Patch Notes // latest change 2021.08.22
Hollywood Studios · Walt Disney World
Restaurant · opened 1989 · Hollywood Studios · 4 changes on record
Dockside Diner closed amid the COVID-19 shutdown of Walt Disney World and remained shuttered for roughly 17 months, staying closed even after Disney's Hollywood Studios reopened in July 2020.
Disney officially shortened the venue's name from 'Min and Bill's Dockside Diner' to simply 'Dockside Diner,' dropping the 1930 film reference while keeping the same menu.
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Min and Bill's Dockside Diner opened with Disney-MGM Studios as an Echo Lake counter-service spot themed to a tramp steamer, named after the 1930 MGM film starring Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery.
That's every change on the record at Min and Bill's Dockside Diner since 1989.
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Per the documented record, Min and Bill's Dockside Diner at Hollywood Studios opened on May 1, 1989.
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for Min and Bill's Dockside Diner is dated Mar 2020: Dockside Diner closed amid the COVID-19 shutdown of Walt Disney World and remained shuttered for roughly 17 months, staying closed even after Disney's Hollywood Studios reopened in July 2020.
The latest documented change (documented Aug 22, 2021): Dockside Diner reopened with a major menu overhaul, replacing its hot dogs, nachos and sandwiches with shrimp and chipotle-chicken salad rolls and a smoked fish dip to lean into its nautical theming.
4 documented changes, dating back to 1989 — the fan-kept restaurant changelog nobody else keeps.
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