America Sings

America Sings was a show at Disneyland at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, from 1974 to 1988. It featured a cast of Audio-Animatronic animals that entertained the audience by singing songs from various periods in America's musical history, often in a humorous fashion.

Closure

After the Bicentennial, the show faded in popularity until only fifty park guests were seated at a time. America Sings closed in 1988. Carousel Theater sat empty for ten years, until America Sings was replaced by Innoventions, a version of the Epcot attraction of the same name, in 1998. Most of the Audio-Animatronic animals were moved to Disneyland's Splash Mountain log flume, which opened on Disneyland's 34th anniversary on July 17, 1989. Two goose Audio-Animatronics were taken out before America Sings even closed. In 1986, they had their "skin" removed, which leaves only a robotic skeleton, and had their heads replaced, and were used as two talkative G2 droids in the queue to Star Tours, which would open in early 1987. The rock and roll stork in the finale is now used by Imagineers for training new Animatronics programmers, acting as a final exam of sorts.

Related Topics:
1988 - Innoventions - Epcot - 1998 - Splash Mountain - July 17 - 1989 - 1986 - Star Tours - 1987

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