The Crystal Palace Buffet Evolution
The Crystal Palace transforms from cafeteria to character buffet and back, navigating pandemic disruption and reinvention.
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The Crystal Palace opened on Magic Kingdom's first day as a cafeteria-style restaurant, its Victorian glass-and-iron building patterned after a conservatory Prince Albert built in honor of Queen Victoria.
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The restaurant was reconcepted from a cafeteria into an all-you-can-eat character buffet, 'The Crystal Palace: A Buffet with Character,' featuring visits from Winnie the Pooh and friends.
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After its COVID-19 closure The Crystal Palace reopened with a very different menu, dropping the buffet for family-style starters and dessert plus an a la carte entree, and with no characters.
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Winnie the Pooh and Friends character dining returned to the buffet for lunch and dinner, and the price rose from $39 to $59 per adult and from $23 to $38 per child.
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