Wow thank you I was only 7 when I got to go in ‘94 it makes me feel privileged to have seen all of this before it died, also these videos are helping me remember all my experiences after all this time that have dimmed.
There's no good reason why Disney still can't have the Rainbow Tunnel available for the DVC member lounge. There was no reason to remove it and not reason why they couldn't keep it turned on.
It's so SAD to see what this Pavilion has become and as someone who (besides stuff like 20,000 Leagues at the MK, and Horzions) said the original ride + the old Imageworks was one of my favorite places in Disney of all time ... I DON'T want them to replace this with some garbage ride or attraction ... I want them to use that money to do a sort of 2020-era update of the ORIGINAL RIDE and bring back (again a 2020-era update) the original style Imageworks .. I know ALOT OF PEOPLE would flock to Epcot wanting to experience that.
I really wish the rainbow tunnel was brought back. I thought they would when they reopened captain e.o because the tunnel is where one of Michael jacksons famous photos was taken. It saddens me when Disney downsizes. It's very blah now maybe in an Epcot revamp we'll see something more from this pavilion. with it being 2018 I feel like they should really update Epcot in general and put the same attention to detail in it like they did avatar land. If kickstarter campaigns can raise money for little things I can't imagine it could be that hard to pitch a really neat futuristic world of today and get funding (since Disney usually over budgets at first) who knows maybe when the dust settles with the new lands we'll see it but I can only imagine how awesome a reboot, even if it's just a nod to the original pavilion, would be
I did a tour a couple of years ago that took you upstairs (prior to the DVC club hangout). It was mostly used as storage. The tour guide did mention that if Disney was going to use it again, it would require a complete repaint as the specific color of purple up there was copyrighted by Kodak. Great series Sam! I'm binge watching now!
I loved the original Imageworks! The rainbow tunnel and the stepping tones. It was so much fun! I think what they've done to the pavilion is truly sad.
I have an idea of the to do with the entire pavilion 1.Build a new trackless dark ride 2.Demolish the new Imageworks and add it to the new dark ride 3.Build and even better imageworks in the spot of the old imageworks (And break the ugly wall leading to it.)
I'm so lucky that my family was able to go to Disney when I was young. Being a kid at Disney in the 90's was incredibly fun. I have a lot of great memories of this place.
When Journey into Imagination closed, instead of closing the original imageworks, they should have left it open and put the exhibits removed from the original imageworks in a 1993 refurbishment (bubble music, laser light writer, vibrating mirrors, lumia, digital wall) in the new downstairs exhibit space, so there would be 2 exhibits.
I hope they do additional improvements to the pavilion once they begin working on the Epcot expansion in a few years. At least it is a DVC lounge for now so it is not completely abandoned.
Fantastic series Sam. I’ve only experienced the original pavilion so seeing what the updates have done makes me really sad. Journey into imagination was my favourite part of EPCOT Center its sad to see it now, i hope they refurbish it soon to bring back some of its past glory
I just watched a post by another youtuber from December 2018. The entrance and exit archways of the Rainbow Tunnel are all that's left of it. My heart is broken.
the whole pavilion sucks, bring it back!!!! I remember the old ride and inageworks my parents had to force me and my sister out of the pavilion. to me it was a giant playground. sad to see the current state it's in. nowadays if we go to epcot and someone even mentions it I literally tense up, it's that bad.
Pin tables, step and town, and the color tunnel is what really stays with me. I was 8 and 10 when my dad took me there. Some of the happiest memories I have as a kid. I'm so happy guys like you take the time to make videos like this. Such nostalgia.... I understand they have to stay current and update, but horizons should of never left. If it was a real sinkhole, they would of never been able to build on the same location. And image works was replaced with a lounge! WTF? Anyways, thank you for the video. I enjoyed it very much.
There was a melody maker in the beginning too which was much more interesting because you could wave your hand over an instrument to control the tone and sound. Also dream finders dressing room was upstairs too.. we used to have meetings up there when it closed..
Can't believe its ben 20 since the original Journey into Imagination has been gone. Walt always look at things from the prospective of a child which the original JII was. This updated version is clearly from an adult point of view....Way do adults alway ruin everything???
I talked with a Cast Member who had worked the current Journey Into Imagination and was told that they were actually given a tour of the upstairs area (although I'm not sure how in detail the tour was). Apparently Disney has started removing parts of the old Image Works from upstairs-but that's just what I've heard.
I wish Joe Rohde would champion this a little. AK gets plenty of attention, and I feel like he's one of the few Imagineers with the clout and public recognition who could actually get Attractions to listen.
Im sitting in the lunch area of image works, was just upstairs and saw the rainbow stuff and all of that still untouched, just collecting dust, was curious on what I was looking at so here I am doing research on my break. Kind of sad to see everything left there, the room is basically used as a storage now
U know what would be cool, They make a small area just based on old history stuff of their parks. Just some relaxing area to see history about it or just make a restaurant based on it haha.
The Joe Rhode dreamfinder looks like someone fused a caveman with Isambard kingdom Brunel (btw, which non-Disney theme park would do like to do first?)
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What they did to that attraction is a travesty and I'm still salty about it. I remember when you could go there and everything was interactive and now it's like epcot's version of a haunted mansion.
Any chance of getting one of these for American Experience? It’s still around but nobody seems to talk about it. It’s one of my favorite two things at Epcot!
The ride itself has changed for the worse, but I don't get the big deal about Imageworks: the stuff upstairs was just as hokey and low effort as the stuff that's currently downstairs. I guess the people who experienced the original Imageworks as kids are blinded by their nostalgia.
1998 was the end of Epcot for me. No figment, no world of motion, horizons gone. No image works. And to now realize all these left over images of Joe Rhodie (the most over rated imagineer ever) and his legacy of cheap lame IP rethemes. Yes, I miss Tony Baxter's work. And 1998, Animal Kingdom failure. 3 whole rides that we went all the way to Florida that year and were scratching our heads on the way out of the park after just 4 hours. Lame, lame, lame.
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Wow thank you I was only 7 when I got to go in ‘94 it makes me feel privileged to have seen all of this before it died, also these videos are helping me remember all my experiences after all this time that have dimmed.
Oh my pleasure! So glad you like them
Getting to walk through the rainbow bridge as a kid was one of my fondest memories of going to disney world.
Me too. It will never leave my brain.
That upstairs area looked pretty amazing. That really needs to come back.
There's no good reason why Disney still can't have the Rainbow Tunnel available for the DVC member lounge. There was no reason to remove it and not reason why they couldn't keep it turned on.
They would have to open up the whole floor and its way too big just for the lounge.
It's so SAD to see what this Pavilion has become and as someone who (besides stuff like 20,000 Leagues at the MK, and Horzions) said the original ride + the old Imageworks was one of my favorite places in Disney of all time ... I DON'T want them to replace this with some garbage ride or attraction ... I want them to use that money to do a sort of 2020-era update of the ORIGINAL RIDE and bring back (again a 2020-era update) the original style Imageworks .. I know ALOT OF PEOPLE would flock to Epcot wanting to experience that.
Agreed but I doubt it will happen!
Agreed, even kids who weren't born when these rides existed say that the originals are much better then what's there now.
Sad........
I really wish the rainbow tunnel was brought back. I thought they would when they reopened captain e.o because the tunnel is where one of Michael jacksons famous photos was taken. It saddens me when Disney downsizes. It's very blah now maybe in an Epcot revamp we'll see something more from this pavilion. with it being 2018 I feel like they should really update Epcot in general and put the same attention to detail in it like they did avatar land. If kickstarter campaigns can raise money for little things I can't imagine it could be that hard to pitch a really neat futuristic world of today and get funding (since Disney usually over budgets at first) who knows maybe when the dust settles with the new lands we'll see it but I can only imagine how awesome a reboot, even if it's just a nod to the original pavilion, would be
I did a tour a couple of years ago that took you upstairs (prior to the DVC club hangout). It was mostly used as storage. The tour guide did mention that if Disney was going to use it again, it would require a complete repaint as the specific color of purple up there was copyrighted by Kodak. Great series Sam! I'm binge watching now!
Thank you so much Scott!
How can you copyright a color?!
...it's possible to copyright a *color!?*
I loved the original Imageworks! The rainbow tunnel and the stepping tones. It was so much fun! I think what they've done to the pavilion is truly sad.
I have an idea of the to do with the entire pavilion
1.Build a new trackless dark ride
2.Demolish the new Imageworks and add it to the new dark ride
3.Build and even better imageworks in the spot of the old imageworks (And break the ugly wall leading to it.)
The original Imageworks also featured an orchestra that was controlled by the visitor placing his hands under beams of light to control volume.
I'm so lucky that my family was able to go to Disney when I was young. Being a kid at Disney in the 90's was incredibly fun. I have a lot of great memories of this place.
The pavilion's concept art makes it look so freakin' awesome. I wish they were able to have gone all out on it :(
For a pavilion based around imagination, it's renovation wasn't very creative.
When Journey into Imagination closed, instead of closing the original imageworks, they should have left it open and put the exhibits removed from the original imageworks in a 1993 refurbishment (bubble music, laser light writer, vibrating mirrors, lumia, digital wall) in the new downstairs exhibit space, so there would be 2 exhibits.
I hope they do additional improvements to the pavilion once they begin working on the Epcot expansion in a few years. At least it is a DVC lounge for now so it is not completely abandoned.
Yeah something at least
The original Image Works had so much... IMAGINATION!!!! The current one does not.
Yuppppp
All those kids at 1:44 are very lucky to have experienced the original Image Works!
Fantastic series Sam. I’ve only experienced the original pavilion so seeing what the updates have done makes me really sad. Journey into imagination was my favourite part of EPCOT Center its sad to see it now, i hope they refurbish it soon to bring back some of its past glory
Thank you so much. Yeah it is such a shame and a waste currently.
MrRobbiemoo that’s so cool I want to see the original
I've never been to Disney World, I've only been to Disneyland when I was a teenager, but for some reason I find these videos so interesting.
I just watched a post by another youtuber from December 2018. The entrance and exit archways of the Rainbow Tunnel are all that's left of it. My heart is broken.
I feel like they should update the ride to have the same story as the Figment comic. That would bring the dreamfinder back but tell a fresh story.
That would be cool but don't think it will happen :(
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What about Virtual Reality?
I miss you imageworks!!! I can't believe they abandoned it. And now it's just a dvc place :(
I knowwww :(
the whole pavilion sucks, bring it back!!!! I remember the old ride and inageworks my parents had to force me and my sister out of the pavilion. to me it was a giant playground. sad to see the current state it's in. nowadays if we go to epcot and someone even mentions it I literally tense up, it's that bad.
Pin tables, step and town, and the color tunnel is what really stays with me.
I was 8 and 10 when my dad took me there.
Some of the happiest memories I have as a kid.
I'm so happy guys like you take the time to make videos like this.
Such nostalgia....
I understand they have to stay current and update, but horizons should of never left.
If it was a real sinkhole, they would of never been able to build on the same location.
And image works was replaced with a lounge! WTF?
Anyways, thank you for the video.
I enjoyed it very much.
There was a melody maker in the beginning too which was much more interesting because you could wave your hand over an instrument to control the tone and sound. Also dream finders dressing room was upstairs too.. we used to have meetings up there when it closed..
Oh yeah! I love hearing your backstage stories :D
Can't believe its ben 20 since the original Journey into Imagination has been gone. Walt always look at things from the prospective of a child which the original JII was. This updated version is clearly from an adult point of view....Way do adults alway ruin everything???
I know the current version has been around longer than the original now :(
It would be beautiful if they brought back the original Journey into Imagination, that way the Dreamfinder can be introduced to a new generation
And just to add, that iconic picture of Michael Jackson was taken by photographer Lynn Goldsmith. She also took pictures of him riding Horizons.
Great episode,Sam!
money and imagination dont always work well together.
Thank you so much. Glad you liked it.
This is so tragic. Instead of adding to attractions such as this one. Disney & Kodak only took things out.
This is so sad. Alexa play One Little Spark
#bringbacktheoriginaljourneyintoimaginationandhorizons
And SMRT-1!
Imageworks had Snapchat filters before smartphones existed.
The future!
I talked with a Cast Member who had worked the current Journey Into Imagination and was told that they were actually given a tour of the upstairs area (although I'm not sure how in detail the tour was). Apparently Disney has started removing parts of the old Image Works from upstairs-but that's just what I've heard.
Yeah i couldn't find information either way
Imagineers after the new image works probably: I think we can all agree NEVER to be creative again
Oh im sure they did!
Yessssss, stoked for Kitchen Kabaret and Food Rocks
I wish Joe Rohde would champion this a little. AK gets plenty of attention, and I feel like he's one of the few Imagineers with the clout and public recognition who could actually get Attractions to listen.
Im sitting in the lunch area of image works, was just upstairs and saw the rainbow stuff and all of that still untouched, just collecting dust, was curious on what I was looking at so here I am doing research on my break. Kind of sad to see everything left there, the room is basically used as a storage now
Final stop! 😢 can’t wait to see what next can’t wait plus I never went up there I’m sad 😢
Moving on time! :D
U know what would be cool, They make a small area just based on old history stuff of their parks. Just some relaxing area to see history about it or just make a restaurant based on it haha.
wild that they've actually taken steps to remove so much classic quality from the park(s)
I’m pretty sure it’s currently being used as a Wreck it Ralph meet and greet area
Another great one. Well done, well put together, great information. Makes learning about what I love easier and more entertaining.
Thank you so much Ben, glad you enjoy the videos.
Ayyyy, been waiting for this one!!! Good job
Thank you as always :D
The Joe Rhode dreamfinder looks like someone fused a caveman with Isambard kingdom Brunel (btw, which non-Disney theme park would do like to do first?)
Haha yes! Being from Swindon i know Isambard quite well. :D To do a series on?
Expedition Theme Park yes.
If it’s a whole park prob Alton Towers!
Expedition Theme Park you're almost at 10k, so do you have a plan of what to do (e.g: the first episode of expedition magic kingdom or another vote)
You must to do the Wonders of Life Pavilion next! Please
Not next but i will! :)
Nice video buddy! Awesome work and very interesting! Also, thanks for crediting my RUclips channel. Keep up the great work!
Thank you! Oh and my pleasure. Love the videos, i watched a bunch of them.
I remember being there the first year!! yes i have a picture of me up on that 2nd floor
Such a good picture!
As I’ve stated previously, your videos are amazing and your fans are too. With a growing fan base and general popularity in your channel, have you ever thought of creating a discord for your community?
Thank you so much! Yep! It will be coming very soon so keep an eye out, working on it now
Expedition Theme Park great! If you need any help setting it up or need people to monitor it you can always reach out to me!
Yeah send me a message on twitter!
another amazing video
What they did to that attraction is a travesty and I'm still salty about it. I remember when you could go there and everything was interactive and now it's like epcot's version of a haunted mansion.
I'm not sure if it is true, but I heard that the upstairs can't be used because it isn't up to modern fire codes.
2:21 to 2:25 Why would it need a hand sanitation station?
All those hands constantly touching it!
Now that’s using your imagination Sam!
I try!
Wonder why they did away with so much of the hands on learning part of Epcot?
Cool nice show about EPCOT I never been there at Epoct i should worth go to there :)
Yeah you should for sure!
Great video, but the description is somewhat misleading; It should say "Our final stop in the Imagination Pavilion".
You are right thanks!
Was that Joe rhode in the opening playing dreamfinder?
It was indeed!
Any chance of getting one of these for American Experience? It’s still around but nobody seems to talk about it. It’s one of my favorite two things at Epcot!
Yep i will be doing all of Epcot :D
Expedition Theme Park YES!!!! Can’t wait! Thank you for doing these. Love the format and your approach to the subject.
Do any British people remember these type of things being used in Out of this World in Blackpool Tower?
You can see some of the abandoned area behind some of the grating or vents in the DVC lounge. I'll try to find the video I saw it in.
They covered it up now
Expedition Theme Park how so? From what I remember it was a vent or wall, is it a solid wall now?
They covered the gaps in the vent I believe
SAVAGE
great video again! where are you from?, you sound like your from England accent but i cant differ whereabouts.
Swindon in Wiltshire! Thank you
nice, how did you manage to get a job in a theme park in the states. i picked up on in another video. bet it was a real cool time.
the imagination pavilion is pretty much dead at this point.
Rainbow tunnel is gone now new updated video of it on RUclips
The ride itself has changed for the worse, but I don't get the big deal about Imageworks: the stuff upstairs was just as hokey and low effort as the stuff that's currently downstairs. I guess the people who experienced the original Imageworks as kids are blinded by their nostalgia.
Leave it to Disney to kill something people loved
Wow, that's why it felt so degenerated...
Hello Sam you am.
They need to Bring it back the new one sucks
1998 was the end of Epcot for me. No figment, no world of motion, horizons gone. No image works. And to now realize all these left over images of Joe Rhodie (the most over rated imagineer ever) and his legacy of cheap lame IP rethemes. Yes, I miss Tony Baxter's work. And 1998, Animal Kingdom failure. 3 whole rides that we went all the way to Florida that year and were scratching our heads on the way out of the park after just 4 hours. Lame, lame, lame.
Please do wonders of life... have you seen the videos of the abandoned cranium command and body wars? For the best body wars video, youtubesearch: cotguy86
It’s coming
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