The American Adventure (Epcot)
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The outer facade of the show building
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| Epcot | |
| Area | World Showcase |
| Coordinates | 28°22′03″N 81°32′58″W / 28.367462°N 81.549454°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | October 1, 1982 |
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| Attraction type | Theater Show |
| Designer | WED Enterprises |
| Theme | Colonial American town |
| Music | Golden Dream |
| Audience capacity | 1024 per show |
| Duration | 28:30 |
| Hosts | Benjamin Franklin and Mark Twain |
| Audio-animatronics | 35 |
 Wheelchair accessible |
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 Assistive listening available |
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The American Adventure is the host pavilion of the World Showcase within Epcot at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, United States. It is also the name of the pavilion's main attraction, an Audio-Animatronics stage show of American history. It is located between the Italian and Japanese pavilions.
The pavilion is a single large building designed in the Colonial style. The building uses forced perspective to make a five story building appear to be two and a half stories; there is a large ramp inside the attraction that slopes up, then down.
Its main attraction is the American Adventure show. The lobby is a square room that has an oval shaped area in the middle with a dome shaped ceiling. The walls contain quotes from famous Americans, which include Walt Disney and Charles Lindbergh, and paintings of American life throughout history representing what America is all about. The Hall of Flags exhibit, a display of the different flags throughout U.S. history that you see as you go upstairs to the theater. In the upstairs lobby there are two more paintings of American life. In the theater, there are 12 statues, six on each side of the theater, that are spirits of American values personified.
On the left side of the building is the Liberty Inn restaurant. On the right side of the building is a small gift shop, Heritage Manor Gifts.
The American Adventure takes guests on a trip through America's history. It is narrated by Audio-Animatronic figures of Benjamin Franklin and Mark Twain (who lived almost 100 years apart) with the voices of Dallas McKennon as Benjamin Franklin and John Anderson as Mark Twain. The show is presented in a theater-like auditorium, with sets and characters rising out from the stage floor to represent scenes from different historical periods. The characters provide insight into American life of the past through conversations in which they discuss the current events of their time. Periods include the American Revolutionary War, the Civil War, the Centennial International Exhibition of 1876 (representing American industrialization), and the Great Depression. The presentation culminates with a musical film montage representing famous moments and people in American history from post-World War II to the present.
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