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Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress is an attraction located at the Magic Kingdom park at the Walt Disney World Resort. Created by both Walt Disney and WED Enterprises as the prime feature of the General Electric (GE) Pavilion for the 1964 New York World's Fair, the attraction was moved to Tomorrowland at Disneyland in Anaheim, California as Carousel of Progress, remaining there from 1967 until 1973. It was replaced in Disneyland by America Sings in 1974, and reopened in its present home in Walt Disney World Resort's Magic Kingdom in 1975. Steeped in both nostalgia and futurism, the attraction's premise is an exploration of the joys of living through the advent of electricity and other technological advances during the 20th century via a "typical" American family. To keep it up with the times, the attraction has been updated five times (in 1967, 1975, 1981, 1985, and 1993) and has had two different theme songs, both written by the Sherman Brothers (Disney's Academy Award-winning songwriting team). Various sources say Walt Disney himself proclaimed that the Carousel of Progress was his favorite attraction and that it should never cease operation. This can be somewhat supported by family and friends, who knew of his constant work on the attraction. Of all the attractions he presented at the 1964–1965 New York World's Fair, Disney seemed especially devoted to the Carousel of Progress. It was estimated he rode it 14 times during his lifetime. The Carousel of Progress holds the record as the longest-running stage show, with the most performances, in the history of American theater. It is one of the oldest attractions in the whole Walt Disney World Resort. It is also one of the only attractions at Walt Disney World to have been touched by Walt Disney himself. ==The show== The basic plot of the Carousel of Progress show has essentially remained unchanged since it debuted at the 1964 New York World's Fair. The circular center stage is divided into six equal scenes, surrounded by six 240-seat audience sections which revolve from one to the next. The first and last scenes involve the loading and unloading of guests. The middle four scenes depict an Audio-Animatronic family appreciating the technological advances of succeeding eras of the 20th century. Each of the four scenes is set around a holiday associated with one of the four seasons of the year. The progress of the seasons serves as a metaphor for the progress of the development of the modern age of electricity. The Father Audio-Animatronics figure in Act 1 ha a few movements like fingers, eyes, head looking up and down and turning, swiveling on the swivel chair, mouth moving and that's that. In Act 2, he has a lot of movements like fingers, eyes, head looking up and down and turning, fanning himself, mouth moving, leaning back and forth, turning his leg, and a foot tap. The foot tap only happens when his James, Jim or Jimmy turning the Crosley radio set. In Act 3, he has less movements unlike Act 1 and 2. His movements are leaning backwards, head looking up and down and turning, mouth, eyes, hands, and a foot tap. For unknown reason, his foot taps throughtout the entire scene. Finally, in Act 4, the Father is half-bodied. he has no feet or legs at all. He does not have a lot of movements, only a few like sliding on floor as if he is walking, arms while cooking the turkey until it explodes, body turn, mouth, eyes and head looking up and down and turning. There kind of mechanism that has wires hanging out moving him with 3 bars made of steel. The first act takes place during Valentine's Day around the beginning of the 20th century, and features the family using innovations for that era, including gas lamps, a telephone, a kitchen pump, a hand-cranked washing machine, an ice box, and a gramophone. A mention of the St. Louis World's Fair dates the scene to 1904. The second act features devices such as electric lighting and cookware, radio, and a sewing machine during the 4th of July holiday in the 1920s (the Charles Lindbergh reference and The Jazz Singer reference makes the most likely year 1927〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 title = Carousel of Progress )〕〔). The third act, set around Halloween in the 1940s, features an automatic dishwasher, television, and a homemade paint mixing system (made from the mother's kitchen mixer!) The final scene is set around Christmas and depicts the family interacting with recent technology. As such, it has changed since the show debuted in 1964. While originally featuring the family's home in the 1960s, it currently features high-definition television, virtual reality games, voice activated appliances, and other recent innovations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title = Carousel of Progress )〕 A slight refurbishment was made in January 2011, upgrading the outdated Sony CRT television to a larger Samsung flat panel display. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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