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H Hakalugi Special Tiki Central Agent Redondo Beach, CA Joined: Aug 10, 2004 Posts: 3465	H Hakalugi Posted posted on Sat, May 17, 2014 10:14 PM On 2014-05-17 21:45, EPCOTExplorer wrote: On 2014-05-16 08:26, PabTiki wrote: I just saw both rides on YouTube; they were both cool. I've only been to Disney Land out here once, but my favorite ride here is the Star Trek ride. I vaguely remember we went to a luau too, so I guess we must have gone to the Polynesian Village. Out front of the Journey into Imagination ride there was a guy dressed as "Dreamfinder" (I guess that was his name, according to DisneyWiki). He was holding some sort of molded rubber / plastic Figment that was like a big hand-puppet. But you couldn't "tell" it was a puppet at first because the arm holding Figment was fake (as I discovered with closer inspection). So it seemed to be animatronic, even though he was holding it. I think it even blinked its eyes. After the ride, I bought a stuffed Figment animal, and I remember I was irritated that I couldn't get a molded plastic puppet one like Dreamfinder had, haha. I wished they'd sold something closer to that! It was pretty cool. ah, yes. Dreamfinder. Long gone, but still beloved. And yeah, the meet and greet with him was fantastic. It was a puppet operated by a man by the name of Rob Shnieder. Great dude. If you haven't read it already, you might want to check out Ron Schneider's excellent biography. "From Dreamer to Dreamfinder - A life and lessons learned in 40 years behind a name tag".

On 2014-05-17 21:45, EPCOTExplorer wrote:

On 2014-05-16 08:26, PabTiki wrote:
I just saw both rides on YouTube; they were both cool. I've only been to Disney Land out here once, but my favorite ride here is the Star Trek ride.

I vaguely remember we went to a luau too, so I guess we must have gone to the
Polynesian Village.

Out front of the Journey into Imagination ride there was a guy dressed as "Dreamfinder" (I guess that was his name, according to DisneyWiki). He was holding some sort of molded rubber / plastic Figment that was like a big hand-puppet. But you couldn't "tell" it was a puppet at first because the arm holding Figment was fake (as I discovered with closer inspection). So it seemed to be animatronic, even though he was holding it. I think it even blinked its eyes.

After the ride, I bought a stuffed Figment animal, and I remember I was irritated that I couldn't get a molded plastic puppet one like Dreamfinder had, haha. I wished they'd sold something closer to that! It was pretty cool.

ah, yes. Dreamfinder. Long gone, but still beloved. And yeah, the meet and greet with him was fantastic. It was a puppet operated by a man by the name of Rob Shnieder. Great dude.

If you haven't read it already, you might want to check out Ron Schneider's excellent biography. "From Dreamer to Dreamfinder - A life and lessons learned in 40 years behind a name tag".

Post #717334 by Hakalugi on Sat, May 17, 2014 10:14 PM