The American Adventure, which is currently closed for refurbishment, will reopen in mid-December after a nearly three-month refurbishment. The American Adventure closed for refurbishment on September 19th and is currently scheduled to reopen to guests on December 17th.
The American Adventure is a 30-minute show at EPCOT that takes guests through the foundation of America and other major events in our country’s history. Here’s how Disney describes the show:
An Epic Journey
In this dramatic production featuring 35 Audio-Animatronics figures, digital rear-projection images on a 72-foot screen and stirring patriotic songs, you’ll watch firsthand as America’s story unfolds.
Take your seat in a stately Colonial theater and meet Benjamin Franklin and Mark Twain—your guides on this trip through time.
Witness landmark events like landing of the Mayflower, the Boston Tea Party, the winter at Valley Forge, the penning of the Declaration of Independence, the Civil War and the Great Depression.
You’ll even encounter luminaries like Susan B. Anthony, Frederick Douglass, Thomas Jefferson, Chief Joseph and Teddy Roosevelt, among others.
How They Did It
A feat of entertainment, engineering and aesthetics, The American Adventure took Disney Imagineers 5 years to complete.
The stunning building in which it is housed was intended as a “people’s mansion,” taking design cues from the classic Georgian style of the late 1700s, Colonial Williamsburg, Independence Hall, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello and the Old State House in Boston.
Pivotal moments in history appear and disappear seamlessly through the use of a massive computer-controlled movable device. Ten different sets are stored under the stage and are moved forward or backward on cue by this American technological marvel.
It truly is a show like none other—just like the country that inspired it!
Shortly before the attraction closed, we posted an article with photos of the show in its current state.
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