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/* Sponsorship by Nestle and Renovations (1993-2004) */
===Sponsorship by Nestle and Renovations (1993-2004)===
When Nestle assumed sponsorship of The Land in 1993, renovations on the pavilion began immediately. The first major update came to the aesthetics of the pavilion itself, with the original colors of brown and blue were replaced with a more vibrant color palette <ref name= "Martin"/>. At this time, the Farmer’s Market was rethemed as the Sunshine Season Food Fair, the Land Grille Room became the Garden Grill, and the Broccoli and Co. was renamed the Green Thumb Emporium <ref name= "Martin"> <ref name= "widen"/>.
Along with As part of the rest Nestle refurbishments all three of Future World, The Land underwent major renovations in the mid-1990s's attractions were also updated. When Nestle assumed sponsorship of the pavilion in First, on September 23, 1993, these renovations began immediatelyListen to the Land closed <ref> http://thisdayindisneyhistory.homestead.com/Sep27.html </ref>. The first major update came to attraction later reopened as [[Living with the aesthetics of Land]] on December 10, 1993 <ref name= "Martin"/>. During the pavilion itselfrefurbishment, with both the original colors Symphony of brown the Seed scene and blue the attraction’s theme song "Listen to the Land" were replaced with a more vibrant color paletteremoved. At this time, Further changes included the Farmer’s Market fact that a prerecorded narration was rethemed as now used for the Sunshine Season Food Fair, the Land Grille Room became first half of the Garden Grillattraction, and the Broccoli and Co. attractions finale was renamed the Green Thumb Emporiumchanged<ref name= "Martin"/>.
As part of the Nestle refurbishments all three of The Land's attractions were also updated. First, on September 23, 1993, Listen to the Land closed. The next attraction later reopened as [[Living with the Land]] on December 10, 1993. During the refurbishment, both the Symphony of the Seed scene and the attraction’s theme song "Listen to the Land" were removed. Further changes included the fact that a prerecorded narration was now used for the first half of the attraction, and the attractions finale was changed. The second of The Land's attractions to be updated was Kitchen Kabaret, which . The show closed on January 3, 1994, before reopening on March 26 as “Food Rocks”<ref> http://www.omniluxe.net/wyw/kk.htm </ref>. Instead of focusing on nutrition (as Kitchen Kabaret had), Food Rocks instead parodied the top musical acts of the time<ref> http://www.yesterland.com/foodrocks.html </ref>. The last of The Land's attractions to be renovated was Symbiosis, which was shown in the Harvest Theater. Symbiosis closed on January 1, 1995 in order to make room for a new for a new film: [[Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable]]<ref> https://d23.com/a-to-z/symbiosis-film/ </ref>. The new movie opened on January 21, 1995 <ref> http://www.disney-pal.com/Epcot/circle_of_life.htm </ref> and featured the characters Timon, Pumbaa and Simba, characters from the 1994 Disney movie, The Lion King.
Other minor changes to come to The Land pavilion during the mid-1990s refurbishment included:
* The seating in the atrium received new umbrellas<ref name= "Martin"/>.
* Carpet was added to the atrium<ref name= "Martin"/>.
*The ceiling mural was painted over<ref name= "book"/>.
*Banners were hung from the roof in order to help with the pavilion's acoustics<ref name= "book"/>.
* The three floating balloons, which represented food groups, were replaced with five new ones which represented the different types of seasonal weather<ref name= "book"/>.
[[Image:The Land Interior.jpg|300px350px|thumb|The interior of The Land as it looked during Nestle's sponsorship.]]
===Recent History (2005-Present)===