Checkin’ It Twice Lounge debuted in Animation Courtyard when Disney Jollywood Nights opened its 2026 season at Disney’s Hollywood Studios on November 7. AllEars confirmed the lounge in a November 8 opening-night guide and food review: it has a live DJ, entertainment, two red-and-green sides, and four exclusive drinks.
That is a sharper use of Animation Courtyard than treating it as scenery between party stops. A naughty-and-nice room with one shared menu, an oversized list, old-fashioned blow-mold holiday figures, and an actual DJ has enough identity to be a destination, even before someone orders the cocktail with ghost-pepper tequila.
Four drinks, and none of the cocktails are feeling shy
The menu is short enough to read before the beat drops:
- Lump of Coal ($11): Ghost Spicy Blanco Tequila, lime, spicy agave, and a salt-and-pepper rim.
- Fizz the Season ($11): Domaine Ste. Michelle Brut, vanilla, G.E. Massenez Crème de Cassis de Dijon liqueur, and edible glitter.
- Snow-hopper ($9.50): Bols white crème de cacao, Bols crème de menthe, half-and-half, and chocolate curls.
- Candy Cane Cooler ($5.49): Minute Maid Premium Lemonade, mint syrup, pomegranate, sweet cream, and crushed peppermint. AllEars reports that vanilla vodka can be added for $9.50 total.
The lineup has range, but subtle is not the house theme. Lump of Coal brings literal heat, Snow-hopper stacks mint, cream, and chocolate, and Fizz the Season adds cassis and glitter to brut. The Candy Cane Cooler is the useful little counterweight: nonalcoholic, less expensive, and still built from more than lemonade with a holiday name taped on.
AllEars tried the Candy Cane Cooler and Snow-hopper on opening night, while WDWNT reported all four drinks and prices. Their taste judgments belong to their reviews; the confirmed menu, prices, ingredients, and lounge operation are the facts that travel.
This is a party lounge, not a new full-time Hollywood Studios bar
Checkin’ It Twice Lounge is inside Animation Courtyard during Disney Jollywood Nights, a separately ticketed event running on select dates from November 7, 2026, through January 5, 2027. The party runs from 7:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. WDWNT reports two bar areas, while AllEars says both sides serve the same drinks.
The room’s split personality is the fun part: green for nice, red for naughty, one oversized list in the middle, and no need to choose a beverage menu based on moral alignment. That is exactly the amount of themed nonsense a holiday party lounge can carry without needing a backstory binder.
The sources do not state capacity, a last-call time, whether seating is guaranteed, or whether individual drinks can sell out. Those missing details keep this from becoming a promise of a quiet lounge break. What is confirmed is cleaner than that: Animation Courtyard now has a seasonal party bar with a four-drink menu, live music, and enough red-and-green nerve to earn the stop.
