Carousel of progress updates news!

I have mixed feelings. Loved the history of seeing how the world worked at the turn of the century, 1920s and 1940s. This feels less 'historical' and more recent / futuristic focused - which I guess is the theme of the song! "It's a great big, beautiful tomorrow."

Instead of 1960/1980/2000/Future, it would have been neat to see them do a broader timeline so you could truly see the huge jumps in technological differences and daily life between the eras.

Something like this for the scene changes:
-Opening with Walt
-1900
-1950
-2000
-Future

That being said, it looks like they'll do a good job on the refurb.

Ah yes that historical perspective is enjoyable (Gilded age is my favorite show these days!) but i do see this ride as offering the younger ones a glimpse into the lives of their grandparents generation. So it allows for those fun conversations and meaningful connections.

I have mixed feelings too. I am all for an update but I wasnt sure I wanted the entire attraction updated , I would have been ok with the finale changing but not sure how I feel about the whole thing changing. I'll give it the benefit of the doubt and wait to see how it turns out.

Was abound to happen as it has happened many times before, this time just the longest between updates (major updates that is). This is way better than them closing the attraction entirely, which I believe was the plan at one point or two.

Agreed, I would much rather see an update than a permanent closure. While I will miss the current iteration, progress is literally in the attraction's name, and given the recent attraction refurbs, I'm optimistic that this can be a good change.

I trust Disney is going to do this right but can't say I'm not sad to see the current version go. I always hoped this would be the one thing Disney wouldn't change. So many great lines from this show, things that are part of my everyday vernacular, like "Sarah really gets to the core of the apple". I call my wife Core of the Apple Kate because of this! I call root beer sarsaparilla, tell my family to stop interrupting while others are interrupting, and after i win in a game of some kind i say "I really smoked those guys!" Great childhood memories for me and my kids, but I'm looking forward to seeing what comes next. That's progress!

Agree it needs updated. Can’t really be The Carousel of Progress if it doesn’t. There is a historical piece that is being lost by taking it down completely, though. I wish they were putting the old stuff somewhere as a walk through and just starting over on the refurb. Best of both worlds.

Redoing the future stage every so often was an exercise in how rapidly it became outdated.

Just stop trying to envision the future and restore it to the original format when CoP debuted at the World’s Fair in 1964.

I’ve long said that’s what makes the most sense. Those of us old enough can play “remember when” and can compare how the future was staged with what it actually became.

It’s a historical survey of various eras, so make it illustrate how Walt and the Imagineers thought progress might unfold and keep that as an archival record of Walt’s vision.

Would be fine with updating the last two eras but not a fan of eliminating the turn of the century scene. I just don't see the sense of giving the 80's and 90's their own scenes at the expense of the 1900's

Changing classic rides is always problematic. But going into Country Bears now and seeing kids engaged, laughing and singing along, in a show that was near closing, shows what a reimagining can do. It can keep a classic show from closing completely. I have been going to WDW since the mid 70’s. Will I miss the old CoP? Yes! But I hope a reimagining will make it a viable ride/show and keep it open. I will miss the older historic scenes, and will feel old since all of the scenes will be in my lifetime. Change is hard, but can be very good. I look forward to seeing what they do with CoP.