Nobody budgets enough money for Drinking Around the World at Epcot. The drinks are priced to feel deceptively manageable at $12 or $14 a pop. Then you hit the Canada pavilion, check your bank app, and realize you blew $160 in four hours.
We have tackled this World Showcase crawl in brutal August humidity and chaotic festival crowds. We know which drinks justify the premium price and which ones are overpriced sugar water. Our experience will save your wallet without ruining your vacation momentum.
Expect to shell out $150 to $165 total for one drink per pavilion at 2026 prices. That estimated total assumes you fly solo and do not share with a partner. Budget even more cash if you plan to do the Italy pavilion correctly.
This breakdown covers the cold, hard math for all eleven countries. Check out our complete Epcot crawl survival strategy guide for pacing tips, hydration advice, and mapping secrets.
Want the full game plan with our best drink picks and strategy tips? That’s over in our Ultimate EPCOT Drinking Around the World Guide. But if you’re here to figure out whether this challenge will cost you a few happy hour tabs or an entire paycheck, you’re in the right place.
TL;DR: 2026 Cost to Drink Around the World
💰 Budget crawl (beer & house wine only)
~$100–$110
⭐ Our Picks (recommended drinks)
~$150–$165
🥂 Full send (premium cocktails & flights)
$240–$265
🌸 Festival season (booth drinks only)
~$80–$95
Average per drink
$9–$18
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What Actually Changes Your Total
Five things move this number. You haven’t even bought your first drink yet.
- Drink type. Cocktails run $13 to $19. Beer costs $9 to $12. Flights and specialty spirits are where budgets go to die quietly. A beer-only crawl sits around $100. A cocktail-heavy run approaches $200. Pick your lane before you pay in Mexico.
- Lounge vs. kiosk. Sitting at Tutto Gusto Wine Cellar or La Cava costs more than ordering from Choza or Sommerfest – not because the drinks are that much more, but likely because the air conditioning will feel so good you won’t want to go back out into the heat, which means you’ll probably order a 2nd round or a snack. The lounge experience is worth it at specific stops. We’ll tell you which ones. For the others, the walk-up kiosk is fine.
- Festival season. During Flower & Garden, Food & Wine, Festival of the Holidays, or Festival of the Arts, outdoor booths offer festival-specific drinks at $6–$15. Smaller pours, different drinks, much cheaper totals. If you visit during a festival, a lower budget actually works.
- Sharing. The single most effective budget tool on this page. Sharing drinks between two people can cut your total in half. Plus you’ll be coherent at pavilion nine, which is not nothing.
- Souvenir cups and glow cubes. They add $3–$8 per drink, and you will be carrying them for the next four hours. If you want them, budget for them. The Figment bucket is a trap.
Pavilion-by-Pavilion Cost Breakdown
Note: Everything below is based on the prices we saw on our most recent trip in May 2026, but Disney likes to keep us guessing. Prices may shift slightly.
Mexico Pavilion
Mexico Pavilion
Stop 1 (or 11)
💰 Budget Pick
Dos Equis Lager
Choza de Margarita
$12.00
⭐ Our Pick
Classic Lime Frozen Margarita ❄ Frozen
Choza de Margarita
$14.50
🥂 Splurge
Avocado Margarita
La Cava del Tequila (walk-up window)
$16.00
Skye says: Choza is your stop. The frozen margarita is genuinely good, and $14.50 at a theme park qualifies as a moral victory. La Cava is worth your time on non-crawl days. The tequila list is serious and the cave atmosphere is actually fun. But sitting inside a pyramid before you’ve cleared Norway is how people end up “taking a quick break” and waking up in Morocco three hours later. If you want the Avocado Margarita, grab it from the walk-up window and keep moving.
📝 Arya: Ignore the fun police and just order a straight shot of Centinela Blanco inside La Cava. It takes exactly three seconds to down, fuels the walk to Norway, and keeps your precious crawl timeline perfectly on schedule.
Full guide: Mexico Pavilion at Epcot →
Norway Pavilion
Norway Pavilion
Stop 2 (or 10)
💰 Budget Pick
Juniper Pilsner
Kringla Bakeri Og Kafe & the outdoor kiosk
$12.25
⭐ Our Pick
Frozen Viking Coffee
Kringla Bakeri Og Kafe
$16.50
🥂 Splurge
Trollkrem (with Bacardí Dragonberry Rum)
Norway Outdoor Kiosk
$16.50
Skye says: The Frozen Viking Coffee is genuinely good. It tastes like someone made a chocolate milkshake and forgot to remove the Kahlúa, which is not a complaint. The problem is that heavy dairy and coffee liqueur in Florida heat after a Mexico margarita is how crawls end at Stop 2. Share it or skip it. The outdoor kiosk also has a Juniper Pilsner if you’d rather drink something that won’t haunt you by China.
📝 Arya: The Frozen Viking Coffee has a devoted following, and the following is correct. It is also a full meal in a cup, which is a problem at Stop 2. I go straight to the outdoor kiosk and order the Juniper Pilsner. It tastes like a pine tree made reasonable decisions, and I mean that as a compliment.
Full guide: Norway Pavilion at Epcot →
China Pavilion
China Pavilion
Stop 3 (or 9)
💰 Budget Pick
Dragon Blossom, Draft
Joy of Tea
$10.75
⭐ Our Pick
Tipsy Ducks in Love
Joy of Tea
$14.75
🥂 Splurge
Dragon Butterfly
Joy of Tea
$15.00
Skye says: Tipsy Ducks in Love sounds like something in the Kama Sutra. Bourbon, coffee, black tea, and chocolate syrup shouldn’t taste good together, but the bitter tea actually cuts the sugar. It is rich, heavy, and delicious. Just prepare to grow old waiting in this notoriously slow line.
📝 Arya: Ordering here is total roulette. Sometimes you get straight Kool-Aid, and sometimes the bartender pours enough liquor to take down a horse.
Full guide: China Pavilion at Epcot →
Germany Pavilion
Germany Pavilion
Stop 4 (or 8)
💰 Budget Pick
Schöfferhofer Grapefruit Radler
Sommerfest & the beer carts
$12.50
⭐ Our Pick
Warsteiner Dunkel
Sommerfest
$13.25
🥂 Splurge
Selbach-Oster ‘Blue Label’ Riesling, Mosel
Sommerfest
$19.00
Skye says: Germany is a massive trap for your bladder and your wallet. The giant pretzels are mandatory survival fuel if you want to make it past the American Adventure. Grab a heavy German bock beer to wash it down. Skip the standard lines and head to the cart near the back.
📝 Arya: Look, the sweet grapefruit beer is totally fine if you are a bit of a weenie. However, we are trying to survive a real crawl here. Order a massive, heavy pour of the Warsteiner Dunkel and drink like a grown-up.
Full guide: Germany Pavilion at Epcot →
This post is just the price breakdown. If you want the full Drinking Around the World game plan, including the best drinks in each country, pro tips, and how to pace yourself so you don’t tap out halfway, check out our complete Drinking Around the World at EPCOT guide.
Italy Pavilion
Italy Pavilion
Stop 5
💰 Budget Pick
Frozen Sangria ❄ Frozen
Gelateria Toscana
$12.00
⭐ Our Pick
Espresso Coffee Martini
Tutto Gusto Wine Cellar
$18.00
🥂 Splurge
Limoncello Flight
Tutto Gusto Wine Cellar
$24.00
Skye says: Italy is where crawl willpower goes to die. Tutto Gusto Wine Cellar is a fantastic, air-conditioned escape. Everyone inside is just pretending they were not chugging warm beers in Germany ten minutes ago. Pay the eighteen dollars for the Espresso Martini and embrace the bad decision.
📝 Arya: Write this date down because I completely agree with Skye here. That glorious espresso martini provides the exact jolt of caffeine required to survive the upcoming halfway hump. Drink it down and get back out there.
Full guide: Italy Pavilion at Epcot →
American Adventure Pavilion
American Adventure Pavilion
Stop 6
💰 Budget Pick
Yuengling Lager
Fife and Drum Tavern
$10.50
⭐ Our Pick
Beer Flight (rotating taps)
Block & Hans
$13.25
🥂 Splurge
Tennessee Lemonade ❄ Frozen
Regal Eagle Outdoor Bar
$17.50
Skye says: You are halfway through the crawl and this is not the time to get ambitious. The beer flight at Block and Hans is four small pours of rotating craft taps, which means you get variety without committing to a full pour of something you hate. Eat something here if you haven’t already. The back half of the World is not going to slow down for you.
📝 Arya: Halfway through and I am absolutely ordering the Tennessee Lemonade. Is a $17.50 frozen whiskey lemonade a reasonable midpoint decision? Genuinely unclear. Am I still getting it? Obviously yes.
Full guide: American Adventure Pavilion at Epcot →
Japan Pavilion
Japan Pavilion
Stop 7
💰 Budget Pick
Hot or Cold Sake
Kabuki Cafe
$9.00
⭐ Our Pick
Violet Sake
Garden House
$14.00
🥂 Splurge
Daiginjo Sake
Garden House
$16.00
Skye says: The Violet Sake is purple and photogenic, and the line at Garden House reflects that. The good news is that it actually tastes like something. Floral, slightly sweet, easy to drink at Stop 7. If the line is brutal, Kabuki Cafe has basic hot or cold sake for $9 with zero wait. Know your priorities and act accordingly.
📝 Arya: I have no interest in waiting 20 minutes for a purple drink. Garden House also does a cocktail flight that is perfect for sharing for around $24 that covers more ground and requires significantly less patience.
Full guide: Japan Pavilion at Epcot →
Morocco Pavilion
Morocco Pavilion
Stop 8
💰 Budget Pick
Mediterranean Beer
Oasis Sweets & Sips
$12.50
⭐ Our Pick
Iced Mint Tea
Oasis Sweets & Sips
$17.50
🥂 Splurge
Moroccan Mule
Spice Road Table Walk-up Bar
$17.50
Skye says: The gin-spiked Iced Mint Tea at Oasis Sweets & Sips is my absolute favorite drink in the World Showcase. It is incredibly refreshing, crisp, and provides the perfect reset button at stop eight. Grab one and snag a seat in the shade to rest your feet. This is the best outdoor seating area on the entire crawl.
📝 Arya: Hell has officially frozen over because I agree with Skye again. This mint tea is legendary and went down way too fast. I am ordering a second one for the walk to France, and nobody can stop me.
Full guide: Morocco Pavilion at Epcot →
France Pavilion
France Pavilion
Stop 9
💰 Budget Pick
Kronenbourg 1664
Les Vins de Chefs de France
$9.95
⭐ Our Pick
Orange Grand Marnier Slush ❄ Frozen
Les Vins de Chefs de France
$14.95
🥂 Splurge
Kir Royal
Les Vins de Chefs de France
$22.95
Skye says: France pavilion has two things going for it: the pastries and the slushies. The Grand Marnier and Grey Goose Citron slushies are year-round staples, and whatever the festival booth is pouring that week is usually worth investigating too. Disney figured out that adults will stand in a long, slow-moving line for a boozy frozen drink in Florida heat, and they were correct.
📝 Arya: I have opinions about frozen drinks that are mostly sugar water. The Grand Marnier slush is not that. It is orange and cold and it contains a real amount of Grand Marnier, which at Stop 9 of a crawl is the only credential that matters. Get it.
Full guide: France Pavilion at Epcot →
United Kingdom Pavilion
United Kingdom Pavilion
Stop 10
💰 Budget Pick
Harp / Guinness / Bass Ale
Rose and Crown Pub
$9.25
⭐ Our Pick
Imperial Sampler (Pint Blend Flight)
Rose and Crown Pub
$14.75
🥂 Splurge
The Macallan 18yr Scotch
Rose and Crown Pub
$45.50
Skye says: We absolutely adore this pavilion and will happily abandon our entire timeline here. Snagging an outdoor table with a few cold beers is pure perfection. Order the imperial sampler flight if you are new to pub blends. Otherwise, grab a full pint of the layered Black and Tan.
📝 Arya: This is my absolute holy grail of the entire park. I skip the heavy British ales completely at stop ten. Give me an Irish whiskey with a splash of water and let me sit on that patio forever.
Full guide: United Kingdom Pavilion at Epcot →
Canada Pavilion
Canada Pavilion
Stop 11. You made it.
💰 Budget Pick
Moosehead Lager Draft
Canada Popcorn Cart / Trading Post
$11.00
⭐ Our Pick
Ottawa Apple
Canada Popcorn Cart
$16.50
🥂 Splurge
Another Ottawa Apple
Canada Popcorn Cart
$16.50
Skye says: You just drank your way through eleven countries and the finish line is a popcorn cart. This is correct. The Ottawa Apple is Crown Royal, apple schnapps, and cranberry, and it is genuinely good, and yes, you should get two. You earned the lack of judgment.
📝 Arya: Eleven countries. Eleven. The Ottawa Apple is tart and cold and goes down way too easily for something that strong, which is a Canada problem and also your problem now. I am already in line for a second one. See you over there.
Full guide: Ottawa Apple at Canada Pavilion →
The Three Budget Scenarios
Here’s how the math plays out across all 11 pavilions, depending on how seriously you take this. The festival number is real. Outdoor booth drinks during Food & Wine are priced for volume, not dignity. You can do the full crawl for under $100 if the timing works.
Crawl Type |
What You’re Ordering |
Estimated Total |
|---|---|---|
💰 Budget Crawl |
Beer or house wine at each stop. No cocktails, no flights, no souvenir cups. |
~$100–$110 |
⭐ Our Picks |
Our recommended drink at each pavilion. Mix of cocktails, beers, and frozen drinks. |
~$150–$165 |
🥂 Full Send |
Premium cocktails, flights, and lounges at every stop where it’s worth it. |
$240–$265 |
🌸 Festival Season |
Outdoor festival booth drinks only (Flower & Garden, Food & Wine, etc.) |
~$80–$95 |
💡 Build your exact pavilion-by-pavilion estimate with our free calculator: DATW Calculator →
How to Spend Less Without Ruining It
If Drinking Around the World is causing pain to your budget, there are ways to save some money:
Share at the right stops.
Sharing two or three drinks between two people cuts your total significantly without you feeling it. Norway and France are the best sharing stops. The Frozen Viking Coffee and the Grand Marnier Slush are both strong enough that half is satisfying. Don’t share at Japan or Morocco. Those pours aren’t built for it.
Use the 6-oz pour where it exists.
Germany, Japan, and Canada all offer smaller pour options at noticeably lower prices. It’s a real drink. It counts. This is not defeat. It’s pavilion ten and you have places to be.
Visit during a festival.
Flower & Garden, Food & Wine, and Festival of the Arts all add outdoor booth drinks at $6–$15 with smaller pours. If you’re visiting during a festival and you stick to booth drinks, a full crawl comes in under $100. The tradeoff is smaller pours and a seasonal menu. Some of the festival drinks are better than the permanent options. We’ve written about the good ones.
Skip the souvenir cup. Every time.
They add $3–$8 per drink and you will be holding them for the next four to six hours. The Figment bucket is not a drinking vessel. It is a commitment. Decline cheerfully and put that money toward a second round at Rose & Crown.
Eat something. Boring advice, still correct.
Sharing a snack between pavilions slows the crawl down in a good way and keeps you functional through Canada. You don’t have to make it a whole thing. The pretzel at Germany, a crepe at France. The goal is to finish the route, not to tap out at Japan because you went in on an empty stomach.
When the Splurge Is Actually Worth It
Most of the time, the budget or mid-tier pick is the right call. But there are five stops where spending more is not a mistake.
La Cava del Tequila (Mexico)
$18–$40+
The Avocado Margarita and Blood Orange Margarita justify the lounge pricing if you can get a bar seat. Don’t walk past without checking wait time.
Frozen Viking Coffee (Norway)
~$15.50
Listed under Our Pick, not Splurge, for a reason. It’s worth the price. We’re including it here because people keep skipping it to save money and that’s wrong.
Tutto Gusto Wine Cellar (Italy)
$18–$24
Sit down. Air conditioning. Espresso Martini. You are halfway through eleven countries and you have earned this.
Grand Marnier Slush (France)
$14.95
Non-negotiable. See above. We are not arguing about this.
Block & Hans Beer Flight (American Adventure)
~$12
The rotating tap list is impressive for a theme park. If you’re a craft beer person, this is the stop you didn’t know you were waiting for.
FAQs
What’s the cheapest country to drink in at EPCOT?
France, technically. Kronenbourg at Les Vins de Chefs de France is $9.75, which is a surprising number for Epcot. You can get several different beers at the Rose & Crown for less than $10.00. Germany’s Sommerfest beers start around $11. If you’re doing a strict budget crawl, these three are your anchor stops.
What’s the most expensive drink in World Showcase?
The Macallan 18yr Scotch at the Rose & Crown in the UK at $45.50. Champagne at France and tequila flights at Mexico also push past $30. These exist. They are not DATW drinks. They are for a different kind of afternoon.
Is it cheaper to drink during an EPCOT festival?
Yes, meaningfully. Festival booth pours are typically $6–$15 and come in smaller portions, which means you can do a full route for $80–$95 if you stick to booth drinks. The tradeoff is that you’re drinking what’s on the festival menu, not the permanent pavilion options. During Food & Wine, that tradeoff is worth it. During Flower & Garden, it depends on the year.
Do I need to budget for tips?
Counter service and outdoor kiosks don’t require tipping, but the bars with “real” bartenders (like La Cava, Rose & Crown, and Regal Eagle outdoor bar) all will give you the option for tipping. Tip 20% at those.
Can I bring my own alcohol into EPCOT?
No. Disney sells it, Disney profits from it, Disney would like you to buy it from Disney. You can bring water and non-alcoholic drinks. Everything else comes from the park.
Is $150 actually realistic or is this aspirational?
It’s realistic for one drink per pavilion using our picks. Most real people spend more. A second drink somewhere, a snack, an impulse decision at La Cava. Budget $175 and feel good about coming in under. If you go over $200, you had a better day than you planned. That’s not a bad outcome.
Tell us what you think
The crawl costs what it costs. Plan for $175, go for the picks, and remember you’re doing this at a theme park that charges $6 for a bottle of water. In that context, $165 for eleven countries of alcohol is a reasonable transaction.
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