Let's be honest...is Carousel of Progress going to last the next five years?

[Jacob Marley]

Have it become the Carousel Of CEOs.
Using animatronics of Eisner, Iger, and Chapek.
One CEO per scene explaining the biggest accomplishments of their era.
The finale is all three of them together singing "For The Longest Time" Acapella, with Chapek doing the high notes.

 

[Goofyernmost]

We had the sequel to the attraction and look what happened..

What in the hell is that??

 

[Oddysey]

What in the hell is that??

Horizons demo at Epcot. It was the sequel to CoP when it was constructed as it saw the family moving into the future.

There’s a great big beautiful tomorrow

 

[James.Green]

I hope not. It represents the Disney that was more than just an amusement park, but something like a worlds fair. A place to learn, see new products and ideas, step into faraway lands, all while having fun. But current management seems to disagree with me. They seem to think the vision of the parks should be to sell subscriptions, perks, and merchandise. Parks still seem packed so I guess I can’t disagree.

 

[mf1972]

i don’t see it going anywhere, but like many, i would like to see the final scene updated. they spent hundreds of millions for GOTG & the upcoming tron…u can’t shell out a little more for COP?

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

What in the hell is that??

This.....

 

[Disstevefan1]

Please don’t talk about COP going away!

If i were in charge, any technology that needed updating would get it, the animatronics would get updated to reflect a more inclusive world and only the last scene would get updated to reflect the latest tech and I guess (sigh) get rid of any references to holidays.

That said, the above would cost money so it’s doubtful anything will happen.

What would kill COP would be an attack by the Twitter mob an the volume of the attack on Splash mountain; If that were to happen, COP would “close indefinitely for extensive renovations” and never reopen.

Just what we need, to lose a nice indoor, seated, air conditioned attraction that is one of the easiest to actually get into.

We can’t have that! Yup, definitely a goner….

 

[vikescaper]

We had the sequel to the attraction and look what happened..

This photo should come with a warning any time it is posted.

 

[Goofyernmost]

This photo should come with a warning any time it is posted.

I guess it is but it defies all gravity to be standing that tall and scrunched up. I'll just take everyone's word for it. either way it is gone.

 

[Smiley/OCD]

At a minimum the last scene should be less 1993 forward looking, and just historical.

1900-1910, 1930-1940 1960-1970, 1990-2000 would work great.

Hadn’t heard Hanks. Always thought Selleck had the voice for it.

Would really like them to add scenes at the opening and/or closing even if they were brief. Maybe just John talking about the progress made since 2000 (which seems like yesterday to fewer of us each year) so it’s easy to keep

At a minimum the last scene should be less 1993 forward looking, and just historical.

1900-1910, 1930-1940 1960-1970, 1990-2000 would work great.

Hadn’t heard Hanks. Always thought Selleck had the voice for it.

Would really like them to add scenes at the opening and/or closing even if they were brief. Maybe just John talking about the progress made since 2000 (which seems like yesterday to fewer of us each year) so it’s easy to keep current.

If I had a choice, JS would remain as the voice of CoP…Tom Hanks, ok, but don’t we hear enough of him in Buzz right across from CoP and TSL?
I never thought about Tom Selleck (my DW would LOVE it), but with Disney’s views and Selleck’s conservative leanings, I don’t think he would ever consider it, but yes, he does have the voice for it.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Tom Hanks, ok, but don’t we hear enough of him in Buzz right across from CoP and TSL?

First off...It's Tim Allen or one of the secondary actors voicing Buzz...

Secondly, When they go for Anything with Woody...They do not go to Tom..they Go to his brother Jim Hanks who has been voicing him for the parks and products...

 

[NickMaio]

The ride/show was never meant to be exciting.......It was meant to teach people some history while being entertaining.
Think of all the things people have learned from this show about our past as Westerners.
I adore this show and hope they make some changes but leave the core purpose alone.
We don't need to trash all of the educational facets in WDW - - that is one of the main reasons I fell in love with WDW as a child.
It was so different from the other crummy parks where I live.

 

[Smiley/OCD]

First off...It's Tim Allen or one of the secondary actors voicing Buzz...

Secondly, When they go for Anything with Woody...They do not go to Tom..they Go to his brother Jim Hanks who has been voicing him for the parks and products...

You’re right…senior moment…wrong TS character…

 

[FutureCEO]

It smelled like oil in the first theater last time.

 

[Oddysey]

I guess it is but it defies all gravity to be standing that tall and scrunched up. I'll just take everyone's word for it. either way it is gone.

In fairness, when I first looked at the photo I thought it might have been altered because it doesn’t look like any demo job I have ever seen. That said, I do not know for sure if it is a real photo or an altered one.

As you said, the one thing we can be sure of, is that it is gone.

 

[Walt Disney1955]

I can remember my brother in law about 20 years ago going to Magic Kingdom and when I asked him if he did CoP he said he did, but that there was someone handing out surveys asking if Disney ought to keep the show.

So there has been a long standing debate about this, and that's unfortunate. Because it ought to stay. It is a small piece of Walt Disney that is left in the park. And the show is still lovely. That's the thing about the old attractions Walt did, they were different.

 

[Kirby86]

I see it being like the rest of the park attractions and the company letting it limp along. It's a crowd eater in a part of the park that dosen't have a lot of high capacity attractions so I don't think they're going to close it. Also the reimagine tomorrow thing had a bunch of artist do covers of It's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow and recently Park commercials were using the song too. So at the very least that Sherman Brothers song will stay around if they close the ride.

 

[Goofyernmost]

I see it being like the rest of the park attractions and the company letting it limp along. It's a crowd eater in a part of the park that dosen't have a lot of high capacity attractions so I don't think they're going to close it. Also the reimagine tomorrow thing had a bunch of artist do covers of It's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow and recently Park commercials were using the song too. So at the very least that Sherman Brothers song will stay around if they close the ride.

But without that show GBBT will not really be nostalgically relatable. One goes with the other. Even when I hear "Now is the best time" in the background my mind immediately jumps to CoP.

 

[RoyWalley]

Its not going anywhere. Yes it can use some updates, but hopefully it stays forever as it is one of Walt's creations. Below is from the Disney website:

A Classic Walt Disney Attraction​

Walt Disney originally conceived the show as part of a new area at Disneyland Park called Edison Square. When the concept was abandoned, the idea was reimagined, eventually opening under the name “Progressland” at the 1964-65 New York World's Fair.
With the classic song "There’s a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow” by the Academy Award®-winning team of brothers Richard and Robert Sherman, the show was an instant hit. Following its success, the show moved to Disneyland Park and was renamed “The Carousel of Progress.”
In 1975, the attraction moved to Magic Kingdom park where it was rewritten and restaged with a new theme song, “The Best Time of Your Life.”
In the true spirit of progress, the show was reworked in 1994 to its initial incarnation with the original theme song intact—as a tribute to nostalgia.

 

[Kirby86]

But without that show GBBT will not really be nostalgically relatable. One goes with the other. Even when I hear "Now is the best time" in the background my mind immediately jumps to CoP.

I agree I love the Carasoul of Progress and i think it should be an untouchable attraction with it being the only attraction in WDW that Walt himself worked on. I'm just saying worse case scenario GBBT will still have a place somewhere.