Yep, you can purchase and wander with alcohol in Animal Kingdom, Epcot, and Disney's Hollywood Studios, but you can't leave the park with it. Many guests are intimately familiar with that “chug at the gate” policy.
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According to the Walt Disney World Resort Property Rules, the only beverages that Guests aren't allowed to bring into the Theme Parks are, in fact, alcoholic beverages. Non-alcoholic beer doesn't fall into this category, but I totally understand why you would hesitate to bring them with you.
Guests are allowed to bring outside food and nonalcoholic beverage items into the park for self-consumption, provided they are not in glass containers and do not require heating, reheating, processing, refrigeration or temperature control and do not have pungent odors.
Yep, you can purchase and wander with alcohol in Animal Kingdom, Epcot, and Disney's Hollywood Studios, but you can't leave the park with it. Many guests are intimately familiar with that “chug at the gate” policy.
Alcoholic beverages can be purchased at Walt Disney World Resort by all Guests 21 years of age or older. Any Guest who wishes to purchase an alcoholic beverage at Walt Disney World Resort must present one of the following valid forms of identification: U.S. state driver's license (includes U.S. territories*)
Is it illegal to walk around with an open bottle of alcohol? Most U.S. states prohibit you from having an open bottle of alcohol in a public place, such as on the streets. Open container laws generally also prohibit drivers and passengers from possessing an open container of alcohol inside of a car.
Guests are welcome to carry a bag or backpack with them into the theme parks. The maximum allowable bag size is 24 by 18 by 15. All Guests and their bags will undergo a security screening process prior to entering the theme parks and Disney Springs.
And the World Showcase area of the park is typically open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., so you have less than an hour to down each one. (We'll still give you full credit if you decide to spare your liver and share each cocktail with a friend.)
In case you're unfamiliar, “drinking around the world” refers to an unofficial challenge among Disney fans in which Guests try to consume a drink in each of the 11 countries around EPCOT's World Showcase. Many have tried.
A beer at Walt Disney World can cost anywhere from $8 to $13. Draft and canned domestic beer is in the $8 – $9 range, while specialty, import, and craft beers range from $11 – $13.
However, a Cast Member at the security checkpoint may ask to open your bottle to check its contents, since metal water bottles are opaque. Just keep in mind that alcoholic beverages and glass containers aren't allowed inside the Disneyland Resort, as stated in the Rules.
The drinks at Epcot are broken down into mainly beers and frozen/regular cocktails. There are some wines you can choose, but these are the main two types of drinks.
Guests are allowed to bring outside food and nonalcoholic beverages into the parks for self-consumption, provided they are not in glass containers, do not require heating, reheating, processing or refrigeration and do not have pungent odors.
When Walt Disney dreamed up his first theme parks, he specifically did not plan to serve alcohol to the general public. “No liquor, no beer, nothing,” he said in a Saturday Evening Post in 1956. “Because that brings in a rowdy element.That brings people that we don't want and I feel they don't need it.”
You Can Bring a Backpack to Disney ParksWith the exception of a couple attractions, every ride at Disney will have a small pouch for you to stow your backpack, or space at your feet. Your trusty bag can take on all the adventures Disney has to offer with you!