This is the full original 1984 Area music for the Morocco pavilion at World Showcase at EPCOT Center. Happy 40th anniversary to this amazing pavilion, which opened to the public on September 7, 1984! I recently went to EPCOT for the first time, and I was extremely impressed with the wonderful thematic details of each & every of the 11 cultures represented at World Showcase. WED did a fantastic job studying and researching each of them to provide a very culturally authentic experience. It was and to a lesser extent still is the closest thing many people can get to experiencing each of them in one day. This was the mission of World Showcase, in addition to showing how cultures around the world can come together to make a better future, as originally shown in Future World. The Morocco pavilion has been said to be the most culturally authentic, which could be because it was the only one financed by the actual government of the country. I tend to agree, as I was even more impressed with the theming of this pavilion than most others in World Showcase. I could tell that The detailing is above and beyond. The Moroccan Government sponsored this pavilion for 40 years (1984-2024). This was the first of two countries added to World Showcase after EPCOT Center opened in Oct 1982. The other & last was Norway in 1988. There were plans to add other countries in the 1980's & 90's, but sadly they never happened. The Moroccan Government ended their 40 years of sponsorship a few months before I am uploading the video, and since then, many stores in the back part of the pavilion have been left vacant. However, the Bazaar seating area and Restaurant Marrakesh remain open, as well as an Aladdin store titled Lamps of Wonder. This feels kind of sad, but at least the theming of the whole pavilion remains absolutely amazing. Much of the pavilion is modeled after the city of Marrakesh. Various aspects of Moroccan and Islamic culture are represented such as a traditional Moroccan marketplace and architecture, many detailed handcrafted Moroccan goods throughout the marketplace and the various stores, and lots of beautiful tile work. All of the pictures in this video were taken on my first visit to Walt Disney World in Sept 2024. I hope you enjoy this area music!

I do not own any of the audio used in this video. All of the audio is owned by Disney. All pictures shot by me in Sept 2024.

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