Scrim Over TTA's Progress City

[EOD K9]

Any idea how long

Its about 30 feet long by 25 feet deep I guess.

 

[jt04]

It does seem it was moved as a bit of an afterthought panic.

Carousel of Progress closed in 1973 in Disneyland. The model was not thought to fit in to any new show so was removed. Orlandos WEDway was being built. It had some spare space not required (what the space was originally planned for is anyone's guess) and so as much as would fit into Orlando was moved. It is sad it isn't the whole model, nor that Orlandos CoP had an upper level, but I guess we should be grateful any was saved. Luckily moves are afoot to preserve it either here or elsewhere should WDWco not want it in the future.

The Walt Disney Museum or the Smithsonian would be appropriate.

 

[marni1971]

The Walt Disney Museum or the Smithsonian would be appropriate.

It will probably be neither but wont eventually be destroyed.

 

[montyz81]

Its about 30 feet long by 25 feet deep I guess.

I meant how long it would be covered.

 

[Timekeeper]

With the way that the model is displayed behind angled glass, I always thought it would be neat if they re-did the those "windows" and added visual elements to the model with a pepper's ghost effect - like the animated Nemo characters added to the "inside" of the Seas tank, as to add some life to the display and yet avoid any modifications of the original model.

Just a thought

 

[Rob562]

With the way that the model is displayed behind angled glass, I always thought it would be neat if they re-did the those "windows" and added visual elements to the model with a pepper's ghost effect - like the animated Nemo characters added to the "inside" of the Seas tank, as to add some life to the display and yet avoid any modifications of the original model.

Just a thought

Well, they do kinda use them for a Pepper's Ghost effect with the blue wording that appears above the model.

But the glass was never intended to be used in that way, so the panes aren't perfectly flat and they're not lined up precisely with each other, causing the words to move out of alignment as you pass from one pane to the next. I think there could be some cool effects added to the model if they re-designed the glass and added some out-of-view video screens.

-Rob

 

[Timekeeper]

... I think there could be some cool effects added to the model if they re-designed the glass and added some out-of-view video screens.

And that's exactly what I would like to see happen.

 

[EOD K9]

I meant how long it would be covered.

I know, the internet doesn't convey sarcasm very well.

 

[koryadams]

Is it realistic to think that display is the City of Tomorrow?

It hasn't been done yet (as far as I know)

 

[TubaGeek]

The scrim is down! Like I suspected, nothing drastic; just some nice cleanup. Nothing is fallen over, the dust is cleared away, and the lights are fixed. A small job, but one that was needed badly.

 

[Hoop Raeb]

Yep! Saw it last weekend. Everything looks nice and clean. The church front and center shines bright now. Never even noticed the stained glass there. Nice that they did this.