{"id":319001,"date":"2026-05-16T16:26:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T16:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/319001\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T16:26:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T16:26:23","slug":"disney-updates-soarin-across-america-at-u-s-parks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/319001\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Updates Soarin\u2019 Across America at U.S. Parks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Disney is updating its Soarin\u2019 Across America attraction in anticipation of America\u2019s upcoming 250th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>Disney is adding new stops to its Soarin\u2019 Across America attraction! <\/p>\n<p>The update, which is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/disneyparksblog.com\/disney-experiences\/disney-festivities-announced-for-americas-250th-anniversary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">\u201cDisney Celebrating America\u201d celebration<\/a>, commemorates America\u2019s upcoming 250th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting the nation\u2019s natural wonders and famous cityscapes, the ride will lift riders into the air for an aerial view of\u00a0various locations, including the New England coastline, New York Harbor, Grand Canyon West, the shores of the Hawaiian Islands, the bayous, the Great Plains and Mount Rushmore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach scene helps to create a portrait of what we believe makes America so special,\u201d creative director and chief storytelling executive at Walt Disney Imagineering, Tom Fitzgerald, explains; \u201cIt\u2019s a tapestry of urban wonders, natural beauty, and iconic locations that celebrate the spirit of the nation and the 250th anniversary of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New music will also be played, with a composition arranged by multi-Emmy award-winning composer Bruce Broughton. Inspired by Jerry Goldsmith\u2019s original Soarin\u2019 theme, riders will find themselves fully immersed in different American landmarks while the soundscape guides them through the skies.<\/p>\n<p>Disney fans can ride this updated attraction when it opens July 2 at Disney California Adventure and May 25 at Epcot in Walt Disney World.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Disney is updating its Soarin\u2019 Across America attraction in anticipation of America\u2019s upcoming 250th anniversary. Disney is adding&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,3588,1341,133195,57033],"class_list":["post-319001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-disney","tag-disneyland","tag-disneyworld","tag-imagineering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}