Carousel of Progress exterior refurbishment

[RobbinsDad]

From everything that I have read about it, it was possibly the most popular pavilion at the Fair. Probably why it has lasted 50 years, so we should bulldoze it, it's just another dated attraction with no relevance to anything.

Or better yet let's alter it so it no longer even resembles the historic Worlds Fair show. Who needs to see that anyway?

I'm thinking GOTG overlay. The Collector's Carousel of Collections.

 

[MissM]

They have definitely done something recently with the lighting in the scenes. It's MUCH better than it was previously. The lightning is much more atmospheric lately. I rode it a couple weeks ago and I was impressed with the color and tone of the lightning used in the scenes. For example, the 1920's looked warm, old fashioned light, and it looked much more like it was evening - especially with the view outside the window. Previously, it looked kinda silly because it looked very "daylight" and it made it hard to figure out the discrepancies of Sarah being on the porch and it looking dark there and yet it looked like bright afternoon in the kitchen with John.

So no, it's not an overhaul of the final scene but I give kudos that someone spent some time overhauling the lighting and giving it a more uniform temperature/hue and feel appropriate to each scene.

 

[Goofyernmost]

I'm thinking GOTG overlay. The Collector's Carousel of Collections.

Don't even joke about that.

 

[Goofnut1980]

I just think the background music is WAY to loud in many of the scenes. They tend to outshine the actual speaking!

 

[Brian Swan]

It's worse when it's a Nimitz Class fleet.....

I fear Norway will look worse than this in a month or so...

 

[Brian Swan]

Can't beat any more striking than it's original look!! It really was a sight to behold. All of the ribbing on the roof had synchronized lights that could form changing patterns and colors. It gave the illusion that the entire roof was rotating.

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That was SO cool. I was 6 when I saw it, and it totally amazed me - I really DID think the whole building was spinning.

 

[Miss Heinous]

Mural has been painted over, upstairs is now blue.

 

[rct247]

Mural has been painted over, upstairs is now blue.

So far so good, but they aren't done yet.

 

[Horizons1]

So far so good, but they aren't done yet.

Let's hope.

 

[thequirkysarah]

I'm having flashbacks to when everyone thought Future World's new "paint scheme" was just Disney testing a few different color variations. We all know how that ended.

 

[Clamman73]

The top part being blue is how I remember it as a kid being on the Peoplemover in those early '80s days. Waiting to see if they complete the old school look of the first level being vertical stripes.

 

[ParksAndPixels]

As someone else posted the photo from worlds fair, it would be cool touch to light the lower portion so in the evening, they can use slow color scroll effect to enhance spinning effect of building.

 

[Baltar]

This attraction deserves some love. I hope it never goes away.

 

[ShoalFox]

Mural has been painted over, upstairs is now blue.

Perhaps they're trying to return to the building's original color scheme with pinstripes. Then they'd just have to swap out the gear sign and the old exterior would be restored.

 

[JohnWD]

Looks like they made "progress" and have moved to the next section.

 

[Haymarket2008]

Looks a lot like the pre-94 Tomorrowland colors..

 

[Clamman73]

Oh that's an interesting paint scheme showing up now of the bottom part...take a look at the tweet from @MickeyViews

 

[hpyhnt 1000]

Oh that's an interesting paint scheme showing up now of the bottom part...take a look at the tweet from @MickeyViews

Much more bold and striking. I'm liking it thus far.

 

[Haymarket2008]

The RCA Space Mountain sponsorship utilized very similar designs. It's very late 70's. I love it.

 

[TheOrangeBird01]

From @mickeyviews on Twitter ...

I really like the new paint scheme! Very retro, yet still kind of modern.