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Restaurant Akershus is a character dining location in the Norway pavilion.

History

The restaurant that is currently known as Akershus Royal Banquet Hall opened on May 6, 1988 as Restaurant Akershus [1], when the rest of the Norway pavilion had its first soft opening. Originally serving a koldtbord, a Norwegian buffet with both hot and cold. Restaurant Akershus remained essentially the same until July 28, 2002 when dining location began offering a Princess Storybook character dining breakfast [1]. Subsequently on April 10, 2005, Restaurant Akershus began offering character dining for lunch and dinner [1]. To reflect the new dining experience, in August 2005 the name of the restaurant was changed to Akershus Royal Banquet Hall [2]. While the lunch and dinner menu's continue to feature Norwegian flavors, the breakfast menu is predominantly American.

Current Menu

Click below to see Akershus Royal Banquet Hall's current menu:

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/epcot/akershus-royal-banquet-hall/menus/

Fun Facts and Trivia

  • Restaurant Akershus is modeled after a medieval fortress found in Oslo and built in 1290 [1] [3]
  • Restaurant Akershus features three distinct dining rooms [3]. One room is designed to look like a church, a second like a royal dining room, and the third like a village inn [3].

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 https://d23.com/a-to-z/restaurant-akershus/
  2. http://allears.net/din/restnews05.htm
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 http://land.allears.net/blogs/jackspence/2012/01/norway_pavilion_part_one_1.html