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Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress at Magic Kingdom 🪄 #waltdisneyworld #disney #disneyparks #wdw
Jun 25, 2026
Hey Mouseketeers! Travel through the 20th century and marvel at the evolution of technology during this classic Audio-Animatronics show created by Walt Disney himself.
To prepare for the next version of this ever-progressing attraction, Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress will be temporarily unavailable beginning on July 6, 2026. The attraction is expected to reopen in 2027.
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0:01
Welcome [music]
0:01
to Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress.
0:05
Uh you're in for a real treat. The
0:07
Carousel of Progress was Walt's own idea
0:10
from beginning to end. He loved it. He
0:12
introduced the show at the World's Fair
0:15
in New York City in 1964,
0:17
>> [music]
0:17
>> and it was an immediate smash hit.
0:20
Millions of people came to see it.
0:22
[music] And since then, the Carousel of
0:24
Progress has had more performances than
0:26
any other stage show in the history of
0:28
American theater.
0:30
You know, Walt loved the idea of
0:31
progress, and he loved the American
0:34
family. And he himself was proudly as
0:36
American as anyone could possibly be.
0:39
>> [music]
0:39
>> He thought it would be fun to watch the
0:41
American family go through the 20th
0:43
century experiencing all the new wonders
0:46
as they came.
0:47
And he put them together in a show
0:49
called Carousel of Progress, which we
0:52
are now about to see.
0:54
Although our Carousel family has
0:56
experienced a few changes over the
0:58
years, our show still revolves around
1:01
the same theme. And that's progress.
1:04
May the century begin.
1:08
>> [music]
1:42
>> Well, it looks like the Robins are
1:43
getting ready to celebrate Valentine's
1:45
Day today.
1:47
What year is it?
1:48
Oh, right around the turn of the
1:49
century. And believe me, things couldn't
1:51
be any better than they are today.
1:54
Yes, sir. Buildings are towering now as
1:56
high as 20 stories
1:58
>> [music]
1:58
>> and moving pictures flicker up on a big
2:00
screen. We have almost 8,000 automobiles
2:04
in this country [music] and we can
2:05
travel by train from New York to
2:07
California in less than 7 days and I
2:11
even hear tell about two brothers from
2:12
North Carolina who are working on some
2:14
kind of flying contraption.
2:17
It'll never work.
2:19
Closer to home, we've now got gas lamps,
2:22
>> [music]
2:22
>> a telephone and the latest design in
2:24
cast iron stove and that reservoir keeps
2:27
5 gallons of water hot in just three
2:29
buckets of coal.
2:30
Oh boy, it sure beats chopping wood. And
2:33
isn't our new icebox a beauty? Look at
2:35
that. Holds 50 pounds of ice.
2:38
Milk doesn't sour as quick as it used to
2:40
and our dog Rover here keeps the water
2:42
in the drip pan from overflowing. It
2:45
wasn't too long ago we had to carry
2:46
water from a well and thanks to
2:49
progress, we've got a pump right here in
2:51
the kitchen. Of course, we keep [music]
2:53
a bucket of water handy to prime it
2:54
with. Yes, sir. We've got everything we
2:57
need to make life easier.
2:59
Say, Mother,
3:00
>> Mhm.
3:01
>> I was reading about a fellow named Tom
3:03
Edison who's working on an idea for
3:05
snap-on electric lights.
3:07
>> Electric lights? No more kerosene? No
3:11
more gas?
3:12
>> Sarah sure gets to the core of the
3:14
apple.
3:14
>> But we do have this new wash day marvel.
3:17
Now, it takes me only 5 hours to do the
3:20
wash. Imagine, it used to take 2 days.
3:23
>> Well, that's right, folks. Now Sarah has
3:25
time for other things like canning
3:27
>> canning and cleaning the oven.
3:29
>> Yes, dear.
3:30
>> Well, ovens don't just clean themselves,
3:32
you know.
3:32
>> I know, dear
3:34
and they probably never will.
3:35
>> Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to
3:37
get the laundry off the line before it
3:38
starts raining cats and dogs.
3:42
>> Oh, don't worry, Rover. She didn't mean
3:44
real dogs. Besides, it's not going to
3:46
rain today. My lumbago isn't acting up.
3:51
>> I'm not going to say I told you so.
3:54
>> Oh, I got to go down. All you have to do
3:56
is put your wash on the line, right? Oh
3:59
well, the cistern was low anyway.
4:01
>> Wow, wait, look at that.
4:03
>> Now James, I thought I told you to ask
4:05
my permission before using my new
4:07
stereoscope. It's not a toy, you know.
4:10
>> Ooh, la la. So that's what you've been
4:12
doing the hootchy kootchy, eh Dad?
4:14
>> Isn't she a knockout? She's the star of
4:16
the new World's Fair in St. Louis and
4:20
and you put that away before your mother
4:21
finds it.
4:22
>> Oh, Dad.
4:23
>> You heard me.
4:24
Well, we have one of those new talking
4:26
machines. Now that is something. It
4:29
plays music right here in our home.
4:40
>> Oh, Papa.
4:41
>> Yes, Patricia.
4:43
>> Papa, all these people. I'm I'm
4:46
indecent.
4:48
>> Don't worry, Patricia. They're friends.
4:50
That's our teenage daughter. She's
4:52
getting ready to go to a Valentine's
4:54
dance across town on one of those new
4:56
horseless trolleys.
4:57
>> I think it's very romantic you're taking
5:00
mother out for Valentine's dinner this
5:02
evening.
5:02
>> Well, you know what kind of sport I am.
5:05
>> I only hope I have an evening as
5:07
romantic as yours and mother's.
5:09
>> Now you be home by 9:00, daughter. You
5:12
hear me?
5:13
>> Yes, Papa.
5:14
>> Oh, well, with all this talking I've
5:16
worked up quite a thirst. Hm.
5:18
I think I'll take one of those
5:19
newfangled trolleys down to the
5:20
drugstore soda fountain
5:22
>> [music]
5:22
>> and meet the boys for a cold
5:23
sarsaparilla. Oh,
5:26
I'm sorry. I forgot. We're drinking root
5:28
beer now.
5:29
>> [music]
5:29
>> Same kind of thing, different name.
5:32
Well, that's progress for you. And
5:34
speaking of progress
5:35
>> There's a great big beautiful and that's
5:38
the story.
5:39
He follows
5:40
his dream
5:41
with mind
5:42
and heart
5:43
and well, it becomes a reality.
5:47
It's a dream come true for you and me.
5:50
So, there's a great big beautiful
5:52
tomorrow [music]
5:53
[singing]
5:55
shining at the end of every day. [music]
5:58
There's a great big beautiful tomorrow
6:02
just a dream away.
6:07
Whew, boy, hottest 4th of July we've had
6:10
in years. We've come a long way though
6:12
since the turn of the century over 20
6:14
some odd years ago. You know that pilot
6:17
fella, Charles Lindbergh? He's about to
6:19
fly a single wing airplane all the way
6:21
across the Atlantic.
6:23
He's never going to make it. And sports
6:25
stadiums are springing up all over. And
6:28
boy, nobody hits that old horsehide like
6:31
that new fella, Babe Ruth.
6:33
Jazz music is the cat's meow. And
6:36
there's been ads in the paper for months
6:38
for a movie starring Al Jolson. And he's
6:41
going to talk and sing. Oh, boy, I've
6:44
got to see that.
6:48
>> [laughter]
6:49
>> There goes Schwartz in his Hupmobile. He
6:51
sure loves that horn. You know, in my
6:53
new Essex I've got an electric starter.
6:55
Now I don't have to crank. We can travel
6:58
from New York to Los Angeles by train in
7:00
only 3 days. And we've got a house full
7:04
of new electrical servants. Mr. Edison
7:07
sure added life to our home.
7:15
Whoa there, you'll blow a fuse.
7:17
Drat, that's the third one this week. I
7:19
buy fuses by the case.
7:22
Uh-oh, and I blown the whole
7:23
neighborhood again.
7:26
>> [crying]
7:26
>> He's done it again.
7:28
Go over to your neighbor and what's
7:30
wrong.
7:32
>> Easy, Rover.
7:34
Jimmy, hurry up with that fuse.
7:36
>> Shucks, every time he has company he
7:39
blows a fuse. And guess who always has
7:41
to change it.
7:42
>> I heard that, young man. I heard that.
7:45
>> Oh, well, that's more like it. John,
7:47
yours is the last costume I've got to
7:49
finish before the parade starts.
7:50
>> Sarah's ladies club is responsible for
7:53
our town's 4th of July celebration
7:55
tonight. She's got us all roped into
7:57
performing in their program and I
8:00
>> we're going as George and Martha
8:01
Washington, dear.
8:03
>> Oh, the father of our country. It's a
8:06
role that really fits me. You know, I
8:09
>> glad we installed an electric light
8:11
fixture here on the porch because it's
8:13
just too darn hot to be sewing inside.
8:15
>> Yes, Sarah. You know, next year I'd like
8:18
to go as Benedict Arnold
8:19
>> Wait until you see what I've got planned
8:22
for the fireworks show tonight.
8:24
>> Rover, don't interrupt while Sarah's
8:26
interrupting.
8:27
>> And guess who volunteered to choose the
8:28
music for the program.
8:30
>> I did, Pop. Listen to this.
8:37
>> Oh, that's a nice tune, Jimmy.
8:41
You know, with our new Crosley radio
8:43
set, we can get news and big-time
8:45
entertainment from all over the country,
8:48
even Pittsburgh.
8:50
>> Crowds are starting to arrive downtown
8:52
for a spectacular 4th of July parade and
8:54
fireworks event tonight. Mayor Beanfield
8:56
will lead the parade.
8:57
>> Oh, Patricia.
8:58
>> Yes, Father.
8:59
>> Better get a move on. The radio says
9:01
folks are arriving downtown.
9:03
>> Do I really have to go?
9:06
If my new boyfriend Theodore sees me in
9:09
this, it'll scare him away.
9:11
>> Oh, dear. If that happens, you'll always
9:14
have that torch you can carry for him.
9:16
>> Oh, Father.
9:19
>> Calm down, Rover. I was only kidding. By
9:21
the way, we have indoor plumbing now.
9:23
Oh, boy, that's really great on cold
9:25
nights, especially for our perennial
9:27
house guest, old Uncle Orville.
9:31
Uncle Orville's taken over the coolest
9:33
spot in the house, of course, and he's
9:35
rigged up a real clever contraption. He
9:38
calls it air cooling.
9:40
Too bad [clears throat] he's not reading
9:41
the help wanted ads.
9:43
>> No privacy, it's all around this place.
9:46
>> Sorry, Orville. You know, considering
9:48
all the
9:51
Oh, coming, Martha. As I was saying,
9:53
considering all the conveniences we now
9:55
have, I'll say that we're really on easy
9:58
street these days. [music]
9:59
It just can't get any better.
10:01
Just goes to show that there's a great
10:03
big [music] beautiful tomorrow
10:06
shining at the end of every day. There's
10:10
a great big beautiful tomorrow,
10:14
and tomorrow's [music] just a dream
10:16
away.
10:26
Well, it's another Halloween here in the
10:28
fabulous '40s. Everything is better than
10:31
ever now, and we've got some amazing new
10:34
wonders around the house to prove it.
10:36
For instance, our refrigerator holds
10:39
more food and ice cubes, and thanks to
10:41
our automatic dishwasher, oh ho,
10:44
I don't have to dry the dishes anymore
10:46
after supper. Gives Rover and me more
10:48
time to enjoy our evening stroll
10:50
together.
10:54
Later, boy. Oh, and here's something
10:56
else that's new. I just heard a new term
10:58
today on the radio. Fellow says, "We've
11:01
got something now called the rat race."
11:04
Did you ever hear that one? It sure
11:06
describes my life. I'm involved in
11:09
something now called commuting. I drive
11:11
into the city for work all day, and then
11:14
turn right around and drive all the way
11:16
back. And the highway is crowded with
11:18
fellow rats doing the same thing.
11:20
>> That's what they call progress, dear.
11:23
>> [laughter]
11:24
>> Yeah, I guess she's right. But we do
11:26
have television,
11:28
when it works. Gives you something to do
11:31
after you come home. I kind of like it,
11:33
you know. Guy named John Cameron Swayze
11:35
gives us all the news. And then they
11:37
have all this singing and dancing. A lot
11:39
of fluff, but it's fun.
11:41
You know, I predict the day when
11:43
millions of people will learn Latin and
11:45
Greek sitting in front of their TV sets.
11:49
>> Are you a brain
11:56
Give me a laugh. Give me a laugh.
12:00
>> Ah, yes, the new age of electronic
12:03
civilization is upon us.
12:04
>> He did. What do you think of my
12:06
jack-o'-lantern?
12:08
>> Boy, that's scary.
12:09
>> That's cuz I'm using my beautiful sister
12:11
Patty's picture for a model.
12:15
>> No, Rover.
12:17
Jim, Rover appreciates your joke.
12:19
>> Now, you're always kidding poor Patty.
12:21
She's certainly prettier than either of
12:23
you.
12:32
>> You hear that?
12:33
My daughter Patty is using that old
12:35
exercise machine she rescued from the
12:37
attic. Was all the rage in the '20s.
12:40
Grandma, of course, had to have one.
12:42
Didn't work then, doesn't work now.
12:45
>> [laughter]
12:45
>> Consistent, at least. Makes a lot of
12:47
noise and blows fuses.
12:49
>> Okay, the safety cat. I think college is
12:52
really swell. You should give it a try.
12:55
>> Oh, Patty, are you going to the
12:56
Halloween party tonight?
12:57
>> Oh, yes,
12:58
and I'm going to the be orange inside
13:00
it. Let's go to the next three goals and
13:03
celebrate.
13:04
>> What a friend. What a flood.
13:06
>> He's coming as a headless horseman.
13:08
>> He's what?
13:10
>> Come on, Beth. Let's all hop on Howard.
13:12
You're going with his new rapid jet
13:14
ride.
13:15
>> Oh, poor Howard. I wonder what they said
13:17
about me when I was dating Sarah.
13:23
>> [laughter]
13:24
>> You're lucky, Rover. You don't have to
13:26
date.
13:27
Well, we're caught up in the
13:29
do-it-yourself craze these days. We're
13:31
remodeling our basement in something
13:33
called a a rumpus room, and we're
13:35
looking forward to a few rumpuses, I'll
13:37
tell you, as long as they don't get out
13:39
of hand.
13:39
>> John, this papering is getting out of
13:42
hand. I could use a little help.
13:43
>> Now, Sarah, didn't I set up that clever
13:45
automatic paint stirring machine for
13:47
you?
13:49
>> Yes, John, you're a genius.
13:52
Of course, this will ruin my food mixer.
13:54
Not that you care.
13:56
>> Oh, good old Sarah, always the last
13:58
laugh.
14:01
>> [laughter]
14:02
>> What happened, Sarah?
14:03
>> Oh, you and your progress. That paint
14:05
mixer of yours just splashed paint
14:06
across my rug. Our new carpet is ruined.
14:09
>> [laughter]
14:11
>> How do you like that? I always say, if
14:13
you're going to be married, marry a girl
14:14
with a sense of humor. Well, it's time
14:16
to move on. Let's cheer up Sarah by
14:19
singing our song. Come on, everybody.
14:21
There's a great big beautiful tomorrow
14:25
shining at the end of every day. There's
14:29
a great big beautiful tomorrow,
14:32
and tomorrow's just a dream away.
14:37
Man has a dream, and that's the start.
14:40
He follows
14:41
his dream
14:42
with all his
14:43
heart.
14:44
>> And when
14:45
it becomes a [singing and music]
14:46
reality,
14:47
>> it's a dream come true for you and me.
14:51
>> [music and singing]
14:51
>> So, there's a great big beautiful
14:53
tomorrow
14:55
shining at the end of every day.
14:59
>> There's a great big beautiful tomorrow,
15:03
>> just [singing] a dream away.
15:08
>> Isn't it a pleasant holiday? Oh,
15:10
turkey's in the oven. It's peaceful and
15:12
quiet.
15:13
>> Yes, 300 [music] points, my best score
15:15
yet.
15:15
>> Well, it was peaceful until Santa
15:18
brought that new virtual reality space
15:20
pilot game.
15:21
>> Your turn, Grandma. Let's switch image
15:23
over to the TV so the resident flying
15:25
ace can show you how it works. Now, it's
15:27
a little tricky. Just use your game
15:29
glove to fly behind the other guy and
15:30
blast him with your laser blaster.
15:32
>> Laser blaster? Well, I'll give it a try.
15:36
>> Take a look around, Grandma. You're in
15:37
the ship.
15:38
>> Feels like I'm really there.
15:40
>> Okay, get ready. You're about to blast
15:42
off.
15:43
>> Here goes nothing.
15:45
Woah!
15:46
>> All right, here it comes. Oh, you missed
15:48
him.
15:49
>> Hey everybody, I've been programming our
15:51
new voice activation system.
15:53
>> Now all our household items will do
15:55
anything we tell them to do.
15:57
>> Great. Tell the refrigerator to bring me
15:59
a root beer.
16:00
>> Well, it can't quite do that, but I'll
16:03
show you something it can do.
16:05
Tree lights 30% brighter.
16:11
>> Oh, that's no big deal. Anybody can do
16:13
that voice activated stuff. Watch this.
16:17
Roar.
16:18
Meow. Woof.
16:19
>> Chuck, the oven should respond to your
16:21
voice commands now. Give it a try.
16:23
>> Well, okay. Here it goes. Temperature to
16:26
375.
16:28
>> Temperature increased to 375.
16:31
>> Look at that. It even talks back.
16:34
>> Reminds me of certain people I know.
16:36
>> Yeah, right, Dad.
16:37
>> You got to lose him, Grandma. Bank to
16:38
the right.
16:39
>> Remember Dad's turkey last year?
16:41
>> Yeah, that thing really smoked up the
16:44
place when it burned, didn't it?
16:45
>> We ended up microwaving frozen pizzas.
16:49
>> Well, no need to worry about the turkey
16:51
this year. Now [music] that the oven
16:53
will do anything your brother tells it
16:55
to do.
16:56
>> Oh, good shot.
16:57
>> Did you see that?
16:58
>> Dad, Grandma's up to 550 points.
17:01
>> Did you say 550?
17:03
Hey, she's getting the hang of that
17:05
thing.
17:06
I can't believe all the new gadgets
17:09
they've got now.
17:10
You know, in my day
17:12
>> Oh, no. You're not going to tell us
17:14
about the old days when you didn't even
17:16
have a car phone.
17:18
>> Hey, hey, Trish. For a while we didn't
17:20
even have a house phone. Not to mention
17:22
laser disc
17:24
and high def TV. Everything's automated
17:27
today.
17:32
Well, who needs all that?
17:33
>> No privacy at all around this place.
17:37
>> Sorry, Arnie. Anyway, you guys don't
17:40
know how good you've got it nowadays.
17:42
>> You know, my grandpa told me the very
17:44
same thing when I was a kid.
17:46
>> Take that, you nincompoop.
17:48
>> Hey, check it out, Dad. Grandma's up to
17:50
975 points.
17:52
>> Wow, 975.
17:55
>> Temperature increased to 975.
17:58
Make mode overload. Command
18:01
active.
18:01
>> John, what's wrong with the oven?
18:03
>> What? Uh
18:07
>> Bake mode complete.
18:09
Enjoy your meal.
18:10
>> Anyone for pizza?
18:12
>> Oh, another Christmas turkey
18:15
>> ruined.
18:16
>> Man, what a game. I really smoked those
18:19
guys. Looks like I'm resident flying ace
18:22
now.
18:23
>> Oh, best two out of three, Grandma.
18:24
>> Later, kid. Boy, that was fun. What will
18:27
they think of next?
18:29
>> Who knows? We've got a whole new century
18:31
waiting for us out there.
18:33
>> Yeah, and maybe sometime in the new
18:35
century your father will learn how to
18:37
talk to our oven.
18:39
>> Well, maybe by then ovens will read our
18:42
minds.
18:43
But hey, as long as we're all here and
18:45
happy and together for the holidays, who
18:48
cares if I burned our Christmas turkey?
18:50
>> I do. I'm starving.
18:54
>> Don't worry, Dad. Someday everything's
18:56
going to be so automated, you won't ever
18:58
[music] have to cook another Christmas
18:59
turkey again.
19:03
>> There's a great, big, beautiful tomorrow
19:07
shining at the end of every day.
19:10
There's a great,
19:12
beautiful tomorrow,
19:14
and tomorrow
19:16
is just a dream away.
19:19
>> Man has a dream, and that's the start.
19:22
>> He follows his dream.
19:24
>> Yeah.
19:25
>> And
19:25
>> [singing]
19:27
>> where he comes to reality, [music]
19:29
it's a dream come [singing] true for you
19:32
and me.
19:37
Shining [singing and music] at the end
19:39
of every day.
19:41
There's a great big, beautiful tomorrow,
19:44
>> [singing]
19:45
>> just
19:46
a dream away.
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>> Thank you for joining us on Walt
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Disney's Carousel of Progress. We hope
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you've enjoyed this tribute to the 1964
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Carousel of Progress from the New York
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World's Fair.
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Please gather all of your personal
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belongings and exit through the doors
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located at the back of the theater. Have
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a great big, beautiful day. And
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remember, tomorrow is just a dream away.
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