A Great Big Beautiful....Stairway

Here's a vintage photo of the The Carousel of Progress in all of it's 1967 glory. Notice the blue and silver railings on the top floor, the ground floor and the exit ramp.


And here is a photo that I took of the building after it's America Sings makeover (this was actually taken after America Sings had closed). Again, notice the blue and silver railings.


Next, we have a photo of the building after it's 1998 Innoventions makeover. Notice the new brown and gold railings that were added. (Ugh!)

This shot shows the new railings and the stairway that's on the south side of the building (next to the Pizza Port Restaurant.)

Now this photo was taken just two days ago and shows the stairway on the north side of the building (next to the Hatmosphere Shop) which for some strange reason, has never been updated. This is the same blue and silver railing dating back to 1967!

Here's a shot that I took of that same stairway back in 1995.

And finally, we have two current close-up shots.

I don't know the reason why this stairway wasn't updated, but I do like the fact that it still exists. Now if only the rest of the building looked the way that it did back when Tomorrowland was a fabulous new "world on the move."

Tomorrowland '67 - "A World On The Move"

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That was the catchphrase for the "new" Tomorrowland of 1967 (my favorite "land" for many years). The current Tommorrowland's catchphrase when it opened in 1998 was, "Imagination And Beyond!" Personally, I would add "Lack Of " to that phrase. Not much moves in the heart of Tomorowland today. There is nothing moving on the old People Mover track. Nothing exciting moves on a regular basis on top of the former Rocket Jet platform. The Carousel Theater building has been turning for the past 10 years (after remaining static for 10 years before that), but it's movement is nothing but a very cruel tease since there is no longer a revolving theater show or any type of real attraction inside.....only exhibits to try to get you to purchase one of it's sponsor's products. Are you looking for the Skyway gondolas that used to cross overhead? Sorry, those were removed 4 years prior to the reopening of this exciting new Tomorrowland. Oh wait, look....there's something moving over there on the ground. What is it? It's...it's...a giant wet marble!!!! As Mickey says at the end of Fantasmic, "Some imagination, huh?"