Less than 36 hours of opening on June 25th, Jock Lindsey’s Hangar Bar & Lounge, Indiana Jones themed with a few Star Wars references, closed at 3pm local time yesterday (June 26th) due to a state ban on consumption of on-premises alcohol.
The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation recently announced that all bars that sell alcoholic beverages and derive more than 50% of gross revenue from those sales must suspend sales of alcohol for consumption on the premises, due to a spike in COVID-19 cases across the state.
When the announcement was made around noon earlier today, locations such as Jock Lindsey’s Hangar Bar at Disney Springs were still in operation. Cast Members awaited further instructions from management before finally shutting down the bar around 3:00 PM this afternoon. The fan-favorite bar had just reopened yesterday, and it’s unknown when it will be allowed to reopen once again.
Other bar-centric locations, like Dockside Margaritas and the cocktail portion of the various snack kiosks throughout Disney Springs are also now closed. Bars are still allowed to sell alcoholic beverages in sealed containers for off-the-premises consumption, but it seems that for the time being, they’ve decided to cease operations.
With the number of cases of COVID-19 increasing in Florida, the state reported a record 8,942 new cases on Thursday (a 62% increase over the previous daily record of 5,508 set just 24 hours earlier), you have to wonder if Walt Disney World will open as planned from July 11th. The UK’s biggest tour operator TUI cancelled all their holidays to Florida until December yesterday, partly due to the continuing increase in the number of daily cases, and also due to the regulations put in by Disney at Walt Disney World.
For a closer look inside Jock Lindsey’s, here’s a link to a video tour.
