The American Adventure: Last 100 Years

The United States’ sesquicentennial celebration in July 2026 is the catalyst for a new version of The American Adventure; this one is subtitled The Last 100 Years. Using new Animatronic technology such as seen in the Walt Disney animatronic, guests will get to re-live key moments in American history since 1926. Rather than just using the same events found in portions of the 2018 show (the most recent update), this show

The scenes not involving Audio Animatronics are played out mainly through the media most popular at the time–radio up to 1941, black-and-white TV from 1941 to 1965, and color TV from 1965. The radio and TVs pop up near center front stage with (the same) video being played on a large screen at the back of the theater. Actual clips from the event are played.

The events that are highlighted throughout the show, include the following:

The Spirit of St. Louis (May 20, 1927)

Stock Market Crash on Black Tuesday (October 29, 1929)--Radio

Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941)--B&W TV

VE Day (May 8, 1945)

First Man in Space (April 12, 1961)--B&W TV

Martin Luther King Jr. and Letter from a Birmingham Jail (April 16, 1963)

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

"We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny."

"Any law that degrades human personality is unjust."

"Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection."

Firefighters at Ground Zero of 9-11 attack putting up flag (September 11, 2001)

Covid-19 Shutdown (March 2020)--Color TV

Golden Dreams song sung by pop artists: Garth Brooks, Bruce Springsteen, and Mariah Carey.