Morocco Pavilion

The Morocco Pavilion is part of the World Showcase in Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. It opened on September 7, 1984, as the first expansion to be added at the World Showcase.
On December 10, 2020, since Tangierine Cafe is now temporarily closed due to lack of Demand, and Walt Disney World reopened after being temporarily closed in late-March, EPCOT had announced that all restaurants and shopping are temporarily closed for a short period ahead, due to COVID-19 pandemic.
==Layout==
The Morocco Pavilion, designed to look like a Moroccan city with a realistic Minaret, features the only pavilion in which the country's government aided in the design. Guests to the pavilion gain insight on lifestyle and culture of the Moroccan people through the Gallery of Arts and History. The Fes House shows guests the typical Moroccan house. Inside the pavilion, North African plants including citrus trees, date palms, and olive trees. The pavilion plays hosts to entertainment, including a belly dancing show in the evening. Restaurant Marrakesh, along with the Tangierine Cafe, and serves Moroccan fare, including roast lamb in tajine, couscous, and harira soup. Spice Road Table, meanwhile, serves small Mediterranean dishes, such as harissa chicken roll. Six shops adorn the pavilion, selling patrons everything from rugs to leather goods, and traditional Moroccan clothing.
Some of the major defining structures of the pavilion include Chellah, a replication of the necropolis in Rabat, and the Koutoubia, a replica of the minaret of the same Marrakech. A replica of Bab Boujeloud, the gateway to the Fez medina leads you to a Bazaar area.
King Hassan II actually sent Moroccan artisans to design and create many mosaics. Due to Islamic religious beliefs on the content of art, the mosaics contain no representations of people. The government also sponsors the pavilion, while a corporation holds sponsoring rights on every other pavilion.
==Attractions==
===Current===
*Gallery of Arts and History
**Race Against the Sun: Ancient Technique to Modern Competition
*Kidcot Fun Stops - Morocco
===Former===
*Fes House
==Entertainment==
===Former===
*MoRockin
==Restaurants==
===Current===
*Spice Road Table 
===Former===
*Tangierine Cafe
*Restaurant Marrakesh
==Shopping==
===Current===
*Tangier Trades
*Brass Bazaar
*Casablanca Carpets
*Souk-Al-Magreb 
===Former===
*Outdoor Bazaar
*Marketplace in the Medina
==Meetable Characters==
Jasmine is meetable in the area. On occasions, Aladdin and/or Genie are meetable as well.
==Trivia==
*The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror at Disney's Hollywood Studios can be seen at an angle from the Morocco Pavilion, and the top of the Tower is designed with Moroccan architecture making it blend with the Moroccan architecture.
*While the Morocco Pavilion's hosting of Aladdin character greetings is generally criticized as Disney using the country as a proxy for the film's Middle Eastern setting, the original story's wicked sorcerer (half the basis of Disney's Jafar) is said to come from the Maghreb region of North Africa that includes Morocco.
==Gallery==
Morocco-Pavilion-waterfront-in-World-Showcase.jpg
epcot-experience-attraction-poster-morocco-pavilion-1-1.jpg|Morocco Pavilion attraction poster
tumblr_m70ex3C9J51r1pz1eo4_1280.png|Artistic rendering of the area
Spice-Road-Table.jpg|Spice Road Table
==References==
Category:Epcot
Category:World Showcase
Category:Pavilions
Category:Kingdom Keepers locations
Category:Themed areas in Disney parks
Category:Aladdin