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]

Located on the pavilion's first floor, the Farmers Market originally had a brown and blue color scheme[3]. The restaurant's seating area included tables topped with umbrellas that took up the majority of the pavilion's floor space [3].

The Farmers Market remained essentially unchanged until November 9, 1993 when the food court was renamed Sunshine Season Food Fair [4]. At this time the entire pavilion got a new color scheme, and the tables received new umbrellas [3].

In April 2005 the name of the Land's food court was shorted to Sunshine Season ref name= "D23"/>, when The Land went through a significant renovation as part of the addition of Soarin [3]. At this time the pavilion's fountain was removed in order to expand Sunshine Season's seating area [3]. Furthermore, as part of these renovations, the Sunshine Season's seating area was divided into different sections, each corresponding to different season [3]. Finally, the entire pavilion also received a new color scheme featuring light tan, green and sky blue [3].

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  • 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].

References

  1. ↑ https://d23.com/a-to-z/farmers-market/
  2. ↑ Birnbaum, Stephen, Paul Posnick, and Karen Cure. Steve Birnbaum Brings You the Best of Walt Disney World. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1983. Print.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 The Epcot Explorer's Encyclopedia: A Guide to Walt Disney World's Greatest Theme Park
  4. ↑ https://d23.com/a-to-z/sunshine-season-food-fair/
  5. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named hill
  6. ↑ http://www.lostepcot.com/landarea.html
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