DisneyPrincess5
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Oh boy. Let's hope this isn't a permanent closure. I always fear that.
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Carousel of Progress closing for refurbishment in late summer
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Magnolia Mickey
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C.O.P. is nostalgic. If I'm not mistaken, Walt designed the ride. That alone should be enough to keep it in the park! I hope the "refurb" will make it sparkle again.
Thrill
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I'm gonna miss it...
Kidding. I expect it to re-open on schedule (to my dismay -- that's quite a short time for a refurbishment. It could use a couple months).
I say restore the original final scene. Accept that Disney will not keep that last scene ahead-of-date, and make the Carousel of Progress a nostalgic look at how the world progressed in the early 20th century. It's a Spaceship Earth-style look into our future, if you will. Until then, it would not take more than a few thousand to get things looking slightly modern (with the exception of the video game). At the bare minimum, new outfits for everyone (Grandpa doesn't even need a new one), a new laptop, some pairs of Google Glass to, re-dub "car phones" as "smartphones" and "Laserdiscs" to "Blu-ray Discs." Boom. Fairly modern, and ridiculously cheap (especially for Disney).
Kidding. I expect it to re-open on schedule (to my dismay -- that's quite a short time for a refurbishment. It could use a couple months).
I say restore the original final scene. Accept that Disney will not keep that last scene ahead-of-date, and make the Carousel of Progress a nostalgic look at how the world progressed in the early 20th century. It's a Spaceship Earth-style look into our future, if you will. Until then, it would not take more than a few thousand to get things looking slightly modern (with the exception of the video game). At the bare minimum, new outfits for everyone (Grandpa doesn't even need a new one), a new laptop, some pairs of Google Glass to, re-dub "car phones" as "smartphones" and "Laserdiscs" to "Blu-ray Discs." Boom. Fairly modern, and ridiculously cheap (especially for Disney).
hpyhnt 1000
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I'm waiting until the refurb is done before deciding that. There have been too many half hearted refurbs at WDW in recent years to say Disney "cares."
abeachchick
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Omelette Superb Avec Jambon
I miss that
I miss that
JimboJones123
Well-Known Member
Farewell CoP!
We hardly knew you.
We hardly knew you.
DisneyGentleman
Well-Known Member
Just do this and call it the Mad Men update.
rct247
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First off, Carousel of Progress isn't closing in the foreseeable future and certainly not with this refurbishment.
Secondly, this refurbishment will not see any changes to the script or show scenes.
This refurbishment will primarily be general cleaning, minor maintenance work, carpet/chair cushion replacement, some exterior paint, and some safety related additions/upgrades for the Cast.
Secondly, this refurbishment will not see any changes to the script or show scenes.
This refurbishment will primarily be general cleaning, minor maintenance work, carpet/chair cushion replacement, some exterior paint, and some safety related additions/upgrades for the Cast.
bcalltimandanna
Active Member
I got my username from COP
Tom
Beta Return
Ummmmm.....what?
BoarderPhreak
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216bruce
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New final scene: Theater rotates, music plays and we see the family sitting around in updated 2014 clothing at Christmas in a state of the art living room/kitchen. They are all looking down at their smartphones. Music stops. Silence..........(Rover barks, family looks up for a moment)........Silence
Music starts and theater rotates to exit scene.
'There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow...."
Crowd leaves looking down at their smartphones.
Beautiful!
Music starts and theater rotates to exit scene.
'There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow...."
Crowd leaves looking down at their smartphones.
Beautiful!
jessfriends
Active Member
At least they will have a shirt for it but it is only available online from April 22-27: http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...g-to-disney-parks-online-store-in-april-2014/
I hope they fix the sound as the background music is too loud and it's hard to hear them talk. If they can do that along with an update to the last scene and new carpet and chairs I will be happy!
DisneyGentleman
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New final scene: Theater rotates, music plays and we see the now grossly overweight family sitting around in shorts and sandals, with loud t-shirts having some inane ads printed on them.
It's Christmas with a Charlie-Brown Christmas twig in a beat up living room/kitchen in a trailer park.
They are all wearing Magic Bands. Music stops. Silence...(Junior touches Magic Band to Rover and he barks on command.)...
Father touches his Magic Band to a beer and the cap pops off.
Mom touches Magic Band to TV and gets 5 more minutes of Honey Boo Boo.
Cousin Orville is heard over sound of flushing toilet "Can't use the facilities without a Magic Band anymore."
Daughter touches Magic Band to microwave oven and out pops a smoking pizza, and she exclaims "My Magic Band is pink!"
Grandma says "I can't imagine how anyone survived before the Magic Band" and everyone laughs.
The theater begins to turn as a haunted mansionesque funeral dirge begins to play...
'There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow...."
Crowd leaves as the whole family holds up their Magic Bands in eerie robotic silence.
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sublimesting
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Getting a few new outfits from Target would help wonders.
DisneyGal1221
Member
The video you see while waiting to enter the theater could use an update as well. When I was there last week I noticed that when the voice of Grandpa comes on he says "I had the honor of performing in the first showing of COP, some 30 years ago." As COP is celebrating 50 years, might be time to remove that line.
pumpkin7
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That's a thing of beauty.
Was anything ever done about Rover, I think in the second scene? This is going back to July last year but it was very glaringly obvious that his skin was very loose:
Communicore
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Dad should be sitting in his scooter too!