the small purple dragon named Figment as well as the song "One Little Spark," composed by the Sherman Brothers.
The original attraction opened on March 5, 1983. It began with the omnimover vehicles “floating” in the clouds and seeing the silhouette of a strange blimp mixed with a vacuum cleaner and hearing the humming and singing of its pilot. In the next scene the riders come right next to this vessel and the pilot, an old man with a red beard dressed in a blue suit and top hat, introduces himself as the Dreamfinder (Chuck McCann) and saying that he uses his vehicle (called the Dream Mobile or Dream Catcher by some fans) to collect dreams and ideas to create all sorts of new things. Soon he creates a figment of his imagination: "two tiny wings, eyes big and yellow, horns of a steer, but a loveable fellow! From head to tail, he's royal purple pigment, and there, voilà! You've got a Figment!" Both Dreamfinder and the dragon Figment (Billy Barty) imagine things to fill the "idea bag." When the idea bag is full, Dreamfinder declares that the ideas need to be emptied in the "Dreamport" which, as he says, is "never far away when you use your imagination."
The omnimovers leave the side of the Dream Mobile and enter the Dreamport’s storage room, which includes a massive contraption for sorting ideas. Also in the room there are numerous objects including boxed applause, a plasma ball, and a birdcage of musical notes.
After leaving the storage room, the ride continued through several rooms representing Art, Literature, the Performing Arts and Science.
The Art room was mostly white colored, and had a large painting Dreamfinder was making using a large fiber optic paint brush, a carousel with giant carousel animals, and a pot of rainbows held by Figment.
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