SpaceBar1ย Source: Disney By Mark

July 1955 โ€“ September 1966

LOCATION

Tomorrowland – The Space Bar sat in the rear of Tomorrowland, to the right of Autopia. Today, this area is part of Tomorrowlandโ€™s huge circular building, home to Innoventions and the Star Wars Launch Bay.

EXPERIENCE

Details:

  • Service Type โ€“ quick service
  • Seating โ€“ adjacent patio
  • Entertainment โ€“ none

The Space Bar was perhaps the parkโ€™s most futuristic restaurant โ€“ an โ€œautomatโ€. This style of ordering combined the accessibility of a vending machine with the flexibility and variety of a restaurant. Guests purchased each item of food separately, by selecting an item from a particular service window. Every meal was individually constructed, tailored to each diner.

CLOSURE

During its lifetime, the Space Bar was one of the more popular restaurants in Disneyland. Guests enjoyed its unique ordering style, and the sunny patio was a great place to people watch or wave to passing Skyway cars. But when Disney announced the major Tomorrowland renovation in the late 1960โ€™s, the Space Bar was removed to make way for a brand new attraction: The Carousel of Progress. The Bar closed in September 1966, and โ€œNew Tomorrowlandโ€ made its debut less than a year later.

TRIVIA

Tomorrowland was initially supposed to be a representation of life 30 years into the future (at the time, 1986). The Space Bar was supposed to represent how a restaurant would operate in the not-so-distant future!

1 Comment on Space Bar

  1. Yup, Kiosk at your fingertips for ordering and checking out. Just like gas stations used to have attendants, now you gotta fill up your own car.

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