Journey into Imagination 1983 1998 Figment and Dreamfinder Low Light Remastered 60FPS
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- 1983-1998: Journey into Imagination
The original attraction opened on March 5, 1983 and was the creation of Tony Baxter and Steve Kirk. 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 (voiced by Chuck McCann and Ron Schneider) 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 lovable fellow! From head to tail, he's royal purple pigment, and there, voilà! You've got a Figment!" Both Dreamfinder and the dragon Figment (voiced by 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.
The Literature room was mostly focused on suspenseful tales and had Dreamfinder playing a massive organ with words coming out of it, words that turned into their meanings, a massive book featuring the raven from Edgar Allan Poe’s poem cawing menacingly and books of horrible monsters Figment tried to keep closed. The Performing Arts had Figment trying on costumes backstage while Dreamfinder conducted a laser light show in the manner of an orchestra conductor. The last of the rooms, Science, featured a large machine that Dreamfinder was operating that took a closer look at the workings of nature such as the growth of plants, the formation of crystals from minerals and looking into space.
At the end, Dreamfinder told Figment and the audience that Imagination is the key to unlocking the hidden wonders of the world. The ride then entered the final show scene. As the riders' pictures were taken, they saw Figment surrounded by several movie screens of him being a scientist, a mountain climber, a pirate, a superhero, a tap dancer, a ship captain, a cowboy and an athlete. Dreamfinder, who is behind a movie camera, gave the riders one last inspiring message and told them to use their newly found sparks of imagination in the ImageWorks and the on-ride photo was shown on a screen next to the camera.
The ride closed on October 10, 1998 in order to begin a major renovation of the attraction.
Video recorded in 1998
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Fantastic job once again with the remaster, your videos always demand a full watch. A real must for any Disney Park enthusiast.
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Seeing this again has made me so angry at what Disney did to this ride! People who never rode this version do not understand my love for Figment. The animatronics and detail are amazing. We watched this twice!! Thank you so much for sharing.
So true guys, You, Me & thousands of others feel the same, such a shame that the latest version comes no where near this one :-(
wow they really messed this ride up with the current version . wish i had the chance to see this version. top video . thanks
They certainly have! :-( Sorry to hear you didn't get to experience this version buddy
The low light helps with seeing stuff so much! Thank you!
Sealy, You're so welcome!
This was my favorite ride at Disney World when I was a kid. Not just Epcot, all of Disney World. I hate that my clearlest memory from it is how devastated I was when I went to Epcot expecting to ride it and they’d changed it. To make things worse it wasn’t even the version they have now that at least has Figment and the Imagination song, it was that awful soulless thing that they changed it into at first. Thanks for posting this video, there’s so many things about it I’d forgotten. It was such a special ride. I’ll be mad about it forever unless they redo it with something that captures the spirit of the original. Not that Disney cares what I think.
taking us way back again Dave....spot on! :)
Yes Mark back in time on the Disney Dave Time Machine lol Thanks for watching Buddy
Wow, amazing quality!! It almost looks like it was recorded this year! Thanks for sharing this lost gem of a ride.
Thanks for the compliment MEGA MAN Forever & if only it had been, then we wouldn't have that poor version we have now :-( Thanks for watching
My kids- who's that Mom?
Me- the man that made figment possible!
so true Mombie- rella ! Its a shame the kids of today dont know who the Dreamfinder is :-(
Thanks for the cool share Dave. This confirms that some of the old classics are still our favorites. Hope your having a great weekend so far. Like 15.
definitely Kenny & it also confirms some things should be left as they were :-( Thanks for watching & the support buddy
This was so very cool. Wish we had got to experience this. The new version is nowhere near as good. We are so loving all this footage, keep up the good work! Thank you for all the time you are putting in to do these ☺️
Imagination! Great video! Thanks so much for sharing.
Thanks for watching Guys
I love this ride, I just wished I had a chance to experience it
Sorry to hear you didn't experience this version, Thanks for watching
Disney Dave Your Welcome Sir
Thank you so much. It looks now like I remember it.
You're welcome! thanks for watching and commenting
So sad it's gone.
😢
This version is the best. It doesn't make any sense why they changed it by watching it. I can see why there was outrage.
i love it thank you for sharing
Thanks for watching and commenting Flippettirob
Kodak and Disney must have been high on illegal drugs when they decided to close this and turn it into the godawful Journey Into YOUR Imagination.
Railfan Andrew that’s definitely a different way of putting it 😆 thanks for watching 👌
I love the original! I hate the re-do bring back The Dreamfinder that IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE Ron Schneider + Figment (RIP BILLY BARTY)
And also RIP to Chuck McCann who voiced Dreamfinder in the ride
I am now sad that I will never get to experience this version of the ride if I ever get to Walt Disney World but I am hoping that Dreamfinder is brought back to a potential 4th version of JII in some way and if he isn't, Disney needs to give Dreamfinder and Figment their own Disney+ series since that would be a series I would want to watch.
That would be so wonderful to see Dreamfinder back at EPCOT & a Dreamfinder & Figment series on Disney+ sounds just perfect, Thanks for watching
@@DisneyDave You're welcome.
The airship is/was on display in one of the larger gift shops in Epcot. I'd love to see it brought back in a new version. It would be cool to see what they do to Spaceship Earth as well.
This is a great video but do you have the full video or a great memory that you remember all of it? I am trying to see how much they changed from then to now. It is ok if you don’t. But EXTRAORDINARY video!!!
Super likeee abraço.
Thanks for watching & the support Thiago da FanFalcon
man, i never realized how horribly disney massacred the ride. the original was so, well, imaginitive. it was fun, unique, and awe inspiring. the dreamfinder was a charming, friendly old lad! now we have stupid old nigel channing. i hope disney gets back on the right track and brings back the original ride.
That would certainly be the best if Disney done that illioptopede, We can only hope Disney listen to the people and bring back this classic version
Sad there is no reference to dream finder even for the 40th Anniversary
Was this the day the ride closed?
Not to sure on the exact date this was recorded but it was in the last few days before it closed
That makes sense. But I still wanna see how crazy Mr Toad’s Wild Ride’s last day was.
I really wish the last ride of this was filmed
Youve got me intrigued now @@southparkboyproductions6040& I will have to look through my old tapes & see if I can narrow down what date this was recorded
Ive just worked out that this was recorded around 5 days before it closed @@southparkboyproductions6040