2023-08-17 17:50:13
Renovation. EPCOT one of the four Disney Parks unveiled the standing menu board for Tangierine Café: Flavors of the Medina, at the Morocco Pavilion in World Showcase in Orlando, Florida, USA.
The jib lift boxes that were used for aerial lifts are still present, although both are covered in green canvas and surrounded by small potted plants.
Moving the planters on wheels and the lifting platform only means that the renovation of the Morocco pavilion is almost or entirely complete.
This box of green canvas is also still present on one of the planters outside the restaurant, presumably while the damage caused by customers is still being repaired. The box has been covering this part of the planter since the end of May.
+ Nejjarine Fountain +
The facade of Café Tangierine is no longer blocked from view of guests, as the rolling planters have been removed, the restaurant sign is also visible again.
Heading towards the rear of the pavilion near the replica of the Nejjarine fountain, rolling planters are still present. However, there are still no real signs of construction here.
The original Nejjarine fountain is located in Fez, a city in Morocco, as part of the Funduq al-Najjarin, a traditional rest house built in the 18th century as part of the old city of Medina. Used continuously since its construction, it is designated as a landmark in Morocco.
The Funduq al-Najjarin has since been transformed into the Nejjarine Museum of Wood Arts and Crafts, welcoming visitors to Fez and showcasing the history of traditional carpentry in Morocco.
+ Disney has taken over ownership of the Morocco pavilion +
In 2020, Disney took over ownership of the Morocco Pavilion following a legal dispute with the pavilion operators, who ran the food and merchandise outlets, including the Marrakech restaurant.
As of April 2020, Marrakech Moroccan Restaurant, LLC. applied for a $1-2 million PPP loan to maintain 260 jobs with acquired funds. In September of that year, Walt Disney World filed a UCC Funding Declaration, or a type of lien with the state, claiming security against “All property, inventory, furniture, and all other personal property owned to the debtor which are or may be put in the facilities and all the proceeds of the foregoing. With Walt Disney World poised to take over the pavilion in the event of default or bankruptcy, things seemed to be unraveling internally.
Finally, the company fully took over the operation of the pavilion, which until then had been one of the few independently operated World Showcase pavilions. The Moroccan Embassy and the Moroccan Tourist Office continued their involvement with the pavilion as cultural consultants.
The Marrakech restaurant has since been closed, likely due to both the COVID-19 pandemic and the Disney takeover. We last saw the interior of the restaurant when it was used as a seating area in the summer of 2021. Disney filed a permit for construction at the restaurant in January 2022.
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