American Adventure Changes

[yoda_5729]

Is Marilyn Monroe still in the video....was just curious, thought the video does sound good

 

[Rob562]

Great. Even MORE stuff to make me get teary-eyed... It's the stuff that's within my own memory (or soon before it) that gets me every time. It starts at Kennedy's funeral with John Jr saluting and doesn't let up from there. I usually pull it together again until Walt Disney and Jim Henson pop up on the screen.

Looking forward to seeing the updated show on my next trip.

-Rob

 

[MrNonacho]

Is Marilyn Monroe still in the video....was just curious, thought the video does sound good

Yep, she is, and I agree with everyone saying that the new montage is a very nice improvement.

 

[SDav10495]

Great! Glad to hear the update was well-done. I was hoping they would just extend the current music like they did and not totally re-record the song with different singers.

There were several more, but I don't remember exactly who (it was a long day). In addition, there were a few changes made to the final shot of the montage with the flyover of the Statue of Liberty. There are now semi-transparent images of children waving sparklers around the border of the shot. There are also a great deal of fireworks (I don't remember if there were fireworks to begin with, but if so, there are now a great deal more).

If I recall correctly, the World Trade Center was originally in the background the Statue of Liberty flyover...if this is the same footage, were those "border sparklers" perhaps just added to cover it up? Or maybe I'm imagining the whole thing to begin with...

 

[fngoofy]

No Colbert! I hate it now. It used to stand for truthiness and Democracy...

Worse, they're adding AA Grizzlies to the attraction. Blood thristy savages will now be terrorizing great Americans.

On the positive side, they do look lifelike.

 

[Figment82]

Great! Glad to hear the update was well-done. I was hoping they would just extend the current music like they did and not totally re-record the song with different singers.



If I recall correctly, the World Trade Center was originally in the background the Statue of Liberty flyover...if this is the same footage, were those "border sparklers" perhaps just added to cover it up? Or maybe I'm imagining the whole thing to begin with...

The World Trade Center towers were front and center on the NYC skyline during that scene originally. The skyline now is very blurred (with the Towers absent) and the fireworks are very crisp and clear. I thought the children images were a little cheesy, but it does pull it all together.

The new version of the song is a great update. I'm so used to singing along, now I have to get used to a new version.

 

[SDav10495]

The World Trade Center towers were front and center on the NYC skyline during that scene originally. The skyline now is very blurred (with the Towers absent) and the fireworks are very crisp and clear. I thought the children images were a little cheesy, but it does pull it all together.

Ah, ok. I was sure they were there and was wondering what would be done about them during the update.

The new version of the song is a great update. I'm so used to singing along, now I have to get used to a new version.

Wait--just to clarify, it's not re-recorded vocals, is it? Just an extension of the orchestrations? :lookaroun

 

[Testtrack321]

I think generally things that deal with 9/11 are usually tacky (boot up the ______ anyone?), but I'll have to see how this goes.

What about more stuff about Google, YouTube, etc? Some real big stuff changing the world.

 

[WDWFanatic]

They put oprah in it? Now that does bring a tear to my eye.:hurl:

 

[daverube]

Um, what does Oprah and Willie Nelson have to do with American History?

Oprah has made more money than any other woman talk show host in American history (which, obviously, is important) and Willie Nelson writes nice "americana" songs and owed a lot of money to the IRS for not paying taxes (when his songs were popular), like a good American should....maybe Oprah was nice enough to pay off his debt.....

Nah....he made a deal and didn't have to pay a lot of his debt back.....MAN....that is ultra-American.....

Maybe I can be Ultra-Amercian....Can anyone tell me how to dump my school loans for about 7.6 percent of what they're worth to the loan company who provided the resource????

dave

 

[Miss Bell]

I can't wait to see this update. I have been wanting to see a 9/11 update in there. Now, I, too, will be crying even more than I usually do in there.

 

[jmuboy]

how long before the YouTube video pops up?

 

[SDav10495]

What about more stuff about Google, YouTube, etc? Some real big stuff changing the world.

Google and YouTube are changing the world, sure, and they definitely are exemplary of the kinds of computer-age innovations that Epcot is all about...but in the American Adventure montage? I'm not sure they fit. They aren't really representative of the classic, inspirational "American spirit", at least not in the conventional way the AA montage celebrates.

I think generally things that deal with 9/11 are usually tacky (boot up the ______ anyone?), but I'll have to see how this goes.

I agree with you about 9/11 tributes...for every genuinely moving one I have seen, there are quite a few others that feel contrived to the point of trivializing the actual events of that day. But the AA montage has always managed to be a truly stirring experience, despite the fact that it's coated with a healthy layer of cheese. I have no doubt that the images of 9/11 in the AA update, though they may be accompanied by a clichéd musical arrangement fresh out of the 80s, will be just as stirring an experience simply because they're seen in the context of the American Adventure show, as brilliant, beautiful and tasteful a survey of American history as I've ever seen.

 

[PBarton]

Hi,

For anyone who is interested...

I emailed WDW Guest Services a while back to enquire about the names of all the people who appear in the final montage, here is the list that they emailed me back with (this list applies to the show BEFORE the new scenes were added)..



Thank you for contacting the Walt Disney World Resort.

IMAGES PRESENTED IN
"GOLDEN DREAM" SEQUENCE OF
THE AMERICAN ADVENTURE

Bald eagle I
U.S. Marines raising flagpole with American flag in Iwo Jima
People holding "WAR OVER" sign
Sailor kissing
Norman Rockwell self-portrait
Leonard Bernstein
Judy Garland
General Douglas MacArthur
Bob Hope in Korea
Mary Martin
Three American flags
Jasper Johns at chalkboard
President Dwight (Ike) and Mamie Eisenhower
Marlon Brando
Eleanor Roosevelt
Charles (Chuck) Yeager with Bell X-1 rocket airplane
Marilyn Monroe
Jackie Robinson close-up
Jackie Robinson long-shot
Babe Dedrickson
Family watching Johnny Carson on television
Family watching Lucille Ball on television
Walt Disney
Tinker Bell
Albert Einstein
Frank Lloyd Wright with Guggenheim Museum model
Polio poster child on crutches
Dr. Jonas Salk giving child a polio vaccination
Frank Sinatra
Louis (Satchmo) Armstrong
Ella Fitzgerald
Elvis Presley
President John F. Kennedy delivering speech
President John F. Kennedy funeral procession
John Kennedy Jr.?s final salute
"HUMAN DIGNITY" signs
Hosed protesters
Soldier at Cleveland riots
Martin Luther King, Jr. delivering speech
"Eagle" lunar lander heading towards the moon
Earthrise I
Earthrise II
First step on the moon
Walter Cronkite
New York Times headline "MAN ON THE MOON"
Houston Mission Control Room celebration
Astronaut with American flag on moon?s surface
Bald eagle II
Iron Eyes Cody
Smokestacks
Ecology protesters
Cesar Chavez with "BOYCOTT GRAPES" sign
Gloria Steinem
"FEMALE LIBERATION" banner
Billie Jean King tennis serve
Peace-sign flag/Woodstock
Bob Dylan
Jim Henson
Alex Haley
Slave photo
Machine gun
Napalm bomb explosion
U.S. helicopter taking off in Vietnam
Vietnam medivac
Man crying
Vietnam Memorial Wall
USA Rocket
Challenger astronauts
Spacewalk
Berlin Wall falling down
President Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev
Ryan White
"STOP AIDS" sign
Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor
U.S. hockey team victory (1980 Olympics)
Mary Lou Retton
Carl Lewis
Kristi Yamaguchi
Earvin (Magic) Johnson
Bald eagle III
Fireworks (various)
Statue of Liberty

 

[marni1971]

They changed Golden Dream (again)...?

Can anyone elaborate?

Looking forward to a video

 

[Epcot82Guy]

Always great to see this updated to reflect modern history. That show is simply spectacular ine xecution. Very positive, creative, and perhaps the best music on property. I will be interested to see hte update at some point.

I am surprised the internet/computer revolution hasn't gotten more focus. I don't think Bill Gates and his apple and some of the others are in there. Those would (or should) have their moment since they are defining AMerican accomplishments that literally revolutionized the world.

 

[askmike1]

No Colbert! I hate it now. It used to stand for truthiness and Democracy, but now since they left out the greatest figure in modern history it is blasphemous! You can take that new video and put up your hiney!

And with Willie Nelson in there....... first the ice cream, now this? :lol:

 

[JEANYLASER]

What about Fred Rogers in the american adventure.

 

[DisneyDefenders]

Presidents

I have the utmost respect for anyone who has held the office of President of the United States, but honestly...George H.W. Bush and William Jefferson Clinton weren't part of any major events in the history of the United States. Perhaps one could make the argument of Operation Desert Storm for George H.W. Bush.

But why would they not include George W. Bush in the film if they were already doing an update? Regardless of your feelings about his politics, he lead this nation during the tragedy we faced after the events of 9/11/01. Putting images of the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil into the attraction's video and including the images of two modern Presidents, but negating the one who lead us during the time the attacks took place seems negligent at the very least.

I may be wrong, but it comes across almost as if they are playing politics by not including George W. Bush.

 

[Matpez]

Very quick way to get a thread locked....

:zipit: