NewDec 9, 1994
Tomorrowland Terrace closed in September 1994 and reopened December 9, 1994 (per D23), reconcepted and renamed as Cosmic Ray's Starlight Café for the New Tomorrowland expansion.
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Restaurant history
the lifetime log- 2025
Changed
A summer 2025 menu refresh added new entrees including a Truffle-French Onion Burger ($14.99, replacing the Triple-B Burger) and a Hand-dipped Fried Chicken Sandwich, and brought back the Patty Melt.
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Zone Update
Sonny Eclipse was temporarily removed from the stage in mid-March 2025 (missing by March 19), prompting fan concern, then returned by March 21, 2025.
- 2016
ChangedAug 15, 2016
The café raised prices roughly $1–$2 per meal (e.g. half rotisserie chicken to $14.49) and added a space-themed Fab Five souvenir cup to kids' meals.
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New
The audio-animatronic lounge singer Sonny Eclipse — an alien from the planet Zork voiced by Kal David — debuted at the café in 1995 and became its signature entertainment.
- 1994
- 1971
NewOct 1, 1971
The site opened on Magic Kingdom's first day, October 1, 1971, as the Coca-Cola-sponsored Tomorrowland Terrace — the largest fast-food operation at Walt Disney World at the time and the predecessor Cosmic Ray's Starlight Café would later replace.