{"id":85106,"date":"2026-10-15T21:47:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T01:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=85106"},"modified":"2026-10-15T21:48:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T01:48:03","slug":"dreamfinder-and-figment-return-to-epcot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/10\/15\/dreamfinder-and-figment-return-to-epcot\/","title":{"rendered":"Dreamfinder and Figment Return to EPCOT"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At the D23 Ultimate Disney Fan Event in August 2026, Disney Experiences announced that Dreamfinder and Figment are officially reuniting<\/strong> for a newly reimagined version of EPCOT\u2019s Journey Into Imagination<\/strong>.<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udf1f Key Announcement Details<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • The Reunion:<\/strong> After nearly 30 years apart (Dreamfinder was removed from the ride in 1998 during its first major overhaul), the eccentric inventor\/dreamer and his royal-purple dragon companion will be back together in the Imagination Pavilion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Presentation:<\/strong> Disney Experiences Chairman Thomas Mazloum shared the news during the showcase. Host Neil Patrick Harris<\/strong> surprised the crowd dressed as Dreamfinder, holding a Figment plush to deliver the announcement.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Disney\u2019s Statement:<\/strong> Disney acknowledged fan sentiment directly, stating: \u201cWe know how important this is to you. We’ve heard you, and this is one more way we’re putting you in the center of everything we do.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    \ud83d\udd0d What We Know & What\u2019s Next<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    Topic<\/strong><\/td>Details<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/thead>
    Ride Status<\/strong><\/td>The current iteration (Journey Into Imagination with Figment<\/em>, featuring Dr. Nigel Channing) will be reimagined to welcome Dreamfinder back alongside Figment.<\/td><\/tr>
    Timeline<\/strong><\/td>Disney has not yet released official construction dates, closure schedules for the existing ride, or an opening window.<\/td><\/tr>
    Concept Details<\/strong><\/td>Specific ride concept art and technical specs are being kept under wraps for future reveal events.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    At the D23 Ultimate Disney Fan Event in August 2026, Disney Experiences announced that Dreamfinder and Figment are officially reuniting for a newly reimagined version of EPCOT\u2019s Journey Into Imagination.… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvbGFrZWxhbmRnYXpldHRlLmluZm9cL25ld3NcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzEwXC9JTUdfOTQ3Ni53ZWJwIiwidHh0IjoiRHJlYW1maW5kZXIgYW5kIEZpZ21lbnQgUmV0dXJuIHRvIEVQQ09UIiwidGVtcGxhdGUiOiJkb2lzIiwiZm9udCI6IiIsImJsb2dfaWQiOjE2MzA0MDY2MX0.Krp0JWNUVCuoVuqp-Rlm7Suirdc1AR0A1y4X7XvZnGEMQ"},"version":2,"media_source":"sig","attached_media":[{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/jetpack.com\/redirect\/?source=sigenerate&query=t%3DeyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvbGFrZWxhbmRnYXpldHRlLmluZm9cL25ld3NcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzEwXC9JTUdfOTQ3Ni53ZWJwIiwidHh0IjoiRHJlYW1maW5kZXIgYW5kIEZpZ21lbnQgUmV0dXJuIHRvIEVQQ09UIiwidGVtcGxhdGUiOiJkb2lzIiwiZm9udCI6IiIsImJsb2dfaWQiOjE2MzA0MDY2MX0.Krp0JWNUVCuoVuqp-Rlm7Suirdc1AR0A1y4X7XvZnGEMQ","type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[18182],"class_list":["post-85106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-dreamfinder-and-figment-return-to-epcot"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85106"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85116,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85106\/revisions\/85116"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}