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Does anyone remember a revolving restaurant at Epcot?
My DH has made very few requests as we've made our Disney plans, but last night mentioned that as a child, his favorite Disney restaurant was one at Epcot that revolved. He thought it was somewhere near Spaceship Earth, but can't remember the name. I'm sure it doesn't exist any more, but does anyone remember it or know what it was called? Also, by any chance, did it evolve into one of the existing restaurants? If the place still exists in any form, I'd love to be able to eat there as a treat for him.
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I think your husband is remembering the Garden Grill in the Land pavillion in EPCOT. It's a character meal now but the restaurant revolves at a slow pace. It's one of my favorites. I'm not sure what it was called prior to Garden Grill though.
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Here is a bit of useless knowledge that one never has too many of.
Actually there was a restaurant at the Contemporary back in the 70's that was on the 14th floor what is now the California Grill, that used to revolve. The reason I know this I ate there as a kid. It was my first trip and I think it was '77 or '78 and that was one of the places we ate. I am really dating myself, I am 34 and I still remember that place.
Oh by the way the Garden Grill in Epcot I love, never been disappointed.
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Actual the Garden Grille stands still while the rest of the planet revolves around it!!! ok ok I never said I had useful information!!! But yes it does revolve. Unfortunately we had allready eaten at the food court below it(On the bottom level near Soaring) so we didn't go to the grille, but it looked charming.
I liked it so much better before it went to characters and a buffet. They used to have the best food! (I'm not saying it's bad now, I haven't eaten there in a number of years). But they had a good menu back then.
Here is a bit of useless knowledge that one never has too many of.
Actually there was a restaurant at the Contemporary back in the 70's that was on the 14th floor what is now the California Grill, that used to revolve. The reason I know this I ate there as a kid. It was my first trip and I think it was '77 or '78 and that was one of the places we ate. I am really dating myself, I am 34 and I still remember that place.
Oh by the way the Garden Grill in Epcot I love, never been disappointed.
It was one of the places I had to take my DH last time we went because I always loved that place. Then when I took him there for the first time it was the character meal and we were both really disappointed. I just really loved it the way it used to be before the character meal.
Actual the Garden Grille stands still while the rest of the planet revolves around it!!! ok ok I never said I had useful information!!! But yes it does revolve. Unfortunately we had allready eaten at the food court below it(On the bottom level near Soaring) so we didn't go to the grille, but it looked charming.
DH was so excited to learn that it still exists in some form or another. He did remember the name from before -- The Good Turn or something like that -- but after finding out it's now the Garden Grill, we looked up photos online and he said, YES! That's it!!
So then, I showed him all these wonderful postings and told him about how all the PPs here have been SOOOOOOOOOO helpful in our plans. He had to laugh, though, when he saw scottjs's posting quoted above -- he said that YES! Actually that *is* the feeling you have -- that the rest of the world is revolving around YOU, not the other way around.
So he is super psyched about going there and the fact that it is a character meal is okay because we have young kids and they will love it. THANK YOU ALL SOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!! We were going to go to the Coral Reef, but have decided to switch to the Garden Grill now instead.
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