MK Walt Disney to Appear in Carousel of Progress with New Audio-Animatronic at Magic Kingdom

[jah4955]

"You're still here? It's over! Go home!"

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Like the Tiki birds?

 

[Phineas]

I feel optimistic about this. If they thread this needle, they could elevate and re-invigorate CoP like it so desperately deserves.

 

[Brer Panther]

Did you want them to do a ritual to have his spirit possess the Walt Animatronic? Or for the animatronic to start whipping the castmembers and say "No unions! I hate diversity! Grrr!"

Okay, where has it ever been said that Walt whipped cast members? I've never heard that before.

I know it's popular now to paint Walt as EEEEEEEEEEEE-VIL, but I swear people are just pulling things out of nowhere now.

 

[jah4955]

Not without cause - the other attractions that went seasonal during that time are now in yesterworld.

For as much as people say “nobody went to Tom Sawyer island” - it never went seasonal.

You're right. Thinking back to my December 2001 visit....CoP is the last "Seasonal" attraction that's still standin'.

 

[AidenRodriguez731]

Okay, where has it ever been said that Walt whipped cast members? I've never heard that before.

I know it's popular now to paint Walt as EEEEEEEEEEEE-VIL, but I swear people are just pulling things out of nowhere now.

Obviously he doesn’t whip workers. It’s a joke because they brought up about him being anti union and historically sometimes
difficult to work with

 

[FettFan]

I'm assuming that the AA Walt will be in the first theater to welcome you to the Carousel, similar to what the tv monitors outside the building and Jean Shepherd narration in the CoP gear logo theater.

Has there been any news on a new voice cast? Or are they going to bring back the original Rex Allen version?

 

[MisterPenguin]

Then would you agree if they use anything but audio recordings or verbatim transcriptions of his words or writing it would be pure fiction.

Some records of Walt's words can be found here, that they can use...

Walt Disney Testimony Before House Committee Transcript

Walt Disney Testimony Before House Committee Transcript The Testimony of Walter E. Disney Before the House Committee on Un-American Activities 24 October, 1947 ------------------------------------------------------------------------...

disneydreamer.com

 

[networkpro]

Some records of Walt's words can be found here, that they can use...

Walt Disney Testimony Before House Committee Transcript

Walt Disney Testimony Before House Committee Transcript The Testimony of Walter E. Disney Before the House Committee on Un-American Activities 24 October, 1947 ------------------------------------------------------------------------...

disneydreamer.com

I can truly laugh at this inclusion as one of my relatives, Charles Lindberg was a right pro Nazi SOB and should have been locked up.

 

[HMF]

Okay, where has it ever been said that Walt whipped cast members? I've never heard that before.

I know it's popular now to paint Walt as EEEEEEEEEEEE-VIL, but I swear people are just pulling things out of nowhere now.

It is kind of funny that Disney owns Family Guy now considering they have probably kept the mis-informed Walt myths alive all by themselves for the last 2+ decades.

 

[Brer Panther]

It is kind of funny that Disney owns Family Guy now considering they have probably kept the mis-informed Walt myths alive all by themselves for the last 2+ decades.

A-yup. I fail to see the justice in Family Guy now getting paychecks by the same guys who slandered Walt multiple times.

I honestly don't think Seth MacFarlane and his crew have the right to mock someone over their supposed anti-semitism when they've made fun of the Jewish multiple times.

 

[HMF]

A-yup. I fail to see the justice in Family Guy now getting paychecks by the same guys who slandered Walt multiple times.

I honestly don't think Seth MacFarlane and his crew have the right to mock someone over their supposed anti-semitism when they've made fun of the Jewish multiple times.

I believe most of his crew are manatees.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

I’m beginning to think Magic Kingdom is the favored child.

They undo the castle's 'Disney Store princess aisle pink' , add Walt to a preshow (admittedly both great news), but rip out the heart of the MK with the lake district.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Those people saying current managent hates Walt look even sillier now

Who says that?

 

[Tom P.]

They could just take the final scene back to the way it was when it reflected late 80's/early 90's fashion, as all those are back in style now. Slouchy socks for the win!

 

[Biff215]

Who says that?

I’ve noticed it in a couple different threads lately, particularly when it comes to the RoA/TSI removal.

 

[Wngo905]

I ought to mention.. the singing voice is Infact not Jean Shepard but voice actor, Jess Harnell, so.. ultimately, if they really wanted to, they could get Jess back in and have him record new dialogue. It’d probably sound indistinguishable from Jean’s original performance, but again, depends.. granted it has been 32 years.. ‘however’ considering he can still do a pretty darn swell Wakko Warner (from Animaniacs) & Br’er Rabbit still, something tells me he could still do a good John also.

Thank you for that information. I had never heard that.
Sounds like a good plan that would help me keep my nostalgia.

 

[UNCgolf]

A-yup. I fail to see the justice in Family Guy now getting paychecks by the same guys who slandered Walt multiple times.

I honestly don't think Seth MacFarlane and his crew have the right to mock someone over their supposed anti-semitism when they've made fun of the Jewish multiple times.

I don't think Seth MacFarlane has had any influence on anything in Family Guy in at least 15 years. He still voices characters, but my understanding he's had no involvement in the writing in a long time.

 

[Brer Panther]

I don't think Seth MacFarlane has had any influence on anything in Family Guy in at least 15 years. He still voices characters, but my understanding he's had no involvement in the writing in a long time.

He still has the ability to veto jokes, though. It's not like he's just unaware that they're making these jokes, most of them came out of his characters' mouths. If he had a problem with the anti-Walt jokes, he would've asked the writers to cut them, but he didn't.

 

[UNCgolf]

He still has the ability to veto jokes, though. It's not like he's just unaware that they're making these jokes, most of them came out of his characters' mouths. If he had a problem with the anti-Walt jokes, he would've asked the writers to cut them, but he didn't.

Why should he have a problem with them, though? They're jokes, and it's not like Walt Disney is the only person they've joked about (far from it). I haven't watched Family Guy in a very long time but they're kind of in the same boat as South Park in that they skewer everything.

 

[HMF]

They undo the castle's 'Disney Store princess aisle pink' , add Walt to a preshow (admittedly both great news), but rip out the heart of the MK with the lake district.

It's basically the same thing they did with EPCOT, tear out nearly everything in the park connected to it's original mission and also restore the original entrance and plaster the flower logo on every available surface so the nostalgists will think we care.