News Carousel of Progress Closed

[JohnD]

According to Inside the Magic, now Carousel of Progress is now closed. Could be maintenance. Those AAs malfunction frequently. If its for another reason, it wouldn't surprise me if it's for COVID. Even if people are spread out, you're in a rotating theatre and have to stay in your seat until the show is over.

https:///2020/07/carousel-of-progre...ail&utm_term=0_a98380eccc-2b31adc6a1-88910963

 

[jt04]

According to Inside the Magic, now Carousel of Progress is now closed. Could be maintenance. Those AAs malfunction frequently. If its for another reason, it wouldn't surprise me if it's for COVID. Even if people are spread out, you're in a rotating theatre and have to stay in your seat until the show is over.

https:///2020/07/carousel-of-progre...ail&utm_term=0_a98380eccc-2b31adc6a1-88910963

Saw some recent footage and it was really bad show. Scrims looked hideous. Guessing it gets made shiny through the 50th celebrations then all bets are off.

 

[DisneyDebRob]

According to Inside the Magic, now Carousel of Progress is now closed. Could be maintenance. Those AAs malfunction frequently. If its for another reason, it wouldn't surprise me if it's for COVID. Even if people are spread out, you're in a rotating theatre and have to stay in your seat until the show is over.

https:///2020/07/carousel-of-progre...ail&utm_term=0_a98380eccc-2b31adc6a1-88910963

Is splash back up and operating? With the people mover down, now CoP.. if splash is down, it’s not looking good in the MK.

 

[drizgirl]

They need to get it together. People attending right now are prepared to give up characters, shows and night entertainment. But having core attractions down when that's all there is would be a big disappointment.

 

[DCBaker]

Is splash back up and operating? With the people mover down, now CoP.. if splash is down, it’s not looking good in the MK.

It is.

 

[Queen of the WDW Scene]

I hope its just finally getting some love.
It was on a the chopping block back in the early 2000's but petitions helped save it.
In the past few years every time I see it its a pretty full theater (Sometimes we hang back for the next one because I like being front and just off center right because I can see the best there).

 

[Magic Feather]

Carousel has been having a lot of issues lately. Some scenes haven’t had any in theater audio (the background music that plays in the seating area) since the reopening. Lots of other audio issues and mechanical effects not working too. I’m assuming something finally went down that was big enough to bring the ride down to fix.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Maybe they plan to replace them with animatronics that look like the Modern Family cast. With every color of the rainbow and more handicapped versions.

.... by the way before I get comments like "YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT." in all caps and "That wouldn't be historically accurate based on the time it takes place." I'm joking... it may not be a good joke, but it's a joke nonetheless.

Why would they put a dime into something that’s been on the chopping block for years and nobody goes to?

Is splash back up and operating? With the people mover down, now CoP.. if splash is down, it’s not looking good in the MK.

They’ve been neglecting ride systems for two decades...nothing is gonna change.

 

[DisneyCane]

When I rode Wednesday everything worked except the background singing in one scene transition.

The theater was just about at covid capacity. More people than there seem to be in normal times. The scrims do look bad and the seats needed new cushions for the 25th anniversary.

 

[Queen of the WDW Scene]

Why would they put a dime into something that’s been on the chopping block for years and nobody goes to?

It WAS on the chopping block.
It hasn't been on the seasonal list for YEARS.
Every time I have gone on since about 2012 its been a 2/3 full theater and is actually difficult to get in the first or second row.
Like I mentioned in my previous post I usually hang back to be first in line for the next theater just so I can sit where I want.

 

[Disstevefan1]

We know this week there were audio issues in COP. It’s my opinion WDW waits for enough things to break, then closes an attraction for rehab. I think now is the best time to close an attraction, instead of when the Park is mobbed.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

It WAS on the chopping block.
It hasn't been on the seasonal list for YEARS.
Every time I have gone on since about 2012 its been a 2/3 full theater and is actually difficult to get in the first or second row.
Like I mentioned in my previous post I usually hang back to be first in line for the next theater just so I can sit where I want.

I like COP...to be clear

But nothing about the current management or this current developing recession would indicate spending on it in any significant sense is plausible.

Hell...they wouldn’t replace the track at space and that DOES get people into the park.

I just don’t see COP lasting past the next generation roll over.

 

[Mickey2021]

We know this week there were audio issues in COP. It’s my opinion WDW waits for enough things to break, then closes an attraction for rehab. I think now is the best time to close an attraction, instead of when the Park is mobbed.

"now is the best time" I see what you did there

 

[Expo_Seeker40]

The CoP is my most sentimental soft spot for WDW. The premise isn't bad, nor is the unique rotating theater. It just needs some damn help!

This is the second oldest attraction at WDW (after Cinderella's Golden Carousel) and only attraction at WDW directly touched by Walt and only Disney attraction to move twice and be at three different places. It is history. It can be fun and it can work.

Let's go with the assumption no one knows what the ride is. The small queue videos (from the 90s!) aren't the most attention grabbing.

I still stand by a 25 minute show.

1.) The load theater becomes both load and unload. Guests enter on the left and exit out the right.
2.) Instead of a curtain and logo, it's a soft orchestral opening with a digitized version of the Kaleidophonic screens from the world's fair and Disneyland. It transitions into a rundown of the ride, it's history, tie to Walt, his love of history and future, and that the ride will follow through the era in which Walt lived and then we'll see a glimpse into the future.

3.) Acts 1-3 are reasonably revised back to what they were at the world's fair and Disneyland. (Some crass lines about Mother ironing all the time may likely go)

4.) Act 4 is made to look like it did at the fair or Disneyland.

5.) Despite having a shorter stage, the unload theater becomes bonus act 5. This scene can always be updated and any time a new cast is hired to read from a script, they can read from the set-in-stone script for acts 1-4.

 

[lentesta]

The audio was off in Scene 1, and the John AA was having mechanical issues. It wasn't good show. Makes sense that it's closed for a bit.

ETA: It was reasonably well-attended when I saw it each time over the last couple of weeks.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Merging of a couple of ideas... they should have moved Carousel show scenes into one of the innoventions buildings complete with the model of Epcot that you see from the people mover. Make it a walk through attraction. Do an emotional “Walt always loved the future and that’s why your in Epcot today”

 

[RSoxNo1]

Looks like it's currently operating.

 

[seabreezept813]

We love COP. And it will have one big fan years from now as my 2 year old makes me play the song on repeat in the car

 

[JoeCamel]

Time for me to play Imagineer!

1. Trim each scene to 3-4 minutes so people with short attention spans aren't trying to leave halfway through.

2. Make it more relevant to today's audiences by making the 1964 World's Fair finale scene the first act, followed by new scenes for the 1980s, 2000s, and the new finale would be the 2020s. With the original finale now the intro, this would tie the new version back to the Walt original.

3. Eliminate the "immortal family" issue by showcasing four different families in the different scenes. The first scene could be the original family, and the following scenes could be families from other cultures to make the attraction more diverse.

Basically instead of displaying how electricity improved society from 1900-1960, the show could display how modern technology such as computers have improved life from the 60s to today.

Maybe get some of that electricity to infuse magic powers in the old equipment. It is as ricketity as PW was and needs the underpinnings brought up to snuff.
We all know the attraction will be removed before that is replaced/repaired.

 

[jt04]

Time for me to play Imagineer!

1. Trim each scene to 3-4 minutes so people with short attention spans aren't trying to leave halfway through.

2. Make it more relevant to today's audiences by making the 1964 World's Fair finale scene the first act, followed by new scenes for the 1980s, 2000s, and the new finale would be the 2020s. With the original finale now the intro, this would tie the new version back to the Walt original.

3. Eliminate the "immortal family" issue by showcasing four different families in the different scenes. The first scene could be the original family, and the following scenes could be families from other cultures to make the attraction more diverse.

Basically instead of displaying how electricity improved society from 1900-1960, the show could display how modern technology such as computers have improved life from the 60s to today.

This isn't bad.