Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar
2 Aug 2026
We stayed at the Disneyland Hotel, with Trader Sam's nestled within it's courtyard. We ended up visiting this place 4 times in 2 days. The first visit was very late at night, as the queue for inside was quite long. Inside is beautifully decorated with carved totems (whose eyes slowly move if you pay attention,) windows that look out over islands and active volcanoes, and plenty of tiny touches from the jungle travels of Trader Sam. Every little picture, postcard, etc hanging in the place is perfect and on-theme. The bartenders had some flair and certain drink orders prompted theatrics from staff as well as special effects in the room. Our service inside was mixed. The first time it took 20 minutes for someone to come take our order, and we probably would have had a second if we had had some more attention. The second night we were inside, was a better experience and our server was attentive and fun. Outside the bar is a Trader Sam's patio area which blends into the Tangaroa Terrace (a not-as-tiki pool bar and counter service restaurant.) We had one late night drink out here and our server was just terrible. He shambled around, did not check on us, in fact barely grunted to our attempts at conversation and ordering. Possibly the worst service we have had at any Disney restaurant/bar. Impressively bad. And the final visit was breakfast on the patio. The food was nice and a morning cocktail was a pretty pleasant way to open the day! Overall vibe (inside) is 9/10. Service averaged for 4 visits 5/10. Drinks 7/10 (perhaps a little light on the booze). Overall Tiki-tastic score: 6/10. I thought this was going to be higher based on experiences at the Trader Sam's in Florida, so a bit disappointed. Oh, and they no longer serve the drinks in the special ceramic mugs! You can still buy them, but it is not as fun drinking a Zombie here without it in the zombie head mug.
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Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar
Anaheim, California, United States
Opened in May 2011.
Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar finally answers the question we've all been asking ourselves: what would it be like if the Enchanted Tiki Room actually served alcohol?
Trader Sam's is named for the "head" salesman from the Jungle Cruise ride at Disneyland, and the decor is a mix of influence from that ride and the Enchanted Tiki Room, with a little of Walt Disney World's Adventurer's Club thrown in for good measure. Top-notch Disney designers Kevin Kidney and Jody Daily were able to work on some of the decor. The bar is utterly packed with entertaining bric-a-brac and artifacts from "Sam's" archives. The music is a pitch-perfect mix of Exotica, hapa haole and traditional Hawaiian tunes.
The servers have been given the same training as the skippers on the Jungle Cruise, and keep the atmosphere lively, silly, and very friendly. The bar has lots of surprises and interactive elements, some triggered by ordering particular drinks.
The quality of drink ingredients is higher than one might expect, with fresh-squeezed citrus and syrups from Portland's B. G. Reynolds in use. The alcohol content of the drinks tends to be a little light -- keep in mind, they want their guests to continue to enjoy their vacation the next day. Let your server know you're looking for something more in the vein of classic tiki, and they'll steer you in the right direction. If you like the punny performance given by the Jungle Cruise skippers, you'll love the drink names: "HippopotoMaiTai", "Schweitzer Falls" and "Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Rum" are some of the cleverly-named cocktails.
Kids are welcome at Trader Sam's, as long as they don't sit at the actual bar; there are several tables around the room where kids can sit. There is also an outdoor patio, where Hawaiian musicians perform nightly.
There is a small menu of pupus available. The bar is near a casual dining tropical restaurant that opened at the same time, called Tangaroa Terrace.
In 2015, a sister location opened at Walt Disney World in Orlando: Trader Sam's Grog Grotto.