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The Sunshine Tree Terrace is a counter service restaurant serving which serves citrus specialties and slushies. The terrace is located opened next to the Sunshine Pavilionin 1971, and was sponsored by the Florida Citrus Growers from its opening in 1971 until 1991. At one timeDuring the Florida Citrus Grower’s sponsorship, a large the organizations mascot, the Orange Bird, was heavily featured in the Sunshine Tree loomed over and gave the terrace it's namesakeTerrace. Also in the terrace was In fact, a small Audio Animatronic Orange Bird, could be found perched atop the mascot of large Sunshine Tree that gave the Florida Citrus GrowersTerrace its namesake. Throughout its history, The Sunshine Tree Terrace was has been known for it's its popular Citrus Swirl. The Citrus Swirl was , which is a mixture of frozen orange juice mixed with and soft serve vanilla ice cream. When The Florida Citrus Growers canceled there sponsorship, the Sunshine Tree Terrace began to move away from it's orange theme. The Orange Bird Animatronic had long been removed when in 2000, the Sunshine Tree was taken down. Another blow to the history of the terrace came in 2009 when the Citrus Swirl was removed from the menu. Today, the Sunshine Tree Terrace has a more standard menu of soft serve ice cream and refreshments. In recent years, the pineapple treats of Aloha Isle, also located in Adventureland have begun to appear on the Sunshine Tree Terrace's menu.

In April The first major change to the Sunshine Tree Terrace came in 1986, when the Florida Citrus Growers and Disney ended their partnership. Due to the split, the Orange Bird Animatronic was removed from the Sunshine Tree. Although now sans Orange Bird, the Sunshine Tree itself remained a fixture of the terrace until 2000, when it was removed. Another major change to the Sunshine Tree Terrace came in 2009, when the Citrus Swirl was taken off the menu. Following its removal the Terrace featured a more standard menu of soft serve ice cream and other refreshments.  On April 17 2012, Disney announced the citrus swirl returned return of both the Orange Bird, and the Citrus Swirl to the Sunshine Tree Terrace's menu. Early in the morning, D23 (the official Disney fan club) and Imagineer Jason Grandt revealed a new marquee featuring the Orange Bird, as well as a new line of Orange Bird merchandise. Furthermore, it was anounced that the Citrus Swirl was officially being added back to the menu (it had previously become available for purchase on March 1 2012), and that the first original Orange Bird figure that once sat atop the Sunshine Tree would be returning. Also unveiled at this time since 2009was a new poster for the restaurant, and an Orange Bird cup that the Terrance’s beverages now came in.