Tomorrowland Terrace

Tomorrowland Terrace is a restaurant located in Tomorrowland at Disneyland in Anaheim, California that is notable for its unique concert stage, which hydraulically rises out of the ground. It opened with the new Tomorrowland in 1967. A restaurant in Tomorrowland at Disney World in Florida has been modelled after the Tomorrowland Terrace. It is called Tomorrowland Terrace: Noodle Station.

History

The restaurant was sponsored by Coca-Cola from its opening in 1967 until Tomorrowland was redesigned in 1998. The stage's original large planters and spage age spires were replaced with a retro-futuristic design to match the Jules Verne-like design of the new Tomorrowland.

In 2000, Tomorrowland Terrace was renamed Club Buzz, as it started hosted a show called "Calling All Space Scouts: A Buzz Lightyear Adventure." The 1998 designs were replaced with a Buzz Lightyear theme. A large sign was added above the stage with the words "Club Buzz" and a small sign with the subtitle, "Lightyear's Above the Rest." When the show ended, the Buzz Lightyear theming was mostly removed along with the large sign. The smaller sign that formerly read "Lightyear's Above the Rest" now read "Club Buzz."

In 2006, the stage was redesigned again, and is an updated version of the original 1967 design, with large bowl-shaped planters and tall spires, with colors of white, silver, and blue, going with the Tomorrowland and Space Mountain theme. The restaurant and stage reverted back to the original name, Tomorrowland Terrace. It currently hosts the Star Wars Jedi Training Academy, where children between the ages of 4 and 12 are randomly chosen to participate in the show and become "Jedi."

Among the artists that have performed multiple times over the years at Tomorrowland Terrace include Voyager, Papa Doo Run Run, The '80z All Stars, and Suburban Legends. More recently, the duo Aly and AJ performed in 2006 during Disney's 50th Anniversery Happiest Homecoming on Earth Celebration at the Tomorrowland Terrace.

References

* [http://www.yesterland.com/coketerrace.html Yesterland.com]

Official sites

* [http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/en_US/parks/entertainment/detail?name=JediTrainingAcademyEntertainmentPage Star Wars Jedi Training Academy official page]