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Disney World fans waiting hours to buy Figment popcorn bucket

The line for the Figment popcorn bucket has a quoted 6.5-7 hour wait, and stretches from Pop Eats, to World Showcase Promenade, to Test Track, then to the EPCOT Experience.

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Dodo David

2022-01-14 08:45:48 PM

This sort of thing just shows that any perceived "sanity" in Florida is just a figment of one's imagination.

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Trocadero

2022-01-15 12:09:00 AM

Figment was the best farking ride at Walt Disney World when I was 5 years old. Full farking stop. That said, 7 hours for a popcorn bucket is a little much.

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ImpendingCynic

2022-01-15 12:14:27 AM

And when you're gasping for breath through your Covid-induced pneumonia, hey, a bucketful of air.

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WhippingBoi

2022-01-15 12:17:32 AM

Those things are going for $100,000+ right now on eBay.

Who's the idiot now?

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FarkerMcFarkface

2022-01-15 12:22:57 AM

Spend $150+ for parking and an entry ticket, seven hours of your time, plus $25 for the bucket to resell it for a few hundred dollars. That makes perfect financial sense.

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Hoopy Frood

2022-01-15 12:28:01 AM

FarkerMcFarkface: Spend $150+ for parking and an entry ticket, seven hours of your time, plus $25 for the bucket to resell it for a few hundred dollars. That makes perfect financial sense.

Annual passes include parking.

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skinink

2022-01-15 12:34:31 AM

"Who in their right mind would wait over 7 hours in line for limited edition popcorn bucket shaped like EPCOT's purple dragon mascot Figment?"

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Modified Cornstarch

2022-01-15 12:34:33 AM

Figment was awesome. I loved that Imagination ride. Went back in 2000 and it was gone. Only saw one mural that had Figment in it.

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SunTzuX

2022-01-15 12:43:07 AM

Modified Cornstarch: Figment was awesome. I loved that Imagination ride. Went back in 2000 and it was gone. Only saw one mural that had Figment in it.

It was there when we went in 2020, just a few weeks before Covid shut everything down.

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bedonkadonk

2022-01-15 12:55:38 AM

Looks stoned out of his gourd in this photo. Needs to get some Visine stat.

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Iggie

2022-01-15 01:03:54 AM

Over thirty bids

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browntimmy

2022-01-15 01:05:21 AM

WhippingBoi: Those things are going for $100,000+ right now on eBay.

Who's the idiot now?

Link to ebay from the article shows them going for $100-200. I guess if you value a whole day's worth of your time at $0 it makes financial sense.

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AAAAGGGGHHHH

2022-01-15 01:06:55 AM

Money Song

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browntimmy

2022-01-15 01:15:41 AM

Iggie: Over thirty bids

"Proceeds will go towards paying off my mortgage, or crypto currency, or New Bronco, or a bag of fresh popcorn, 10% for God."

Inedible popcorn dubiously originating from a cartoon dinosaur bucket...for Jesus.

Well I have to have that.

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moothemagiccow

2022-01-15 01:23:34 AM

Can't believe Disney World fans would wait in line for something

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Mr. Eugenides

2022-01-15 01:25:22 AM

I read that as ERCOT and was wondering why frozen Texans would have a purple dragon mascot.

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Raider_dad

2022-01-15 01:32:24 AM

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hotrod2001

2022-01-15 02:00:05 AM

browntimmy: WhippingBoi: Those things are going for $100,000+ right now on eBay.

Who's the idiot now?

Link to ebay from the article shows them going for $100-200. I guess if you value a whole day's worth of your time at $0 it makes financial sense.

If you want to go cheap, this guy is selling a drawing his daughter did of what the buckets look like:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/275113881597?hash=item400e10affd:g:3DQAAOSw5Flh4jdY

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Hoopy Frood

2022-01-15 04:16:54 AM

I'd lined up for midnight album releases in Chicago in the dead of winter and had a good time just hanging out with people who were the same brand of nerd I was. Even if they were there for the wrong band.

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baorao

2022-01-15 06:51:23 AM

sure if you're an asshole that wants the physical bucket.

what I've got is an NFT of that hard to find bucket, surrounded by the stuffed Disney characters of your choosing. Completely custom and available for $487,000.

You can make it the background on your phone and always have it with you to show when you (a childless adult) start talking about Disney unprompted at work.

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ssa5

2022-01-15 08:31:48 AM

This truly is the Idiocracy we are living in. Adults waiting 7 hours for a bucket at an amusement park for a children's ride. Adults buying Pokemon cards, adults Twitch streaming children's games, and adults dressing up like children for NerdFest.

We will soon be patting on the head a 35 year old who wants to get married and go to a bar to celebrate by saying "aww thats cute, when you grow up to become an adult you can do that".

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BunkyBrewman

2022-01-15 08:36:33 AM

Honestly I'd rather have this one: Plus it's on sale from $7,777 down to a bargain price of $60!

https://poshmark.com/listing/Figment-Popcorn-Bucket-61e2cb2d275e550d7d653a76

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baltimoreblonde

2022-01-15 08:48:10 AM

hotrod2001: browntimmy: WhippingBoi: Those things are going for $100,000+ right now on eBay.

Who's the idiot now?

Link to ebay from the article shows them going for $100-200. I guess if you value a whole day's worth of your time at $0 it makes financial sense.

If you want to go cheap, this guy is selling a drawing his daughter did of what the buckets look like:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/275113881597?hash=item400e10affd:g:3DQAAOSw5Flh4jdY

I think he's donating any proceeds to Habitat for Humanity, and is upfront about just what you're getting. Good on him.

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jso2897

2022-01-15 08:53:35 AM

If they can condition you to do that, think of what else they will be able to get you to do when they need to.

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Modified Cornstarch

2022-01-15 08:57:02 AM

SunTzuX: Modified Cornstarch: Figment was awesome. I loved that Imagination ride. Went back in 2000 and it was gone. Only saw one mural that had Figment in it.

It was there when we went in 2020, just a few weeks before Covid shut everything down.

That's good to know

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