Queen of Hearts Dining Hall at Tokyo Disneyland,

Queen of Hearts Dining Hall at Tokyo Disneyland
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The outside of the show building is in keeping with the castle ramparts familiar in most Fantasylands, however the angular uniformity is absent, making way for heart-shaped faux windows and a series of well-trimmed immaculate hedges. Over the top of the castle wall, guests can see the false perspectives of undulating hills, with the Queen’s Castle in the distance. Outside, a statue of the White Rabbit, bugle in hand welcomes guests to the 500-seater buffeteria-style restaurant.

Once through the door, the restaurant is a blaze of bright primary colours and a whole host of recognisable characters from the movie. Cast members greet you as you enter the building through the giant doorknob into the Vestibule. Much like Alice, who fell down the rabbit hole in pursuit of her furry friend, curiosity takes you beyond the Doorknob to the actual serving area, which is towards the back of the building, and the queue area bisects the building in half.

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Entering the kitchen area, guests are reminded everywhere of the Queen’s favourite colour; the intensive use of red is vibrant and exciting. Even the cast members, in a faux smock costume, complete with scarlet beret are decked out in various shades of red. The kitchen itself is eclectic, with giant racks of pots and pans suspended overhead, huge ovens embedded in the walls and banks of storage units as food is passed from the back kitchen into the servery. This facility was the first at the resort to feature on-stage food preparation. In fact, there are so many visual images, that senior concept architect, Greg Andrade noted that “one of the biggest issues we had was to filter out the extensive array of images and stories in the film and choose which elements to put in the three-dimensional world.�?

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