Coral Reef Restaurant
| Coral Reef Restaurant | |
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The interior of the Coral Reef Restaurant | |
| Restaurant information | |
| Current owner(s) | Walt Disney Parks and Resorts |
| Food type | Seafood |
| City | Bay Lake |
| County | Orange County |
| State | Florida |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 28°22′30″N 81°33′02″W / 28.375066°N 81.550466°WCoordinates: 28°22′30″N 81°33′02″W / 28.375066°N 81.550466°W |
| Website | Official website |
The Coral Reef Restaurant is a themed[1] seafood restaurant in The Seas with Nemo & Friends, which is located in Epcot's Future World.[2] One entire wall of the restaurant consists of a glass window that is eight inches thick and that provides a view into an aquarium.[3] While they eat, restaurant guests are able to watch tarpons, sharks, sea turtles, stingrays, groupers, and sometimes scuba divers in the six-million-gallon aquarium.[4] Artist Kim Minichiello painted the underwater scene that appears on the restaurant's menu covers.[5] Ron Douglas's cookbook America's Most Wanted Recipes: Just Desserts includes two dishes from the Coral Reef Restaurant: the Baileys and Jack Daniel's Mousse[6] and the Chocolate Wave Cake.[7] One reviewer from The Guardian compares the Coral Reef Restaurant to the Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant in Disney's Hollywood Studios, writing that both restaurants "are great settings" where "eating is awful."[8] In The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World with Kids 2015, Bob Sehlinger, Liliane Opsomer, and Len Testa call the Coral Reef Restaurant one of the two most overpriced restaurants in Epcot, the other being Monsieur Paul.[9] In Pauline Frommer's Walt Disney World and Orlando, Jason Cochran writes of his experience of the Coral Reef Restaurant, saying, "I had some of the worst food in my life... although the setting rocks."[10] In Beyond the Attractions: A Guide to Walt Disney World with Preschoolers, Lisa Battista calls the aquarium view "incredible".[11]
References
- ↑ Steinberg et al. (2012), p. 147.
- ↑ Shumaker & Saffel (2003), p. 55.
- ↑ Zibart & Hoekstra (2009), p. 121.
- ↑ Kidder & Taplin (2007), p. 265.
- ↑ Roach, Shari (August 14, 2014). "Bringing Culture to Canvas". West Orange Times & Observer. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
- ↑ Douglas (2012), p. 107.
- ↑ Douglas (2012), p. 109.
- ↑ "Travel: Top Tips". The Guardian. September 19, 1996. p. 19.
- ↑ Sehlinger et al. (2014), p. 157.
- ↑ Cochran (2009), p. 150.
- ↑ Battista (2010), p. 110.
Bibliography
- Battista, Lisa M. (2010). Beyond the Attractions: A Guide to Walt Disney World with Preschoolers. MRB Ventures. ISBN 1453640398.
- Cochran, Jason (2009). Pauline Frommer's Walt Disney World and Orlando (2 ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0470522496.
- Kidder, Laura M.; Adam Taplin (2007). Fodor's 2008 Walt Disney World: Plus Universal Orlando and Seaworld. Fodor's. ISBN 1400018080.
- Sehlinger, Bob; Liliane Opsomer; Len Testa (2014). The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World with Kids 2015. Unofficial Guides. ISBN 162809026X.
- Shumaker, Susan; Than Saffel (2003). Vegetarian Walt Disney World and Greater Orlando: The Essential Guide for the Health-Conscious Traveler. Globe Pequot Press. ISBN 0762727039.
- Steinberg, Phyllis; Arvin Steinberg; Joseph Hayes; Charles Martin (2012). DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Walt Disney World Resort & Orlando. Penguin Books. ISBN 0756693454.
- Zibart, Eve; David Hoekstra (2009). Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World For Grown-Ups. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0470497394.