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Disney Releases Behind‑the‑Scenes Episode on Soarin’ Across America

The video reveals how a compressed, under‑one‑year production used coast‑to‑coast aerial filming, a new musical arrangement and detailed ride programming to meet the U.S. 250th deadline.

Overview

  • Disney published a Disney Unscripted YouTube episode on June 11–12 that documents the filmmaking, scoring and Imagineering work behind Soarin’ Across America.
  • The limited‑time overlay began guest operations at EPCOT on May 26 and is scheduled to open at Disney California Adventure on July 2.
  • The episode shows the team completed the project in under a year, capturing new aerial footage across the country and refining scene transitions and timing in the edit bay.
  • Composer Bruce Broughton reworked the classic Soarin’ theme while Imagineers tuned scene‑by‑scene sound, wind and scent effects inside the suspended carriages.
  • The reimagining replaces the film, score, scents and preshow while keeping the existing Soarin’ flying‑theater hardware, and Disney has started selling themed merchandise at EPCOT’s American Adventure Pavilion.