Defunctland: The History of Journey Into Imagination

[@Defunctland]

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[@dragonscout79]

I legit thought i was going crazy when I saw you and Yesterworld uploading like the same thing, but now it's explained 😂

[@samuelbeltran6199]

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[@904czv4]

Defunctland great collaboration between you two! Thank you!

[@ChronosQ]

Thank you for providing consistently quality content! Congrats :)

[@PeterGriffin11]

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

[@Jaceblue04]

I see what you did there.

[@Chuck145e]

Figment lives right next door to another imaginary friend: Jesus Christ.

[@321gofast7]

@@Chuck145e listen man, I just came here to talk about extinct amusement park rides and mid 2000s Cartoon Newtork.

[@bluedragon9925]

@@Chuck145e Obvious troll is obvious...

[@darrylmihalko2838]

Haha great reference

[@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.

[@dharmallars]

Loved that first one. He’s a walkaround character who can excite kids and make adults laugh too. What a cool guy.

[@rrp0005]

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.

[@ColtGColtG]

its a shame Disney wont care to do it. everything that was once just park IP is now getting rebranded to movie IP's. hell the flume ride in the Norway pavilion of the world showcase went from an exploration into facets of norse mythology and culture to a lame Frozen rebrand for example. So if it came back I would expect it to be Marvel themed after Tony Stark and such characters. Which of course would have to be jammed full of heroic action! while not so much being full of creative exploration... Hell I haven't been in some time but I wouldn't be shocked if the boat ride in Mexico became Coco themed... or even worse Enchanto which wasn't even based in Mexico...

[@JeffreyPiatt]

​@@ColtGColtGMexico's boat ride was refit with Donald Duck and the 3 Amegos. Figment is Disney IP he got a Marvel comic under the Disney kingdoms label the only EPCOT center pavilion to join the lineup the rest were Magic Kingdom rides.

[@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.

[@wolfgangsimonsiv9444]

Don't ask questions, just consume product and then get excited for next products

[@vaderladyl]

Oh I am still so pissed when they changed the whole ride into a stupid, boring version of what it was before.

[@john-paulhunt8967]

Sits back upstairs resting drinking alone watching the news via the holographic display watching the more bad news overseas.

[@ColtGColtG]

Oh I am sure it will relaunch eventually.... as Avengers scientific HQ full of action packed superhero moments with imaginary comic science....

[@youremyfavoritesong9868]

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.

[@TheDigitalApple]

A shame the original purpose of Epcot has now been tainted thanks to Disney’s current greed (thanks a lot Eisner). Epcot purpose was to society’s progress and advancements and how it came to be, certainly the most unique idea of a theme park. Now it’s simply another park where Disney replaces original rides with Marvel/post 2010 Disney films that are used to fulfill some sort of quota/another multi billion dollar IP that Disney bought.

[@lyfelesscadaver1713]

@Digital Apple yeah but the food there be banging. The french and Canadian restaurants super good

[@Tsumami__]

It’s a terrible ride, though.

[@Tsumami__]

@@TheDigitalAppleIt was never actually built to what it was meant to be because Walt died and even if he hadn’t, they never would have gotten the permits necessary to run it the way Walt envisioned, that has zero to do with Eisner. It’s always been “just another park” since the day it opened.

[@katbecker1137]

I went on this many times as a young child and it was one of my favorites. I'm so sad it no longer exists :(

[@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

[@Nostalgic90s765]

If you go to Tokyo, you can experience it at Disney Sea. It does look amazing.

[@dansweet2499]

Went in 96 by the time I got there 20,000 leagues was closed by then still pissed about that Lol

[@sarahcamp6654]

And Discoveryland in Paris. It the Tomorrowland, and it has lots of Jules Verne influence

[@adriangroenewald3825]

@@sarahcamp6654 that’s what it was meant to be, but now it’s just all Star Wars. No original rides any more :(

[@sarahcamp6654]

MusicalTheatreFan when I was there in 2012 star tours was there, but there was still lots of Jules Verne.

[@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 :)

[@john-paulhunt8967]

Walks past the hospital med pod ai center as people get fixed up from bad accidents like in Elysium in 2013.

[@MiniMuni69]

Love this comment.

[@RvB_Fan_since_8]

Wholesome imagineering

[@mareeeedensos6348]

What happens to a person's imagination... *...when that person dies?*

[@rockharddock1711]

look up cryptology, it’s basically about imaginary things and lore w them

[@PsychedelicCharm]

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

[@youremyfavoritesong9868]

I know! It's so so sad to me that people didn't see the full potential in them and do everything they could to make them happen. I look at so many of his ideas and just know that the parks would have benefited from them.

[@PsychedelicCharm]

@@youremyfavoritesong9868 Still, there is a nuanced conversation to be had on the economics of building on those ideas. Kevin has stated in several videos that the Imagineers came up with a bunch of cool ideas for the parks, most of which would never come into fruition because they didn't have the money for them or because said ideas could not be doable given the parks' limitations. Unique theme park attractions are great, but you can't build them without considering the budget costs and what is actually possible to build.

[@youremyfavoritesong9868]

@@PsychedelicCharm Very true. It's really unfortunate, and it's something that there's no clear answer on when we're talking about if it would have been a good idea for the parks. It wasn't possible at the time, so they didn't do it. But I can see a lot of these ideas being loved attractions today, too.

[@FabricofTime]

I know. It breaks my heart that Discovery Bay doesn't exist. It's the sort of thing I would save a whole lot of pennies to go see.

[@fathommofficial]

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

[@Jaheartsjonas]

Agreed!

[@ransackgirl9483]

Yeah! I've seen a few other youtubers cover this attraction history but this is by far the most complete and well executed!! I really enjoyed it!

[@tatertotter808]

It’s truly nice! I’ve never experienced this ride and only know of it from everyone’s love of Figment. It’s nice to learn more

[@ikeame83]

I recently searched for other youtubes similar to defunctland and every suggestion I've tried so far was crappy and irrelevant. Seems to be truly unique!

[@mannhouse8014]

@@ikeame83 Yesterworlds pretty good. So is Tony Goldmark if you want to see a more humorous look at the parks.

[@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.

[@thecraftycyborg9024]

It’s still great, though. Same song, same crazy Figment. Just a bit different.

[@Shiirow]

Death of Imagination : _The Quest for More Money_

[@derekcabanaw1789]

I thought that was Spaceballs The Sequel? 😂

[@SammEater]

Everything about current Disney screams "sterile, generic, no imagination, creativitely bankrupt". The imagination was killed a long time ago.

[@john-paulhunt8967]

Like I give a damn in manatenice now installing solar clear glass panels to this renovation of this ride that can use water and the dark of night to keep the power on in storms as Florida has some bad weather recently. Thanks, Exxon as even Epcot 1980s visitors see it for what you did to the place after purging out the sellouts to big oil money hating science and historic preservation with current technologies done in the past 5 years tells neralink to tune out noises listening to old 1980s music after telling nanobots to life lots over tons of materials on my body before using the remote power contractor ai robots to restore the building.

[@KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices]

@@SammEater Imagination was killed with the Disney Sequels

[@KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices]

@@SammEater Well, Princess And The Frog, Tangled and Moana are good, but that's a small light in the darkness

[@mr.sockpuppetplays8828]

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.

[@USMarshmallow]

Mr. Sockpuppet Plays The Dreamfinder and Figment were my favorite characters when I was a child, and they still give me hope as an adult.

[@john-paulhunt8967]

scans us govt national id card to make meds from the 3d printer dispenser after paying it from my bionic eye or skin graft.

[@QuintusAntonious]

I'm in the same boat as you. I was never a "fantasy" loving kid, I wanted to learn about science and human possibility. Epcot was where I always wanted to spend time when we went to Disney World because it had, back then, a higher focus on human potential, technology, and world culture. When I went back as a teen in the mid-00s, it had shifted more towards entertainment and away from culture, inspiration, and education. I still liked it better than the other parks, but that spirit of human endeavor and imagination is so necessary in our world.

[@dreemfinder]

Thanks, Mr. Plays!

[@TheNukaColaMan10]

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

[@MsDisneylandlover]

esp that restaurant

[@LaurStar25]

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.

[@john-paulhunt8967]

Watches the a380 VTOL EV Starlink jet land at orl from lax. Boards the jet heading home after fixing the faa live video and audio feed using Starlink to the FAA and Interpol. Puts updated 3d printed steel black boxes into jets with ai beckons and live transmitters that know when the jet is doomed to the ai servers at the FAA mainframe.

[@aaronharris1092]

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

[@arcadeassassin7176]

actually marvel revived the character for a five part comic series entitled "figment".

[@WWChampion16]

He once had a tv series on the Disney Channel when the network 1st started back in 1983. It only lasted 3 episodes. It only aired one week and the show was never seen again. You can't find any footage of it anywhere.

[@annieskywalker9290]

Making an epic Mickey 3 with him

[@ZoanBlade90]

I legit see how Wondertainment might have been inspired by this.

[@CascadianRanger]

The guy acting the character for the news conference for the ride does such a good job.

[@benjamingreenwood7370]

I can't bring myself to watch the second part. Watching these beautiful classic clips alone breaks my heart thinking what could have, and should still, be. This ride alone accounts for 90% of the feelings that make up why I can't love Disney like I used to. It's kind of fitting, really. The death of this ride marked a major turning point for Disney. Something I think they're still struggling to recapture: The sheer originality of imagination, the idiosyncrasies born of the manipulation of thought into physical matter to enjoy, something tangible for others to be inspired by. It isn't the same anymore. Why would they keep on using Figment but not the Dreamfinder? The poor thing must still be wondering where his maker went.

[@samanthachase8]

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.

[@navyplumberboy8274]

Samantha Chase do u remember when he farted on the ride, and it smelled like cheerios?

[@Toastymarshmallow80]

Same, I still have a Figment plushie somewhere.

[@dansweet2499]

I have heard it was a fan favorite I have only been here once in 96 I was 5 or 6 but by the time I got there so many classic rides were closed and saying under refurbishment but most of them just got replaced at least you were lucky enough to be one of those people to experience it

[@dragontales1999]

@@navyplumberboy8274 that was the 3rd version of the ride.

[@mr.sockpuppetplays8828]

You to love Ron Schneider during that news segment. The reporter clearly was going at it as an interview with Braverman off to his left and when Barry is asked to explain Dreamfinder he just jumps in totally in character. The commitment to staying in character.

[@ricomcpato5266]

that one little spark intro is sick as hell

[@dallanw3089]

They were stoners lol 😂

[@Vailjnovelist]

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

[@jennifergriel861]

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

[@matthewmitchell5636]

he would have been perfect for DREAM Drop Distance

[@Kev-O33]

Lol

[@robertocontrerasjr1075]

Fun Fact: Yensid Is Disney Backwards

[@phoenixfritzinger9185]

Definitely would be less of a jerk than Yen Sid is

[@DarkOmegaMK2]

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

[@amydamjanovic9183]

I don't blame him!

[@john-paulhunt8967]

hold apple watch as it displays a holographic interactive map in 3d like using my smartphone for work and for light old emulator school gaming.

[@MaryS2022]

You mean "Ron Schneider". They're two different people.

[@xingcat]

We visited EPCOT the year it opened, and it was SUCH and amazing experience, because it was like walking into a futuristic, hopeful place that wasn't really a "theme park" so much as a hybrid of a theme park and Walt Disney's original concept. You could imagine (IMAGINE!) that in a few years, they'd expand to one side or the other with living quarters and places to work, etc.

[@JamiePohlOA]

I think we did too. It was the hype of our vacation. My biggest memory was using a touch-screen to load suitcases into a plane. Amazing!

[@Garrettcube]

Never been to Epcot, but I’ve seen enough about its prime that I can tell it was a very creative and original theme park. It’s a shame now that they’re just slapping their IPs and brands all over it now.

[@AndrewK]

Always good to see a friend on one of my new favorite KZbin channels :D

[@dd45fs23]

That's the problem they clearly didn't think about - it all aged at the same time!

[@androclesx704]

Disney's original concept somewhat exists today; the Disney college program. Students work a semester at Disney world and live right off site where they are bused in. Rent is automatically taken out of your paycheck. Everyone lives in extreme poverty.

[@raiderking69]

I thought I hated Eisner, but wow bro, you take it to another level.

[@LindaFromSeaAtTull]

raiderking69 Does anyone like that dude?

[@raiderking69]

Linda from SEA AT TULL Rob Plays doesn’t.. because his business acumen saved the company.

[@bluedragon9925]

@@raiderking69 Eisner was a good CEO during the 80's and early 90's. Once Frank Wells died in '94, however, he kind of went off his rocker to say the least...

[@raiderking69]

BlueDragon992 Welll my hatred was based on a differing experience than most. I worked at the former Disney-MGM Studio. We had an event when Michael Eisner was there, in which one of my co-workers called him Michael. Though Disney policy dictated that there was only Mr Toad, Mr Sweep (a rollerblading custodian) and another character I can’t remember, we were informed to address him as Mr Eisner. Which was against policy. A friend called him Michael in passing, probably being a smartass, knowing him. Mr Eisner, literally turned to the park VP and said ‘get rid of him’. He was let go and gone in 30 minutes. Banned from the park for 12 months.

[@DreamwalkerFilms]

Holy ****

[@nicholasbarbera3879]

The intro isn't even over as I'm typing this and I'm grinning from ear to ear. Such great work and dedication!

[@SuperEnthused]

Nicholas Barbera Totally agree!

[@slopesgameroom]

So happy to have experienced this as a kid, this video bought back many memories :) good job

[@john-paulhunt8967]

Shaine wireless data and power light beams to power buildings at Epcot and for updated Disney monorail system after fixing the airport in Orlando monorail system based on internal induction motor systems from freeways lighting and city lighting for hyperlight wireless ev self-recharging rail system from ORL intl airport to the theme park and into downtown Orlando suing existing rail tracks fixing the trains themselves and buses too.

[@tarynwallace6155]

Same! This and Captain EO were my first Disney World memories and I LOVE them!!

[@carynschmidt5061]

I was 16 when this opened and i remember playing around in the Playroom with my sister who was 13 at the time. Didn't feel like it was made for someone younger either. I was upset as an adult when they changed it.

[@ShowPlaces]

Ok not to be rude, but Kraft sounded like an idiot then. They didn't like Baxter's original Blueprint of Nature, which would have been amazing with the cave-like interiors and terrestrial environments. What kid or adult would want to find an agriculture ride fun in Disney? Lol. I mean, the BoN plan would have it's flaws, but I think it would be more informational about Earth's surroundings then a vague explanation about food cultivation. It would have been easy to update and to match more ongoing current/modern events. Nevertheless, the final result was cool, would have been sentimental and timeless if it didn't get scrapped.

[@reillymcwriting]

CJ Nunca How is that capitalism?

[@Whatlander]

Can't call ya rude if it's true. (And also because you were not being all that rude to begin with.)

[@Whatlander]

​@@reillymcwriting LBR everything about Disney is capitalistic. In this case, the saying "that's capitalism for ya" refers to the capitalistic mindset that a low-key commercial for food products is better than a sick-ass crystal palace nature park that's innovative just for the sake of creating something cool. The pressure to efficiently further industry and personal gain assigns perceived value to anything based on those goals, and devalues concepts that exist simply to be fun or idealistic.

[@Caesim9]

@@Whatlander I think the problem in this case is when executives think they are better artists then the artists. If Baxters only constraint would have been money it'd been awesome but he also had to meddle with his managers.

[@TheFunGun5]

@THE keyboard warriors _Basic understanding_ How brave of you, considering your post.

[@KapriciousT]

This one makes me especially sad. I loved this ride. I met Dreamfinder and Figment backstage once, as my dad worked for a company that did business with Kodak. Figment remains one of my all-time favorite Disney characters.

[@GwydionAE]

I got to ride this amazing ride once in 1989. I simply adored it. It was my favorite ride in all of Disney. 10 years later was my first chance to go back, and the number one thing on my list of places to go was Epcot for this ride. I didn't know it was closed until we walked in the gates. I was heartbroken, even moreso when I later found out that the original I loved so much was gone forever. Fortunately we have a decent enough home video my dad took from '89 (as well as a cassette tape with the original song along with many others from Epcot at the time), so I'll always be able to remember it as it was. Of all the rides I've ridden that have closed over the years, this is definitely at the top of my "if I could ride it just one more time..." list.

[@the.jenn.abides]

I'm so glad you at least got to experience this ride once before the changes. I grew up with this ride. I was born in 1981, and we started going to Disney World every summer starting in 1985. My mother was absolutely heartbroken when this ride was changed because it was her favorite (and mine, too). My mom is in a state which would make it impossible to take her if they ever refurb this ride back to its original glory, but I really do hope they do something wonderful and new with this ride and bring Dreamfinder and Figment back to their rightful home.

[@bigstinkus173]

You should totally find a way to upload your video of the ride online for us Disney fans to get to see it’s old glory

[@TheTjoconnor]

I don't know if anyone's mentioned it before, but in the scene with Dreamfinder and Danny Kaye, the girl is a young Drew Barrymore

[@antiproanti]

I came to the comments hoping someone else would recognize her, lol

[@TheMimic12]

Glad I'm not the only one who noticed.

[@outlanderfrog]

They say her name.

[@dfanA113]

Some Jerk with a Camera did talk about said special and mention that the young girl was Drew Barrymore.

[@yvyrose195]

This honestly breaks my heart watching that Journey Into Imagination never lasted as long as it should've. I would've love to go there as a kid and as a adult because imagination is a huge part of who I am. I never got a chance because the ride ended when I was only a baby. I really would've like to have experienced it if it had lasted longer into my childhood.

[@v.v365]

10:12 that cast member/imagineer playing Dreamfinder convinced me that Tom Kenny (voice of SpongeBob, Ice King, and so many others) would be perfect for the role of Dreamfinder in an animated series based on Journey into Imagination if Disney were to release one for modern audiences

[@apollothefuzz2044]

I really enjoyed your first season quite a bit, but the second season is blowing the first right out of the water! Can't get enough, I love it! Keep em coming and I'll keep watching. Your channel is rockin'!

[@SASardonic]

So *this* is who south park's imaginationland guy was modeled after

[@thepoliticalstartrek]

Sardonic I wonder if the last movie that had Heath Ledger was closely inspired by this.

[@kellyweingart3692]

🎵Imagination...imagination🎵

[@kebrinab13]

THATS WHO THE FUCK THAT WAS. GODDAMN IT I JUST PUT THAT TOGETHER.

[@thejman5683]

Butters: Are you gonna Rape us?

[@john-paulhunt8967]

Puts in holodeck like a room with a theater using star wars like holographic displays in Innoventions and interactive hologram terminals in this ride post scifacts and sciencex articles online read.

[@LindaFromSeaAtTull]

One of the most underrated channels on KZbin. Congradulations on 100k subscribers.

[@DistoryDan]

YEAH! Two of my good KZbin Buddies partnering up for a great collaboration on one of the greatest rides! Yeah!!!

[@DistoryDan]

Ted Danse no. I do not. 🌂

[@MsDisneylandlover]

hey dan

[@john-paulhunt8967]

Sits back as the holographic terminal headset takes me into a space ride like the movie as the chair is designed for it being a spherical sega ride.

[@maxordman4100]

Thanks to our good friend Disney Dan, we now know that Figment is back as a walk-around character and that they are preparing a new journey to Imagination ride! This is 5 years later anyway. Anyways I’m very happy for the new ride, but it’s also very nice to learn about the original version. Your videos are such a wonderful window into the past!

[@chrisfratz]

What's really awesome is that somebody recently published a recreation of this ride in VR chat, I wrote it and it was phenomenal and One Little Spark is now stuck in my head and I am not upset about that.

[@ThemeParkStop]

Thank you for releasing this one today, on the anniversary of the original Imagination opening in 1983!

[@rosenrot234]

I've been to Disneyland a lot. And I'm actually a little sad I never got to encounter Dreamfinder since we couldn't afford a trip all the way to florida. He does give off a big Science Santa Claus vibe which is just charming as all heck.

[@princessmarlena1359]

I hear you there. I grew up in SoCal, I almost got to go on the Eighth Grade Graduation trip to WDW, but I got sick with Norovirus in early spring and my fraternal twin brother got busted for playing hooky all school year. Mom and dad wouldn’t sign us on not put down the deposits for us, punishment for my fraternal twin brother, safety precaution for me. We missed our chances. Journey Into Imagination, and Epcot in general changed too much.

[@wildsmiley]

This is so sad, all this time I had no idea that Journey Into Imagination closed down. It dominates my memory of Epcot when my family and I visited there back in 1990. I remember how much I loved Figment especially. What a wonderful experience, a damn shame it’s gone now. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

[@amberbalogach3001]

I feel bad my mom's FAVORITE ride when she went there for her high school graduation was Journey into imagination and Figment had always been one of her favorite characters. She talked for hours about it when she and my dad took my sister and me to Disney World in 2012. She was so excited for the ride until we got off. Her face was crestfallen and she said: "This ride is nothing like it was when I went on it the last time I was here." She was crushed that they had taken an amazing ride and had turned it into mush.

[@nostalgiaworks5999]

It's ironic how Journey Into Imagination was replaced by an unimaginative Honey I Shrunk the Kids ride at one point.

[@wehaveapiperdoone]

Nostalgia Works I closed the original attraction and went to the 2nd version's cast preview and saw my old boss at the exit and asked me, very hesitantly, if I enjoyed it. I didn't lie. His face fell and said that everyone was reacting the same way that day. They knew that crappy substitute for the original was NOT going to work from the outset.

[@rabidrabbitshuggers]

I had to sit through that Honey I Shrunk The Kids show. Even as a kid I hated it.

[@CascadianRanger]

@@wehaveapiperdoone poor guy. He probably knew while working on it that it sucked. I mean, the imagineers at disney are GOOD. Talents, imaginative, clever, know a good thing when they see it. And they had to know, this just wasn't nearly as good.

[@raistlarn]

@@rabidrabbitshuggers if you are talking about the theater show where they spray water on your face when the dog sneezes(the only part I remember). Then imagine how they had one of the coolest movies before hand Captain EO. That movie was awesome, and was replaced with the crappy Honey I shrunk the audience movie. -Edit- Oh wait this is about Disney Florida not Disney California. Disney California had Captain EO.

[@ConanDuke]

So sad, dude... That was perhaps the best pavilion in the whole dang park. It blew my mind as an 8-year old. Perhaps THE optimal time in one's life to experience such a thing.

[@Account_Not_Applicable]

I'm so depressed I couldn't (and likely never will) experience Journey into Imagination in it's original form. It looked like such an amazing experience, and it pains me that such an amazing, creative, and true expression of the wonder and importance of imagination is essentially gone. I never expected to feel such heartbreak over something like a Disney attraction being defunct, especially one I never got to see. However, I think the significance of it, a building devoted to imagination, essentially gutted to being just a vague remnant of what it once was because of financial issues, feels like such a strong analogy for something I can't quite put into words.

[@akcalo]

"And all the calm and reserve of a small child's birthday party." Lmbo! Indeed Dreamfinder indeed! Lol😂

[@WeebaLu]

I think journey into imagination could come back again! I remember the Ariel ride was a concept for YEARS (i actually have the platinum dvd of the little mermaid that came with a mini documentary around the concept of a little mermaid ride) so i mean maybe anything's possible? Obviously it's gonna take a lot of people to beg for it since Disney has been focusing on Marvel and Star Wars lately but i think someday we'll get journey into imagination again :)

[@idunnobutyay2520]

I certainly hope so, too.

[@istaphobe]

My parents and I just so happened to be the last guests ever to ride the original journey into the imagination in October of ‘98, and we rode it with the cart with creator Baxter, mentioned in the video (he was actually in the seat behind us, so he’s technically the last person ever to ride it but we were all in the same cart, squeezed in). They took a picture with all of us and gave us a huge figment plush doll along with t-shirts, I was 17 then and still have the doll, picture and shirt.

[@wehaveapiperdoone]

Fraggle Rock Moonwalk um. I was on the closing team of this ride and this... Didn't happen like that. The last people on the ride were family members of the original cast and cast members.

[@philllllllll]

@@wehaveapiperdoone Maybe it was the last ride open to the public?

[@ElectedNews]

Defunctland is just too good for KZbin. Congrats on 100,000 subscribers!

[@largol33t1]

Can't believe this channel has not hit 500,000 subscribers. It's so much better than the other parks channels.

[@Jillousa]

This journey into imagination was the absolute favorite part of my brother and i's Disney experience as kids. We played quite a while at the playground of the future and thought it was the coolest thing ever.

[@thewildebeest7794]

The episode we've all been waiting for!! This is the perfect remedy for my crappy sick day, thanks Kevin.

[@SunflowerSpotlight]

The Wildebeest Sorry about your sick day; I love using KZbin videos I’ve been looking forward to to ward off feeling horrible on bad days too! I hope your sick days are few and far between.

[@JomasterTheSecond]

9:36 "Especially here at Ddid--sie worl..."

[@Colin.Smith.Pianist]

LOL I scrolled to look for a comment on him..."Dibznee Wurl" I mean seriously?

[@whattherick5582]

Same here lol

[@nukeninmgt1504]

Once again, you top all other theme park channels with your intros. Well done. I really love seeing this project grow.

[@OnboardG1]

This is so sad but also kinda inspiring. What a wonderful idea for a ride from a time when Disney encouraged and celebrated imagination.

[@brycevo]

I absolutely love the opening! It's amazing. Congratulations on 100k

[@brycevo]

Would you consider doing an episode on Jurassic Park Triceratops Encounter for Jurassic Parks 25th anniversary?

[@siskavard]

When I visited there in 1987 as a kid, meeting Fidget was one of the things that stuck out in my mind. I knew it was a puppet sitting on a fake arm but it was so convincing I'll never forget it.

[@charllie_k_69]

It broke my heart when they basically destroyed this pavilion. It also was the straw that broke any love i had for Disney

[@starryagent9936]

You know it was bad when even Michael Eisner, the guy who loved Superstar Limo, hated the second version.

[@joew1237]

This explains why my Grandparents were so excited to ride it again. There's was definitely not the ride I went on.

[@joanhelenak]

I remember being absolutely in love with Figment as a little girl. Thanks for this video, it gives so much depth to something that brought me so much joy. Oh and the green screen technology! I remember doing this, it was so much fun!

[@MCDincorperated]

Every episode is better than the last, watching this series grow and evolve is a true pleasure :)

[@fryloc0034]

One of the saddest days of my life was October 10th of 1998, when this ride closed....I was there the 1st day EPCOT opened and loved as everyone else FIGMENT. I was actually also a fuzzy blur in the background during the Bryan Gumble interview...If Tony Baxter ever reads this comments, sir I want to thank you for helping shape my youth.

[@ffeanimation7971]

love the remix of one little spark

[@71tarheelfan]

This was my favorite ride at EPCOT. It was only five months old when I rode it the first time. LOVED Figment. I just hate that the original ride is gone :(

[@radicoolfilms7684]

I’m actually watching this at the Imagination Pavilion right now lol. Disney better refurbish this place back the way it was from 1982/83-1997

[@turboking9238]

Man I wish I could have gone to Journey into Imagination, it sounds like the perfect thing for me. The best I have is a comic called Figment, inspired by the ride

[@TheDiskoPanda]

congrats on 100k... it’s been great watching your content and glad you get recognition for it. You do a great service for all us amusement lovers and those fascinated by the lore of each park, because each one seems to have an interesting history.

[@iBeHarrison]

Sick intro! I've been waiting for this ep, love your channel

[@mariflame1821]

The original Journey Into Imagination was my favorite Epcot ride. Have lots of sweet memories about that ride and I was so sad when they changed it. I really hope they bring the original ride back someday!

[@EASpaceTime]

Wow just wow! Amazing production and content! Season 2 is amazing, especially love the cross over to Yesterworld.

[@thebadshave503]

I love the reporter interviewing the imagineer. He tries to asking about the character in the third person and he's just straight up "No I'm Dreamfinder" and stays hard in character.

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

I mean, all of the characters are like that. My brother (a humorless soul) spent a weekend at the Magic Kingdom trying to trip them up, and was apparently *furious* that he couldn't pull it off.

[@katiematott5656]

Literally saw the notification and made popcorn! Congrats on 100K!!!

[@GTypo]

Dude! This second season is booming!

[@eaglescout1984]

Definitely rode this more than a few times as a kid. I never knew it was a carousel at the beginning of the ride, I thought you just turned left and went along a straight stretch than turned left again.

[@kimd7835]

Was NOT prepared for the feelings explosion that just the music in the intro gave me. I was so lucky to experience this ride in its original form. Classic Epcot was the best - Journey Into Imagination, Cranium Command, Maelstrom, Kitchentime Cabaret were all absolute favorites of mine. Used to be my favorite park, and I really hope they can revitalize it.

[@alrun1836]

I’m glad I know where South Park got inspiration for the imaginationland episodes.

[@mrkylesfilms1]

I'd say it's dead. I agree with Ron.

[@mupty]

Pretty much so, since rumor is it will get rethemed to Inside Out in a few years.

[@frisk4520]

Nearly all of Epcot is dead, the education/inspiration/innovation message has been sucked away and replaced with brands that have more mass appeal.

[@mrkylesfilms1]

Frisk I.P placement is what I think will doom most of the "original" Disney parks.

[@governor_explosion]

If you like the original theme/personality of Figment, PLEASE check out Jim Zub's two officially licensed Figment comics, which are basically the origin story of Dreamfinder, and what came after. I know steampunk is overdone nowadays, but it's well-used in the comic, and feels very Disney-esque.

[@papasmurfsmurfy6360]

mupty Good, Figment is incredibly boring and never has a line. It took me 5 years for me to find out it even existed.

[@johnnyfavorite1194]

I had a cool Figment hat complete with horns. That is all.

[@jaymethysell5111]

This was probably my favorite attraction at all of Disney theme parks. I still sing that theme song when I bop around the house.

[@ltchugacast131]

The old school Disney ambient music reminds me so much of one of my favorite soundtracks: Mario Galaxy. Like seriously. I played the full version of the main Mario Galaxy theme right as the monorail started circling Epcot. I nearly cried with the waves of childlike wonder and nostalgia.

[@Bladeslingersgamepreserve]

How bout one on the Great Movie Ride?

[@matthewizatt8507]

Jaeger Newman the Michael Jackson 3d experience

[@strabababerry]

Benjamin Kenneth Laude Captain EO

[@seanbrett4033]

Yessss

[@gkseeton]

That was my all time favorite Disney ride. Returning a few years later and finding it gone...heartbreaking.

[@jdude9314]

Great way to celebrate the attraction’s 35th anniversary! Great job, dude. And congrats on 100K subscribers! Long live the Dreamfinder!

[@FriendlyLocalGeek]

Man, I remember riding the original Journey into Imagination on my first trip to Disney World way back in the 90s...a classic ride that will be sorely missed.

[@alexandermonks9892]

Amazing episode, huge sums of effort were inserted into this masterpiece of a video.

[@bardlover6]

I remember loving the ride in 1990. I went back in 2000 and my mom and I were like wait-what happened. A cast member told us it was “remodeled”

[@robertwoods2452]

Dude this is such good quality content, love you Kevin!

[@thosenerdymetalguys3027]

This explains so much of the IMAGINATIONLAND SouthPark episodes for me. Thanks for posting this.

[@rhondamarshall1415]

The opening theme made me so happy! Thank you for doing this episode. :-)

[@baconinvader]

"I am left to assume you do not dream alone" goes weirdly hard

[@bimblebobble4438]

Journey into Kevin’s sub box

[@dkupke]

My family visited Epcot for the first time when I was a wee lad in the 80’s. I feel in love with the Imagination Pavilion and we took home a stuffed animal Figment. However, our family dog got a hold of him and dragged him around the house-by his eye, resulting in him forever having a cockeyed appearance. I was beyond delighted to come across Figment just two days ago in my mother’s garage, and he now has a place of honor on a shelf in my home. I don’t consider him broken or ruined at all-it makes him unique, love mileage that no amount of time could erase.

[@c.julietofcampjupiter8557]

Joe Rohde is my uncle! He also was in Captain EO at Epcot

[@Defunctland]

Tell your uncle that I love him please.

[@lindsayrserrano]

The best videos on KZbin for real. You put so much effort into these.

[@gabeblastgaming8909]

New episode of defunctland? *erases all plans for that time*

[@CommVoice5]

Your sectioning of different topics in your videos with chapters are really coming a long way in season 2. Feels very well paced and interesting. Nice work!

[@brittniep9219]

This series is so wonderful! You see so many reused ideas, unfortunately failed ideas, fascinating history, wonderful imagination, and more! For example, the glowing paintbrush was an idea used in the Mickey imagination show at Disneyland!

[@tallestofthemall741]

Thank you thank you thank you for caving to peer pressure and creating this! Makes me miss the original ride even more!

[@Tinlion09]

1:38 “Oh my gOD IT'S A GIANT GOLF BALL GET OUT OF THE WAY”

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

Perfect!

[@marcusblackwell2372]

I don't understand it

[@pikamario99]

Man. I was four when this ride got torn down, and had never heard of it until I found a mention of Figment in a book I bought at disney world one time. I wish I'd been able to ride it.