alcohol within Disney

[gaz1000]

Could anyone tell me the laws for selling alcohol within Disney. I assume the hotels are as per any other hotel in the world and can you buy bottles of wine, beer etc from any shops in the resorts to have a drink in your hotel room. We are booked to stay in the AKL

Many thanks

 

[Pooh67_68]

I don't know the laws, but yes you can purcahse bottles of beer in the resort store.

 

[D&R love Disney]

All of the resort stores sell beer and wine. Some of the selections are not very good and the prices are much higher than you would pay in a store off sight.

My husband and I usually pick up beer & wine off site to have during our stay.

 

[Jenn]

Most of the resort gift shops sell individual bottles/cans of beer, and some sell bottles of wine.

 

[helenk]

I know the resorts sell beer in their gift shops, they may have wine, I do not recall. The AKL also has a lounge and a pool bar.

 

[ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!]

Is there anything you're looking for specifically? Each resort has a bar, pool bar, restaurants carry drinks as well. If you're really into wine they have Wine pairing dinners (Victoria & Alberts, Jiko's Wine Pairing Dinner) and the California Grill has an incredible wine list. If you just wanna purchase a 6 pack or whatever, that is doable as well. If you're into beer, I recommend you take a stroll over to the Boardwalk Area and goto the Big River Brewery & Grille and give their Sampler a try.

 

[mikesmom]

The only place I've noticed that you cannot buy alcoholic beverages is inside the Magic Kingdom.

 

[Lewisc]

It's not a cruise ship, you're allowed to bring alcohol you purchase off-site or in the resort back to your room to consume. You'll certainly get a better selection and pricing if you purchase offsite, or even bring a bottle with you.

I don't think you're suppose to bring your own adult beverages to the pool area but I've seen some guests go so far as to bring a cordless blender to the pool area to mix their own beverages.

 

[eeyore45]

People have posted that you can buy a 6 pack of beer cheaper than one serving at the resort gift shop - as opposed to the resort pool, same for DTD. I brought wine, and did a grocery stop and bought beer for our room, no problems. I also bought a bottle of wine at the gift store for under $10, and the CM uncorked the wine no charge!

Also, do know that at the parks (like Epcot, or MGM, Fantasmic) you can only buy one beer at a time - so while dh and dd were saving our seats, I could only purchase one beer, and then go stand in line again!! (of course I was lucky when a person behind me wasnt going to purchase beer and ordered one and I bought it from her!!)

 

[ReggieB]

You can buy any amount of alcohol at the resort shops, ie a bottle of wine or a 6 pack, they even have small (and expensive) bottles of spirits behind the registers. But when I was at AKL a trip or two back we could only buy one can/bottle of beer per 21 year old at the fast food place The Mara. A bit like what Eeyore45 was saying about the parks.

The beer selection at The Mara included some African beers, which my DH was very happy about. Think about packing a bottle opener and/or a corkscrew, that way you wont get all the way to your room and think, how on earth am I going to open this? Not all beer bottles have twist offs, it doesn't seem to be a feature on non-US beers.