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The American Adventure (Attraction)

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'''Golden Dream'''- Played during the attractions final montage, Golden Dram was written by Randy Bright and Lynn Hart, with music by Robert Moline <ref name= "Jack"/>. The song was re-recorded for the 2018 update under the supervision of producer Harvey Mason Jr in Los Angeles<ref> https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=153&v=8SJde5SkS_U </ref>. Golden Dream is now performed by Tim Davis and Sophia Pizzulo <ref> https://wdwnt.com/2018/08/new-2018-update-version-of-golden-dream-from-the-american-adventure-at-epcot-now-available-on-itunes/</ref>.
==Fun Facts and TriviaWill Rogers Script==Although Will Rogers was eventually dropped as the host of the 20th Century, a script featuring Rogers as a host still exists. Below is the first scene in an early version of the American Adventure.[[Image:WillRogers2.jpg|400px|thumb|Will Rogers as he appears in the final version of the American Adventure]]{{Quotation| '''Ben Franklin:''' America has been settled by the people of all nations. We are not a narrow tribe of men, no. Our blood is as the flood of the Amazon, made up of 1,000 noble currents all pouring into one. We are not a nation so much as a world.” Excuse me, Mr. Twain, Mr. Rogers. I am sure you recognize those inspiring words from Herman Melville. It seems they are going to preamble a new show called the American Adventure. It also seems that we three have been asked to be the central figures in the show.<br>'''Mark Twain:''' The three of us star in a show together? I can see it now. Hmm! I just bet Mr. Rogers would love to step on my lines. <br>'''Will Rogers:''' Now, now, Mr. Twain, you know that’s not true. <br>'''Twain:''' Why, Mr. Rogers, you know truth is the most valuable thing I have. <br>'''Rogers:''' Well, I guess that’s why you use it so sparingly. <br>'''Franklin:''' Gentlemen, gentlemen, we are not addressing the issue at hand: The American Adventure. <br>'''Twain:''' Frankly, I’m sick and tired about all the grousing about what’s wrong with America. We should make it fashionable again to talk about all the things that are right about this country. <br>Franklin: I agree. The time has come to make an optimistic statement about America and her people. <br>'''Rogers:''' Well, sir, not just about the days gone by, but about today’s world and tomorrows, too. Don’t forget, we passed from the scene a long time ago. <br>'''Franklin:''' Mr. Rogers, I’m sure that if anyone can offer a new perspective on America’s challenges for tomorrow, we can. I may have invented these bifocals I’m wearing but I can assure you they’re not rose colored. Don’t forget, that between the three of us there is a lot of first-hand experience during the first two centuries. We were there. <br>'''Twain:''' Two-hundred years, that’s an awful lot of ground to cover. <br>'''Franklin:''' We can each take the period we’re the most familiar with. I should host the show right through the birth of a new nation. <br>'''Twain:''' I can cover the growing expansion of the American frontier. <br>'''Rogers:''' I sorta guess things have been kinda crazy in the 20th century. Changes faster than any of us could keep up. <br>'''Twain:''' Just look around us. Decaying cities, pollution, crime. I’d rather put my crystal ball in reverse. <br>'''Franklin:''' Now, stop that nonsense. Those good old days that everybody speaks of, they were no utopia either. Mr. Twain, those Mississippi shores you walked as a boy were also walked by slaves. And Mr. Rogers, how about the lawlessness and violence of your glorious West?…And in my time, few children lived to be adults. If I may quote you from my own Poor Richard’s Almanac: ‘The golden age never was the present age.’ Mr. Twain, if you want to go back, go right ahead, but from what I’ve seen, the 20th Century has an incredible amount of positive things that are simply taken for granted. <ref name= "mouseplanet"/>}}.
==Fun Facts and Trivia==
* Randy Bright, the American Adventure's producer, helped write the song Golden Dream. <ref name= "Korkis"/>