Unfortunately for me, simply having Figment "present" just isn't enough. He wasn't even part of the "new" ride when it was first introduced, and was later added back in as a complete afterthought in a feeble attempt to appease those of us who were outraged at what the ride had become. To me, this was more of a slap in the face than the intended olive branch peace-offering that Disney intended it to be. Simply throwing a character into that steam-pile of a ride did nothing to overcome the fact that the attraction simply stinks and was a far cry from the original (perhaps the understatement of the century).
I've never seen this attraction with more than a 5 minute wait (more times than not, it's a walk-on). Meanwhile, Soarin' and Test Track have 2 hour plus standing lines consistently. I can't wait for the day that Disney decides to level this trainwreck and put something truly good in its place. It's taking up valuable Future World realestate, and having a third (fourth if you count Mission Space) signature attraction might help to balance out the heavy traffic always found at Soarin' / TT.
This is coming from a kid who's favorite childhood memorabilia included a purple Figment hat w/ horns, a large Figment stuffed animal that stayed on my bed for longer than I should willingly admit, and countless other Figment-related trinkets, and I still say blow the sucker up (figuratively, not literally) because I know that bringing back the original is simply never going to be an option.
