Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Below are the people we want to contact with their mailing addresses: Robert WeisPresidentWalt Disney Imagineering1401 Flower St. Glendale, CA 91201, Josh D’AmaroPresidentWalt Disney World ResortPO Box 10000Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830. Requesting a pavilion based around the Imagination, Tony and his team went through a six-month process of figuring out how best to tell a story about the creative process, settling on the basic three steps of gather… In Figment 2 they would come from the realm to modern day at the academy's base in the jungles of Florida (the Imagination! My favorite memories of Disney World are the times spent in the Imagination Pavilion with Figment. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Call the Voicemail with a question, comment or "Hello!" The Journey Into Imagination ride closed on October 10, 1998. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Firstly he would have had, " Professor Marvel's Gallery of Illusion" in which he and his pet dragon would highlight different illusions to guests and secondly there would have been the sky-way inspired, "Professor Marvel's Balloon Descent" where guests would ride artificial hot-air balloons from Discovery Bay to a proposed Dumbo's Circus area in Fantasyland. https://societyofexplorersandadventurers.fandom.com/wiki/Dreamfinder?oldid=1414. Society of Explorers and Adventurers members, More Society of Explorers and Adventurers Wiki. The Dreamfinder is jolly professor with a tendency to dress as if he was from the Victorian or Edwardian era. With all the updates coming to Epcot, I fear they will get rid of the Figment ride altogether. The Dreamfinder is a Disney Parks character with some affiliation to the S.E.A. Disney sold part of the ride props on eBay and used one of Dreamfinder's flying machines as a prop in the Mouse Gear store. - LouMongello.com, Lou Mongello is a former attorney who left the practice to pursue his passion, and is now a recognized Disney expert, author, speaker, and host of WDW Radio. The original version of Journey Into Imagination may have left over 2 decades ago, but it has not left the hearts of the public. The What-If Labs saw the addition of new interactive musical and digital exhib… A new ride featuring a behind-the-scenes look at the Imagination Institute opened in its place on October 1, 1999. Welcome to DaFRS! And helping to create that spark of imagination was Ron Schneider, the original Dreamfinder. As we celebrated Walt Disney World’s 49th birthday on October 1, I wanted to look back at not just one of the resort’s most popular attractions, but characters as well. ... Dreamfinder: Imagination Imagination A dream can be a dream come true With just that spark Learn more…, © WDWRadio™ and Second Star Media™ WDW Radio is in no way part of, endorsed or authorized by, or affiliated with the Walt Disney Company or its affiliates. Due to popular demand, Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort adds second Food & Wine Classic: Limited Edition on Oct. 30. ( Log Out /  ( Log Out /  The attraction would be replaced with the universally hated Journey Into Your Imagination where Dreamfinder and Figment were replaced by a patronizing scientist of the Imagination Institute named Dr. Nigel Channing (portrayed by Eric Idle) who harassed guests for having no imagination.