Sunday, July 10, 2016

Carousal of Progress Shouldn't be Updated

The Carousal of Progress at the Magic Kingdom is a Disney fan favorite. Guess sit in a theater where their auditorium moves around a stage, pausing at intervals to hear a story. Each story takes place at a different time in the 20th century where the audience learns a little about life at that time from automatronic (robots that look like  humans). As the story progresses we see how life has improved since the turn of the 20th century.

We start at the turn of the century, then the 1920's, 1950's and finally the 1990's. 

Many believe the 1990's needs to be updated to something that reflects modern times. But I disagree.

The story should remain a story about the advancements of the 20th century. 

The leap from the 1950's to 1990's is a huge jump already. Adding another 20 or 30 years would seem ridiculous.

Suppose we did want to add the modern time. What would it look like? A family sitting around a living room silently playing their devices? No narration, no background music. Just look at this family gazing deeply into their devices for 5 minutes?  I don't think that would be very entertaining.

So, I suggest the ride does not get updated. Leave it alone! Let it talk about the optimism of the 20th century and the great big beautiful tomorrow it promised.


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