Rainforest Cafe Environmentally friendly, this 450-seat restaurant and retail emporium opened at the Downtown Disney Marketplace on August 6, 1996. Taking the place of Chef Mickey’s, the restaurant features cascading waterfalls, tropical showers, and an erupting volcano. Other Rainforest Cafes opened at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in 1998, Disney Village at Disneyland Paris in 1999, Downtown Disney at Disneyland in 2001, and Ikspiari at the Tokyo Disney Resort in 2002.
