Jamie Lee Curtis Would Love to Make a Carousel of Progress Movie
Actress Jamie Lee Curtis, who is playing Madame Leota in the upcoming “Haunted Mansion” movie, recently shared she would love to make a movie based on the Carousel of Progress ride at Walt Disney World.
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In a video shared to the Disney Studios TikTok account, Jamie Lee Curtis responded to the question, “If you could do another movie based on a Disney ride what would it be?” Her response was the Carousel of Progress attraction in Magic Kingdom!
“So, my favorite ride/attraction was something called the Carousel of Progress,” Curtis said, “which is only now at Disney World. But it was the GE Carousel of Progress, and I loved it. So I would want to make a movie of the Carousel of Progress, which is basically time travel. It’s sort of about technology and it’s changed over the years.”
Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress
Walt Disney originally conceived the show as part of a new area at Disneyland Park called Edison Square. When the concept was abandoned, the idea was reimagined, eventually opening under the name “Progressland” at the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair.
With the classic song “There’s a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow” by the Academy Award®-winning team of brothers Richard and Robert Sherman, the show was an instant hit. Following its success, the show moved to Disneyland Park and was renamed “The Carousel of Progress.”
In 1975, the attraction moved to Magic Kingdom park where it was rewritten and restaged with a new theme song, “The Best Time of Your Life.”
In the true spirit of progress, the show was reworked in 1994 to its initial incarnation with the original theme song intact—as a tribute to nostalgia.
Follow an American family over 4 generations of progress and watch technology transform their lives.
During each era, learn how the technological marvels of the day made life more comfortable—and paved the way for unimaginable innovations.
Discover how gas lamps, the hand-cranked washing machine and gramophone made the pre-electric era a breeze.
Watch the advent of electricity give rise to modern conveniences like the electric iron, the radio—and the simple, revolutionary light bulb.
See how the automatic dishwasher and television set transformed the American household.
Today’s high-tech marvels include virtual-reality games, high-definition televisions and voice-activated household appliances. Imagine the wonders the next hundred years may bring!
Would you be interested in seeing a movie made about the Carousel of Progress?
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