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O' Canada

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==Attraction History==
When working on a film for the Canada pavilion, Disney Imagineers decided that they wanted to use Circle Vision 360 to capture the various Canadian landscapes <ref name= "Jack"> http://land.allears.net/blogs/jackspence/2012/04/canada_pavilion_part_two_1.html </ref>. The Circle Vision 360 format was chosen, because the scope of the scenes (especially the Canadian wilderness) was so broad<ref name= "Jack"/>. It took director Bill Bosce and his filming crew of seven an aggregate of over two years to research, photograph and edit O'Canada <ref name= "handbook"> Canada Pavilion New Hire Handbook.: Walt Disney Productions, 1982. Print. </ref>. When Bosce was given the assignment to create a film for the Canada pavilion, he decided to take the perspective of one who had never been to Canada before <ref name= "handbook"/>. In order to get an idea of what to film, Bosce contacted the Canadian Government's Ministry of Tourism who refereed him to various provincial agencies<ref name= "handbook"/>. Shooting began in May of 1980, and continued on an off for the next two years<ref name= "handbook"/>. When discussing the filming schedule Bosche said:
William Bosche said:
{{Quotation| "There were lots of bits and pieces. We had to schedule our shooting when events were happening and, of course, we were dependent upon weather"<ref> https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19830508&id=AQowAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iPsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4492,3624351&hl=en </ref>| William Bosche}}
After filming was complete, Disney had shot over 250,000 feet of film, which was then edited down to an 18 minute movie<ref name= "Jack"/>. Finally, the film opened as O’ Canada with the rest of the Canada pavilion on October 1, 1982.
==Attraction Plot==
[[Image:MartinSHort.jpg|400px|thumb|Martin Short now serves as the host of O'Canada]]
The current version of O' Canada begins in a snowstorm, where the attractions voice over narrator tells guests that in Canada it snows 24/7, every day of the year. As he is giving his monologue, Martin Short emerges from the snow storm, and yells "Stop the movie!" He then tells the narrator that the audience needs to hear about Canada from a real Canadian (himself). After a brief back and forth, the attraction’s original narrator leaves, claiming that he is, "Going to the [[France]] pavilion film, where they appreciate an invisible narrator!".