Debi Derryberry records her new role as Grandmother for Carousel of Progress in a Disney recording booth. Image: Walt Disney Imagineering
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Carousel of Progress Brings Back Its Daughter’s Voice. Debi Derryberry Plays the Grandmother Now

Leah Brannigan · October 7, 2026 · 4 min read

Debi Derryberry spent three decades as Patricia, the daughter in Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress. When the reimagined show opens at Magic Kingdom next spring, she'll be the family's Grandmother, beside new parents voiced by Jamie Lee Curtis and Bryan Cranston.

Walt Disney Imagineering shared the casting on October 4, alongside photos of Derryberry back in a recording booth. The reveal came during "55 Magical Years of Storytelling," a D23 event held for Walt Disney World's 55th anniversary, where Imagineers and the Walt Disney Archives walked guests through the attraction's history.

"A familiar voice is returning to Carousel of Progress," Imagineering wrote. "Debi Derryberry, who previously voiced Patricia (Daughter), is taking on a new role as Grandmother next year at Walt Disney World."

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