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Carosel of Progress to be removed and moved to the Walt Disney Family Mueseum
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Figment632
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WondersOfLife
Blink, blink. Breathe, breathe. Day in, day out.
Well, since pirates had an update as well as it's a small world, they're not in their original work as walt disney designed them.
So now all we have left is Main Street, Carousel of Progress, and The Country Bear Jamboree left!
Figment632
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Well, since pirates had an update as well as it's a small world, they're not in their original work as walt disney designed them.
So now all we have left is Main Street, Carousel of Progress, and The Country Bear Jamboree left!
None of which are original anymore either.
_Scar
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Figment632
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You are arong.
devoy1701
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Well, since pirates had an update as well as it's a small world, they're not in their original work as walt disney designed them.
So now all we have left is Main Street, Carousel of Progress, and The Country Bear Jamboree left!
Main Street ain't quite what is used to be...
DocMcHulk
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I think it's the longest running stage rumor in American history.
Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
Expo_Seeker40
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will CoP ever get a new ending :dazzle: :brick:
:dazzle: :brick:
TP2000
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Walt had nothing to do with WDW's Magic Kingdom planning. When he passed away in late '66 the Magic Kingdom part of his Florida Project was just a cut and pasted map of Disneyland circa 1965 up in the corner of the property.
Look, you can see StorybookLand and the Matterhorn and New Orleans Square and the Flying Saucers! :lol:
But since Walt was responsible for the Carousel of Progress at the World's Fair a decade before it arrived in WDW, he did have a hand in that one Magic Kingdom attraction. It's really the only thing Walt would have touched that is currently in the Magic Kingdom.
But as someone who has been to the Walt Disney Family Museum in The Presidio (and it's a FANTASTIC experience!), I can assure you that there is no room for such a facility in that beautiful and historic museum space.
Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
Or a new beginning.
yensid67
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Although I am glad to see they are not removing CoP, think about it...
Why would they REMOVE the attraction when they could build one at the Family Museum prolly cheaper and more efficient than removing it and rebuilding it somewhere else!? Although, stranger things have happened!
As a side thought:
Is the CoP still operational or is it completely closed? The last time I was there I thought it was not operational indefinitely!? Can anyone help? I know Figment always has the answers! LOL
ABigBrassBand
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No! CoP belongs in WDW, and it should stay there.
And thats the only ride Walt had to do with? Pirates, IASW, Main Street, and a lot more rides want to speak with you...
And thats the only ride Walt had to do with? Pirates, IASW, Main Street, and a lot more rides want to speak with you...
TubaGeek
God bless the "Ignore" button.
The CoP is still running. I think it MIGHT be seasonal, technically, but it's still open most of the time, if not all.
yensid67
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While its a good argument, although the attractions aren't original any longer, they are at least the original concepts from Uncle Walt, himself!
As for Main Street USA, if I were Mayor of Marceline, MO., I would put up the cash and make it SIMILAR to Main Street USA, since Mercaline was the inspiration for MSUSA. Just think of how their economy would be boosted just from tourism!? They could actually invest in the town a little more and create a SMALL park with some of the main attractions! Disney could help and make it a Disney Vacation Destination...kind of a see the inspriation for the area of the park type vacation. Just an idea, hehehehe! Not a well thought out idea at that!LOL
FinePhotoGraphx
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Future of COP?
While the Carousel of Progress (COP) is such an important piece of Disneyana, Imagineers will eventually need to do something with it.
The last scene of the "modern" family is grossly outdated. From all I know about Walt and his forward thinking and "plussing" I don't believe he would have COP as it currently is in the Magic Kingdom. My guess is it would be totally redone with the latest interactive and visual technology like you see over at Turtle Talk with Crush and Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor.
Or Walt would replace it with something new and revolutionary with a corporate sponsor backing it.
With all that said I've always loved COP and will make it a point to see it each time I go.
What would you like to see happen with COP?
While the Carousel of Progress (COP) is such an important piece of Disneyana, Imagineers will eventually need to do something with it.
The last scene of the "modern" family is grossly outdated. From all I know about Walt and his forward thinking and "plussing" I don't believe he would have COP as it currently is in the Magic Kingdom. My guess is it would be totally redone with the latest interactive and visual technology like you see over at Turtle Talk with Crush and Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor.
Or Walt would replace it with something new and revolutionary with a corporate sponsor backing it.
With all that said I've always loved COP and will make it a point to see it each time I go.
What would you like to see happen with COP?
TP2000
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Walt worked on the Disneyland or 1964 World's Fair versions of those attractions in the 1950's and 60's. Walt died in 1966, before real planning on the Magic Kingdom began. (Inspect that screen grab from the EPCOT '66 film I linked above).
The copies of those attractions were built by people living 5 or more years after Walt's death. They were mostly very talented people and they did a good job (except for the Readers Digest version of Pirates of the Caribbean they shoehorned into Adventureland in '73), but they weren't Walt.
Walt had been dead for years when this stuff was designed for Florida.