Main Street U.S.A
General Concept
Our Main Street is new for one single reason: it progresses as you walk through it. As seen in this concept image by Hack2112, everything in our Main Street progresses through time. Small details such as lightning, façade details and more changes as you start in the 1900's and progress to the 1950's, where the Hub is located.
The Emporium
The Emporium also reflects on this new theme. As you walk through the shop, the merchandise and cast member costumes change too. For merchandise, if you start in the 1900's, you'll find no Mickey Mouse and Gang merchandise, instead, vintage merchandise resembling old souvenirs and stuff. Starting in the 1920's, you can see Mickey and his Gang in their original looks, ending with their current looks. The costumes and decoration also change, making for a great experience.
Inventor's Plaza and the Progressland Restaraunt
If you want to get to Tomorrowland, you can do it through Inventor's Plaza, home of the Quick Service restaurant called Progressland. Much more like the "Animation restaurant" at the Disney Cruise Line and the "Garden Grill" at the Land, this restaurant progresses through time as your meal progresses. Once again, from the 1900's to the 1950's. Clips of Disney movies such as Snow White and Fantasia can be seen while you dine.
Inventor's Plaza is the "Toontown of the future", with a more serious tone focused on the inventors and the good they did to humanity. Many homages to people like Tesla or Edison can be found throughout the plaza.
The Carousel of Progress
Be amazed as you enter the Waltzin' Entertrainment Department Opera House. But why are you here? Why, this is the gate to the only carousel on the world that with every turn makes progress. Wait in a beautiful 1900's opera house, seeing ads for the newest products of that decade and amazing decorations, all just peachy and clean. What's that sound in the air? Why, they are classical renditions of "The Best Time of Your Life", "Make Way for Tomorrow Today", "Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" and "New Horizons". The musical fun doesn't ends there, as inbetween the songs you hear announcements through the intercom, all of them announcing that your place at the Carousel of Progress is reserved.
The doors to the pre-show room are opened and you are taken to a small stage, where images of man's greatest inventions are projected on the walls. The lights dim down and the screen starts to play a video about the Carousel of Progress: what it was, where it began, and some more interesting facts. The lights come back and the announcer invites you to "make progress, as you board Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress!" A jazzy version of "Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" plays, and you are taken to the main theater, with the logo projected on the curtains.
The music lowers down and your host, John, the father of the family, begins to speak: "Hello, and welcome to Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress. Now most carousels just go round and round without getting anywhere. But on this one, at every turn, we'll be making progress. And progress is not just moving ahead. Progress is dreaming and working and building a better way of life. Progress is a commitment to people. A commitment of making today and tomorrow the best time of your life. It wasn't always easy. At every turn in our history there was always someone saying "Turn back. Turn back." But there is no turning back. Not for us. Not for our carousel. The challenge always lies ahead. And as long as man dreams and works and builds together, we can be sure that there's a great big beautiful tomorrow!"
The carousel begins to spin as the cast sings the main song and you are taken to the first scene. Its spring, just before the turn of the century. John talks about progress, and how things have changed in his society. After that, the carousel spins again and you are in the summer, during the 1930's. Its the age of eletricity, and John has lots of good news to share with you folks. One more time, lets spin around, and now its Autumn, on the 1970's. John talks about how things have changed so much inside his house. One more spin and we are now at the 2000's. Its New Year's Eve, and the family is now celebrating. John talks about how everything is so much easier: he can control everything by... guess... his phone! And he is not the only one happy with the news- the rest of the family talks about what they got for Christmas. And then its time for the last spin of the ride, with the whole family singing Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow.
The ride then ends, and John says: "Thank you for coming to Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress. Please gather your personal belongings, take small children by the hands, and exit through the back to the Wonderful World of Disney. " And as you exit, you hear the jazzy version of Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow again, but now its a medley with Best Time of Your Life and New Horizons.
In case you are wondering what changed, the focus of the ride is more how progress has affected everyone's lives and all the societies around the world, and how together, everyone in the planet can go towards a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow. As you can see, the first scene is the 1900's, the second one is the 1930's, the third one is the 1970's and the last one is the 2000's. At the end of the ride, you are dropped back on the 50's, which is where the exit to the Wonderful World of Disney is located.</span>
Wonderful World of Disney Exhibit
The Wonderful World of Disney exhibit is a large space dedicated to one man’s dream. It’s an in-depth look in to the triumph and progress of Walt Disney. You follow the “path of progress” through the area seeing a series of exhibits showing how one man effected the feature animation, film and amusement park business.
Through the journey small placards tell us information in each area, each colour coded to the themes. These have dates and short explanatory paragraphs.
We start with the humble beginnings of Walt, his life in Marceline, at the farm, then in Kansas. This part shows various Black and white
photos of Walt and his family and has any artefacts from that era still available. It also shows his time in France as a driver in the American Ambulance Corps. We also see/are shown his various attempts to get into the film business, at Pesmen-Rubin, the initial Disney-Iwerks partnership and his time at Kansas City Film Ad.
From this we move into his early animations. Here we continue where we left off, we look into how Disney set up a camera in his garage and started making his own animations. Here we see a copy of the one surviving reel, his ‘sample reel’ playing. We then move into the Laugh-O-grams stage, initially making his films at no profit, and on to becoming “Disney Incorporated” we see more films, like the original Red Riding Hood and some of the furniture he used. We then move on to Alice’s Wonderland and look at the filming and editing of that, including all the problems that arose. And then we move to the Disney Brothers studios, as we pass a small replica store front bearing that title covered in posters with pictures and information. If we look carefully inside we can see someone’s legs at a drawing table. Then a look at Oswald the rabbit, and finally the appearance of Mickey the Mouse. Plane Crazy plays on a small TV in the exhibit, the first Mickey cartoon and the Famous Steamboat Willy, looking at the changes it made for animation. We move on to the Silly Symphonies before
finally moving into colour.
We move to the Feature Animation area, here we see displays of the technology he’s used, such as the machine that introduced depth and a
look at technicolour. This area looks at Walt Disney’s achievements in the
feature animation field, his ground-breaking animation. Including a recreation of the Academy Award, and the 7 little ones. A look at Bambi and Pinocchio, and the infamous Fantasia. This section also looks at the development of the studios, showing the problems they faced, the protests and the attempt for Disney to keep a hold on the reigns.
But as we move out of this we see the introduction of WED enterprises, and the plans for a small park outside their new buildings, and how is spiralled from a man on a bench to Disneyland, it shows his World of Colour shows. It charts the desperation for a storyline and continuity on a huge scale; this was a major entrepreneurial move and pioneered a new era for the amusement park. We move round and look at the amazing work that he did on the World’s fair. Here a partially uncovered wall of the carousel contains the part of the display (repeated) which shows the rotation of the building every 4 minutes. We also see concept art on all of the attractions as well as memorabilia from various attractions.
We move on to the Florida Project where we see that major work that has gone into Florida, before and after Walt’s death. In this area there is a special tribute to Walt, it takes elements from all of his "World of Colour" shows we see a video edit, shown on several 50s/60s screens surrounded with from all the TV shows, the main focus of these is the EPCOT project show. There is all the maps seen. To the other side of this is the EPCOT model, as would be seen currently on the TTA. Here we can see models of various attraction around the park and behind the scenes looks.
The final area is dedicated to what’s up and coming, this is like the blue sky cellar showing displays and videos of the future of the park, and is a great and interesting insight. </span>
Next Post: Adventureland
General Concept
Our Main Street is new for one single reason: it progresses as you walk through it. As seen in this concept image by Hack2112, everything in our Main Street progresses through time. Small details such as lightning, façade details and more changes as you start in the 1900's and progress to the 1950's, where the Hub is located.
The Emporium
The Emporium also reflects on this new theme. As you walk through the shop, the merchandise and cast member costumes change too. For merchandise, if you start in the 1900's, you'll find no Mickey Mouse and Gang merchandise, instead, vintage merchandise resembling old souvenirs and stuff. Starting in the 1920's, you can see Mickey and his Gang in their original looks, ending with their current looks. The costumes and decoration also change, making for a great experience.
Inventor's Plaza and the Progressland Restaraunt
If you want to get to Tomorrowland, you can do it through Inventor's Plaza, home of the Quick Service restaurant called Progressland. Much more like the "Animation restaurant" at the Disney Cruise Line and the "Garden Grill" at the Land, this restaurant progresses through time as your meal progresses. Once again, from the 1900's to the 1950's. Clips of Disney movies such as Snow White and Fantasia can be seen while you dine.
Inventor's Plaza is the "Toontown of the future", with a more serious tone focused on the inventors and the good they did to humanity. Many homages to people like Tesla or Edison can be found throughout the plaza.
The Carousel of Progress
Be amazed as you enter the Waltzin' Entertrainment Department Opera House. But why are you here? Why, this is the gate to the only carousel on the world that with every turn makes progress. Wait in a beautiful 1900's opera house, seeing ads for the newest products of that decade and amazing decorations, all just peachy and clean. What's that sound in the air? Why, they are classical renditions of "The Best Time of Your Life", "Make Way for Tomorrow Today", "Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" and "New Horizons". The musical fun doesn't ends there, as inbetween the songs you hear announcements through the intercom, all of them announcing that your place at the Carousel of Progress is reserved.
The doors to the pre-show room are opened and you are taken to a small stage, where images of man's greatest inventions are projected on the walls. The lights dim down and the screen starts to play a video about the Carousel of Progress: what it was, where it began, and some more interesting facts. The lights come back and the announcer invites you to "make progress, as you board Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress!" A jazzy version of "Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" plays, and you are taken to the main theater, with the logo projected on the curtains.
The music lowers down and your host, John, the father of the family, begins to speak: "Hello, and welcome to Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress. Now most carousels just go round and round without getting anywhere. But on this one, at every turn, we'll be making progress. And progress is not just moving ahead. Progress is dreaming and working and building a better way of life. Progress is a commitment to people. A commitment of making today and tomorrow the best time of your life. It wasn't always easy. At every turn in our history there was always someone saying "Turn back. Turn back." But there is no turning back. Not for us. Not for our carousel. The challenge always lies ahead. And as long as man dreams and works and builds together, we can be sure that there's a great big beautiful tomorrow!"
The carousel begins to spin as the cast sings the main song and you are taken to the first scene. Its spring, just before the turn of the century. John talks about progress, and how things have changed in his society. After that, the carousel spins again and you are in the summer, during the 1930's. Its the age of eletricity, and John has lots of good news to share with you folks. One more time, lets spin around, and now its Autumn, on the 1970's. John talks about how things have changed so much inside his house. One more spin and we are now at the 2000's. Its New Year's Eve, and the family is now celebrating. John talks about how everything is so much easier: he can control everything by... guess... his phone! And he is not the only one happy with the news- the rest of the family talks about what they got for Christmas. And then its time for the last spin of the ride, with the whole family singing Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow.
The ride then ends, and John says: "Thank you for coming to Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress. Please gather your personal belongings, take small children by the hands, and exit through the back to the Wonderful World of Disney. " And as you exit, you hear the jazzy version of Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow again, but now its a medley with Best Time of Your Life and New Horizons.
In case you are wondering what changed, the focus of the ride is more how progress has affected everyone's lives and all the societies around the world, and how together, everyone in the planet can go towards a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow. As you can see, the first scene is the 1900's, the second one is the 1930's, the third one is the 1970's and the last one is the 2000's. At the end of the ride, you are dropped back on the 50's, which is where the exit to the Wonderful World of Disney is located.</span>
Wonderful World of Disney Exhibit
The Wonderful World of Disney exhibit is a large space dedicated to one man’s dream. It’s an in-depth look in to the triumph and progress of Walt Disney. You follow the “path of progress” through the area seeing a series of exhibits showing how one man effected the feature animation, film and amusement park business.
Through the journey small placards tell us information in each area, each colour coded to the themes. These have dates and short explanatory paragraphs.
We start with the humble beginnings of Walt, his life in Marceline, at the farm, then in Kansas. This part shows various Black and white
photos of Walt and his family and has any artefacts from that era still available. It also shows his time in France as a driver in the American Ambulance Corps. We also see/are shown his various attempts to get into the film business, at Pesmen-Rubin, the initial Disney-Iwerks partnership and his time at Kansas City Film Ad.
From this we move into his early animations. Here we continue where we left off, we look into how Disney set up a camera in his garage and started making his own animations. Here we see a copy of the one surviving reel, his ‘sample reel’ playing. We then move into the Laugh-O-grams stage, initially making his films at no profit, and on to becoming “Disney Incorporated” we see more films, like the original Red Riding Hood and some of the furniture he used. We then move on to Alice’s Wonderland and look at the filming and editing of that, including all the problems that arose. And then we move to the Disney Brothers studios, as we pass a small replica store front bearing that title covered in posters with pictures and information. If we look carefully inside we can see someone’s legs at a drawing table. Then a look at Oswald the rabbit, and finally the appearance of Mickey the Mouse. Plane Crazy plays on a small TV in the exhibit, the first Mickey cartoon and the Famous Steamboat Willy, looking at the changes it made for animation. We move on to the Silly Symphonies before
finally moving into colour.
We move to the Feature Animation area, here we see displays of the technology he’s used, such as the machine that introduced depth and a
look at technicolour. This area looks at Walt Disney’s achievements in the
feature animation field, his ground-breaking animation. Including a recreation of the Academy Award, and the 7 little ones. A look at Bambi and Pinocchio, and the infamous Fantasia. This section also looks at the development of the studios, showing the problems they faced, the protests and the attempt for Disney to keep a hold on the reigns.
But as we move out of this we see the introduction of WED enterprises, and the plans for a small park outside their new buildings, and how is spiralled from a man on a bench to Disneyland, it shows his World of Colour shows. It charts the desperation for a storyline and continuity on a huge scale; this was a major entrepreneurial move and pioneered a new era for the amusement park. We move round and look at the amazing work that he did on the World’s fair. Here a partially uncovered wall of the carousel contains the part of the display (repeated) which shows the rotation of the building every 4 minutes. We also see concept art on all of the attractions as well as memorabilia from various attractions.
We move on to the Florida Project where we see that major work that has gone into Florida, before and after Walt’s death. In this area there is a special tribute to Walt, it takes elements from all of his "World of Colour" shows we see a video edit, shown on several 50s/60s screens surrounded with from all the TV shows, the main focus of these is the EPCOT project show. There is all the maps seen. To the other side of this is the EPCOT model, as would be seen currently on the TTA. Here we can see models of various attraction around the park and behind the scenes looks.
The final area is dedicated to what’s up and coming, this is like the blue sky cellar showing displays and videos of the future of the park, and is a great and interesting insight. </span>
Next Post: Adventureland