Hey all, hope you enjoy this exploration of how The Carousel of Progress has evolved over the years. It was fun digging into some of the lesser known aspect of the attraction, and I laugh at myself now for wondering if there'd be enough to fill an entire video at first, as it's officially the first episode to run over 20 minutes! Also, remember that even if you're not having the best time of your life, there's always a great big beautiful tomorrow :)
Bravo my friend, bravo. I have lived in Florida my entire life and I've been to the Magic Kingdom over the last 37 years and I remember most of the changes you have noted. I still make it a point to ride the Carousel of Progress! And I always think to myself I would crap my pants if I were locked in there overnight! Lol
Am I wrong or do the animations have names now, because I feel as if I remember mother being called Martha in the most current version. EDIT: I think her name is actually Sarah now and the daughter might be Martha..
If you're wondering what daughter was doing in act 3; that thing was called what you think it was: either a "vibrating belt" or a "reducing belt". Supposedly, to thin the waist or burn off calories/belly. Didn't work, disappeared from the market in the early 80's.
the device or ones similar to it come in waves as i remember maybe 10 years ago seeing a place sell ones like it but it was a board you stood on that vibrated
im actually shocked that the last scene is almost 30 years old. when i first saw that last scene, and the VR that looks like modern VR i assumed it was a recent addition.
Personally I'm still waiting for VR to turn me into an armored super hero that can get away with more violence than Power Rangers due to being first-run syndication. Also something about a talking dog.
@@otaking3582 you pretty much described the plot of Surrogates from 2009, starring Bruce Willis. Where people send robots to do their job because they're too busy screwing around in VR
@@cljesterikr! The VR the voice activated light and oven (maybe not the toilet) i thought it was made during covid! Bc that would be a time to change it bc no one can go there!
I keep thinking of that one Whose Line Is It Anyway Scenes From a Hat "Things you don't expect to hear come out of your grandmother's mouth":) Not nearly as good as "Grandpa used to ride me like a stallion" but close enough.
There will always be more good people in the world. Stephen Hillenburg, Stan Lee, and Walt Disney will never be forgotten. Let their legacies create more good people in this world.
They need to change the last scene back to the 60s and say something like, “I can only imagine what the future holds, and what dreams and achievements we will accomplish. As Walt Disney said “times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future” We are in control of our future, we must dream and then take action and see to it that those dreams become a reality. Always look to the future”... etc.. that way the show doesn’t age and it stops trying to predict the future and has us, the audience, imagine it for ourselves.
The only problem with this ride is that they only feel the need to majorly update the final decade. Theres too big of gap between the final decade and the 1940s.
@@marcoantoniogarcia38 I like that idea--and I definitely would enjoy it! But realistically I think they'd need to appeal to children who won't know much about that decade and might be confused seeing an 100% retro Carousel of Progress. I think it would be more impressive to update the four vignettes so that they are further spaced out--maybe start in 1880, then have a 20's one, a 1960s one, and modern day. This way, they could reuse the original "modern day" animatronics and props and place them in the 1960s vignette as an easter egg for fans of the original attraction while still bringing it up to date.
I actually don’t mind the gap because since I am still young, I find it interesting how technology was back in the day. I also find it funny to see how they imagined the future would be.
Every visit to WDW must include the Carousel of Progress. Every time I find my spirits lifted, skipping out of the attraction, singing and wishing for Disney's original EPCOT concept to become reality...
The Carousel of Progress was my favorite exhibit at the 64-65 NY World's Fair. I saw it many times while the Fair was running. This brought back some fond memories while telling the full story behind the exhibit. Very well done!
Fun facts about the cast in the current vision: Jean Shepherd (Father) was the narrator of "A Christmas Story" and Janet Waldo (Grandmother in the fourth act) voiced Judy Jetson and Penelope Pitstop for Hanna Barbera.
There's a lot of talk in this about canning and polishing the stove. I'm confused about whether you're supposed to polish the stove before or after you can it.
I think what really shows the age of the current (1994-present) version of the Carousel of Progress is that LaserDisc is mentioned in the future act. You might think LaserDisc is BlueRay, DVD, CD, or some generic name for those types of digital discs...nope, this was an analog format the size of a record (12 inches/30 cm), and it was competing with VHS and Betamax. And yet, the format did support some features you'd expect of DVDs and BlueRay, like being able to pause on a frame without flickering, interactivity, and even 5:3 1035i video, making it an early HD video format. It found use in some kiosks around EPCOT early in the park's history.
Tim Southwick Yup, I remember seeing that and was like, “Woah, that’s going back a few years!” It made me laugh. LaserDiscs were sort of the precursor of the dvd. Now DVDs, and even Blu-ray is being phased out in favor of digital streaming. It seriously needed updating ten years ago!
Damn it, I work in Tomorrowland and already get the current song stuck in my head every time it plays in the area music, now I'm going to be muttering "Now is the time, now is the best time..." every twenty minutes.
Love the long video! Also, thanks for sharing that clip of Disney riding his bike around the park... it may not have technically fit in with the topic per se, but it was great to see it all the same :)
I rode this for the first time a week ago. It took me a while to realize that it was supposed to be the same people the whole time. They'd all be really old by the end, haha. I'd love to see it updated - maybe turn it into generations of the family instead of it being the same family members the whole time? But that'd probably take too much effort.
I honestly always thought the same thing. Like just revolve it around "Father" growing up through the 20th Century. I guess it would be kinda hard bc the time period being far but still. Also, people get older and like, die, so yeah probably not great for a ride lmao
I just got a shock from seeing Walt with a GE pin... I mean, I already knew about his connections with GE here, but just... that symbol is as ingrained in my childhood memories as are his face and name. Seeing them together in one image just came full force. I remember I had a really weird liking for the GE symbol as a child. We had a GE landline in the 90's at our house and there were a lot of days where if I was bored, I would go play with mom's phone in the bedroom, which was our GE model and every time I played with it, I always wound up examining and admiring the design of the symbol on the phone... Even to this day, I still find it amazing that whoever designed it was able to work company initials into something that looks like an ornate pattern. It also shocks me today that kids aren't familiar with the image because of cellphones...
I hear ya, I love watching the General Electric Theater from the 50s just for the intro sponsoring GE:) We had an 80s GE stove until five years ago and I always liked the logo.
I went to see this a couple years ago, but the ride malfunctioned, at the the last scene, with barely anything working. Grandma appeared to just be spacing out in front of a black screen, and some of the effects didn't go off like they were supposed to.
You're not the only one. I saw it about 6 years ago and it jammed halfway through. They got it working about 10 seconds later. If I ever go again, I'd definitely see COP again. It's one of my favorite attractions.
The flapper girl daughter necking in the 20s scene is from the world fair version. That was the line from mother "time for bed." She was by the stairs with younger siblings watching.
Never thought I'd say this about anything but, I like the newest version the best. ^^ It's got the best jokes, I love the idea that it's on different holidays, and Mother became more of a person and less of a housekeeping robot. It's really cool how an attraction based on technological progress really has gotten better over the course of its own history. Really interesting video~
I'd be surprised to see an update on act 4 where they show things of the future; whereas we already have VR & voice recorded stuff. If they could only update that bit to further things in the future to come, that would be interesting.
No one's talking to us or each other, they're just staring at their phones and they're 75 lbs. heavier. A housekeeper robot on tank treads roams the stage dusting and cleaning. The telescreen is a RUclips broadcast of World President Thunberg announcing the melting of Antartica and yelling at everyone for not eating their quota of insects. The childrens' genders are reversed. President Thunberg ends her speech regretting her necessary final decision as laser lights from every handheld device contact the figures' eyes and the figures momentarily jerk before each's head lets off a plume of smoke and they slump. The robot goes to a console and announces the property is secured. Lights down
I remember when I first saw that, It seemed so outlandish and ridiculous. I actually thought to myself that that last part would age terribly as none of that would come true. Guess I was wrong.
@@Noordledoordle - Sure, instead of them staring at their phones now, they’re all occupied with head sets on while they live their lives in the metaverse…
I would say that the current Act 4 is pretty accurate for "modern day", maybe change the reference of Laser Disks to something to do with streaming service (of course it could stay as is, considering it is the context of Grandpa), I think most accurate is the oven (although not mentioned for obvious reasons) is essentially Alexa, and even includes the drawbacks of voice activated technology.
Glad you decided to mention the holidays being celebrated in those particular acts besides the time periods, which is what I like about this particular attraction.
Love your videos, and this is the best one yet. Carousel of Progress has been my favorite Disney attraction since I was a child. Excellent work on its history!!! The tommy boy scene switching from Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow to Now Is The Time is the most Disney-SNL-meta-mashup ever!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Thank you for bringing so much joy to this old Gen-X’er’s Heart!
It bothers me so SO much that there is an extra little girl in the first scene and then she is never seen or mentioned again. Every time I go on it, I get so very annoyed. Also, yeah mind BLOWN about the song. I have TOTALLY heard that played in the area and I had NO IDEA! Holy cow!
Oh, don’t worry. I have a book that was written by Dave Smith that mentions this. I’ll have to find it. It’s either in The Disney Vault or Disney Facts Revealed.
When I go to Disney in Orlando I love this ride it’s a nice place to chill after walking everywhere but it’s also a sweet ride, and love seeing their version of the future it’s so cool
It's most likely unpopular, but I would have liked to seen them keep the lines in the past decades where father told mother to do the household chores. Then gradually as we progress the father then starts to take on more responsibilities.
I got it all solved! Ok so here's how it goes: -The narrator, we can gather was born in the late 1800s which is why he's able to tell us so much about the turn of the century. -When we see the narrator again, in the 1920s he is now the father of his first born son (who is the grandfather in the final scene) -In the Final scene (supposedly taken place in the 1980s) we see the narrators son (who is the grandfather), and his wife (the grandmother playing the video games) the grandfathers own kids, (which are the man in the green apron and the woman at the desk) And their children. -We notice the original narrator (the grandkids great great grandfather) is no longer seen in the final decade (presumed to have since passed away) and has now most likely taken up residence inside the Haunted Mansion! Which is why his grandson is the one left to tell us about the newest decade! It all makes sense!
I wonder if the direction of rotation was changed because merry-go-rounds go clockwise and carousels go counterclockwise. When I was a kid I really liked the Carousel of Progress, it had great AC for hot days. Thanks for your time and work......
No kidding, I got chills when you played the instrumental Best Time of Your Life background music. All these years I've been humming the fake Carousel of Progress theme. What is life?!
I love this show. It's my favorite attraction in the whole park and it's an honor to operate it as a cast member working in the park. I even worked with another cast member who originally operated it when it was in California.
There are actually quite a few songs in the tomorrowland area music from old attractions. Miracles from Molecules is in there as well as If You Had Wings
To me, the theme of the carousel of progress is not the progression over the last century and decades, but it comes down to the lyrics of the main song itself. For a great big beautiful tomorrow. It's just TOMORROW. nothing grandiose, nothing overly ambitious. Just... Having a better tomorrow. However that manifests for the self.
I really love your videos Mark you are one of my favorite RUclipsrs that teach us facts about Disney attractions I am a huge fan of your videos and I cannot wait to see all of your future content and videos you’re amazing! - Scooby
I remember when the Carousel of Progress had a nuclear power plant out the back window of one scene. The narration included something about some people say go back but we have to go forward, making progress. I have never seen this mentioned in these Disney World summaries. Does anyone else remember this? I think the reactor disappeared after the Three Mile Island problem.
It’s pretty evident that while in the early 60’s women being homemakers wasn’t considered a bad thing by 1975 Second Feminism Movement was sweeping America and presumably GE was worried that historical accuracy aside that it would be perceived by the new audience as a tad sexist since those changes. It is called Carasoul of PROGRESS after all. Although I guess eventually they went for the more “was it a good thing? No, But that was just how women lived back then.” And dear god please nobody leave any “Feminism is Satan incarnate” comments!
Okay now I'm getting my own version of the Mandela Effect. I could have sworn the early 80's version of the Carousel of Progress had a final scene: THE FUTURE. Where the family actually had it's own home robot that looked kind of similar to Paulie's in Rocky IV.
The daughter was originally with her boyfriend inside the house in the 1920s scene. Mother says, “Jane! It’s after 9:30!” And the boyfriend turns the lamp off. This scene was in both the NY and CA versions. When the show opened in FL in 1975, Jane was alone in her room with flag pendants. This was changed in the 90s to her being dressed as the Statue of Liberty
I will say, you left out the fact that one of the Father Animatronics was updated independently of the rest, due to a cut scene featuring The ride in the Tomorrowland film.
I remember seeing a scene with a voice activated oven when I went to Disney World. The grandma got a high score on the kids' video game, and when she said it outloud, it burnt the turkey.
I just went on CoP yesterday, so here’s the changes I noticed for 2022. No real big modifications to voices, lines, or scenes. However in the final scene, they’ve given all of them a bit more “modern” look. Daughter now has bangs and a ponytail, and is opening a present that is (I believe) a pair of Ugg boots. Grandmother got a haircut, Father was given a younger more “modern dad” look. In past versions, the final scene showed an older version of the dad to match the older versions of the kids. However here he looks the same age as ever, and is now clean shaven. He also got a new outfit, as did Mother and Son. No technology has changed, but this is just something fun me and my family noticed as often goers of the ride.
Welcome to the Future of the year 1987 When spinning homes. and vr head-sets we're Made reality. Welcome, To tomarrowland. *Insert jurassic park theme here*
I hadn’t been on that ride since I was eight years old in the 60s but I remembered that theme song to this day. It’s like “It’s a Small World” - it gets stuck in your head.
They did do some very minor changes on the set over the years to the final act that I noticed. They updated the TV in my mom noticed that they put a phone in everyone's hand. She also thinks that they switched everyone's shoes
17:11 The current loop was introduced in 2003. TL 94 opened with a short lived loop of Raymond Scott recordings, that were replaced with a new higher quality recording of Scott’s songs which lasted until 1995. The “New Age” loop a.k.a. “The Old Tomorrowland” loop returned and remained until 2003 being replaced with the current Foliart loop.
Since I tried to avoid specifically saying which exact year the "Best time of your life" was introduced, as I'd read various conflicting reports, I appreciate your the specificity as to when it actually did appear in Tomorrowland :)
It’s funny because the last scene is now super modern with vr growing in popularity and Alexa being able to control everything in the house...can’t wait to see what they predict our future to be when they update it knowing there is a good chance we see it come true
I have a 4 CD set of audio from Disney Attractions at the Worlds Fair. The content is amusing. There are 10 versions of Small World. You just can’t get enough of that song.
The Laserdisc comment is quite dated now, those wound up being s flash in the pan. The Carousel of Progress highlighted roughly the past hundred years of progress. IMO, it's due a major overhaul maybe with 30 year gaps now starting from the 1920s. That would make the acts 1920s, 1950s, 1980's then current time, which would be a good flow from the early days of electricity to todays tech-driven world. (This is the opinion of an 80s kid)
My first time to Disney World, my parents super hyped this up because they loved it when they had gone there as a kid (we're kind of nerdy). I was so pumped to go see this and couldn't wait. Then we went there... and it wasn't there. It was what it is now, but it wasn't the same. I did want to check it out but my parents were sad it wasn't there so we didn't go further. My heart died for a few minutes that day. Edit: I didn't realize it was the same thing still and I forgot which land I went to in first (we only went to the Magic Kingdom on our trip to Disney World)
I remember that fabulous city of tomorrow model, it was my favorite thing about the carousel of progress it was so cool, it would go from day to night and all the lights would come on. I sure wish they still had it
I absolutely love your videos. Many of these rides, minus a few, I remember and connect with you as some of the timeless rides that sadly had to be shut down. Many I never got to experience and wish I had. Sadly some, like The Great Movie Ride, my boyfriend will never experience as I know he would have loved. Thank you so much for your time and superior dedication to make these videos for Disney fans like myself.
Hey all, hope you enjoy this exploration of how The Carousel of Progress has evolved over the years. It was fun digging into some of the lesser known aspect of the attraction, and I laugh at myself now for wondering if there'd be enough to fill an entire video at first, as it's officially the first episode to run over 20 minutes! Also, remember that even if you're not having the best time of your life, there's always a great big beautiful tomorrow :)
I wanted to say thank you for including that clip of Walt riding a bike through the park 💖 that was super cute and wholesome
Bravo my friend, bravo. I have lived in Florida my entire life and I've been to the Magic Kingdom over the last 37 years and I remember most of the changes you have noted. I still make it a point to ride the Carousel of Progress! And I always think to myself I would crap my pants if I were locked in there overnight! Lol
interesting so far. However, at 6:46 your pronunciation of nuclear was a bit wonky.
Am I wrong or do the animations have names now, because I feel as if I remember mother being called Martha in the most current version.
EDIT: I think her name is actually Sarah now and the daughter might be Martha..
Yesterworld Entertainment BTW where did you find the clip of Walt riding a bike through Tomorrowland’s construction
If you're wondering what daughter was doing in act 3; that thing was called what you think it was: either a "vibrating belt" or a "reducing belt". Supposedly, to thin the waist or burn off calories/belly. Didn't work, disappeared from the market in the early 80's.
ya wasn't it the "in thing" of the 50s or 60s?
Azazura Azura Yeah it made a comeback during the 50s and 60s but the peak of its popularity was a couple decades earlier.
Whose Line Is It Anyway did a Newsflash with a bunch of people using them, and the close-ups of the people jiggling is hilarious:)
Rob Plays does a who episode of this "exercise" device. As well as a whole episode onthe dance mentioned by the son looking through his dad's photos.
the device or ones similar to it come in waves as i remember maybe 10 years ago seeing a place sell ones like it but it was a board you stood on that vibrated
Honestly I think Disney should put the Epcot backdrop back in the last scene.
i agree
im actually shocked that the last scene is almost 30 years old. when i first saw that last scene, and the VR that looks like modern VR i assumed it was a recent addition.
Honestly the "future" scene is pretty accurate to modern day, at least conceptually
Personally I'm still waiting for VR to turn me into an armored super hero that can get away with more violence than Power Rangers due to being first-run syndication.
Also something about a talking dog.
@@otaking3582 you pretty much described the plot of Surrogates from 2009, starring Bruce Willis. Where people send robots to do their job because they're too busy screwing around in VR
@@thesteelrodent1796 Actually I was describing the plot of VR Troopers
@@cljesterikr! The VR the voice activated light and oven (maybe not the toilet) i thought it was made during covid! Bc that would be a time to change it bc no one can go there!
Grandma must have had some money riding on that fight she was watching.
I keep thinking of that one Whose Line Is It Anyway Scenes From a Hat "Things you don't expect to hear come out of your grandmother's mouth":) Not nearly as good as "Grandpa used to ride me like a stallion" but close enough.
Even after we lost Stephen Hillenburg today, Yesterworld has come out to remind us that there’s a great, big beautiful tomorrow.
I just found out right as I was about to post this, as I've been offline most of the day. Very sad :(
Yesterworld Entertainment We lose too many good people, especially those who gave us the things we still love to this very day.
There will always be more good people in the world. Stephen Hillenburg, Stan Lee, and Walt Disney will never be forgotten. Let their legacies create more good people in this world.
Mark getting sidetracked to talk for a minute about Walt bicycling through the park during construction is so relatable to me haha
They need to change the last scene back to the 60s and say something like, “I can only imagine what the future holds, and what dreams and achievements we will accomplish. As Walt Disney said “times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future” We are in control of our future, we must dream and then take action and see to it that those dreams become a reality. Always look to the future”... etc.. that way the show doesn’t age and it stops trying to predict the future and has us, the audience, imagine it for ourselves.
You're just trying to put too much into it. Just sit there and enjoy what it is and go on to something else afterwards.
I love the advancing laughing CEOs. 😉
Has K.P. of Defunctland used that gag? It seems like the kind of gag he would use. The progression from Walt Disney himself to Bob Iger was fantastic.
Was that John Cleese in Rat Race
omg something about Walt's face had me cracking up. The joke was funny all 3 times, but Walt's was the best. XD
I’ve been trying to find those clips. Anyone got time stamps?
What was the third CEO?
I love how tired The Wife sounds when she says "yes dear"
She’s just done with life
The only problem with this ride is that they only feel the need to majorly update the final decade. Theres too big of gap between the final decade and the 1940s.
Well, it *was* 20 year gaps. 1900s, 1920s, 1940s, and 1960s. Now the final gap is what, 70 years?
I think they should turn the final scene back to the 1960's and make it a tribute to Walt's carousel of progress.
Plus that last one looks really dated already.
@@marcoantoniogarcia38 I like that idea--and I definitely would enjoy it! But realistically I think they'd need to appeal to children who won't know much about that decade and might be confused seeing an 100% retro Carousel of Progress. I think it would be more impressive to update the four vignettes so that they are further spaced out--maybe start in 1880, then have a 20's one, a 1960s one, and modern day. This way, they could reuse the original "modern day" animatronics and props and place them in the 1960s vignette as an easter egg for fans of the original attraction while still bringing it up to date.
I actually don’t mind the gap because since I am still young, I find it interesting how technology was back in the day. I also find it funny to see how they imagined the future would be.
This is my favorite attraction at Disney! That song is a BOP
Hunter Ives Films NOW IS THE TIME NOW IS THE BEST TIME NOW IS THE BEST TIME OF YOUR LIFE.
Every visit to WDW must include the Carousel of Progress. Every time I find my spirits lifted, skipping out of the attraction, singing and wishing for Disney's original EPCOT concept to become reality...
The Carousel of Progress was my favorite exhibit at the 64-65 NY World's Fair. I saw it many times while the Fair was running. This brought back some fond memories while telling the full story behind the exhibit. Very well done!
It's a Great, Big, Beautiful Tommorow!
This song sucks!
“Now is the time”
“Now is the best time”
“Now is the best time of your life”
Shining at the end of everyday
Well said.
Channel X Well said?
@@profile2047 I'm thinking positively.
Fun facts about the cast in the current vision:
Jean Shepherd (Father) was the narrator of "A Christmas Story" and Janet Waldo (Grandmother in the fourth act) voiced Judy Jetson and Penelope Pitstop for Hanna Barbera.
This blew my mind. I was so sure Tom Hanks was the voice of father currently.
And from the original version Rex Allen was the narrator in the original 1973 animated version of Charlotte's Web! 😊
The “I, Libertine” guy?
Also the daughter is the voice of Jimmy Neutron lmaoo
Tommy Boy. I see you're a man of culture as well
Just wait until I have a chance to use a clip of Black Sheep in a video someday ;)
There's a lot of talk in this about canning and polishing the stove. I'm confused about whether you're supposed to polish the stove before or after you can it.
Frickin annoying cat skeleton LOL! I'm jealous of your "dad humor". I thought I was good.... I was mistaken.
LOL!!!! So funny
instructions unclear:
What exactly is canning a stove?
I think what really shows the age of the current (1994-present) version of the Carousel of Progress is that LaserDisc is mentioned in the future act. You might think LaserDisc is BlueRay, DVD, CD, or some generic name for those types of digital discs...nope, this was an analog format the size of a record (12 inches/30 cm), and it was competing with VHS and Betamax. And yet, the format did support some features you'd expect of DVDs and BlueRay, like being able to pause on a frame without flickering, interactivity, and even 5:3 1035i video, making it an early HD video format. It found use in some kiosks around EPCOT early in the park's history.
Tim Southwick Yup, I remember seeing that and was like, “Woah, that’s going back a few years!” It made me laugh. LaserDiscs were sort of the precursor of the dvd. Now DVDs, and even Blu-ray is being phased out in favor of digital streaming. It seriously needed updating ten years ago!
Damn it, I work in Tomorrowland and already get the current song stuck in my head every time it plays in the area music, now I'm going to be muttering "Now is the time, now is the best time..." every twenty minutes.
Love the long video! Also, thanks for sharing that clip of Disney riding his bike around the park... it may not have technically fit in with the topic per se, but it was great to see it all the same :)
So glad you appreciated it! Just stumbled upon it in addition to the rest, but really wanted to fit it in somehow.
I rode this for the first time a week ago. It took me a while to realize that it was supposed to be the same people the whole time. They'd all be really old by the end, haha. I'd love to see it updated - maybe turn it into generations of the family instead of it being the same family members the whole time? But that'd probably take too much effort.
Maybe they're related to Time Lords. ;)
I honestly always thought the same thing. Like just revolve it around "Father" growing up through the 20th Century. I guess it would be kinda hard bc the time period being far but still. Also, people get older and like, die, so yeah probably not great for a ride lmao
Them using the same characters throughout time shows that the family unit has always been the same, our environment is the only thing that changes.
At first, I thought each character was the son of the character in the previous scene and he just grew up to look exactly the same
YESSSS! Carousel of Progress is my favorite Disney Parks ride by far, thank you for covering it!
10:46
Ah yes, I forgot that the 1890's is the olde definition of gay
Have a gay day!
Have a Disney day, Claudio. :-D
It doesn't mean only sodomite
I had heard that the Carousel was to be updated before the 50th anniversary of the Magic Kingdom
Poor Debbie Stone. So sad. Lost her life with the first two weeks of America Sings opening. Such a horrible way to die.
I just got a shock from seeing Walt with a GE pin... I mean, I already knew about his connections with GE here, but just... that symbol is as ingrained in my childhood memories as are his face and name. Seeing them together in one image just came full force. I remember I had a really weird liking for the GE symbol as a child. We had a GE landline in the 90's at our house and there were a lot of days where if I was bored, I would go play with mom's phone in the bedroom, which was our GE model and every time I played with it, I always wound up examining and admiring the design of the symbol on the phone... Even to this day, I still find it amazing that whoever designed it was able to work company initials into something that looks like an ornate pattern. It also shocks me today that kids aren't familiar with the image because of cellphones...
I hear ya, I love watching the General Electric Theater from the 50s just for the intro sponsoring GE:) We had an 80s GE stove until five years ago and I always liked the logo.
I went to see this a couple years ago, but the ride malfunctioned, at the the last scene, with barely anything working. Grandma appeared to just be spacing out in front of a black screen, and some of the effects didn't go off like they were supposed to.
You're not the only one. I saw it about 6 years ago and it jammed halfway through. They got it working about 10 seconds later. If I ever go again, I'd definitely see COP again. It's one of my favorite attractions.
The flapper girl daughter necking in the 20s scene is from the world fair version. That was the line from mother "time for bed." She was by the stairs with younger siblings watching.
A 20 minute YesterWorld video? Well... There goes no nut November, I was so close.
Never thought I'd say this about anything but, I like the newest version the best. ^^ It's got the best jokes, I love the idea that it's on different holidays, and Mother became more of a person and less of a housekeeping robot. It's really cool how an attraction based on technological progress really has gotten better over the course of its own history. Really interesting video~
I'd be surprised to see an update on act 4 where they show things of the future; whereas we already have VR & voice recorded stuff. If they could only update that bit to further things in the future to come, that would be interesting.
No one's talking to us or each other, they're just staring at their phones and they're 75 lbs. heavier. A housekeeper robot on tank treads roams the stage dusting and cleaning. The telescreen is a RUclips broadcast of World President Thunberg announcing the melting of Antartica and yelling at everyone for not eating their quota of insects. The childrens' genders are reversed. President Thunberg ends her speech regretting her necessary final decision as laser lights from every handheld device contact the figures' eyes and the figures momentarily jerk before each's head lets off a plume of smoke and they slump. The robot goes to a console and announces the property is secured. Lights down
@@DuaneMoody990 Damn, could you grind that axe any harder?
I remember when I first saw that, It seemed so outlandish and ridiculous. I actually thought to myself that that last part would age terribly as none of that would come true. Guess I was wrong.
@@Noordledoordle - Sure, instead of them staring at their phones now, they’re all occupied with head sets on while they live their lives in the metaverse…
I would say that the current Act 4 is pretty accurate for "modern day", maybe change the reference of Laser Disks to something to do with streaming service (of course it could stay as is, considering it is the context of Grandpa), I think most accurate is the oven (although not mentioned for obvious reasons) is essentially Alexa, and even includes the drawbacks of voice activated technology.
Glad you decided to mention the holidays being celebrated in those particular acts besides the time periods, which is what I like about this particular attraction.
LASERDISCS ARE THE FUTURE
Claudio Bizama What?
What a great channel man, deserves more audience
Love your videos, and this is the best one yet.
Carousel of Progress has been my favorite Disney attraction since I was a child. Excellent work on its history!!!
The tommy boy scene switching from Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow to Now Is The Time is the most Disney-SNL-meta-mashup ever!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Thank you for bringing so much joy to this old Gen-X’er’s Heart!
It bothers me so SO much that there is an extra little girl in the first scene and then she is never seen or mentioned again. Every time I go on it, I get so very annoyed.
Also, yeah mind BLOWN about the song. I have TOTALLY heard that played in the area and I had NO IDEA! Holy cow!
Oh, don’t worry. I have a book that was written by Dave Smith that mentions this. I’ll have to find it. It’s either in The Disney Vault or Disney Facts Revealed.
She went to the Milford Academy.
I like to think she left to live in Neverland because why not
Rumor has it she's uncle Orville's daughter
She went to the same place as Cartman's sister and dad.
When I go to Disney in Orlando I love this ride it’s a nice place to chill after walking everywhere but it’s also a sweet ride, and love seeing their version of the future it’s so cool
You forgot the most important part of the Carousel of Progress.
It's the best attraction at the Magic Kingdom.
The dog lived to be over 70 years old, still going strong.
It's most likely unpopular, but I would have liked to seen them keep the lines in the past decades where father told mother to do the household chores. Then gradually as we progress the father then starts to take on more responsibilities.
I got it all solved! Ok so here's how it goes:
-The narrator, we can gather was born in the late 1800s which is why he's able to tell us so much about the turn of the century.
-When we see the narrator again, in the 1920s he is now the father of his first born son (who is the grandfather in the final scene)
-In the Final scene (supposedly taken place in the 1980s) we see the narrators son (who is the grandfather), and his wife (the grandmother playing the video games) the grandfathers own kids, (which are the man in the green apron and the woman at the desk) And their children.
-We notice the original narrator (the grandkids great great grandfather) is no longer seen in the final decade (presumed to have since passed away) and has now most likely taken up residence inside the Haunted Mansion! Which is why his grandson is the one left to tell us about the newest decade!
It all makes sense!
I wonder if the direction of rotation was changed because merry-go-rounds go clockwise and carousels go counterclockwise. When I was a kid I really liked the Carousel of Progress, it had great AC for hot days. Thanks for your time and work......
bruh that Tomorrowland music thing blew me away!! I’ve always loved the Tomorrowland music loop but knowing that about it makes it so much better
4:22 Trolley party? Is that where they just do several laps around the line while singing The Trolley Song from Meet Me in St. Louis?
No kidding, I got chills when you played the instrumental Best Time of Your Life background music. All these years I've been humming the fake Carousel of Progress theme. What is life?!
Alright, time to go to sleep.
*phone vibrates*
What’s this?
*Yesterworld uploaded a video*
SLEEP CAN WAIT
REST IS FOR THE WEAK!
I used to pine for the older versions of this ride, but now I realize we have the best version - hands down. What an amazing attraction
I love this show. It's my favorite attraction in the whole park and it's an honor to operate it as a cast member working in the park. I even worked with another cast member who originally operated it when it was in California.
Holy crap, I thought that Best Time Of Your Life was just a shitty parody of Big Beautiful Tomorrow from Drawn Together
Was "Best time of your life" in drawn together?
There are actually quite a few songs in the tomorrowland area music from old attractions. Miracles from Molecules is in there as well as If You Had Wings
To me, the theme of the carousel of progress is not the progression over the last century and decades, but it comes down to the lyrics of the main song itself. For a great big beautiful tomorrow. It's just TOMORROW. nothing grandiose, nothing overly ambitious. Just... Having a better tomorrow. However that manifests for the self.
Saw the CoP for the first time in 1994 when I was 11 - I loved the entire thing. My mom videotaped it and I watched it over and over :)
I really love your videos Mark you are one of my favorite RUclipsrs that teach us facts about Disney attractions I am a huge fan of your videos and I cannot wait to see all of your future content and videos you’re amazing! - Scooby
Love your profile channel name.. :)
In 1975 I was ten when I went to Disneyworld. I loved the Carousel of Progress. I have great memories of all this.
I remember when the Carousel of Progress had a nuclear power plant out the back window of one scene. The narration included something about some people say go back but we have to go forward, making progress. I have never seen this mentioned in these Disney World summaries. Does anyone else remember this? I think the reactor disappeared after the Three Mile Island problem.
Im honestly super excited to see what they do to update this attraction now that they have announced they are updating it
Somebody will be black ?
It’s pretty evident that while in the early 60’s women being homemakers wasn’t considered a bad thing by 1975 Second Feminism Movement was sweeping America and presumably GE was worried that historical accuracy aside that it would be perceived by the new audience as a tad sexist since those changes. It is called Carasoul of PROGRESS after all. Although I guess eventually they went for the more “was it a good thing? No, But that was just how women lived back then.”
And dear god please nobody leave any “Feminism is Satan incarnate” comments!
This thread made my day.
Feminism bad very bad.
@@TheDigitalApple Sorry nobody wants to fuck you. That's why women's rights are good, actually.
Madeline Bitts Why thanks
Madeline Bitts Being a virgin is fun I won’t get falsely accused of sexual assault
As a former Carousel of Progress cm at World, I enjoyed this one.
Okay now I'm getting my own version of the Mandela Effect. I could have sworn the early 80's version of the Carousel of Progress had a final scene: THE FUTURE. Where the family actually had it's own home robot that looked kind of similar to Paulie's in Rocky IV.
The daughter was originally with her boyfriend inside the house in the 1920s scene. Mother says, “Jane! It’s after 9:30!” And the boyfriend turns the lamp off. This scene was in both the NY and CA versions.
When the show opened in FL in 1975, Jane was alone in her room with flag pendants. This was changed in the 90s to her being dressed as the Statue of Liberty
OhLook that makes sense.
A slut in a Disney ride ?
The daughter’s name is Patricia.
I LOVE how you show how long your ad segment is. So ingenious
I will say, you left out the fact that one of the Father Animatronics was updated independently of the rest, due to a cut scene featuring The ride in the Tomorrowland film.
We can’t forget about the mysterious little girl in the first scene who is never mentioned!
I remember seeing a scene with a voice activated oven when I went to Disney World. The grandma got a high score on the kids' video game, and when she said it outloud, it burnt the turkey.
I just went on CoP yesterday, so here’s the changes I noticed for 2022. No real big modifications to voices, lines, or scenes. However in the final scene, they’ve given all of them a bit more “modern” look. Daughter now has bangs and a ponytail, and is opening a present that is (I believe) a pair of Ugg boots. Grandmother got a haircut, Father was given a younger more “modern dad” look. In past versions, the final scene showed an older version of the dad to match the older versions of the kids. However here he looks the same age as ever, and is now clean shaven. He also got a new outfit, as did Mother and Son. No technology has changed, but this is just something fun me and my family noticed as often goers of the ride.
I've never been to the Disneyworld !Only Disneyland in wich Carousel Of Progress closed in 1973.😢Thank you for the video !🫶
Part 2 They packed it up Moved to Florida reopening in 1975 in Walt Disney World 😊
The editing is great as always! You put so much effort into your videos, they look great!
Welcome to the Future of the year 1987 When spinning homes. and vr head-sets we're Made reality.
Welcome, To tomarrowland. *Insert jurassic park theme here*
They were only off by 30 years.
i really appreciate ur use of timing, ur countdowns are awesome. idk why but its great
Father: ble-
Dog: GRRRRRRRRRRRR
Father: Bork!
As hilarious as this is, I'm pretty sure he's yelling "Sport!" Which is that dog's name, I think?
"The 90's were almost 30 years ago". Thanks, now I'm feeling old again...
I hadn’t been on that ride since I was eight years old in the 60s but I remembered that theme song to this day.
It’s like “It’s a Small World” - it gets stuck in your head.
Oh, I love that last interruption. XD *GRRRRRRRR!!* "BORK!" *goes quiet*
Ready for the next update for this video with the last scene recently being updated.
They did do some very minor changes on the set over the years to the final act that I noticed. They updated the TV in my mom noticed that they put a phone in everyone's hand. She also thinks that they switched everyone's shoes
17:11 The current loop was introduced in 2003. TL 94 opened with a short lived loop of Raymond Scott recordings, that were replaced with a new higher quality recording of Scott’s songs which lasted until 1995. The “New Age” loop a.k.a. “The Old Tomorrowland” loop returned and remained until 2003 being replaced with the current Foliart loop.
Since I tried to avoid specifically saying which exact year the "Best time of your life" was introduced, as I'd read various conflicting reports, I appreciate your the specificity as to when it actually did appear in Tomorrowland :)
CoP is our 15 year old daughter's favorite attraction at Magic Kingdom
It’s funny because the last scene is now super modern with vr growing in popularity and Alexa being able to control everything in the house...can’t wait to see what they predict our future to be when they update it knowing there is a good chance we see it come true
As part of the Siemens family, it cracks me up how you put a GE logo on the Siemens computer in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Rode this for the first time last month and loved it.
I’ve always loved the Tomorrowland area music. I can’t believe it never clicked with me that Best Time Of Your Life was part of it!
That oven stove combination in the 1940's scene looks identical to the one at my job. Maybe I shouldn't turn it on...
The music in Tomorrowland is some of my favorite in all of WDW. Mind. Blown.
I want to know where the young daughter from the turn of the century scene went; talk about pulling a disappearing act
I just got my wisdom teeth removed (it hurts really bad), but this new Yesterworld is helping me have a great, big, beautiful day.
I have a 4 CD set of audio from Disney Attractions at the Worlds Fair. The content is amusing. There are 10 versions of Small World. You just can’t get enough of that song.
Can we just appreciate that this man puts timers in the bottom corner of the screen for sponsor segments and recaps?
this video was so great!! it's always nice to learn more about one of my favorite attractions
the exercise machines are called 'reducing machines' :)
Hey, that man at 10:29 looks like you from what I remember! Also whenever the father speaks, I hear a ringing in my ear. Has anyone else noticed this?
THIS IS MY FAVORITE RIDE.
It's affectionately known as "Aunt Sara's Ride."
Finally an evolution video on one of my all time favorite attractions
I think this was first Disney ride I ever went on, good times
The Laserdisc comment is quite dated now, those wound up being s flash in the pan. The Carousel of Progress highlighted roughly the past hundred years of progress. IMO, it's due a major overhaul maybe with 30 year gaps now starting from the 1920s. That would make the acts 1920s, 1950s, 1980's then current time, which would be a good flow from the early days of electricity to todays tech-driven world. (This is the opinion of an 80s kid)
My daughter and I laughed so hard at around 6:35! That was so random and unexpected! You have the best editing!
Def blew my mind with the Tomorrowland BGM tid-bit ✨
My first time to Disney World, my parents super hyped this up because they loved it when they had gone there as a kid (we're kind of nerdy). I was so pumped to go see this and couldn't wait. Then we went there... and it wasn't there. It was what it is now, but it wasn't the same. I did want to check it out but my parents were sad it wasn't there so we didn't go further. My heart died for a few minutes that day.
Edit: I didn't realize it was the same thing still and I forgot which land I went to in first (we only went to the Magic Kingdom on our trip to Disney World)
I remember that fabulous city of tomorrow model, it was my favorite thing about the carousel of progress it was so cool, it would go from day to night and all the lights would come on. I sure wish they still had it
I absolutely love your videos. Many of these rides, minus a few, I remember and connect with you as some of the timeless rides that sadly had to be shut down. Many I never got to experience and wish I had. Sadly some, like The Great Movie Ride, my boyfriend will never experience as I know he would have loved.
Thank you so much for your time and superior dedication to make these videos for Disney fans like myself.