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Biergarten opened on October 1During the early development of [[EPCOT Center]], 1982 one of the major attractions of creating a [[Germany]] pavilion, was that it presented Imagineers with the opportunity to create an Oktoberfest dining experience <ref name="progress"> http://progresscityusa.com/2011/05/09/examining-epcot-the-germany-showcase/ </ref>. Sure enough, when the pavilion opened with the rest of EPCOT Center on October 1, 1982, Germany featured Biergarten, a table service restaurant set in perpetual Oktoberfest <ref> https://d23.com/a-to-z/biergarten/ </ref>. The restaurant was designed by Imagineers to give guests the feeling that they were in a 16th century town in Rothenburg. The building's interior of the restaurant is themed to look as if guests are dining outside, as a perpetual an Oktoberfest celebration roars onaround them. Richard BearBeard's book ''Walt Disney's Epcot Center''' describes Biergarten as:

{{Quotation|''Three stories high, with tables placed around a tiered semi-circle, the indoor garden miraculously conveys the feeling of an outdoor courtyard. In one corner is a tree, in another a full-sized, functioning waterwheel. <br> ''

''Served with the best German beers are such traditional tidbits as bratwurst, sauerkraut, potato dumplings, hot pretzels, sauerbraten, smoked pork in aspic, sausage…everything that is Teutonic and tasty''<ref> Beard, Richard R.Walt Disney's Epcot Center: Creating the New World of Tomorrow. New York: Harry N. Abrams,, Publ., 1982. Print. </ref>.}} Since Biergarten opened, the restaurant has not seen any major changes, although its entertainment has changed over the years. ==Fun Facts and Trivia==* Original plans for Biergarten called for a seven-piece brass band to play 30 to 40 minute sets five times a night. The band would have also featured cowbells and Alpen Horns <ref name="progress"/>