Just looking at this picture gives me the true blue warm fuzzies. I love Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress, but I think I might be the only one.My first time at the Magic Kingdom, this was one of the last rides that I went on. I thought it sounded real dumb. However, once I learned the magic of the COP, I wanted to ride it again and again. And I did, I just kept getting in that line over and over and over. My mom had to beg me to go on a different ride. The only way that I can explain it is that I'm tenderhearted for history and nostalgia and this ride is chalk full of both.
The premise of the show is that you are in a moving theatre. You go in, take your seat and then this music starts "There's a great big beautiful tomorrow, shining at the end of every day..." The music cues the theatre to move onto the next stage in it's carousel and there you are going through the 20th century and being shown all of the wonderful inventions that have come over the years. I'm pretty sure that I could accurately recite the entire show to you if you really wanted me to.
My biggest complaint about this ride is that they haven't added anything new. I'm not sure exactly how they would do it without building a whole new carousel. And I think the point of the ride is that they are going through the 1900's. It's just that it used to be the last stage was really modern and technologically current...and now...well, it's a little out of date. I have a feeling that's got Walt spinning in his grave. I'm always surprised that they haven't at least changed that last scene at all, maybe added some actual new technology. I'm sure, however, that if they did change it there would be something I didn't like about the change. So, I guess I'll just shut up and love it the way my 9-year-old self loved it.
Even if you don't love the show, you can love these few things: 1. no line, 2. air-conditioned theatre, 3. you can get off your feet for 20 minutes, 4. darkened theatre (I've seen several parents sleeping).
5/5 or 10/10 stars. It probably doesn't deserve this rating, but I let my biased heart win out.
2 comments:
Ahh...the Carousel of Progress! This is a fun look back in time. I do think it's been updated once, since we started going to Disney. The last scene where the microwave blows open when the turkey is overcooked has been updated. However, the daughter in that Christmas scene got a pair of ski boots for Christmas and they are the exact pair that I bought about 15 years ago. So I think it's safe to say that it could be updated again.
I hate to say it, but I may be one of those people who has actually fallen asleep "momentarily" on this ride. "It's a great big beautiful tomorrow...."
Love ya,
Mom
Falling asleep on this ride is sacrelige.
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