Sunshine Seasons
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History
The restaurant that is currently known as Sunshine Seasons, originally opened as the Farmers Market on October 1, 1982 [1]. In Birnbaum's 1983 Walt Disney World Guide, the Farmers Market is described as:
A new wrinkle in Walt Disney World's fast-food picture, the Farmers Market comprises a handful of very special snack stands, each with its own unique menu- bakery goods (like sticky buns, Anadama bread, and lemon meringue pie) pork and beef barbecue, drinks, cheeses (including a widely celebrated, newly developed pizza quiche), ice cream, baked potatoes, sandwiches, and soup-salad combos.[2]
The Farmers Market remained essentially unchanged until November 9, 1993 when the food court was renamed Sunshine Season Food Fair [3]. This name was subsequently shorted to Sunshine Season in April 2005 [3] when The Land went through a significant renovation as part of the addition of Soarin [4]. At this time the pavilion's fountain was removed in order to expand Sunshine Season's seating area [4].
References
- Above the Sunshine Season's seating area, guests may notice five hot air balloons. During Kraft's sponsorship of the pavilion, there were only three balloons, which represented the food groups. This was changed in 1994 when Nestle assumed sponsorship. At this time two new balloons were added, and all five were painted so that they now represented Earth and the four seasons [4].
- At one time these balloons moved up and down [5].
- The umbrella's above each of the Sunshine Season's tables each have a depiction of a sun from a different culture around the world [5]
- When the restaurant was known as the Farmers Market, the marquee sign had a large wooden clock above it. At various times a rooster would emerge from the clock to crow at guests [6].
