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Journey Into Imagination

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Of all the Future World pavilion's Journey Into Imagination was the last to begin construction <ref name= "Martin">https://vimeo.com/3015806 </ref>. Although the pavilion was ready for EPCOT Center's opening day, technical issues with the attraction's turntable, and loading and unloading mechanisms, caused the attraction to be delayed <ref name= "Martin"/>. Tony Baxter has since asserted that the attraction was up and running, yet Disney executives did not think it would be reliable enough, and they were concerned that a ride breakdown would cause a bad impression, thus the opening was delayed <ref> Koenig, David. Realityland: True-life Adventures at Walt Disney World. Irvine, CA: Bonaventure, 2007. Print. </ref>.
Finally, on March 5, 19931983, the Journey Into Imagination attraction opened to the public <ref> https://d23.com/a-to-z/journey-into-imagination/ </ref>. At the attraction's opening, Kodak CEO Colby Chandler stated:
{{Quotation| We knew from the very beginning it would be a challenge to create a journey that would capture the imagination of everyone. But we also knew that if anyone could do it, Disney could...Epcot Center itself is a tribute to the reach of human imagination <ref> Sklar, Marty. Dream It! Do It!: My Half-century Creating Disney's Magic Kingdoms. Disney Editions, 2013. Print.
The original Journey Into Imagination was a dark rides which focused on human imagination.
After making their way through the queue, guests would board their ride vehicles. The vehicles were trains consisting of four cars. As the vehicles began to move, guests could hear a voice singing the attractions theme song, "One Little Spark". In the clouds to their left, the shadow of a flying contraption could be seen sucking up various objects. As the song continued, the clouds would part relieving revealing Dreamfinder as the pilot of the flying contraption known as the Dreamcatcher. Dreamfinder and guests would then fly together at the same speed as he introduced himself.:
{{Quotation| Oh, hello there. So glad you could come along. I am the Dreamfinder. Ah, ha, ha. Musical notes! What delightful melodies those will make. I love these flights of fancy. Searching the universe for sounds, colors, ideas, anything that sparks the imagination.}}
A figment of imagination!}}
Figment would then appear alongside Dreamfinder, telling him that (Figment) was perfect. Dreamfinder would respond that Figment still needed a "dash of childish delight". Dreamfinder would then show Figment the "guests" that had joined them. Together they discussed how everybody could use their imagination. As the Dreamfinder and Figment began to sing about various things, the objects of their imagination would appear. They would then begin to imagine all kinds of things. Dreamfinder imagined a stormy night, and lightning combined with ghostly shivers and a full moon.He then told Figment they could "turn them into a tale of fright!" (as menacing laughter could be was heard). Figment then imagined a rainbow, that he could color with. He then imaginedcontinued imagining:
{{Quotation| "Numbers, letters, papers for writing. Costumes, make-up, stages for lighting. Teardrops, laughter..."}}
{{Quotation| "Science! We'll need electron beams and crystal prisms, gyroscopes and magnetisms, holograms in three dimensions"}}
While he talked about science, projections of the equation E=MC², an atom and the elemental symbol CO2 appeared. While Figment was imagining science, Dreamfinder had to cut him off. On the flying machine, the world "full" lit up and Dreamfinder had to inform Figment that the bag could not hold any more ideas. He then told both Figment and the guests that, "We must store these ideas with the others in the Dreamport. ". When Figment asked how far away the Dreamport was, Dreamfinder told him that it was never far away, when they used their imagination.
Guests would then travel with Dreamfinder and Figment to the Dreamport. Here, they would see various objects, ideas, and thoughts covered with gears and cogs. The Dreamport was the place where Dreamfinder and Figment stored all of their ideas. At this point, guests could see Dreamfinder's bag, hooked up to a machine known as the Imaginometer, which sorted through the ideas, grouping them together. The groups that the Imaginometer sorted included: dreams, sights, words, sounds, colors and ideas. The machine also had a meter which read how full the machine was.To the left of the device, was gold container labeled, "Deep Thoughts". Guests could see inside the container, through a window. Inside the Dreamport guests would also see:
[[Image:imaginometer.jpg|400px|thumb|The Imaginometer which could be found in the middle of the Dreamport.]]
* A giant coffee pot pouring coffee right above guests guest's heads
* A chest labeled "Fog Bank"
* A box, which opened to reveal numerous clapping hands
* A bottle of Morning Miss perfume, which sprayed guests and made the room smell like fresh flowers.
After exiting the Dreamport, guests would enter the Arts scene. Here, spouts poured "Sun Rays," "Molten Lava," and "Gem Stones", which Dreamfinder would paint with. He then use used his paintbrush (which changed colors depending on what he was painting) to create a river, flowers, and animals. In this scene, Dreamfinder would sing:
{{Quotation|"Mix red and gold<br>
A work of art"}}
As guests continued on, they could see various 3D animals and flowers, which were all colored white and appeared to made out of paper. The objects were lit with colorful lights, and serine music could be heard. Guests could see a large fish, lion, ostrich, unicorn and camel rotating under a giant flower. Figment could also be seen, sitting at the base of a group of flowers wearing a beret and tie. He was painting the rainbow that he had mentioned earlier, while sitting next to a pot of gold
The scene then shifted to the "Tales of Terror" segment. As the clouds , which lined the top of the room , turned grey and angry, Dreamfinder could be seen playing a haunting tune on a volcano shaped, organ. The organ was unique, in that it had a typewriter for a keyboard, instead of the standard musical keyboard. As Dreamfinder played, lava and smoke would erupt from the top of the volcano. The smoke would then turn into words such as , "Horror," "Danger," and "Thrill". In this room, Dreamfinder sang:
[[Image:Onceuponatime.jpg|400px|thumb|The words "Once Upon a Time" led guests to a haunted castle.]]
{{Quotation|One chilling word<br>
At this point, the scene once again shifted, now showing a magical library. Here, books with names such as "Serpents", "Trolls", "Giants", "Leprechauns", "Knights", "Dragons", and "Eyes" could be found. The phrase "Once Upon a Time" could also be seen here, leading guests towards a castle. Lightning would then strike, as the word "lightning" appeared to guests. Figment could then be seen holding a flickering candle. The candle cast a shadow of the word "Shadow" onto an open book behind him.
On guests left, they could read the word "Dungeon", as red eyes of monsters peered at them. Figment could then be seen hanging from chains on the ceiling, and holding a book entitled, "Nightmare". At this point, guests could hear a Raven cawing, and see it's its shadow on an open book. The book was actually Edgar Allen Poe's poem the Raven, with the page reading, ""Quoth the raven, nevermore." A book titled vampires could then be seen along with a book titled, "Monsters", which Figment was trying to keep closed.
As guests moved out of the scary literature scene, they entered a scene depicting the backstage of a theater. A large marquee reading, "World Premiere Performance" could be seen, along with three rotating signs which read words such as, "Dance", "Music", "Tears", "Laughter". On their left, guests could see Figment dressed in a tuxedo and standing in front of a make-up mirror. In his hand was a mask of Dreamfinder's face. A sign above him read, "A Brand New Show!". Dreamfinder (unseen) and Figment then began to sing again:
==Fun Facts and Trivia==
* In the scene where Figment sat with the blocks that spell out "CAT", other words could be found. One set of blocks spelled out "WED" for Walter Elias Disney (or WED Enterprises) and another spelled "TB" for Imagineer Tony Baxter <"ref name="intercot"/>.
* The laser show that the Dreamfinder conducts, was actually the test program that came with the laser equipment. Originally, the scene was to have featured Figment dancing and chasing a ballerina around the stage <ref name="intercot2">