Patch Notes // latest change 2020.07.11
Animal Kingdom · Walt Disney World
Restaurant · opened 1998 · Animal Kingdom · 3 changes on record
The Animal Kingdom Rainforest Cafe reopened on July 11, 2020 alongside the park's phased reopening, after Landry's closed its locations nationwide for COVID-19, with added health and safety measures (face coverings and contactless payment per Disney World's reopening protocols).
The Rainforest Cafe chain, including the Animal Kingdom location, was acquired by Houston-based Landry's Restaurants Inc., which has operated the venue ever since.
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Rainforest Cafe opened at the entrance/Oasis of Disney's Animal Kingdom on the park's opening day, a jungle-themed table-service restaurant accessible from both inside and outside the ticketed park.
That's every change on the record at Rainforest Cafe since 1998.
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Per the documented record, Rainforest Cafe at Animal Kingdom opened on Apr 22, 1998.
The latest documented change (documented Jul 11, 2020): The Animal Kingdom Rainforest Cafe reopened on July 11, 2020 alongside the park's phased reopening, after Landry's closed its locations nationwide for COVID-19, with added health and safety measures (face coverings and contactless payment per Disney World's reopening protocols).
3 documented changes, dating back to 1998 — the fan-kept restaurant changelog nobody else keeps.
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