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I like beer. I’ve stated that before. I also like bars. I like bars that are on the bay, that you can actually watch the sun go down from a table in the sand. I like corner bars where everybody knows your name. I especially like bars that serve a variety of beer, are small and intimate and have good bartenders. The Crew’s Cup Lounge is such a place.
The Crew’s Cup is located in Disney’s Yacht Club Resort, next to the Yachtsman Steakhouse. It isn’t very large and is usually used as a waiting area for people that are eating at the steakhouse. Besides the bar and the tables, there are sofas and chairs that you can sit at while you wait for your reservation time. We have sat in the Crew’s Cup waiting for a table in the steakhouse, but we have also enjoyed this wonderful little lounge during the afternoon and it is a great place for a drink.
The room itself has a lot of wood throughout. The motif is a sailing one which ties in nicely with the Yacht Club, but it isn’t overly masculine where my wife was uncomfortable. The wood in this instance is very comfortable and make it seem more like a woodsy/cabin type atmosphere. The bar in the Crew’s Cup is not huge, but it is a good size for the size of the room. The one time I sat at the bar, the bartender was
wonderful, and made our visit even that much better. They do have many different choices of beer and since it is a full bar, you can get basically any drink you want.
The menu changes from lunch to dinner, with the dinner menu not only being more expensive, but much more extravagant; not only can you get a Yachtsman Filet Mignon or Braised Beef Ravioli, but you can also get Truffle Mac and Cheese as a side dish. The lunch menu is more your “Bar Food” type of choices, with wings, nachos and spinach dips as well as burgers and other sandwiches. No matter when you eat though, the food is very good.
With this lounge being in Walt Disney World, there are many other places you can go for better food, so why go to the Crew’s Cup? The atmosphere. It is a great little cozy bar. I sat at the bar once for a few hours and enjoyed a really nice afternoon, of relaxing conversation and good drink. We have also eaten here for lunch as a family and we all enjoyed the quietness in the middle of the day (of course when the Yachtsman Steakhouse is open and people are waiting for their tables it isn’t really that quiet). This is one of those Unknown Magics that you need to search out when you are in Disney World. It is a great place to get away from the noise and the crowds of they parks. It is just a short walk from Epcot. You just leave
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