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==Attraction History==
Journey Into Imagination can trace it's roots back to an unused attraction idea for Disneyland. An expansion was supposed to happen in Disneyland, which would have created a new land, Discovery Bay. One of the attraction ideas for this new land was going to be a ride with a "Professor of Imagination", known as Professor Marvel, who would have collected bits of imagination from all over the universe. The basic idea for the Journey Into Imagination attraction , however came from Disney Imagineer, Tony Baxter. The idea for the character figment came to him while watching an episode of the television series Magnum P.I. In the episode Magnum had hidden a goat in Higgins' yard, and the goat had predictably tore the garden up. When Higgins suggested that a goat was ruining his yard. Magnum replied that it was all just a figment of his imagination, to which Higgins countered "Figments don't eat grass!". This line, gave Tony Baxter the idea to create a character "that everyone knows about and has never been visualized.
Figment was first sketched by Disney artist Steve Kirk who turned in a rough drawing of the characters. Imagineer X Atencio then slightly altered the drawing to, "make the character lovable, in a way that kids could relate to". The Dreamfinder, Figments creator was designed after Imagineer Joe Rhode, who would later be lead designer of Disney's Animal Kingdom. The Dreamfinder's voice was performed by actors Chuck McCann and Ron Schneider. Finding a voice for Figment proved to be much more difficult however. Disney had men, women, boys and girls all try out for the role, but no voice was deemed suitable. Eventually, they found Figment's voice in veteran voice actor Billy Barty, who was perfect for the role.
http://www.imagineeringdisney.com/blog/2010/9/15/surviving-pieces-of-journey-into-imagination.html
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