GEO-82

GEO-82: dining at EPCOT — location and planning data on MouseHub.

Visitor sentiment

4.2· 160 Google ratings

People say this bar offers delicious flatbread, tuna, and a variety of drinks, including the Peach Shrub Whiskey Smash and the Brown Butter Old Fashioned. They also highlight the luxurious and lively atmosphere, the attentive service, and the amazing views of Epcot. Other reviews mention the drinks can be expensive.

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The MouseHub take

GEO-82 is EPCOT's 21-and-up cocktail lounge, sitting alongside the geodesic sphere that holds Spaceship Earth. It opened on June 4, 2025, and the name is a nod to the sphere's own 1982 debut. The room is small, and the windows carry it, with a sweeping look over World Celebration Gardens and World Showcase in the distance. The bar is the reason to come. Cocktails run $23 to $28 and include a Brown Butter Old-Fashioned, a Tuscan Olive Oil Martini, and the Electron, the wine list runs to grower Champagne and small California and Oregon producers, and two zero-proof cocktails cover anyone not drinking.

Booking is the hard part. Advance reservations are required, Disney describes the space as extremely limited, and a no-show or a late cancellation puts a per-person fee on the card behind the reservation. Treat it as a drinks stop rather than a meal. The kitchen sends out five small plates, $14 to $29, and nothing resembling an entree, so a hungry table should eat first and come here after. Guests under 21 cannot enter, and cast members check photo ID.

At a glance

Best for: Adults who want a serious drink and a quiet view partway through an EPCOT day, and who booked it two months ago.
Skip if: You are traveling with kids, you want dinner rather than snacks, or a $26 cocktail is not how you spend a park budget.
Worth ordering: Brown Butter Old-Fashioned, Tuscan Olive Oil Martini, Charcuterie Board, Truffled Ahi Tuna, Jamón Ibérico Croquetas
Reservations: Advance reservations are required and Disney calls the space extremely limited. Book at the 60-day mark, not the week of.
Value: Cocktails run $23 to $28 and the five small plates $14 to $29, so the restaurant page's $15 to $34.99 band undersells a real visit. Beer at $8.50 to $11.50 is the cheap way in.

The good

The 21-and-up rule is the point
No strollers, no character breakfast noise, no one else's kids, in a cold dim room in the middle of a park day. Reviewers who go out of their way for this place tend to name that first.
The windows look over World Celebration Gardens
The view runs across the gardens with World Showcase in the distance, and it is the thing the room is built around.
The cocktails were built for this room
A Tuscan Olive Oil Martini with a parmesan crisp, a Brown Butter Old-Fashioned on Woodford Reserve Double Oaked, and the Electron, which is mezcal with carrot and cinnamon. There is also a $55 bourbon flight poured from private and single barrels.
The wine list is a serious one
Grower Champagne from Chartogne-Taillet and Robert Moncuit sits beside small California and Oregon producers like Arnot-Roberts and Lingua Franca. Glasses run $16 to $29, bottles $62 to $298.
The name is a Spaceship Earth deep cut
GEO-82 points at the sphere's 1982 opening, and the room carries that history through rather than treating it as set dressing.
Every plate has an allergy-friendly version
All five small bites are printed twice on the menu, the second time with the allergens each version is built around. The Cannellini Hummus is marked plant-based. Speak to a cast member about an allergy-friendly request.
Non-drinkers get two real cocktails
A Walk Through the Garden and the Manhattan in the Morning are both built on Seedlip spirits and bitters, at $17 each, rather than sitting on the menu as a soda gun afterthought.

The bad

Reservations go fast and the room is small
Disney describes the space as extremely limited, and visitors report times disappearing as soon as the booking window opens.
Five small plates do not make dinner
The whole food menu is a charcuterie board, hummus, a flatbread, ahi tuna, and croquetas. There is no entree, so plan the actual meal elsewhere.
A round costs more than a table-service meal
Two cocktails and the $29 charcuterie board runs past $80 before tax and tip. Guests who read the restaurant page's $15 to $34.99 band and budgeted around it say the check surprised them.
Afternoon sun warms the best tables
The window seats everyone wants take the direct light, and reviewers note the glass working against the air conditioning later in the day.
A missed reservation charges your card
The card on the booking takes a per-person fee for a no-show, or for a cancellation or modification outside the policy window.

Veteran tips

Book 60 days out, around 6 AM
Walt Disney World dining opens 60 days ahead, and new booking windows release around 6:00 AM Eastern. Resort guests can book the length of the stay in one sitting.
Carry a photo ID to the door
The age rule runs on valid photo identification, so a room key or a MagicBand will not get a 22-year-old in.
Ask for a window table when you book
The gardens view is the reason to be here, and the tables along the glass are the ones worth requesting. Aim later in the day if the sun is an issue.
Find the door by the Spaceship Earth exit
The entrance sits near the Spaceship Earth post-show exit and leads in down a curving hallway. It reads as staff-only from the walkway, so give yourself a few extra minutes.
Lunch and dinner run the same menu
One list covers both seatings at the same prices, so there is no bigger evening version to hold out for. Book whichever time you can get.
Eat somewhere else, drink here
Pair it with a real meal in World Showcase and come to GEO-82 for the bar, which is what the place is actually good at.
Order beer if the cocktail prices sting
Five beers and a non-alcoholic Athletic Brewing IPA run $8.50 to $11.50, roughly a third of a cocktail, and they buy the same seat and the same view.
Book the fireworks seating as its own thing
The GEO-82 Fireworks Experience is a separate reservation at $179 per person plus tax and gratuity, with check-in 60 minutes before Luminous The Symphony of Us. Park admission is required and not included.

MouseHub editorial, written from visitor reports and official Disney sources. Last reviewed August 4, 2026.