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Kevin discusses the much beloved Journey Into Imagination and its wonderful characters, Dreamfinder and Figment, in part one of this two part crossover with Yesterworld.

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[Defunctland]

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[PeterGriffin]

Figment is currently retired living in Fosters home for imaginary friends.

[kouusa]

"I threw together the two tiny wings, the nose of a crocodile, the horns of a dilemma, and all the calm and reserve of a small child's birthday party."

"...my impatient young friend, you can't rush creativity. It takes time to do things right."

Ron, you are a gem of a man. The shade of that last one.

[rrp]

The fact that Tony Baxter has stated he will come out of retirement to work on Journey Into Imagination just shows how important this ride is. Thank you for such a great chance to experience the ride, as someone who did not have that chance in person.

[fathommofficial]

This is honestly one of the most well-produced and researched series on this website, it’s a treasure.

[MagCynic]

To this day I'm bitter about how Disney treated Journey into Imagination. Every time I go into the DVC "member lounge" in the pavilion, I feel myself getting irritated by all the cool stuff that used to be there and is being covered up by the walls.

[EldrirPrince]

All baxter's concepts sound amazing and I'm so gutted I'll never get to experience them ;_; a Jules Verne disney world section is all I want lol

[youremyfavoritesong]

This is a tragedy to me. The fact that countless future generations can't go on this ride and experience everything there was to offer is so sad. I've fallen in love with Figment and the Dreamfinder, and I'm so so sad I can't visit Disney to see them.
If only they knew that instead of being looked at as completely dated, the ride would have held fond memories for so many kids in the future.
Rest in peace, Figment and Dreamfinder.

[PsychedelicCharm]

Tony Baxter's concepts sound incredible. It's a shame they were never realized.

[Shiirow]

Death of Imagination : _The Quest for More Money_

[SemperErato]

"...and all the calm and reserve of a small child's birthday party!"

Not even halfway through the video and I'm already sad that this charming and inspiring attraction no longer exists as I remember it.

[Jaheartsjonas]

So is Figment basically The Dreamfinder's imaginary friend that everyone can see? If that's the case, I like this ride's version of the imaginary friend mythology, instead of disappearing/fading away as your get older and more hardened by the world, if you keep that childlike sense of imagination and wonder you have the ability to make your dreams come true, which is a great message and exactly what happened with Tony Baxter (at least partially), Walt Disney and other visionaries :)

[mr.sockpuppetplays]

I really can't stress enough how influential and special this attraction was for me. Even as a kid I was a bit cynical and I never really got to go to Disney at that young age where you really believe the walk-arounds were Mickey etc. But there was something that clicked anyway about Dreamfinder. The idea of using your imagination and just being sort of a wonderous, excitable fellow just registered with me as 'good' and it probably influenced my life substantially. I attended art school, I work as a puppeteer and art therapist. I guess I'm just saying if by some chance one of those Dreamfinder actors is checking around the comments (since I know you did a pod with one) you guys did a hell of a job.

[TheNukaColaMan]

MAN, EVERY-TIME I SEE DISCOVERY BAY, I CRY OVER WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN!

[aaronharris]

Dreamfinder... What a fun character. Disney really ought to consider revitalizing him for some project or another.

[LaurStar]

This was my absolute favorite part of Disney World as a child. I still have a picture of myself smiling and posing in the rainbow corridor. Somewhere in all my junk is a purple figment wallet. I miss the old spirit of Epcot.

[Vailjnovelist]

Tony Baxter should just open Discovery Bay as his own theme park

[samanthachase]

I LOVED the Journey into Imagination ride as a little girl. Figment was my favorite character. My family loves to tell the story that when I was three and a half, on my first visit to EPCOT, and my first ride one Imagination when the ride reached a room that was almost all white and gauzy and looked like vlouds I immediately told them that that was my imaginary friend Asthma's home, where she had come from.

[jennifergriel]

Dream finder would work so well as a character in Kingdom Heart. Like... a guide character. Like how they currently use Yen Sid.

[DarkOmegaMK]

Rob sounds so sad in that short, it's kind of heart breaking.