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Rover's got a new coat (and other Carousel of Progress updates)
- Thread starter MissM
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Iknewagirlnamed
New Member
Very cool! Thanks
Magicot
Member
It seems as though the small white basket-woven table has been moved as well! It's right in front of him now, but in the old photo, it's off to stage left. Hmm, I wonder when they changed that..:veryconfu
(See an older photo here: http://allearsnet.com/tp/mk/cop1.jpg )
And, one more obsessive detail, the pitcher of iced tea in the 20's looked new as well. The reason I noticed was just that it stood out. The old tea pitcher always looked really fake and faded. It just was kinda sad. Yesterday it looked much darker in color. So they either dusted it and washed it off, restoring a more tea-like color to it or they put in a new one. Either way, improvement!
Edit Aha! And if you look at this picture, you can see that the actual position of the tea and the glass have changed. They've reserved. The pitcher used to be on the right and now it's on the left. Knew it was different!
EPCOT Explorer
New Member
Glad to see some CoP love.Perfect time for it too as the forum is rampant with rumors or it's deletion.
Thanks!:wave:
Thanks!:wave:
jtwyatt
New Member
AWSOME!! A classic Disney Attraction get some much needed Love. Thanks for the Great Pictures, and your attention to detail.
On adding'changing the last scene, I don't really agree. While on the whole I think changes and additions, done the right way, are great. I think it's nice to have some of the original classics... stay...classic.
On adding'changing the last scene, I don't really agree. While on the whole I think changes and additions, done the right way, are great. I think it's nice to have some of the original classics... stay...classic.
joel_maxwell
Permanent Resident of EPCOT
glad rover got some love. 
hcswingfield
Active Member
Have they fixed the father's neck yet? I have always found the moving lumps in it disturbing.
Chape19714
Well-Known Member
Would you like some cough drops? :lookaroun
Rob562
Well-Known Member
The thing is, updating the final scene has actually been part of the attraction since it first opened. I believe the final scene was different when it opened in Disneyland than it had been in New York. And when the CoP made its way to Florida, the final scene was changed once again. Then again in the 90's it was updated.
It's time for the final scene to be updated again. Or, as others have suggested, change what is currently the final scene to be a 70's/80's scene, and then install a 5th scene in what is currently the unload stop. Have the current load stop be a simultaneous load and unload like how most theater/film attractions at WDW operate.
-Rob
Ironically, the fourth scene was updated 3 times in less than 10 years at WDW (1975, 1980-ish and 1994) but now we`re 14 years with the same furnishings.
Robs idea about a simultanious load/unload would work wonders, if the budget was there (and there were guarantees about having everyone seated and exited in time)
Robs idea about a simultanious load/unload would work wonders, if the budget was there (and there were guarantees about having everyone seated and exited in time)
The problem with changing the last scene is they would probably have to change the narration for the whole attraction. I suppose they could get a Jean Shepherd impersonator or just work around the old narration in the last scene. I still don't have a voice activated stove, so its still pretty futuristic.
Fun2BFree
Active Member
Expo_Seeker40
Well-Known Member
Why does it have to be someone like jean shepherd? It can be someone different, especially to the likes of the original narrator Rex Allen, or to Andrew Duggan who, I must say, made the Father sound like some sexy soap opera star with that voice of his :lol: :lookaroun
The first three acts, which are nearly original from 1964 can easily be saved or even restored to their 1964 look, buy taking the 2000s home and turning that into the 1960s scene again the audience sees a much better...well...progression of the 20th century.....and then by using the unload theater as an extra scene....the audience can see either where we are today...or where we may be in the near future.
That way when this new ending ever needs to be replaced.....the cast hired to read the new ending script just simply reads off of a script set in stone for the 1890s-1960s acts 1-4. :wave:
The first three acts, which are nearly original from 1964 can easily be saved or even restored to their 1964 look, buy taking the 2000s home and turning that into the 1960s scene again the audience sees a much better...well...progression of the 20th century.....and then by using the unload theater as an extra scene....the audience can see either where we are today...or where we may be in the near future.
That way when this new ending ever needs to be replaced.....the cast hired to read the new ending script just simply reads off of a script set in stone for the 1890s-1960s acts 1-4. :wave:
Fun2BFree
Active Member
Your idea gave me an idea: incorporate it with WDI's Living-Character-Initiative! Have a real person read Father's lines, and he can interact directly with the audience, as well as controlling the AA. This way, only props need to be swapped out to make things more futuristic every few years, and the lines can be changed on the fly to give the attraction more of a lease of life! Damn, Imagineering should really hire me. :lol:
Expo_Seeker40
Well-Known Member
"our refrigerator hold more ice cubes....and my favorite is the.......Hey! HEY YOU IN THE RED SHIRT.....SHUT THE HELL UP AND TURN OFF YOUR CELL PHONE I'M TALKING ABOUT MY DISHWASHER TO THE PEOPLE SLEEPING IN THE BACK ROW!"
:lookaroun
:lookaroun
I guess I was thinking they couldn't just change the last scene without changing the narration of the whole attraction. Now if were talking about changing the whole thing, I don't really care who they get to do the narration. Although I think I would prefer if it were not a well known celebrity.