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Big Question About Carousel of Progress and the Song

Kristin Wins

New Member
Original Poster
I have a question about the song featured in the Carousel of Progress ride at Disney World in Tomorrowland; throughout the attraction our ears are treated to the ballad of "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" written by the Sherman Brothers. Excellent song, no doubt, one that I've treated my auditory nerves to the pleasure of not just once but on multiple accounts.

However, as the carousel comes to end and turns its rotary gears one last time for the session, a sweet ear nectar reaches boiling point to use its gaseous form as a means to bless upon us a sound beyond its years. What we hear instead of the Sherman Brothers original is a passionate love-filled man & female duet version of "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow." After having my perspective on life shattered from the true beauty of the song, I attempted to find the version online to give my sensory system a second round of the stunning, jaw-dropping ingenuity of the duet.

Much to my disappointment, my searches as of yet have been fruitless, not even resulting in a drop of song's juicy center. Here in this video you can hear a poor recording of the song in question, though unfortunately it's too low quality to feel it's life-altering effects: (start at 20:15 for the song)



Any help would be beyond appreciated, please join me in this journey to find the answer to life itself.
 

marni1971

Park History nut
Premium Member
There is an okay quality ALD recoding including this mix available at the usual online places.

You can hear it here

 

Cmdr_Crimson

Well-Known Member
A side Fun fact the singer who sang John's part in the 1996 version is Jess Harnell who also voiced Brer Rabbit in Splssh mountain and Wakko Warner from Animaniacs.
 

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