EPCOT Regal Eagle Smokehouse: Craft Drafts & Barbecue replacing Liberty Inn

[HauntedPirate]

A fill your own soda fountain??

My personal experience at good legit BBQ places is that the portions always look small on the plate, but once you start eating you get filled up very quick

I have 3 boys between ages 14-18. There are times when "full" is not in their vocabulary, or it takes an astonishing amount of food to do the trick.

 

[wdwmagic]

Metal silverware!

 

[trainplane3]

Metal silverware!

Quick, put it on eBay before everyone else!!

Really, kinda surprised but makes some sense since it's more environmentally friendly to wash stuff vs throwing it away. It would go in line with their whole "green" movement. At least I think, right?

 

[tparris]

I’m quite enjoying the bottomless soda here. The food is quite good as well. I got the sliced Texas beef brisket sandwich, and it was very good.

 

[DisneyJayL]

Definitely will be stopping by here. (Like we do every year) FULL BAR!

 

[MichRX7]

Are there any merchandise photos? I'd love a Sam Eagle t-shirt with the quote something like, "A salute to all American food, but mostly BBQ"

 

[wdwmagic]

Sadly another Epcot water feature is gone.

 

[HauntedPirate]

Sadly another Epcot water feature is gone.

The fountain that was in the courtyard... Does someone in upper management have a water phobia or something?

 

[AshaNeOmah]

I'll miss the flag gallery on the shared wall, but it looks good otherwise. The fountain is definitely a loss, but the last few times we ate at Liberty Inn, it was honestly kinda in the way. Too many tables and chairs crowded around it to enjoy the feature.

 

[Prototype82]

The fountain that was in the courtyard... Does someone in upper management have a water phobia or something?

The courtyard fountain is still out front. There was a fountain inside of the restaurant but the last time I was there (it's been years) it had been turned into a planter. I was really hoping they'd have it running again for the new restaurant...

 

[Andrew C]

The fountain that was in the courtyard... Does someone in upper management have a water phobia or something?

The smoker replaced the interior fountain as the feature...although in a different location.

 

[The_Wilsons]

Are there any merchandise photos? I'd love a Sam Eagle t-shirt with the quote something like, "A salute to all American food, but mostly BBQ"

just seen a photo of the merchandise stand outside. Cool t-shirt but just with logo on.

 

[HauntedPirate]

The courtyard fountain is still out front. There was a fountain inside of the restaurant but the last time I was there (it's been years) it had been turned into a planter. I was really hoping they'd have it running again for the new restaurant...

Ah, ok, I found a picture that seems to show the fountain still there. Whew.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Metal silverware!

By the moons of Polyphemus!!*


*That's a deep cut, Disney nerds.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Sadly another Epcot water feature is gone.

They replaced it with three new fountains!!

 

[MichRX7]

just seen a photo of the merchandise stand outside. Cool t-shirt but just with logo on.

Yeah, I saw that photo on another site as well. Just a logo t-shirt and a mug of some sort. Sam Eagle is a national treasure, not sure how they missed the logo launch with this after screwing up baby yoda at Christmas.

I made up a sample and my granddaughter swears she'll have it to me before we leave on Friday to fly down. If she does I'll definitely be wearing it Sunday while we are at Epcot. I wonder if they'll yell at me for doing a fan design. Anyone is welcome to it, just don't wear it before Sunday, lol...

 

[JohnD]

So now there's BBQ in every park:

• Epcot: Regal Eagle Smokehouse
• AK: Flame Tree BBQ
• HS: Fairfax Fare (combined with Southwestern) --> Roundup Rodeo BBQ in TSL coming soon!
• MK: Diamond Horseshoe (assuming it's always open. It can have sporadic hours, be open seasonally, etc.)

 

[CJR]

Overall looks like Disney did this right. It looks like a nice quick service experience with upgraded food and at reasonable prices for the type of food. We'll definitely be checking it out soon!

 

[MisterPenguin]

So now there's BBQ in every park:

• Epcot: Regal Eagle Smokehouse
• AK: Flame Tree BBQ
• HS: Fairfax Fare (combined with Southwestern)
• MK: Diamond Horseshoe (assuming it's always open. It can have sporadic hours, be open seasonally, etc.)

Diamond isn't always open. For MK, there's always hopping over to the Wilderness area for BBQ.

 

[Bender123]

Overall looks like Disney did this right. It looks like a nice quick service experience with upgraded food and at reasonable prices for the type of food. We'll definitely be checking it out soon!

Lets be fair...It looks fantastic, but it doesn't take much to top colonial McDonalds.