Journey into your imagination - previous rides

debkorb1

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Having just ridden Journey Into Your Imagination for the first time, I couldn't believe it was a Disney ride. Just so boring and ironically unimaginative - even with the tune and Figment it just disappointed me.

I've heard that the version before the one I rode was even worse, although I also hear that the original was excellent. Could anyone describe what these rides were like?
 
The original incarnation of the attraction was indeed the best. I'm sure a quick Google search will find illustrations of that attraction's interior.

IIRC, there were elaborate scenes with vivid colors depicting different parts of one's imagination. A room of words, for example, depicted the meanings of some words visually. The word "earthquake" would be a big, shaking sign with a crack down its middle. I always thought of it as a visual onomotopaeia, but that might be not an entirely accurate term.

Other rooms involved colors, storytelling and unusual scenery. I recall an entire upside-down kitchen - built to almost scale - suspended from the ceiling. It was quite the clever attraction.

The original attraction also had a number of (for the time) pretty cool interactive features. How many of us jumped on those colored lights to make different sound effects? Who didn't love conducting an electronic orchestra by waving your hands just so? How many times did we run our hands under that table with all the machined pins? Ah, those were the days.

I've heard rumors that Kodak is soon to depart Epcot due to its (Kodak's) financial situation. If you've got the time to look up the term "PhotoPass" on the U.S. Trademark Office's website, you'll find something interesting.

Thanks for the memories.

Len
 
Humm, is Disney getting into the photography business then. Sales of photographs offered for sale through the Internet, stand-alone kiosks and through retail shops, three different trademark entries all the same day.
 













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