Tower of Terror Bar

[rastahomie]

Oooh if it is a cocktail bar, do we think they go with Classic cocktail set to the 1930 era or will they have signature with clever names.

Was trying to think of some but failed miserable - example: "A Dark and Stormy Night and a Thirt-tini" - I know, I know and I am suitably ashamed

I was just about to ask this myself. This can go one of three ways: either "classic" cocktails from that era (Old Fashioneds and Martinis, for example); really weird themed cocktails with special FX like fog and stuff; or just a regular cart with like beer and stuff. I hope they go with one of the first two.

 

[cdnjason]

This idea certainly creates a double entendre for the term "down the hatch."

 

[RedAngie]

Exciting on a scale on 1 to 10 I'm a 13 lol...

This sounds awesome and I'm not a big drinker, especially in the parks but every now and then it's nice to grab a cheeky cocktail to enjoy in the late afternoon.

Oh and who doesn't love a themed drink in a themed cup, Crazy people that who

I guess I'm crazy then. Just gimme booze in a plain plastic cup and I'm happy. No need for silly names or themed cups.

 

[rastahomie]

The Rod Sterling

8oz Sweet Champagne
1 shot Sour Apple Schnapps
1 shot Triple Sec
Garnish with mint

 

[rastahomie]

The Rudolph Valentino

8oz Coffee
1 shot Hot [Darn] Cinnamon Schnapps
1 shot Kahula
1 shot Amaretto

 

[rastahomie]

The Peach Melba

8oz Sprite
1 shot Peach Schnapps
1 shot Vanilla Schnapps
A few drops of lemon juice
Garnish with mint

 

[boomgoesthemickey]

"The Eye of the Beholder" sliders, with bacon?

There's something on the chicken "wing"

 

[revdon64]

So how long before we add drinking around the Studios to Drinking around the World?

Which is not to say I have a problem with a ToT bar. When I come off that ride I think I might need a drink.

 

[Xennia]

Hearing that Tower of Terror will be getting a themed bar inside. The bar is expected to offer Hollywood Tower Hotel themed drinks, and will be located at the exit of the attraction. The bar will be installed quickly, with it expected to open within the next few days. No word on whether there will be any seating or whether it will just be a bar by itself. Either way, i'm rather excited for this - DHS needs all it can get at the moment!! What do you think about this?

I hope th have tequila. I'm too lazy to walk to the other side for my fix.

 

[cgattis]

Could you imagine how messy the elevator ride would be if the bar was located at the entry of the attraction?

Yeah, I really hope it doesn't turn into a drinking game..."Ride! Drink! Ride! Cleanup in Shaft #2......." Ugh.

 

[jrmasm]

I guess I'm crazy then. Just gimme booze in a plain plastic cup and I'm happy. No need for silly names or themed cups.

I swing both ways.

 

[IrishNYC]

The Peach Melba

8oz Sprite
1 shot Peach Schnapps
1 shot Vanilla Schnapps
A few drops of lemon juice
Garnish with mint

Well. Now I know what my reward will be next time I'm forced to be the adult that rides ToT with DD.

 

[Linda T.]

John Byers said: ↑
I must be in the minority that decides "if" I have a drink its only in the WS and maybe while in the UK or Germany pavilions. I just don't have the desire to anywhere else at WDW.


I, too, am in the minority. I just don't think it is necessary to have alcohol in the parks.

 

[GEM]

I, too, am in the minority. I just don't think it is necessary to have alcohol in the parks.

It absolutely isn't necessary to have alcohol in the parks. Or funnel cakes. Or dole whips. Or cokes. Or turkey legs. Or Mickey ice cream bars. Or anything else for that matter. Everything is there for the pleasure of those who enjoy it and those who don't are free to walk on past and save their dollars for something else.

 

[Planogirl]

So how long before we add drinking around the Studios to Drinking around the World?

Which is not to say I have a problem with a ToT bar. When I come off that ride I think I might need a drink.

I could use a drink before I ride that thing. But only one drink, I know better.

 

[boomgoesthemickey]

It absolutely isn't necessary to have alcohol in the parks. Or funnel cakes. Or dole whips. Or cokes. Or turkey legs. Or Mickey ice cream bars. Or anything else for that matter. Everything is there for the pleasure of those who enjoy it and those who don't are free to walk on past and save their dollars for something else.

Exactly

 

[rastahomie]

The reason Walt didn't want alcohol at Disneyland was because his vision of his park was different from what passed as "amusement parks" in his day - which is to say, low-rent travelling carnivals and the like. As you can imagine, such places were oft filled with drunks, and Walt wanted no part of that. Hence Disneyland's Blue Law.

By the time Epcot opened in 1981, Disney had had some 25 years to establish itself as a brand for safe, clean, family-friendly fun. The addition of alcoholic beverage options at World Showcase wasn't going to change that. And in the main (excluding the "Drinking Around the World" drunks that are handled expertly by security before they become too big of a problem), having alcohol at Epcot and the parks hasn't changed that brand.

I see no problem with more alcohol at the parks, as long as Disney continues to handle it correctly (which of course it always has done and always will do).

SIDE NOTE: The first time I visited Pleasure Island, I was downright aghast at how freely and openly the alcohol flowed there. CM's were selling Jello shots right there in the streets, in front of Og and everybody. There was this one station where there was this big block of ice with a little trough carved in the middle of it - the purchaser would position her mouth at the bottom of the trough and the CM up at the top would pour the liquor down the trough - the ice would cool the alcohol as it slid down. Anyway, clearly Downtown Disney has dialed things back just a bit from those days, but still. Part of me felt like it was 1988 and I was back at Daytona Beach for Spring Break!

 

[Epcot242]

I think it's a good idea and if it's true that they're trying to install this ASAP, it probably speaks to Disney's realization that the Studios aren't exactly hopping right now so they're trying to inject some life into it. Here in Boston the speakeasy/1920-30s theme is pretty popular so I can see it going over well there, especially with a ride built for that theme. Hopefully they won't go crazy with the bitters though, as every bar here seems to want to put them in every specialty drink they have.

My biggest concern is that it'll be jam packed constantly given its location. But we're very much looking forward to it regardless!

 

[rastahomie]

For what it's worth, the original post announcing this bar was on Tuesday, and said it would open in "the next few days." By all rights we should be getting reports by now.....

 

[Mitzicat]

I'm not a drinker...at all. But I am a fan of themed areas, so this sounds like a lovely addition. Though, as a poster above mentioned, I personally feel that bars should be 21+. That's a very hard line to tow at WDW (though somehow I managed to grow up with parents who were skilled social drinkers, even at WDW, and never once being allowed to sit at the bar or for that matter even stepping foot in a bar/lounge at WDW).

Agree with you on this one. In this situation it would be hard to make it 21+, but I like how Trader Sam's is adult only (21+) after 8 p.m. But to your point I am shocked at the number of parents who plop their kid in a bar stool and then order a drink. I guess Florida doesn't have a law about under 21 sitting at the bar. I've witnessed parents all over Disney have their kid belly-up to the bar. My parents never did that for us. Several years ago I was in St. Louis and the bartender was explaining to a very upset Dad that his child could not sit in a bar stool at the bar that it was against the law.

But you may want to check the new bar out, Disney does offer a lot of fun mock-tails for those that are non-drinkers. So maybe they will have some fun fruity less-spirited concoctions