America Sings

[1] It featured a cast of Audio-Animatronics animals singing songs from various periods in America's musical history, often in a humorous fashion.

[2] America Sings opened at Disneyland on June 29, 1974, replacing the General Electric-sponsored Tomorrowland attraction Carousel of Progress, which had moved to the Magic Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort in 1973.

The upper level was eventually used to house the SuperSpeed Tunnel in 1977 (which later became themed to the Game Grid from the 1982 film Tron) that the PeopleMover transportation attraction passed through.

Disney's Imagineering team began developing new ideas for Tomorrowland, that included a new show in the carousel theater more fitting for the land of the future.

Separately, in the summer of 1983, the idea was conceived by Imagineer Tony Baxter for a log flume attraction for Disneyland that would become Splash Mountain, based on the animated sequences of Disney's 1946 film Song of the South.

Within days of the closure of America Sings, crews began to move most of the Audio-Animatronics figures to Splash Mountain, which opened in July 1989 and closed in May 2023.

During this time, the carousel theater's external appearance was unchanged, and the upper level continued to house the Tron tunnel for the PeopleMover until that attraction ceased to operate in 1995.

America Sings was replaced in 1998 by Innoventions, a version of the Epcot attraction of the same name, as part of the Tomorrowland update of that year.

The building was then redesigned and reopened in 2015 as the Tomorrowland Expo Center, hosting the Star Wars Launch Bay.

[10] Norman "Buddy" Baker arranged a selection of songs chosen to represent a panoramic view of American music.

America Sings exterior