If the CoP will be saved, I highly doubt it will go to EPCOT Center/Epcot anytime soon, atleast in the present time.
If the CoP were to remain in WDW'S tomorrowland right where it is, then yes the CoP needs a whole new building exterior, advertisments, and promotions. It does need a sponsor! :wave:
So going with the theory that the CoP will go through a rehab and live on forever and not be closed after WDW plays a roll in the DL 50th anniversary, then this is what hads got to be done:
They (management) need to make sure that the interior and mechanics of the theater and carousel bottom are in very good and presentable shape and in working order. New lighting and sound will also need to be considered.
Now we all went through the debate that the carousel of progress did in fact turn clockwise in both 1964 and 1967, and that when the current theater was built in 1975 it was presented counterclockwise. I can personally live with a counter clockwise show. It is really what is presented in the show that counts, not the direction we are moving in.
Bring back the kaleidophonic screens! These beautiful shimmering and pulsing giant lighbulb and plasma screens were housed in both the enter and exit theater, but disappeared when the CoP moved to WDW in 1975. Screw the silver curtain, bring back some brand new kaleidophonic screens! :sohappy:
Act's 1, 2, and 3 can easily be restored to what they were in 1964, beleive me that are different, but they can be restored. Also new AA's must be taken into consideration, espically one's that physically look like the 1964 ones, the current ones are somewhat different in physical facail appearenes.
A new cast will have to be hired to read a new script. They can easily bring back the sound effects and background noises of the original 1964 carousel of progress. They can also read from the 1964 script, with maybe slight changes. The current script has many changes since 1964.
Now on to Act IV. I personally don't feel act four needs to be updated. If we update to 2010 or 2020 we will have a much bigger gap from 1940 and that is just plain rediculous. Because we don't have the room in tomorrowland we can't present a longer and more extened show that can give us 1900, 1920, 1940, 1960, 1980, 2000 and 'tomorrow'. Dealing with 4 acts with a 20 minute show will have to due. If we can bring back the original ending of christmas 1960 there are many benefits to this:
The show will not have to be udpated with time and money, and we won't need a new cast.
The show will be closely presented to what it was at the world's fair.
The show will closely resemble walt disney's original ideas and creations after all it is his most favorte ride.
The show would also fit in with celebration of disneyland's 50th, because the CoP was very close to what it was at the world's fair.
The show would fit in with the rest of tomorrowland. A juels vern exterior but a show that not only gives us a relationship with walt disney, but the theme of tomorrowland : the future that never was or never truly became. CHirstmas 1960 was a very good ending. It was optimistic, futursitic for the space age, but set a time when the dawn of total modern age became true, and I feel that is proper to once again end the show with Christmas 1960.
If we update the show to a future year, we not only loose 'something' from the show, but like someone suggested I feel it is not right to destory the first three acts and make them different years. They are all we have e;lft from the famous 1964 world's fair. We can't let that be lost. We are so blessed to have this great and unique attraction here in WDW. Let's make it better with technology standpoints, but staying to true to its original form. :wave:
