I could not wait to experience this unique dining in Disney’s Epcot at Walt Disney World!
You can either reserve a table at Space 220 Restaurant or Space 220 Lounge. The Space 220 Restaurant has a prix-fixe menu, while Space 220 Lounge has an a la carte menu. Both are in the same room. With Space 220 Restaurant you are located in front of the windows while the Space 220 Lounge seating is away from the windows. We chose the Space 220 Lounge for this trip. Our reasoning is this option gave us more flexibility for our picky eaters in the group as well as pricing was more flexibility. (as of this post the dining plans are not accepted here)
Space 220 is to the right of the Mission Space ride (if you are looking at the ride). You will see a castmember right outside the restaurant, you will check in with this castmember. They will confirm your reservation and send you inside. (This is also the castmember that you will see for walk ups)
Once inside you are given a boarding pass to space and waited for our turn to board a special space elevator that will send you to space.
Once onboard, you can move to the center to watch the view below as you ascend into space.
Once you step off the elevator you will go forward through the hall and will pass by the garden.
Once you step inside Space 220, you truly feel that you have been transported into space due to the amazing day and night panoramic views of Earth 220 miles away.
Since we chose Space 220 Lounge we were seated in the inner section away from the windows. With our view, we felt we had a better advantage of seeing our views as a whole vs sitting right up against the window if we would have chosen Space 220 Restaurant.
Our waiter gave us the option to order off of either menu, but we stuck with the lounge menu and ended up sharing some meals. We ended up choosing to eat off the “Flight Bites” section of the menu since we ate our way around the world earlier. Our kids enjoyed some zero-proof cocktails that included pop rocks. They loved pouring in the pop rocks. We may have even been hit with a few! These drinks also included Collectible Cards!
I would encourage you to visit Space 220 at least once for the experience. Especially if you have a space loving family member. Since we have picky eaters we will probably wait to eat here again if there is a change in the menu or a change in the experience overall.