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Attraction ID Card

Name: American Adventure
Location: Epcot World Showcase


American Adventure
(photos below)

(adapted from official Disney press releases)

The American Adventure, one of eleven international pavilions located in Epcot’s World Showcase section, celebrates the spirit of America 's independence, history and diversity, and reflects the nation's ever-changing character. The pavilion is home to the American Adventure show, a dramatic theatrical presentation that combines the magic of Audio-Animatronics with innovations in film and special effects housed inside a 108,000-square-foot Georgian-style mansion.

The show is punctuated by the "Golden Dreams" film that depicts some of America 's most moving events from World War II to present day. New sequences include images from the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, Lance Armstrong's Tour de France victory and Oprah Winfrey's compassionate work with African children. In the 29-minute theatrical presentation, one of the most elaborate ever created using Audio-Animatronics figures, hosts Benjamin Franklin and Mark Twain take guests on a journey into the birth of a new nation and the resulting spirit of its creation.

The show portrays such famous Americans as Thomas Jefferson, Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Alexander Graham Bell, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Tiger Woods and Oprah Winfrey.

Through advances in Audio-Animatronics technology, Disney Imagineers have infused new levels of realism and details so that each character helps tell the story through their own personality.  

"In the scene with Will Rogers, we made sure he tipped his hat and Mark Twain had a subtle rock to his rocking chair to convey his unique character," according to character animator Doug Griffith.  "This level of rich detail helps the American Adventure stand out as the premiere presentation of Audio-Animatronics technology in a theatrical setting."

Research for the American Adventure show began almost three years prior to its 1982 premiere.  Imagineers worked carefully with noted historians at inception and with the current enhancement to ensure the presentation's accuracy, according to director Rothschild.

For instance, in a scene depicting the Great Depression, pages of quotes from Will Rogers were gathered by Walt Disney Imagineers to incorporate into the scene. In order to duplicate the advertisements of the Depression era, architectural magazines were scanned. Music logs were searched to find an appropriate song for the banjo player on the porch -- "Brother Can You Spare a Dime?" In addition to obtaining Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1933 inaugural speech, Imagineers contacted the Library of Congress for a copy of his unusual presidential seal to duplicate for his podium.

The show is held in a 1,024-seat theater complete with rich, Corinthian-style details: chandeliers, archways, columns, elegant fabrics and paneling. The theater includes the Spirits of America: twelve "marble" statues lining both sides of the theater, representing such American qualities as heritage, innovation, knowledge, pioneering, discovery and freedom.

The Voices of Liberty, a group of glorious a cappella singers who have been performing since Epcot opened, perform a short concert in the acoustically perfect rotunda before we are escorted to the theater upstairs.




The American Adventure, the flagship pavilion of Epcot World Showcase, celebrates the spirit of America's history and diversity. The pavilion is home to the American Adventure show, housed inside a 108,000-square-foot Georgian-style mansion. In the dramatic 29-minute presentation, one of the most elaborate ever created using Audio-Animatronics figures, hosts Benjamin Franklin and Mark Twain take guests on a journey into the birth of a new nation and the resulting spirit of its creation.



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