Since Disney launched its first amusement park in1955 , the brand has been very slowly loosen up Walt ’s original zero - intoxicant policy . Select restaurants at Disney World ’s Magic Kingdom begin serving boozein 2012 , and the grownup beverage offer there have been expanding ever since . But the original Disneyland Park in Anaheim , California remains just as dry as the day it opened . Now , USA Todayreports that post - Disneyland imbibing , at least , is about to get leisurely . Guests will presently be able to grab a refreshing craft beer at the first brewery in the Downtown Disney District situated just outside the gates of Disneyland Park .
San Diego ’s Ballast Point Brewing Company plans to open a location in Downtown Disney in belated 2018 . The 7300 - square - pes quad will feature a kitchen and tasting room as well as an out-of-door beer garden , and the menu will highlight Southern California - inspired bar nutrient like Pisces the Fishes taco and house - baked pretzels . As for the drinkable selection , guests will have their choice of roughly 100 brewage on tap , including Ballast Point ’s noted Sculpin IPA and some Downtown Disney - exclusive beers .
The establishment wo n’t be the first to serve alcohol at Downtown Disney — the shopping district already has afew bars — but it is set to be the attraction ’s first craft brewery . And any intoxicant on the Disney grounds is a pretty big slew . Outside of Downtown Disney ( which is unresolved to the public without a ticket ) , the only other option for Disneyland Resort Guest looking to assimilate is California Adventure , the parking lot that open up next door nearly50 yearsafter the original Disneyland .
Meanwhile , visitor to Disney World in Orlando , Florida will still have far more boozy options . All fourtheme park there blow eatery that serve alcohol . That let in Magic Kingdom , the park originally build to be a grander edition of Disneyland . Perhaps one Clarence Day the California emplacement that root on it will become a small more parent - friendly , too .
[ h / tUSA Today ]
