Soarin' Over America — Patch Notes & Live Status

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2026

ChangedMay 26, 2026

Debuted Soarin' Across America, a limited-time overlay for the United States' 250th anniversary that replaced the Soarin' Around the World film with a new U.S.-spanning film opening on an Artemis rocket launch from Florida's Space Coast, a rearranged score by Bruce Broughton built on Jerry Goldsmith's original Soarin' themes, updated scents, and a new National Geographic queue experience; it soft-opened to all EPCOT guests four days early on May 22.

Soarin' Around the World→Soarin' Across America

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2024

FixedNov 20, 2024

Updated the Soarin' Around the World film: corrected the long-mocked distorted, curved Eiffel Tower scene (re-shot from farther away on a downward approach) and refreshed the finale to show the renovated World Celebration area and Spaceship Earth in its Beacons of Magic lighting, with a new musical arrangement.

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2016

ChangedJun 17, 2016

Reimagined as Soarin' Around the World: a new film spanning six continents replaced the Soarin' Over California film, and the attraction added a third theater (about 50% more capacity), a reimagined interactive queue, and a new digital projection system.

Soarin' Over California→Soarin' Around the World

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2005

NewMay 5, 2005

Soarin' opened in EPCOT's The Land pavilion as a hang-glider flight simulator showing the Soarin' Over California film (an East Coast counterpart to Disney California Adventure's Soarin' Over California); it took over the space formerly occupied by Food Rocks, which had closed in January 2004.

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