Carousel of Progress: Disney's Underappreciated Masterpiece
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- Опубліковано 4 кві 2023
- In this video, we're going to take you on a journey through one of the most iconic and beloved attractions in all of Walt Disney World.
The Carousel of Progress is a classic attraction that has been entertaining guests since its debut at the 1964 New York World's Fair. It was later moved to Walt Disney World in 1975 and has been a staple of the Magic Kingdom ever since.
Despite being one of the best rides at Disney World, the Carousel of Progress is often overlooked by visitors who are more focused on the thrill rides and flashy attractions. But we're here to tell you that this attraction is a true masterpiece that shouldn't be missed.
Throughout this video, we'll take you on a tour of the Carousel of Progress, showing you why it's one of the best rides at Walt Disney World. We'll explore the history of the attraction and its significance to Disney parks, as well as provide a behind-the-scenes look at how the attraction was created.
Join us as we delve into the Disney magic of the Carousel of Progress and explore why it's a must-see attraction for anyone visiting Walt Disney World in 2023. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride!
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As a mechanical nerd I just like the novelty of the *ENTIRE* theater rotating.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who feels like this ride is underrated. This ride is in my top 5 rides in the whole park alongside pirates, thunder mountain, haunted mansion, and space mountain.
There’s a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow is one of the most iconic Disney Parks songs. That song still gets me excited whenever I ride. The ride really is a treasure and deserves more love. An absolute must every time I’m in the park
Can’t agree more. People sang the song around me and made my tears drop.
This ride is not only great for getting out of the Florida heat, but super neat!
Rhythm.
I think it’s a masterpiece of storytelling and it’s timeless. I wish the newer rides are timeless like Carousel of Progress
Honestly I like that it has a pretty short line, it’s a nice ride to unwind with after doing the other rides at Magic Kingdom
Even Though It's Old, My Family Always Makes Time For This Ride. Always Has And Will Continue To Be One Of My Favorites. This Thing Is Wonderfully Timeless!
I absolutely love the carousel of progress! It has a wonderful message and the last reminder of Walt Disneys vision of tomorrow. I hope it lasts many lifetimes. I also noticed you used the Official Soundtrack to 1982s Epcot. Brilliant and heartwarming score.
I’ve only been to Epcot and animal kingdom and even though these are not the best rides, living with the land was so nice. It’s relaxing and you get to see how they grow plants and fruits and the fish, it’s all super cool to see and it’s surprising that it’s hidden there. I rode it at the end of my one day at Epcot and had the whole boat to myself having no clue what it was. I adored it! More of these absolutely.
Hate me but this is one of my absolute favorite attraction in magic kingdom for its history alone. I love the song too and the version that plays at the end of the ride (which by the way you can’t hear anywhere else).
My favorite ride of all time. It's one of the few Disney attractions today that still promote Walt's vision.
Huh! I NEVER thought about the Carousel Of Progress that way before. Maybe I HAVE been taking the ride for granted.
Honestly besides Jungle Cruise this is my favorite attraction of the park! It was our family tradition to watch this show first thing as soon as we enter the park. Honestly I believe that this show would be a great way to end your day as well!
Will always be one of my favorites!
i LOVE the carousel of progress!! It's amazing to see one of the few bits of Disney World that Walt was extremely hands on with!!!
So glad this survived. I still remember visiting this attraction at the NY World's Fair.
This ride, and all the other holy trinity rides as you described them, are what make Disney for me. I could care less about the thrill rides and everything else, the parts of these parks that I LOVE have always been these rides and attractions. Seeing them slowly vanish over time breaks my heart, and I know I'm not the only one.
I know I don't even want to go back to EPCOT anymore because almost everything I loved about that park as a kid is gone now.
Also, Universal had some more educational shows back in the day! They had a WONDERFUL "Hitchcock: The Art of Movies" show, and the backlot tour used to be more educational, and I think there were some stunt shows that were more focused on how stunts are done. Universal USED to be a theme park about the magic of movie-making, but now just a collection of action and disaster rides where something goes wrong, and oh no! You have to escape! Except there's no actual fear or tension because you know the danger isn't real. So they have to add more physical thrills (drops, twists, roller coaster elements) to make things scary...
RIP Horizons, RIP World of Motion, RIP World of Energy, RIP The Living Seas...
This is my favorite ride in MK. Maybe all of WDW. Sometimes I get impressed with the new rides… and then I go on this one again. It becomes my favorite again.
When I go to Magic Kingdom, this is one of two rides I always go on (other being the People Mover). My only gripe is I wish they had kept the final scene in the 60s as I think it would be fun to see how they view the "Modern World" then (and ties into the rest of the scenes saying how it could not get any better than then...and then does) but I totally understand why they updated it to "today"
Regardless, I love this and always will and live in fear of them getting rid of it for some screen based attraction.
My day gets better whenever you post a new video.
A must! Always.
I also just realized I was bobbing my head along with the audience when the song came on😂
I watched this just a few days ago in 2023, and I was actually deeply moved by this show. Impressed by its first show was in 1964, and the attitude of positive thinking - future is getting better and the lovely family. Also lots people around me singing the song ! My tears are almost dropping.
This is one of my favorite Disney attractions.
I once got stuck on this ride as a 8 year old for 2 hours!
Beautiful ride
Beautiful video that made me realize all of the rides that ride a special place in my heart for the most part fulfill the holy trinity and have an original song. Now I have to make a trip just to ride Carousel of Progress again
CoP is my top MUST RIDE when I go. I cannot take a trip to magic kingdom without going on it. When it eventually closes down, it’s going to devastate me
5:56-6:16 Props for using the intro to The Powerpuff Girls for this.
I loved the power puff girl bit 😂😂
I absolutely love this ride. It gives me so much nostalgia. My dad used to make me and my brother go on it every time we would go. And now I have my son go on with me everytime. Now I'm dad. And everytime I look at him I see little me experiencing it 😊 . Oh and tbh it's a pretty great half-time relax time when you've been walking around in the punishing FL sun
Yo bro I know you haven’t made a video in 2 months but I really hope you don’t quit UA-cam, you are my favorite theme park UA-camr man I’ve watched nearly all of your videos I hope you read this
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not since mad men have we seen such an inspirational pitch for a carousel
Love this ride in Magic Kingdom. One of my favorites for sure!!
YES. You absolutely described this better than I ever could have. Journey Into Imagination, let's face it, IS going to get redone at some point (rightfully so) but it's exactly this "holy trinity" that you speak of, that we are all praying Disney can still deliver on!
"Hey Walt, why don't we create an attraction celebrating man's capacity to move forward and go places previously only dreamt about?"
"Fine, just make sure it's a carousel that leaves the audience in exactly the same place that they started."
THIS they call progress?
Great video, love the ride!
Jeremy Irons' spaceship earth is the epitome of inspiration, follow by Horizons.
LETS GOOO ANOTHER UPLOAD
Shootouts to the scene in Jurassic Park where John Hammond literally copies this ride except instead of the animatronics, he makes the ride a tour of the genetics lab at Jurassic Park. Yet even this larger than life parody of Carousel of Progress is probably less impressive than the real thing.
My favorite ride of all time.
Carousel of Progress is the best ride at Magic Kingdom, hands down. Sure you have really good rides like Space Mountain, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, Pirates of the Caribbean, and It’s a Small World but they do not have the same charm and connection to Walt Disney that Carousel of Progress does. Also the 5 minute wait is a good thing because it allows for you walk on and experience this great attraction.
I always lived tye Carousel of Progress and the people mover as a kid. I haven't been to the Disney parks in a long time, but I think I would still love those rides.
Universal only has like 2 or 3 attractions that educate people, the Horror Make-Up Show and Animal actors. Then I'm not really sure about oh the stories you'll here. I do agree that Universal can probably add some rides that educate and inspire people.
6:40 Ha Goteem!
They could add a great new scene in what is now the unload theater, doing unload/load in the current load theater
Something that could pull 300-400 more guests off the midway.
This ride makes me sad. I’m not sure why but that’s the vibe
Honestly though a museum on the history of flat rides would be interesting
Another reason for the short wait is that the ride has an intake of 240 people (at max capacity) every 4 minutes.
Can you do more videos like this?
It seems weird hearing Attraction Ideas talk positively about Disney.
We go there on purpose for the fact that it's 21 minutes. It's a great ride, but also it gets you out of the heat and out of the crowds.
(This turned out to be a novella so consider yourself warned.😅)
I have _never_ had a good day at a Universal Park no matter how many times I've gone to one. The last time I tried going again it was to Islands of Adventure to see the Harry Potter stuff after it first opened.
Not only did it cost like $250 for my mother and I to get IN to the park (in 2011!), we had to pay extra to park a _quarter of a mile away_ instead of a _half_ mile with no trams at all.
Once we got back to Wizarding World, the Hogwarts Express was completely covered in a white light diffusing box because they were filming a commercial so we couldn't see it at all, there was an hour+ line for the gift shop, an hour+ line for Olivander's, we found out all of the shop faces were just faces that you couldn't go into save for Honeyduke's/the joke shop which was packed so tightly shoulder to shoulder that I know it was definitely unsafe. The only good thing was the butterbeer even though it was overpriced as hell.
Everything around the rest of the park was starting to look ratty, the Dr. Seuss portion was completely bleached by the sun, peeling, and in _desperate_ need of a paint job, and most of it was closed (along with several other shops and food places around the rest of the park) because it was the "off season" even though admission was still full price.
Our day was topped off by an employee rudely telling the person in line ahead of us, _"If you want nice, go to Disney."_ They hadn't even done anything to deserve it, either. They asked a question about something they were trying to pay for and dared to mention the employee's attitude after they were needlessly barked at.
I know Universal has its fanboys, but I'll always prefer Disney. 🫤🤷♀️ To anybody who prefers Universal: have fun there. Sincerely. Have a blast. My experiences are not universal (pun absolutely _not_ intended!) and of course everybody's mileage is going to vary. I've just given up on them for myself. lol
I’ve never been on the ride cause I thought it was in epcot and could never find it.
if anything this ride belongs in EPCOT since the original Disneyland install had the EPCOT city model as it's post show the 2nd floor of the Disneyland Carousel Theater. the GE demanded Magic Kingdom one is a single floor and only a section of the model made it to the MK Peoplemover. it would fit as a 3rd attraction at Imagination pavilion.
Carousel of Progress is a phenomenal ride. I maybe biased because I used to work there…waaaaay back in the day, but yeah, ur right, they don’t make rides like this anymore and I hate it. The parks r so IP focused now nothing like this could ever get made again.
Carousel of progress is insanely goated. Cant wait until disney guts it and replaces it with some IP screen Slop
No better yet, Disney should just make a "B" movie themed on it.
we need more videos.
If nothing else, it can be a shady place to sit and rest... good for babies and us old folks to calm down and relax.
Cp is the best ride at wdw and I will stand by that to my grave
Are there any new videos planned?
Can someone please explain why my Dad loves this show?
Cosmic rewind trys to be in this category but the education is fictional.
magic kingdom is carried by the carousel of progress 🤭
I enjoy this ride, but it does need to be updated with a new story.
Warner Borther theme park will up do vidoe
The art of edutainment is lost within modern Disney. Even within their studio productions, little is left to the audience for artistic interpretation. It's just blatant socio-political propaganda for the company to earn ESG points. EPCOT deserves a proper overhaul. World Showcase should be a place where host countries share their cultures and folklore with guests, not just another delivery mechanism for Disney IP. Futureworld or "Worlds Celebration, Discovery and Nature" should return to its original premise of edutainment in the physical and natural sciences and their connection to humanity through communication, imagination and innovation. Does EPCOT need to be a "kiddy park?" What's wrong with looking for Nemo (the clownfish) in the Magic Kingdom or Hollywood Studios? What's wrong with appreciating the worlds oceans for their own natural beauty and wonder? If narrative is necessary to attract an audience, why does it necessarily have to be common Disney and Pixar IP? Why can't guests learn and be entertained by the various world narratives about the sea from Neptune to Captain Nemo and his Nautilus to Moby Dick to Polynesian, Viking and Spanish exploration to a futuristic Sea Base Alpha? An entire backstory to the front half of EPCOT would be built around the timeless "Society of Explorers and Adventurers." Sea Base Alpha could easily be a present day research base of SEA. The base commander would be a descendant of Mary Oceaneer (of Disney Cruise Line's Oceaneer Labs and Typhoon Lagoon's Miss Adventure Falls). The Land Pavilion can host a number of SEA members involved in botany, ecology and agriculture. Even Mission: Space can involve SEA members exploring and adventuring beyond our own planet. But, most importantly, Horizons needs to return to EPCOT. Horizons is what connects the various pavilions in the front half of the park. It's also the second volume of stories presented in Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress. It was EPCOT's underappreciated masterpiece. There could even be a SEA member from each country represented in World Showcase. Perhaps the Italian member could be a descendant of Marco Polo himself. And I'm sure the member from France is a relative of Samuel de Champlain. Heck, even Canada's David Thompson is no mere fur trader of the Hudson's Bay Company, he too was a SEA member that explored and surveyed western Canada (Rupert's Land), discovering the Columbia River, creating a new trade route connection between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. There are so many stories that could be told, rather than rehashing existing Disney IP to sell merchandise. Stories rooted in folklore, history and science that could better reflect a nation's culture and heritage than a rat longing to cook in a Parisian restaurant. (And concerning Nemo the clownfish in Disneyland's Tomorrowland. He deserves the boot over there, too. The Submarine Voyage should be a futuristic Submarine Mission of the SEA perhaps involving a mission to Sea Base Delta on the floor of the Arctic Ocean which gets interrupted by a giant squid attack resulting in a need to return to Tomorrowland Dock for repairs.)
If Disney did another ride like this nowadays that tries to give a message, it would probably have "woke" undertones and would be badly received lol It would be interesting if Universal tried something like this, though
Did you die? Nothing in months from your channel...hmmmm.
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Disney is woke
This was always my favorite I’ve gone every year since I was little with my entire family and this was our go to ride that we could all go on at any age or any disabilities anyone can go in. 🩷🩷 I’m so happy to hears it’s there still I thought I heard it closed down ❤ sadly I have not been there in 5 or 6 years and and so much has changed and the crowds are so much bigger and different now. I’d love to go back to my childhood and have things the way they were those were the days ❤