Night owls get ready to party the night away in Disney World because late-night entertainment is FINALLY returning to Disney’s BoardWalk.

The all-new Hurly-Burly lounge officially opens on October 1st, but we got the chance to attend an early preview, so of course, we are bringing you along for the ride as we dive into everything this new space has to offer!

Hurly-Burly is an all-new lounge that lets you step back in time to the “golden era of seaside leisure, offering family entertainment by day and splashy live music by night.” When you approach the building, you’ll notice the walk-up window that serves select cocktails. There are even chairs outside where you can sit to enjoy the drinks you’ve just ordered.

This new experience sits in the home of the former Jellyrolls Dueling Piano Bar that closed permanently back in 2025. Before its closure, Jellyrolls made the BoardWalk one of the only places in Disney World to experience some late-night fun, which is why we are thrilled to have Hurly-Burly opening up.

This lounge will offer family entertainment every day until 9 PM. But then after 9 PM, it turns into an adults-only 21+ experience full of live music and specialty drinks. Let’s get into everything you can expect from a night at Hurly-Burly.

Atmosphere

When you step inside, you’re welcomed to the Hurly-Burly Theatre.

Seating inside really does look like a turn-of-the-century lounge, complete with booths with velvet backs. This is a WHOLE vibe, and we’re feeling it.

There are also cushy chairs and tables you can sit at.

We took a little time to look around and just enjoy the atmosphere. You’ll see posters that seem to have come right out of that era.

You’ll even see letters of congratulations on the wall.

This display is giving us The Life of a Showgirl vibes.

As always, Disney Imagineers didn’t skimp on the details.

Here’s a first look at the menu. Disney already told us all about the food and drinks coming to Hurly-Burly, but seeing the actual paper menu is nice!

Okay, now let’s talk about the REALLY important stuff: the food and drinks!

Entertainment

In terms of Entertainment, you can expect live bands on the stage. We were treated to several different acts, including some singers that did a jazzy version of Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition.”

The entertainment here is top-notch, as we expected.

Drinks

We had an opportunity to try the Overture in Orange, one of the non-alcoholic specialties you can order. It’s a nostalgic frozen treat made with Minute Maid Orange Juice topped with sweet cream. It’s almost like an orange slushy with cold foam on top. We were hoping that it was more of a creamsicle flavor, but it needed more of the orange. But it’s still a very light, refreshing drink that’s not overtly sweet.

The Caramel Corn Old Fashioned is made with Woodford Reserve Kentucky Straight Bourbon, caramel corn, and The Bitter Truth Decanter Bitters. This was a good STRONG old fashioned, but we really didn’t get much of the caramel corn flavor.

Okay, on to the food!

Food

We also got to try some of the food that will be available, and it all has a nostalgic theme. The Antipasto includes Sliced meats, Burrata, Pecorino Romano, and marinated vegetables. We thought it was like a deconstructed version of an Italian sub sandwich, which is SO appropriate for this space.

The Roast Beef Sliders are made with shaved roast beef and horseradish-mustard sour cream on slider rolls. On the top is everything seasoning, plus there’s a sweet caramelized onion jam on the beef that just pops with favor. The roast beef itself is tender and savory.

The Meatballs in Tomato Gravy is made up of veal, pork, and beef meatballs with tomato gravy, stracciatella cheese, Pecorino Romano, and toasted focaccia. The meatballs are SO tender with a salty flavor, but you also get a nice acidic tomato-ness from the sauce. The bread is also perfect for mopping up the tomato gravy.

The Oven-roasted Shrimp has garlic, herbs, and a sweet pepper-onion relish. The shrimp is salty and garlicky, and that pepper-onion relish just adds a bit of a nice kick.

The Mini Apple Cider Doughnuts are served with a miso-caramel sauce, and the sauce really adds to the overall apple flavor, so the overall taste is sweet AND savory.

We really enjoyed attending this preview of Hurly-Burly, and we cannot wait for everyone to experience this new space when it officially opens on October 1st. We will continue to bring you all of the Disney World news, so stay tuned to Disney Food Blog so you never miss anything!

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Will you be visiting this new lounge when it opens? Let us know in the comments!

Disclosure: In nearly all circumstances, Disney Food Blog writers and photographers pay full price for their own travel, hotel, food, beverage, and event tickets. We do this because it’s important to us as journalists to ensure not only that we give you unbiased opinions, but also that you can trust us to do so since we’re paying our own way. On rare occasions, when we are invited by a company to attend a preview as media, and when we choose to accept that invitation, we will always make you, our readers, aware of that situation. Today, we were invited by Disney World to attend their media preview of Hurly-Burly. Note that when we attend events as media we are 1) Not required to review that event/food on any of our channels, and 2) Not required to review that event/food favorably. You can always count on DFB to give you a 100% unbiased and honest review of any event that we attend, food that we eat, or beverage that we drink. You can see more in our Disclosure Policy. Thank you for reading. — AJ