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Japan Pavilion at Epcot, Lake Buena Vista FL | Nearby Businesses


Disney World
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830

The Japan Pavilion is a Japanese-themed pavilion that is part of the World Showcase, within Epcot at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, United States. Its location is between The American Adventure and Moroccan Pavilions.HistoryThe Japan Pavilion is one of the original World Showcase pavilions and had been in planning since the late 1970s. Many attractions have been proposed for the pavilion and one show building was built, but left unused. Meet the World was one planned attraction and was a clone of the attraction Meet the World that was once at Tokyo Disneyland. But because management thought that the Japanese film's omission of World War II might upset many Veterans, it was dropped. The show was so close to opening that the show building and rotating platform was built, but not used.For years, Imagineers have considered building an indoor roller coaster attraction based on Matterhorn Bobsleds from Disneyland but themed to Japan's Mount Fuji inside a replica of Mount Fuji. At one point, Godzilla or a large lizard attacking guests in their cars was considered. Fujifilm originally wanted to sponsor the ride in the early 1990s, but Kodak, a major Epcot sponsor, convinced Disney to decline the sponsorship. Luckily, the Matterhorn derived design elements survived to be incorporated into Expedition Everest at Disney's Animal Kingdom Park. Another proposed attraction was a walk-through version of "Circle-Vision", in which guests would board and walk through a Shinkansen (bullet train) and look through windows (actually film screens) that showcase Japan's changing landscapes. The train would have shaken and moved like a train traveling through the countryside.

Coffee Shop Near Japan Pavilion at Epcot

Epcot's Boulangerie Patisserie Des Halles in France
Distance: 0.2 mi Competitive Analysis
1510 Avenue of the Stars
Orlando, FL 32830

Karamell-Küche
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1510 N AVENUE OF THE STARS
Orlando, FL 32830
(407) 939-6244

Starbucks in Ecpot
Distance: 0.5 mi Competitive Analysis
1400 Avenue of the Stars
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
(407) 560-7119

Rainforest Cafe - Animal Kingdom
Distance: 0.3 mi Competitive Analysis
E Buena Vista Dr
Orlando, FL 32830

Starbucks - Fountain View @ Disney's Epcot
Distance: 0.4 mi Competitive Analysis
1400 Avenue of the Stars
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
(407) 560-7119

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Universe of Energy
Distance: 0.5 mi Competitive Analysis
mansora
Orlando, FL 32830

The Universe of Energy is a pavilion located in the eastern half of Future World at Epcot. The pavilion contains one attraction, its second since its 1982 opening. One of the former attractions, a show entitled Ellen's Energy Adventure, stars Ellen DeGeneres and Bill Nye. It features a combination of four separate large-format film presentations and a slow-moving dark ride. The Universe of Energy pavilion was previously sponsored by ExxonMobil (formerly Exxon) from opening day on October 1, 1982 through 2004.

50's Prime Time Café
Distance: 1.0 mi Competitive Analysis
351 Studio Dr S
Bay Lake, FL 32830
(407) 939-3463

The 50's Prime Time Café is a restaurant at Disney's Hollywood Studios, one of the four main theme parks at Walt Disney World. The restaurant replicates the kitsch of a 1950s diner. The waitresses dress similarly to Leave It to Beaver character June Cleaver, and each acts as though she is the mother of the guests she is serving. While eating, guests watch 1950s television shows such as Leave It to Beaver and Topper on black-and-white televisions.Menu items include chicken pot pie, pot roast, fried chicken, meatloaf, and milkshakes. The 50's Prime Time Café opened in 1989. Two years later, another theme restaurant opened at the park: the Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant; the 50's Prime Time Café had garnered much success, and Disney hoped that another restaurant that had a strong emphasis on theme would have a similar level of success. The Sci-Fi Dine-In initially received little interest, but, within five weeks of opening, it was serving between 1,500 and 2,000 meals on a daily basis, just as the 50's Prime Time Café was doing. These restaurants are two of the four in the park that offer table service, the others being the Hollywood Brown Derby and Mama Melrose's Ristorante Italiano. In the book Walt Disney World Resort: Also Includes Seaworld and Central Florida, Corey Sandler writes that the 50's Prime Time Café ties with the Beaches and Cream Soda Shop at Disney's Beach Club Resort for the best milkshakes in Walt Disney World.