Former Restaurant // updated 1994.09
Tomorrowland · Magic Kingdom · Walt Disney World
Former Restaurant · the memorial record
This restaurant is gone, but its history stays documented — the full lifetime log is below.
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Closed in September 1994 as part of the New Tomorrowland overhaul; the building was rethemed and reopened that December as Cosmic Ray's Starlight Café.
Hosted touring concerts on its rising stage; The Police played the Tomorrowland Terrace on October 27, 1979 during their Reggatta de Blanc tour, one of many live acts (also including Hank Williams Jr.) staged there over the venue's two decades.
Michael Iceberg and the Iceberg Machine began a resident electronic-music act on the Tomorrowland Terrace stage, performing there from 1976 until the mid-1980s.
Opened with the Magic Kingdom as Tomorrowland Terrace, a Coca-Cola-sponsored quick-service restaurant billed as the largest fast-food operation at Walt Disney World; a fully enclosed building (unlike Disneyland's open-air original) whose signature elevated stage rose from the utilidors below to reveal live entertainment.
Per the documented record, Tomorrowland Terrace (original) at Magic Kingdom opened on Oct 1, 1971.
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for Tomorrowland Terrace (original) is dated Sep 1994: Closed in September 1994 as part of the New Tomorrowland overhaul; the building was rethemed and reopened that December as Cosmic Ray's Starlight Café.
The latest documented change (documented Sep 1994): Closed in September 1994 as part of the New Tomorrowland overhaul; the building was rethemed and reopened that December as Cosmic Ray's Starlight Café.
4 documented changes, dating back to 1971 — the fan-kept restaurant changelog nobody else keeps.
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