The Best Drinks Of Universal Islands Of Adventure

Backwater Bar. (photo by Hedgehogs Corner)

Jalapeño Margarita – $20.24 with tax
The Lost Explorer – $17.04 with tax
Backwater Bar is your first stop upon entering the park, located on the walkway towards Seuss Landing. Attached to the customs house themed Confisco Grille, Backwater is where all the liquor was impounded upon arrival at the port of entry. Here you can pick up a drink from an adventurous mix of cocktails, wines, and beers from all over the isles (of adventures). We have two favorite drinks at this sleepy speakeasy: The Lost Explorer is a gin based tiki drink with fruit juices, orgeat, and falernum, and the Jalapeño Margarita, which is a fresh margarita on the rocks made with as much jalapeño spiciness as you want. We love picking up a drink and people watching in Port of Entry.

Moose Juice & Goose Juice – $6.92 with tax
Located at the end of Seuss Landing by the entrance to the High in the Sky Seuss Trolly Ride is Moose Juice, Goose Juice, which serves Moose Juice and Goose Juice! Moose Juice is a frozen orange drink and the Goose Juice is a frozen sour green apple drink. These non-alcoholic drinks are often overlooked in the park and are worth your time checking out.

Potion of the Gods – $20.24 with tax
Sometimes you get drinks because they’re delicious, or they’re iconic, or they have a special meaning. For the Potion of the Gods you order this drink because it comes in a huge goblet with cherries on top. Before Mythos closes in early 2027, head there for a Potion of the Gods which is a drink of coconut rum, dark rum, liqueurs, tropical juices, and an overproof rum floater. The drink is delicious and cold, a good combination when the real heat feel is hotter than the fire in Poseidon’s Fury (RIP).

Hogs Head Beer – $14.38 with tax
Strongbow & Fire Whiskey (aka Snakebite) – $19.17 with tax
The Hogs Head Bar is your location for all things British – beers, hard wood, and an animated boars head (ok maybe that last one is just at the Hogs Head). Here you can pick up British lagers and ales, such as the Hogs Head Beer red ale, which is a great beer while eating some fish and chips or casting some magic spells using your new Ollivanders wand. If you have a hankering for something sweeter, and a bit more potent, then check out the Strongbow & Fire Whiskey cocktail (aka a Snakebite) which combines the sweet apple flavor of Strongbow with the cinnamon heat of the whiskey. It’s the perfect combo for waiting in that two hour Hagrid line.
(photo by Michael Carelli)

Isla Nublar IPA – $14.38
Zombie – $22.37
Between the wizards and the dinosaurs is a small building housing The Watering Hole, a Jurassic themed bar featuring mixed cocktails, beers, and wine. Here you can get two signature drinks in the park, the hoppy Isla Nublar IPA and the funky, dark, and strong Zombie. The Isla Nublar IPA is a speciality west coast IPA style beer from Florida Beer Co. with strong notes of apricot, grapefruit, and orange. It’s strong at 6.5% ABV so don’t have too many of them or you might fall victim to the mosasaurus. We love picking one up while standing in line for VelociCoaster.
Isla Nublar IPA beer handle. (photo by Hedgehogs Corner)
Not to be outdone but its hoppy relative, the Zombie at The Watering Hole is a STRONG combination of absinthe, rums, bitters, syrups, juices, and more to create an over the top cocktail to keep you buzzed for 65 million years. This drink is strong and is not for the faint of heart, so pick one up if you’re up to the task.
Tiki mug from The Watering Hole. (photo by Hedgehogs Corner)
What are your favorite drinks at Islands of Adventure? Leave them in the comments below!

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