Tune-In Lounge

Tune-In Lounge: dining at Disney's Hollywood Studios — location and planning data on MouseHub.

Visitor sentiment

4.2· 39 Google ratings

The MouseHub take

Tune-In Lounge is the bar tucked between 50's Prime Time Cafe and Hollywood & Vine in Echo Lake, and it doubles as the cafe's waiting room. Disney dresses it as a mid-century living room: knick-knacks from the Fabulous Fifties on the shelves, wood paneling, and an old television set running black-and-white clips from shows like the original Mickey Mouse Club and Leave it to Beaver. The lounge's own card is drinks. Nine specialty cocktails run $16.50 to $18.50, with wine by the glass, draft and bottled beer, and a pair of non-alcoholic options around $6. Dad's Electric Lemonade arrives with a souvenir glow cube, which is the drink people photograph. Food comes off the 50's Prime Time Cafe menu, which Disney says you can order here.

Seating is the catch. The room absorbs the parties waiting for tables next door, so the couches and bar stools go early and stay taken through the meal rushes, and reviewers describe standing at the bar with their elbows against strangers. Having the drink poured into a plastic cup and carrying it out into the park is the common workaround. Come for the air conditioning, the bartenders, and a strong cocktail in a room that looks like 1955. Anyone who wants to sit down for a proper meal should book the table next door instead.

At a glance

Best for
Adults who want a cold, dark, mid-century room and one well-made cocktail between rides
Skip if
You need a guaranteed place to sit, or a quiet table for a full meal
Worth ordering
The Tune-In PBJ Cocktail, Dad's Electric Lemonade, Grandma's Picnic Punch, Toasted Marshmallow Old Fashioned
Reservations
There is nothing to book. My Disney Experience offers no reservations and no walk-up list, and reviewers describe a walk-in scramble for a handful of couches and bar stools, at its worst on either side of the cafe's meal rushes
Value
Specialty cocktails run $16.50 to $18.50, and reviewers call the pours generous for the money, with the souvenir glow cube on Dad's Electric Lemonade doing some of the work

The good

  • The air conditioning does half the work
    Reviewers keep describing the room as frigid, and that is the draw on a Hollywood Studios afternoon. A cocktail is the price of admission to a cold, dark room.
  • The room reads as somebody's 1950s living room
    Wood paneling, vintage couches, and shelves of Fabulous Fifties knick-knacks. Guests rate the theming ahead of the drinks.
  • The bartenders skip the scolding
    Reviewers describe warm, quick service that keeps the retro bit going without the table-etiquette lecture the servers next door hand out.
  • The cocktails commit to the nostalgia
    The Tune-In PBJ Cocktail pours Skrewball peanut butter whiskey with blackberry brandy and Baileys, and the Toasted Marshmallow Old Fashioned does the same trick with bourbon. Guests single out both.
  • One drink comes with a souvenir glow cube
    Dad's Electric Lemonade is $18.50 and arrives with a Souvenir Glow Cube. Guests keep the cube, and it is why the drink turns up in so many reviews.
  • The televisions run real 1950s clips
    The set above the bar plays black-and-white clips from shows like the original Mickey Mouse Club and Leave it to Beaver. Reviewers watch them while they wait.

The bad

  • Seats are the hardest thing to get here
    Parties waiting for tables at the cafe next door hold the couches, and an open bar stool takes timing or luck.
  • The room gets loud and tight
    A small space holding a waiting crowd. Reviewers describe standing shoulder to shoulder through the lunch and dinner rushes.
  • The drinks are priced like a signature bar
    Specialty cocktails run $16.50 to $18.50 and a glass of the Cabernet is $25, which is a lot for a room you may end up standing in.

Veteran tips

  • Ask for it in a plastic cup
    Reviewers who could not find a seat had the drink poured into a plastic cup and carried it out into the park. That turns a full room into a non-issue.
  • Come between the meal rushes
    The room thins out in the middle of the afternoon, once the lunch parties clear and before the dinner wait builds. That is when guests report getting a couch.
  • The doors open at 10:45 AM
    Closing is 9:30 PM most nights and 9:00 PM on Wednesdays. Arriving near opening puts you in ahead of the first lunch wait.
  • Order Dad's Electric Lemonade for the cube
    It is $18.50, it is blue, and it is the one drink on the card that lists the souvenir glow cube.
  • Ask the bar for a classic
    The printed card is nine specialty cocktails, and Disney's page says a full bar is also available. Order off the list if nothing on it appeals.
  • Expect to stand
    Plan on standing near the bar rather than settling in. The guests who counted on a couch for a rest are the ones who leave annoyed.
  • There is nothing to book here
    The app offers no reservations, no walk-up list, and no Mobile Order, so walking up to the bar is the only way in. Timing your arrival is the only lever you have.
  • You can order the full cafe menu here
    The lounge's own card is drinks, and Disney's pages say hungry guests can order from the full 50's Prime Time Cafe menu next door. The room also doubles as that cafe's waiting area, so this is how you pass a wait for a table.

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

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