Patch Notes // latest change 2013.06
Marketplace · Disney Springs · Walt Disney World
Restaurant · tracked since 1995 · Disney Springs · 3 changes on record
In June 2013 the venue added the Lava Lounge bar plus an erupting volcano show that fires smoke and flame effects about every half hour each evening after dark.
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Rainforest Cafe opened at the Downtown Disney Marketplace (now Disney Springs) as a 450-seat jungle-themed restaurant and retail emporium with cascading waterfalls, tropical showers, and an erupting volcano.
The space's predecessor, Chef Mickey's Village Restaurant, closed at the Disney Village Marketplace on September 30, 1995 and relocated to Disney's Contemporary Resort, freeing the building that was remodeled into Rainforest Cafe.
That's every change on the record at Rainforest Cafe since 1995.
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Per the documented record, Rainforest Cafe at Disney Springs opened on Aug 6, 1996.
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for Rainforest Cafe is dated Sep 30, 1995: The space's predecessor, Chef Mickey's Village Restaurant, closed at the Disney Village Marketplace on September 30, 1995 and relocated to Disney's Contemporary Resort, freeing the building that was remodeled into Rainforest Cafe.
The latest documented change (documented Jun 2013): In June 2013 the venue added the Lava Lounge bar plus an erupting volcano show that fires smoke and flame effects about every half hour each evening after dark.
3 documented changes, dating back to 1995 — the fan-kept restaurant changelog nobody else keeps.
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