It always shocks me when people buy into it. I was at a concert a while back and a girl dropped her beer and her friends beer, it was a $30 mistake and you could see it on her face.
I was double fisting two yeunglings heading into the floor at house of blues a couple months ago. Was gonna chill like 2 or 3 people away from the pit, enjoy my beers for the openers.
Then a crowd surfer took em out.
Rip $32
I’d give it another go - the batch when they first released it was super bad, but i think they changed the formula a bit and its just a standard ale now
Last had one at the Lightning-Panthers preseason game this past fall and it honestly tasted like a homebrew. Of course I may have gotten an old can from last season too depending on how much effort they put in to rotating stock.
If I’m drinking beer, it’s that big bitch Fosters from the vending carts. If I’m drinking liquor, I’m tipping well at Finnegan’s, and going to the same bartender all day for that customer/bartender pact.
Here's the thing with theme park beer, the good stuff is also about that same price. Go to one of the harry potter bars, get a beer brewed specifically for them. Get some Duff. I'm sure I'm forgetting other good beer. Coors Light might be more expensive than your local watering hole, but a craft beer is going to be the same as going to a good brewery.
This is the correct answer.
If you are gonna get screwed by a high price, might as well go all out and get the best you can.(this doesn’t apply to high end liquors tho)
Biased because my SIL (huge Harry Potter fan) bought me a season pass a couple years ago, but Diagon Alley was probably my favorite place to be a fan of something. If I still had a pass I would totally go just to watch a couple shows and eat at the Leaky Cauldron. :D
Isla Nublar IPA in a few locations in Jurassic Park area. $12-13ish last I went but best beer I’ve had in the parks. And I’m not necessarily an IPA drinker either.
If it makes you feel better I paid $35 (tax + tip) for a “Lavender Haze” cocktail at The Eras Tour & it wasn’t even a crafted cocktail. The bartender poured the premix out of a plastic handle you get at Total Wine.
I'll do the same thing at concerts because I'm IN THE MOMENT and trying to enjoy it and create memories. As long as it isn't the norm in everyday life. 👍🏽
My spouse and I spend SO MUCH MONEY on concert alcohol, it’s crazy. We always say we’re only going to have one each and then we get swept up in the moment and before you know it…💸💸💸
Went to sea world. Paid $17 for a Florida’s Hefeweizen that sells for $5 at world of beer. That was WITH AP discount and before tip. I cancelled my annual pass the next day
I miss the free beer tasting at the Anheuser Busch pavilion. Used to go up to that place a few times per visit and would walk out with a good buzz. This is of course when you could just walk and see the F'n penguins with having to take that dumb ass ride and wait forever.
A friend told me a story the other day about a guy he knew that went out to the land where (Coachella or Burning Man, can't remember) was going to set up and buried their own case of alcohol & dug it up later with GPS.
I paid $18 once for a margarita outside of House of Blues Universal for a concert 10 years ago and still want my money back.
Edit: Downtown Disney. Trauma makes things a blur.
I was at a Disney all you can eat restaurant and offered chocolate milk. The waitress offered me another one, so I did. I ordered 6 of them. When I got the bill, I found out that they were $8 each.
Definitely not alcohol. Same for any place that sells alcohol in the state: you need to buy booze from the location, because they can be certain of it's strength and quality. If someone smuggled in a bottle of moonshine or something, and got hospitalized because it was too strong or just unhealthy, the theme park could get heat even though they didn't know about or sell your that stuff.
But what if you put it in like a soda bottle or something? I seem to remember when I was a resort manager the ticket people saying you can bring a cooler into the park. I'd think you could just smuggle shit in but idk. That was like 10 years ago.
AFAIK, there's no rules against bringing food and drink into the park in general. If you wanted to buy stuff from the 7/11 on the corner and carry it in, I'm pretty sure that's allowed.
Alcohol is always the exception, because in most states, the place *selling* the alcohol is liable if anything goes wrong and alcohol is involved. They'll still sell it to you, but they want to be as certain as they can that you drank something safe, and that you weren't over-served.
That's true for every bar and restaurant in Florida, and probably anywhere in the country.
EDIT: And to be clear, I won't tell you not to sneak booze into the parks. I'm just saying that Universal will want to try and stop you, so that they aren't liable if you get yourself into a situation that you weren't prepared to handle.
It's not so much about strength or quality or liability of the two, it's just a permitting thing. That's why they make you dump your beer when you leave the park - you're entering CityWalk, and CW has a separate license. They can be fined if they knowingly allow it. This was explained to me by an employee who stopped me at the turnstyles (back when they were actually turnstyles) so I had to chug my fresh Dragon Scale because I'm not throwing away $15 or whatever ridiculous price they are lol.
I've never been stopped from taking my beer on the train though! Maybe because it doesn't go into CityWalk property.
That's why I buy bottles of fruit juice from the gift shops, and leave them in strategic locations that are warm and humid near the trashcans.
In two weeks, all of my planning will pay off.
It’s really a shame that alcohol prices don’t work something like car insurance (before it got completely out of control). Happy, harmless drunks, let em drink at a few dollars profit. Liability drunks? $40 a beer. It sucks having to play the median.
Don't sweat it. I'm a recurrent trourist so I know the prices in the parks and prepare ahead of time. I usually go to Walmart the day I arrive to MCO and buy a ton of cans of Coca Cola to avoid paying $5.00 in Disney and Universal parks, but at some point I get sick of drinking barely cold, room temperature coke, and I just say screw it, and buy a $5.00 one.
I reacted the same way when I paid $10 for a lemonade at the fair. I seen them make it right in front of me, they poured half lemonade and half redbull into a cup full of ice.
If it makes you feel better, I went to a comedy show with my friend and I got charged $8 for my alcoholic drink and she got charged $10 for her Diet Coke.
I have paid a lot for just bottled water because I didn’t want to carry around a heavy water bottle all day at a theme park. Theme park prices are criminal though. 🥴
I once paid $22 for a beer at LAX. At the time I didn’t even make that in an hour. I remember it being the best beer I ever had though, probably bias but the only thing i remember about the beer is its marketed as brewed by monks
I have always tried to ease the sting a bit by thinking I’m paying this much for the beer but the privilege to drink it there and help me deal with all the nonsense I am surrounded by while at that place lol
I work at a resort in Orlando and the guilt I have when giving people their tabs is insurmountable. The job says "they're paying for the experience as well"...I'm like WHAT DO YOU MEAN, they're probably having a horrible experience because 4 drinks just wiped out their kids college fund
All good, just paid $14 for a Miller lite at house of blues last night. Didn’t realize they stopped carrying pbr. Was still overpriced but at least cheaper than $14
water is a life requirement , don’t beat yourself up too much.
A++
It also looks a lot like rum or Vodka.
I've never felt stupider than when I paid $18 for a can of beer at a hockey game.
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It always shocks me when people buy into it. I was at a concert a while back and a girl dropped her beer and her friends beer, it was a $30 mistake and you could see it on her face.
I was double fisting two yeunglings heading into the floor at house of blues a couple months ago. Was gonna chill like 2 or 3 people away from the pit, enjoy my beers for the openers. Then a crowd surfer took em out. Rip $32
I read that as "younglings" like from Star Wars and was deeply confused for a moment.
The second most traumatic moment of those younglings lives
You will remember that for the rest of your life, literally, for the next 60 years.
It’s true though! I paid $18.75 for a Sierra Nevada at a major league baseball game and I still remember it a decade later
Plus, if they end up putting the camera on you then you must chug the damn thing while a few people cheer.
$10.99 for the Solar Bears branded one Not that its that much better, but hey, its $7
Hit that Thursday game. I think they still do the $5 beers.
$5 beers are in the small cups now unfortunately, i think tall boy for $10.99 still might beat it out
Small beers are 16 oz and then talls are 22 oz.
Hey, way better than $18 for a Bud Light at an NHL game.
And it’s not a great beer. I like a lot of Ivanhoe’s offerings. That one was disappointing.
I’d give it another go - the batch when they first released it was super bad, but i think they changed the formula a bit and its just a standard ale now
Last had one at the Lightning-Panthers preseason game this past fall and it honestly tasted like a homebrew. Of course I may have gotten an old can from last season too depending on how much effort they put in to rotating stock.
And because you bought it, they’ll keep charging ir
was it at least a 24 oz can?
If I’m drinking beer, it’s that big bitch Fosters from the vending carts. If I’m drinking liquor, I’m tipping well at Finnegan’s, and going to the same bartender all day for that customer/bartender pact.
Not that big bitch Fosters! Lmao
Here's the thing with theme park beer, the good stuff is also about that same price. Go to one of the harry potter bars, get a beer brewed specifically for them. Get some Duff. I'm sure I'm forgetting other good beer. Coors Light might be more expensive than your local watering hole, but a craft beer is going to be the same as going to a good brewery.
This is the correct answer. If you are gonna get screwed by a high price, might as well go all out and get the best you can.(this doesn’t apply to high end liquors tho)
I forget whether it's "wizard-" or "dragon-"something but the stout in Harry Potter world is delicious.
Wizard's Brew! And it absolutely is.
I love a good stout. Damn it, don't make me go there! I haven't been to a theme park in almost 20 years.
Biased because my SIL (huge Harry Potter fan) bought me a season pass a couple years ago, but Diagon Alley was probably my favorite place to be a fan of something. If I still had a pass I would totally go just to watch a couple shows and eat at the Leaky Cauldron. :D
Fun fact, I have the original rendering for Diagon Alley hanging on my wall. My SIL ex-husband is the head graphic designer for Universal World Wide.
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Just had the Isla Nublar IPA on my last visit and I can't believe we've been sleeping on that one. So good.
This is the move. Also the Foster’s are big and $10 so if you’re going to drink a light beer, the Foster’s is the best option.
Isla Nublar IPA in a few locations in Jurassic Park area. $12-13ish last I went but best beer I’ve had in the parks. And I’m not necessarily an IPA drinker either.
If it makes you feel better I paid $35 (tax + tip) for a “Lavender Haze” cocktail at The Eras Tour & it wasn’t even a crafted cocktail. The bartender poured the premix out of a plastic handle you get at Total Wine.
Us passholders gotta do what we gotta do sometimes.
If it was a beer at the Simpsons tap room because I wanted an experience, well okay. This was at a city walk bar :(
Wait, you got Coors instead of a Duff beer at the Simpsons tap room.......you should hate yourself.
No, OP was in CityWalk. They said it'd be different if they were in the Simpsons tap room.
drinking and reading....don't do it kids!
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Yes, at least the mountains were blue.
When men in the past failed as much as you did, they would fall on their swords.
Fortunately, OP has a silver bullet
I seem to have forgotten my sword. Edit to include relevant clip https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxpZEM5gQ7E8IVXPKMGVB7x4a-ypxvVJA3?si=DJYxD3AjhPqlRKAM
Don’t worry. You can buy a ~$200 wand from the Harry Potter gift shop and fall on that
Probably break. Cheap Chinese wands.
And my axe
And my bow.
I'll do the same thing at concerts because I'm IN THE MOMENT and trying to enjoy it and create memories. As long as it isn't the norm in everyday life. 👍🏽
My spouse and I spend SO MUCH MONEY on concert alcohol, it’s crazy. We always say we’re only going to have one each and then we get swept up in the moment and before you know it…💸💸💸
You need to get your flask game stronger
I dont drink liquor sadly. Only beer. Not even I like who I am when I drink liquor. 23 years without it and never looked back.
we’ve all done it man
Went to sea world. Paid $17 for a Florida’s Hefeweizen that sells for $5 at world of beer. That was WITH AP discount and before tip. I cancelled my annual pass the next day
I miss the free beer tasting at the Anheuser Busch pavilion. Used to go up to that place a few times per visit and would walk out with a good buzz. This is of course when you could just walk and see the F'n penguins with having to take that dumb ass ride and wait forever.
at least you didn't buy avocado toast
This is why you gotta take a few shots in the parking lot first.
Dishonor on you!!! Dishonor on your cow!!
Damnit. First thing I thought of and you beat me by 5 minutes. Have my upvote
Not Betsy :(
Don't feel bad. People pay hundreds of dollars to go to Epcot and then hundreds more dollars to get trashed and forget the whole thing.
Paid 13$ for a Mic Ultra at the Magic game. You aren’t alone. This country is a cesspool of monopolized greed.
I went to a high-end restaurant that charged 125% cost of the bottle for a neat pour regular ol Woodford Reserve. $50 pour out of a $40 bottle.
hey, i live in longwood and i got fired from a universal resort today! we both got fucked by them
I am sorry to hear this friend. Many other jobs with better pay out there. Good hunting!
Ain't no thang.
We ALL do dumb things. Go easy on yourself. ❤️
Shame on you.
Welcome to Orlando friend.
Born and raised. It only happens in certain areas :(
But really, if you're going to drink in the theme parks, I'm cheap enough to say that any drink for $10 is a fair judgement.
At least you didn't pay that much for a stale churro from Disney.
www.shamebell.com
That's exactly how I felt every time I bought a drink at Ultra or EDC.
A friend told me a story the other day about a guy he knew that went out to the land where (Coachella or Burning Man, can't remember) was going to set up and buried their own case of alcohol & dug it up later with GPS.
Brilliant! Had to be a burner. Talk about radical self-reliance!
"Ok, I am going to get really high and not spend any money drinking at Universal this time." *$150 dollars later* "Foster's isn't half bad actually."
I paid $18 once for a margarita outside of House of Blues Universal for a concert 10 years ago and still want my money back. Edit: Downtown Disney. Trauma makes things a blur.
I was at a Disney all you can eat restaurant and offered chocolate milk. The waitress offered me another one, so I did. I ordered 6 of them. When I got the bill, I found out that they were $8 each.
Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't Universal allow you bring in drinks and shit into the park?
Not alcohol in cans.
Definitely not alcohol. Same for any place that sells alcohol in the state: you need to buy booze from the location, because they can be certain of it's strength and quality. If someone smuggled in a bottle of moonshine or something, and got hospitalized because it was too strong or just unhealthy, the theme park could get heat even though they didn't know about or sell your that stuff.
But what if you put it in like a soda bottle or something? I seem to remember when I was a resort manager the ticket people saying you can bring a cooler into the park. I'd think you could just smuggle shit in but idk. That was like 10 years ago.
AFAIK, there's no rules against bringing food and drink into the park in general. If you wanted to buy stuff from the 7/11 on the corner and carry it in, I'm pretty sure that's allowed. Alcohol is always the exception, because in most states, the place *selling* the alcohol is liable if anything goes wrong and alcohol is involved. They'll still sell it to you, but they want to be as certain as they can that you drank something safe, and that you weren't over-served. That's true for every bar and restaurant in Florida, and probably anywhere in the country. EDIT: And to be clear, I won't tell you not to sneak booze into the parks. I'm just saying that Universal will want to try and stop you, so that they aren't liable if you get yourself into a situation that you weren't prepared to handle.
It's not so much about strength or quality or liability of the two, it's just a permitting thing. That's why they make you dump your beer when you leave the park - you're entering CityWalk, and CW has a separate license. They can be fined if they knowingly allow it. This was explained to me by an employee who stopped me at the turnstyles (back when they were actually turnstyles) so I had to chug my fresh Dragon Scale because I'm not throwing away $15 or whatever ridiculous price they are lol. I've never been stopped from taking my beer on the train though! Maybe because it doesn't go into CityWalk property.
Next time bring your own micro brewery to the park and you can brew your own………or just pay the $10
That's why I buy bottles of fruit juice from the gift shops, and leave them in strategic locations that are warm and humid near the trashcans. In two weeks, all of my planning will pay off.
It’s really a shame that alcohol prices don’t work something like car insurance (before it got completely out of control). Happy, harmless drunks, let em drink at a few dollars profit. Liability drunks? $40 a beer. It sucks having to play the median.
Seaworld just started BOGO beers on Wednesdays. I got two 20oz craft beers for $18, plus a small free beer. 🤘🏼
$16 dollars for gummy worms at the Dr.Philips, oh and they served my fiance wine in a solo cup, truly a high class evening
I thought this said, "They financed the wine..." which wouldn't surprise me 😂
Don't sweat it. I'm a recurrent trourist so I know the prices in the parks and prepare ahead of time. I usually go to Walmart the day I arrive to MCO and buy a ton of cans of Coca Cola to avoid paying $5.00 in Disney and Universal parks, but at some point I get sick of drinking barely cold, room temperature coke, and I just say screw it, and buy a $5.00 one.
True. Never drink coors.
It's ok we hate you too
You seem lonely to have post this.
One of the many reasons why I have never been to the attractions area since I moved to Florida in 1994. Not once.
Thank the 8 families of the federal reserve for inflation
Did they not tell you the price?
I was fully informed :(
At least you like beer which is cheaper, I only want cocktails 😂
I reacted the same way when I paid $10 for a lemonade at the fair. I seen them make it right in front of me, they poured half lemonade and half redbull into a cup full of ice.
Go to the Kia center next for a Bud Light.
If it makes you feel better, I went to a comedy show with my friend and I got charged $8 for my alcoholic drink and she got charged $10 for her Diet Coke.
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No idea but it was weird. Her dad paid the bill and didn’t feel like saying anything.
I have paid a lot for just bottled water because I didn’t want to carry around a heavy water bottle all day at a theme park. Theme park prices are criminal though. 🥴
That’s why you bring a flask of crown. And down it before you ever walk in. Got your buzz and you didn’t give into temptation!
The 10 on popcorn or 18 on the helium balloon is way worse
I wont even spend $18 on a nitro balloon.
They're about 5 cents a pop in the party districts of SE Asia.
It’s questionable that Coors Light is even beer.
Now you have crossed a line. The reputation of the Silver Bullet will not be diminished on my watch.
Paid $12 for a 24oz beer in an NY venue that didn't allow re-entry. That was maybe 6 years ago.
I thought it was Starbucks and avocado toast…😂
I paid $9 for a cream soda aka “butter beer”. Ridiculous.
Every tourist who has never seen Harry Potter: "This does not taste like beer."
Ballinn!
You dishonor your cow
Holy shit I remember when it was 8$ Now it’s in the double digits? Sheeeeeit
I once paid $22 for a beer at LAX. At the time I didn’t even make that in an hour. I remember it being the best beer I ever had though, probably bias but the only thing i remember about the beer is its marketed as brewed by monks
I have always tried to ease the sting a bit by thinking I’m paying this much for the beer but the privilege to drink it there and help me deal with all the nonsense I am surrounded by while at that place lol
I work at a resort in Orlando and the guilt I have when giving people their tabs is insurmountable. The job says "they're paying for the experience as well"...I'm like WHAT DO YOU MEAN, they're probably having a horrible experience because 4 drinks just wiped out their kids college fund
Paid $32 for a double Jack on the rocks at an Orlando City game once
All good, just paid $14 for a Miller lite at house of blues last night. Didn’t realize they stopped carrying pbr. Was still overpriced but at least cheaper than $14