We Visited Disney World's Pirates of the Caribbean-Themed Beak and Barrel Tavern and Here's What We Thought

IGN was invited to get a sneak peek astatine the Pirates of the Caribbean-themed Beak and Barrel tavern, which is acceptable to unfastened astatine Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom connected August 29, and we thought it was a labour of emotion that honors the iconic attraction successful a fantastic way.

As soon arsenic you participate The Beak and Barrel, you consciousness arsenic though you've entered the satellite of Pirates of the Caribbean. Much similar the Haunted Mansion Parlor aboard the Disney Treasure (and soon the Disney Destiny!), these spaces consciousness similar an hold of the attraction successful the champion ways.

Yo Ho, Yo Ho, a Pirate's Life For Me

And each the small details! Fans of Pirates of the Caribbean - some the attraction and the movies - volition privation to beryllium connected the lookout for plentiful Easter Eggs, callbacks, and adjacent props from the films. While you won't spot him successful the tavern yet, arsenic helium is successful indebtedness to the proprietor of Beak and Barrel and doesn't privation to get caught, Jack Sparrow tin beryllium seen connected 1 of the 4 Captains' Booths, which regale tales of pirates' past via carved woody panels.

Speaking of the owner, her sanction is Captain Meridian "Merry" Goldwyn, and she has near her archetypal mate, a parrot Audio-Animatronic named Rummy, who is serving arsenic the tavern's quartermaster portion she is gone. What makes Rummy peculiar is that helium was inspired precise overmuch by the archetypal Barker Bird that appeared successful some Disneyland and Disney World's Pirates of the Caribbean attractions.

Rummy volition look from clip to clip supra the Cursed Bar and volition adhd discourse to the events that hap each 10 minutes oregon so. When we were there, we got to spot some a philharmonic onslaught of sorts by Mermaids/Sirens that lit up the country successful chill colors, and Rummy and the formed members instructed america to screen our ears truthful we would not beryllium persuaded by their song.

Rummy and Captain Meridian "Merry" Goldwyn. Image Credit: Disney

He'll besides bicker with Kat the Black Cat, who has rapidly go a favourite of mine. This adorable feline is sleeping supra the doorway and comes implicit with golden hoops successful her ears. She doesn't determination overmuch arsenic she is successful a precise cozy furniture and loves to sleep, but you tin spot her breathing and her process moving each erstwhile successful a while. In a word: perfection.

The Cursed Bar itself is simply a show to behold, arsenic portion of it is shaped similar a skull. There are secrets to beryllium recovered wrong that skull arsenic well, arsenic Tia Dalma (Who was played by Naomi Harris successful the films), talented the tavern an ornate and enchanted vessel of Rum that is said to guarantee the tavern's barrels and the pirates' cheer volition ne'er tally adust arsenic agelong arsenic it stays full. In different 1 of the activations, the rum did vanish (In my mind, each I heard was Jack Sparrow screaming "Why's the rum gone?!") and panic ensued. Fortunately, the unit was capable to bring it back.

Right successful beforehand of the barroom is The Mess, which was named that mode due to the fact that it utilized to beryllium a messiness hallway for Spanish soldiers earlier the pirates came successful and took implicit the place. A fewer chill details to announcement successful The Mess are the doorbell supra the doorway by the feline that was a acquisition fixed to Merry from Captain Redd's archetypal vessel and the anchor supra the array that serves arsenic a fitting chandelier.

The Mess. Image Credit: Disney

To the close arsenic you participate the Beak and Barrel is the Captains' Quarters, which is wherever the booths we talked astir earlier are. This utilized to beryllium the residence of the Spanish Comandante, truthful it has a spot of a fancier consciousness than the different rooms with its expansive artwork and such. Oh, and it besides has a cozy fireplace with miniature ships successful bottles that are said to prosecute successful battles from clip to time.

Captains' Quarters. Image Credit: Disney

Tucked successful the country of the Captains' Quarters is simply a private-ish sitting country wherever pirates emotion to play games of accomplishment and chance. You tin spot immoderate of the games pirates played alongside a informing to those who whitethorn effort to cheat.

This is wherever we were seated for the 45-minute preview we had, and it's a truly large country if you don't attraction excessively overmuch astir missing immoderate of the amusive happening successful the main area. It is down immoderate walls and tucked successful a corner, and it looks to beryllium a large spot for friends and household who privation a quieter spot arsenic it tin get large successful The Beak and Barrel with the fantastic formed members playing up their roles arsenic rowdy pirates.

This is wherever we sat for the preview! Image Credit: Disney

The Beak and Barrel is simply a large space, and I bash deliberation your acquisition whitethorn alteration a spot depending connected wherever you sit, truthful I deliberation it's important to spell successful with that successful mind! Don't interest though, arsenic you tin evidently get up and spot things arsenic they are happening, and determination are plentifulness of cues to archer you erstwhile thing is astir to spell down.

The past main country is the Mapmaker's Room, and this features a monolithic array that present serves arsenic a shared lasting array for guests. The anterior mapmaker was said to beryllium a spot crazed, and the different pirates adjacent needed to sprout down a partition with a canon to get successful erstwhile helium locked everyone other out. In fact, the canon shot is inactive stuck successful the partition for each to see!

Mapmaker's Room. Image Credit: Disney

Another tiny item I emotion successful that country is that determination is simply a treasure representation connected the wall, and the X connected the representation seemingly points to a beauteous magical spot successful Florida.

Food and Drink

Considering this is simply a tavern, determination evidently needs to beryllium themed nutrient and drinks, and the squad down The Bark and Barrel took that situation to heart. We were capable to talk to Stephanie Dold, Beverage Director astatine Walt Disney World, and Bobby Rivera, Chef De Cuisine, and they shared however their teams kept the communicative going successful their creations.

"From the beverage perspective, we truly leaned successful connected the spice commercialized and antithetic things that you would find passim the antithetic areas that pirates whitethorn person sailed," Dold said. "We wanted to bring that to life, and I deliberation that you'll find that we did done the antithetic beverages that we person connected the menu."

"Our ngo was to lucifer the beverage programming with planetary flavors, portion besides staying existent to the themeing and wherever the communicative takes spot successful the world," Rivera said. "We truly worked connected honing successful connected those flavors, that's wherefore you person the plantains, coconut, chipotle, and the octopus. Those are precise acquainted flavors for wherever we are and we deliberation the breathtaking flavors volition beryllium a deed for our guests."

I asked them which paper items we should beryllium connected the lookout for, and Dold said hers was the Siren's Whisper. This portion has a "captivating bluish colour and promises of eternal youth" and it combines Pot & Column Still White Rum with citrus and spice. The drink, which was inspired by the Fountain of Youth, is besides topped with a peculiar siren tear.

Siren's Whisper. Image Credit: Disney

"The Siren's Whisper is not thing that we've done previously, and you astir apt wouldn't expect to find it astatine the Beak and Barrel," Dold said. "However, the elegance of the glassware and wherever the communicative came from and however they acquired that portion is conscionable tremendous."

On the nutrient side, Rivera recommended the Kraken's Catch, which precise good whitethorn beryllium the astir notable point to travel from the preview of the nutrient offerings arsenic it has an octopus tentacle sticking retired of it. Accompanying that tentacle that's marinated successful citrus and lime foodstuff are olives, doorbell peppers, avocado, and Piquillo pepper-almond foam.

Kraken's Catch. Image Credit: Disney

"There's an iconic country successful Pirates of the Caribbean lore wherever the Kraken comes retired of the heavy oversea and does immoderate Kraken stuff, truthful we truly tried to correspond that successful the dish," Rivera said.

We weren't capable to effort these, but we did get to effort the Cursed Treasure, the Island Provisions, and the Treasure Trove.

The Cursed Treasure is simply a non-alcholoic beverage that is simply a blend of coconut beverage and cooky crumbs, and it is topped with vanilla foam and a Pirate's Gold cooky thing. Now, this is wherever we get to my favourite portion of The Beak and Barrel and I'm not adjacent kidding - the cups were SO COLD. I don't cognize what benignant of pirate magic was going connected successful that place, but I've ne'er had specified a chilled cupful and it was honestly beingness changing.

Ok, anyway. The portion itself was refreshing, if a spot boring! It benignant of tasted similar h2o with a hint of cookies and cream!

Cursed Treasure. Image Credit: Disney

Next up were the Island Provisions, which is simply a combo of plantain chips, bluish maize tortillas, toasted flatbread, and Mango Chutney, Garlic Chimichurri, Spiced Guava, and Zesty Culantro Cream Dips. This was a amusive crockery to stock and the Mango Chutney with the plantains were decidedly my favorite, but they were each good!

Island Provisons. Image Credit: Disney

Lastly, we ended with the Treasure Trove, which was a Vanilla Cake Plank, Chocolate Cannonball, and Golden Caramel Popcorn. This was served with a "mysterious Ube, Lemon, and Coconut concoction" successful the immaculate chilled cups and was a truly amusive extremity to our escapade that honors pirates successful a large way.

Treasure Trove. Image Credit: Disney

The Beak and Barrel Is a Space For Pirates of All Ages

Alongside each the themeing and amusive nutrient and drinks connected connection astatine The Beak and Barrel, what the squad besides went retired of their mode to accent to maine is however overmuch this acquisition is for pirates of each ages. Sure, it whitethorn look similar a unsmooth and rowdy tavern acceptable for ne'er-do-wells, but successful world it's meant for the full household to travel and bask Pirates of the Caribbean successful a full caller way.

"I deliberation what's important for america is that full families are capable to acquisition our stories truthful you're not conscionable riding done an attraction successful a passive way, but you get to walk immoderate existent clip successful this satellite arsenic well," Ken Ricci, Executive Creative Development astatine Walt Disney Imagineering told me. "And again, it's large for adults, but it's truly fantastic for kids too. We wanted to marque definite it was thing that was inclusive of everyone."

This spot is besides meant to beryllium a abstraction guests instrumentality to clip and clip again, arsenic the squad specifically created "moments that widen beyond the magnitude of clip you're going to beryllium here." The squad hopes you volition instrumentality thing caller with you each clip you participate The Beak and Barrel's doors.

Time volition archer however casual it volition beryllium to sojourn The Beak and Barrel erstwhile its unfastened connected August 29, arsenic it is definite to beryllium a very fashionable space. Guests are constricted to conscionable 45 minutes successful the tavern, truthful hopefully that volition assistance successful getting arsenic galore radical arsenic imaginable in.

I'm conscionable so, truthful blessed places similar the Haunted Mansion Parlor and Beak and Barrel beryllium due to the fact that they are specified a large mode to immerse ourselves successful the stories we emotion truthful much. I anticipation this inclination continues, arsenic Beak and Barrel is different illustration of treasure worthy searching for.

For more, cheque retired everything you request to cognize astir Walt Disney World's Cool Kid Summer (which is returning adjacent year!) and our travel to Germany to spot however the Disney Destiny was built.

Adam Bankhurst is simply a writer for IGN. You tin travel him connected X/Twitter @AdamBankhurst, Instagram, and TikTok, and perceive to his show, Talking Disney Magic.