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The American Adventure

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/* Fun Facts and Trivia */
==Fun Facts and Trivia==
* The American Adventure pavilion’s architect was George Terpatsi who designed the pavilion's main building to look like a Georgian mansion. * If guests look closely at the clock on the steeple in the American Adventure pavilion, they will notice that the Roman numeral four is written as IIII (instead of IV). This was standard in the time of America's founding, because IV was used to represent the Roman God Jupiter<ref name= "Jack"/>.
* Disney executives originally hoped to have women playing musical water glasses in the American Adventure's lobby (due to the fact that Benjamin Franklin had created similar instruments called "glass armonicas". Unfortunately the idea was cut when it could not fit in the budget.
 
*The Golden Dream boat that sits outside the American Adventure pavilion was damaged by Hurricane Charley in August 2004, but returned to the lagoon in June 2006 <ref name= "Martin"/>
 
*140,000 hand made bricks were used in the construction of The American Adventure pavilion <ref name= "Martin"/>.
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